Selected Exhibitions
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Keiko has an upcoming exhibition at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery highlighting her career from the late 1970's to 2025. The works displayed will exemplify Keiko's rich Japanese heritage and the influence of the Australian landscape on her highly individual aesthetic. This exhibition was curated by Peter Haynes.
Peter Haynes is an acclaimed curator, visual arts historian and art critic. Previous positions include Director of ACT Museums and Galleries, Canberra; Curator of the Parliament House Art Collection; and University Art Curator, University of Canberra. He has lectured on the visual arts and heritage, curated over 250 exhibitions, and is widely published nationally and internationally.
Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW Australia.
Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser: A Journey Through Textiles.
August 1st to August 30th, 2026.
OPENING EVENT 2pm - 4pm, Saturday 1 August 2026
77 Darling St, Cowra NSW 2794
Previous Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Canberra
2013 Japanese Garden, Cowra, NSW
2009 Gallery East, KeikoAmenomori-Schmeisser Soft Sculptures, Fremantle WA (with J Schmeisser, etchings)
2009 Gallery Kätelhön, Wamel, Germany, Textil Kunst (with J Schmeisser, etchings)
2004 Shin-Puh-Kan Gallery, From the Artist’s Studio, Vessels, Kyoto
2003-5 Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Canberra, with the flow, against the grain, touring
2003 Australian Embassy in Washington DC, with the flow, against the grain
2003 Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan, with the flow, against the grain
1998 The Lifelong Learning Centre Foyer Gallery, Nara, Japan, Recent works
1998 Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Flowers and Fruits of the Bush
1997 Museum for Art and Applied Art, Hamburg, Germany, Von Meeren und Felsen
1995 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Coral and Stone
1994 Emerald Regional Arts Gallery, Queensland
1994 The Bauhina Shire Bicentennial Gallery Springsure, Queensland
1992 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville, Queensland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT, Longing and Belonging
2022 Craft ACT, DESIGN Canberra - Golden years exhibition
2022 Canberra Museum and Gallery, Connection Point
2020-21 Art Textile Biennale, Fibre Arts Australia, touring
2019 Neuhaus Castle, Austria, Garden of Eden
2018 Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
2014 Parliament House, Canberra, Hidden Gems
2014 The Jim Thompson Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, mnemonikos
2008 Paris American Academy, France, Australia Naturally
2005-8 Museum of Brisbane, QLD, Echoes of Home: Memory and Mobility in recent Austral-Asian Art
2005 Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Textile Catalysts: SHIBORI Shaping the 21st Century
2004 Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, 11th International Triennial of Tapestry Exhibition
2004 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, City of Hobart Art Prize 2004
2004 Strathnairn Gallery, Canberra, Shibori ACT
2004 East Asian Art Museum, Hakata, Japan, Shibori-Now
2002 The International Halls Harrogate, UK, Tactile Dimensions
2002 Gallery Renga-kan, Yokohama, Japan, Shibori Now
2001 Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, Washington, USA, The Possibilities of Cloth
2001 State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Island Postcards
1999 National Museum of Fine Arts Santiago, Chile, Shibori in Contemporary Art
1998 Carnegie Gallery, Tasmania, City of Hobart Art Prize
1998 New Parliament House, Canberra, ACT, Textile in Focus
1998 Craft ACT Gallery, Touring Exhibition to Japan, Putting it to Print
1998 Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Textile exhibition, Scintilla
1997 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, National Craft Acquisition Award
1996 Australian Catholic University, Canberra, Touring Exhibition, Heaven by a String
1996 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, Contemporary Cloth
1995 David Jones Sydney & Canberra, Compatibles
1995 Crafts Council of the A.C.T. Gallery, Accredited Prof. Members Exhibition, Canberra Contemporary Craft
1993 Canberra School of Art, ANU, Photospace, Works from Textile Workshop, Gone To Great Length
1988 Canberra School of Art Gallery, Staff Exhibition
1985 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, Office Environment