Artist

Melanie Bilenker

born New York, NY 1978
Born
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Works by this artist (5 items)

Akio Takamori, Ochre Landscape, 2014, stoneware with underglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Giselle and Ben Huberman, Barbara and Arnold Berlin, Leon and Miriam Ellsworth, Bruce and Leslie Lane, Chris Rifkin, Jacqueline Urow, Judith S. Weisman, Anne Mehringer and Terry Beaty, Diane Charnov, Robert Minkoff, and Mark and Reba Immergut, 2016.12.2, © 2014, Akio Takamori
Ochre Landscape
Date2014
stoneware with underglazes
Not on view
Akio Takamori, Green Mountain, 2015, stoneware with underglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, Sharon and Robert Buchanan, Brenda Erickson, Carol and Joe Green, Michele Manatt and Wolfram Anders, Clemmer Montague, Gilbert and Bonnie Schwartz, Kathryn Van Wyk, Patricia A. Young, Marilyn Hardis, and Diane and Marc Grainer, 2016.12.1, © 2015, Akio Takamori
Green Mountain
Date2015
stoneware with underglazes
Not on view
Akio Takamori, Woman and Child, 2002, stoneware, underglaze, and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Anton and Donna Bestebreurtje, 2015.28.5, © 2002, Akio Takamori
Woman and Child
Date2002
stoneware, underglaze, and acrylic paint
Not on view
Akio Takamori, School Boy, 1999, porcelain with under and overglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Judy Hill, 2015.28.4, © Akio Takamori
School Boy
Date1999
porcelain with under and overglazes
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2011.54.1 - SAAM-2011.54.1_2 - 80091
40 under 40: Craft Futures
July 19, 2012February 3, 2013
40 under 40: Craft Futures features forty artists born since 1972, the year the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s contemporary craft and decorative arts program was established at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery.
Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

Related Books

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40 Under 40: Craft Futures
40 Under 40: Craft Futures examines the expanding role of the handmade in contemporary culture through the work of the next generation of artists. Organized in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian's branch museum for American craft and decorative arts, this project gathers forty makers born since 1972, the year the Renwick opened to the public. Apparent are rapidly evolving notions of craft, ranging from traditional media, such as ceramics and jewelry, to fields as varied as sculpture, industrial design, performance and installation art, fashion design, sustainable manufacturing, and mathematics.