On view January 30 - September 5, 2021 at the Crow Museum of Asian Art

This exhibition travelled to Asia Society Texas Center, Houston from October 9, 2021 to January 9, 2022. Divine Spark: Kana Harada is organized by the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas, with additional works organized by Asia Society Texas for the Houston presentation. (Read more here)

The Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas is pleased to present a focused multi-year exhibition series dedicated to making visible the work of Texas-based contemporary Asian women artists. The artists presented in this program focus on contemporary issues both in Texas and abroad, giving voice to complex, humanized stories of identity, place, tradition and modernity.

Dallas-based artist Kana Harada has forged her own path with artworks that blend messages of hope and positivity with visual innovations that create an imaginative universe of awe, wonder, and intimacy. This exhibition features new works created during this time of a global pandemic that embody the artist’s wishes for a peaceful and bright future for all. Harada expresses the light that can be found in the dark, and continues to push sculpture, foam, and acrylic and watercolor painting to new heights in her practice.  

This exhibition is the second exhibition of the museum’s Texas Asian Women Artists Series.

Divine Spark: Kana Harada is organized by the Crow Museum of Asian Art and curated by Jacqueline Chao.

Related Press:

WFAA “Dallas Artist hopes to spark peace after pandemic with exhibition at Crow Museum” (Watch it here)

Glasstire “Dreamscapes, Midnight Gardens, and the Deep Sea: Kana Harada at Asia Society Texas Center” (Read it here)

Exhibition website

Header Image: Kana Harada, Divine Spark (Detail), 2020. Foam sheet and mixed media. 53 x 7 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura.

Installation photography by Chad Redmon, Courtesy of the Crow Museum of Asian Art. Artist Interview and installation video produced by Turk Studio, commissioned by the Crow Museum of Asian Art.