Lars Shimabukuro
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA in Design Studies, 2024-2027
Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto, Japan, 2025
Penland School of Craft, Core Fellowship Program, 2020-2023
Haywood Community College, Professional Crafts Program in Fibers, 2017-2019
Yale University, BA in Studio Art, 2009-2013
WORKSHOPS – TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Penland School of Craft, Doubleweave and Blocks, 2027
Penland School of Craft, Doubleweave, 2025
Wofford College, Papermaking Workshop alongside Rising from the Sifting Screen exhibition, 2024
Peters Valley School of Crafts, Doubleweave, 2024
Weaver House, Imagery in Theo Moorman, Doubleweave (various levels), 2023-2024
John C. Campbell Folk School, A Survey in Blocks, 2023-2024
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Imagery in Theo Moorman, 2023
LECTURES
Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize Finalist Presentation, New York Textile Month, New York, NY 2026
Madison Weavers Guild, Weaving through Place and Identity, Madison, WI, 2025
Wofford College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Panel, and Senior Studio Visits, 2024
University of Colorado Boulder, Unstable Design Lab, Experimental Weaving Lecture, 2023
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture and Graduate Studio Visits, 2023
SMFA at Tufts University, Papermaking Course with Professor Milcah Bassel, 2023
University of Florida Gainesville, Politics and Identity in Contemporary Art Course with Professor Devin Harclerode, 2022
RESIDENCIES
ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI, 2024
Morgan Papermaking Conservatory, Artist in Residence, Cleveland, OH, 2024
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency, Textiles Studio Assistant, 2024
Township10 Residency, Marshall, NC, 2023
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack Open Studio Residency, 2023
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pentaculum Winter Residency, 2023
Penland School of Craft, Winter Residency, 2020
The Studios at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Residency, 2019
Women’s Studio Workshop Residency in Malmö, Sweden, 2017
Tomma Rum Residency in Unnaryd, Sweden, 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Surface Design Journal International Exhibition in Print: Memory and Myth, 2026
Fiber Art Now, Paper Made II Juried Exhibition, 2025
Surface Design Journal International Exhibition in Print: Emulate, Recreate, Translate, 2025
Peters Valley School of Craft Exhibition in Print: Timeless Textiles: Traditional Craft Meets Contemporary Art, 2025
Surface Design Journal International Exhibition in Print: From Confrontation to Catharsis, 2021
Surface Design Journal International Exhibition in Print: Soft Borders (cover), 2019
Manifest Gallery International Photography Annual (INPHA 3) finalist, 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo exhibitions marked with a *)
Art + Literature Laboratory, ALL 10 Year Retrospective, Madison, WI, 2026 (invited)
Textile Arts Center, ぎりぎりAt the edge, and just enough*, Madison, WI, 2026
Epiphany Arts Center, tether me to the ground or let me float, Chicago, IL, 2026 (invited)
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Paper Made II, Fort Wayne, IN, 2025-2026 (juried)
Art + Literature Laboratory, MADE: Contemporary Textiles, Madison, WI, 2025 (invited)
Common Wealth Gallery, Queer Madison Biennial, Madison, WI, 2025 (juried)
Chautauqua Visual Arts, Crafting Home, Chautauqua, NY, 2025 (invited)
UW Madison School of Human Ecology, Material Inquiry, Madison, WI, 2025 (invited)
Textile Arts Center, Convergence, Madison, WI, 2025 (juried)
Wofford College, Rising from the Sifting Screen, Spartanburg, SC, 2024 (invited)
Blue Spiral 1, Common Thread, Asheville, NC, 2024 (invited)
NCECA Exhibition, Fusion and Flux, Richmond, VA, 2024 (invited)
The Arts League, Shuttle Service, Philadelphia, PA, 2024 (invited)
Cary Arts Center, a temple we built for ourselves, Cary, NC, 2023 (invited)
Penland School of Craft Gallery North, Stonefruit, Penland, NC, 2022
Asian Arts Initiative, Eco/Systems, Philadelphia, PA, 2022 (invited)
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, five, four / yours forever more*, Greenville, SC, 2021 (invited)
Penland Gallery, A Curious Year, Residents & Core Fellows, Penland,NC, 2021
Praxis Fiber Workshop Gallery, tradewinds*, Cleveland, OH, 2021 (invited)
Toe River Arts Gallery, Essential Work, Spruce Pine, NC, 2021 (invited)
Penland Gallery, Holding Patterns, Core Fellows, Penland, NC, 2020
Haywood Community College, Professional Crafts: A Decade in Fiber, Cary, NC, 2020 (juried)
Asheville Area Arts Council, The Refinery, Of Threads, On Place, Asheville, NC, 2019 (juried)
Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Biennial, Color: Classic to Contemporary, Duluth, GA 2019 (juried)
Folk Art Center, HCC Professional Crafts Graduation Show, Asheville, NC, 2019
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance, Spotlight on Student Fiber, Greenville, SC, 2018 (juried)
Woman Made Gallery, Wild Cuts, Chicago, IL, 2017 (juried)
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, She’s Got A System, Philadelphia,PA, 2017 (juried)
CICA Museum, Contemporary Landscape, Gimpo-si, Korea, 2017 (juried)
Knoxville Convention Center, The Art of Recycling, Knoxville, TN, 2017 (juried)
Downtown Gallery, Non-Exempt Staff Show, Knoxville, TN, 2015 (invited)
Andrew Rose Gallery, Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, 2014 (juried)
Yale University Green Hall Gallery, Senior Thesis Show, New Haven, CT, 2013
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, The Perfect Human, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012
Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Cryptozoological Clabbo-Combo, Cannonball Press Woodcut Collaboration, Makawao, HI, 2009
Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Swoon: Collaboration with Maui Youth, Makawao, HI, 2007
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Queer Madison Biennial, co-curator, June 2027
UW Madison, School of Human Ecology Lecturer Student Assistant for Design Studies 101 Introduction to Textiles, Spring 2026 - present
UW Madison, Center for Design and Material Culture, Exhibition mount making and textile stabilization (2024-present)
Weaving and papermaking instructor (2023-present)
Penland School of Craft, Core Fellowship, Weekend Cook (2020-2023)
University of Tennessee School of Art, Print Studio Technician (2014-2017)
Southern Graphics Council International Members Exhibition (2014-2015)
Yale University Art Gallery, PDP Department, Matting and Framing (2010-2013)
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Printmaking Intern (2012)
HuiPress Publications, Printmaking Intern (2007-2009)