profile of Mariko Tagawa


	Mariko Tagawa



	address:	Osaka
	email:	mtagawa@hotmail.co.jp
	date of birth:	1958, Osaka
	education & training	1977-1980 Osaka University of Art & Design, Broadcasting 1981-1985 Shizuko Saka Academy of Knitting 1988-1989 Knitwear Design, Nihon Vogue Co. Ltd
	exhibitions:	1994, 'Potofu' group exhibition 1996, 'Potofu' group exhibition 1998, 'Potofu' group exhibition 2001, 'Potofu' group exhibition 2001, ‘Fushiginoiroito’, the Knitting & Stitching Show, London & Harrogate
	awards:	1985 Runner up, 'Mother and Child' knitting competition 1986 First prize, 'Diamond Wool' knitting competition 1986 Second prize, 'Kinkado' handicraft competition 1987 Runner up, 'Mother and Child' knitting competition 1988 First prize, Shiver Knitting Association knitting competition 1989 Winner (Hand knitting) 'International Competition for Fashion Creators- Best New Comers' by Brother Co. Ltd 1989 Winner, 'Japan Creative Knitting as Handicrafts' knitting competition
	workshops & short courses	1990, 1994-1999, 2001, ‘Fushiginoiroito’ Workshop& Exhibition
	work experience:	1986-1990 Knitting tutor, Shizuko Saka Knitting Academy 1987-1990 Creative Knitwear production group 'S-knit I'm', Shizuko Saka Handicraft Knitting Research Institute 1991-1998 Self-employed knitwear production, market by Roransan Co. Ltd 1995-1996 Knitwear Designer, Marutaka Textile Co. Ltd 2002-present Part time Personal Assistant to a professor specializing in Siberian hunting culture, at the research unit of the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
	voluntary work:	1995- Transliteration of texts for the partially sighted. 2004 Co-founded the Registered Voluntary organisation -‘ Reading service N’ to meet special needs of Hospital Patients.