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Kunié Sugiura

Kunié Sugiura is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kunié Sugiura rather than just read about it. In short: Kunié Sugiura (杉浦邦恵, Sugiura Kunie; born November 23, 1942) is a Japanese photographer, painter, and multimedia artist, living in New York City. In 2007 she won the Domestic Photographer Higashikawa Prize.

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Reference excerpt

Kunié Sugiura (杉浦邦恵, Sugiura Kunie; born November 23, 1942) is a Japanese photographer, painter, and multimedia artist, living in New York City. In 2007 she won the Domestic Photographer Higashikawa Prize.

Life and work Sugiura was born in Nagoya, Japan. She moved to the United States in 1963 to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her B.F.A. in 1967. In the 1980s, she adopted the classic black-and-white photogram technique as a means for her artistic expression.

Personal life She lives and works in New York City.

Publications

Books by Sugiura Dark Matters/Light Affairs. New York, NY: Arts Management, 2000. ISBN 9780295980386. With essays by Bill Arning and Joel Smith. Artists and Scientists. Nazraeli, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59005-190-0.

Books with contributions by Sugiura I'm So Happy You Are Here. New York: Aperture, 2024. ISBN 9781597115537. A piece on each of 25 Japanese women photographers.

Awards Artist's Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, 1998 Domestic Photographer Prize, Higashikawa Prize, 2007

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions Warren Benedek Gallery, New York City, 1972 Dark Matters / Light Affairs, University of California, Davis, 2001 Time Emit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, New Jersey, 2008 Sugiura Kunié: Aspiring Experiments: New York in 50 Years, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2018

Group exhibitions Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, 1969 "Sex & Nature" were included in the Annual Exhibition of Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972

Collections Sugiura's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Denver Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Modern Art, New York Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kunié Sugiura

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kunié Sugiura claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kunié Sugiura before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kunié Sugiura ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kunié Sugiura

In research: Kunié Sugiura appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kunié Sugiura in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kunié Sugiura is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1942 births, 20th-century Japanese photographers, 20th-century Japanese women photographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kunié Sugiura outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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