Recognition

Awards

LIT Design Awards
Winner in Chandeliers
LIT Lighting Design Awards
2020
Gather at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle

LIT Design Awards
Winner in Decorative Accent Lamps
LIT Lighting Design Awards
2020
Sun on the Water at Chase Center Arena, San Francisco

Architectural Lighting
Outstanding Achievement: Exhibition and Installations
Light and Architecture Design Awards
2020
Gather at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle

International Association of Lighting Designers
Merit Award
International Lighting Design Awards
2014
Starlight, Museum of the City of New York

Architizer
People’s Choice
Architizer A+ Light Awards
2014
Starlight, Museum of the City of New York

Collaboration of Design + Art
Juror’s Choice
CODAawards
2013
Starlight, Museum of the City of New York

Collaboration of Design + Art
Merit Award
CODAawards
2013
Starlight, Museum of the City of New York

Press

LICHT
Ins Netz Gegang En: Ein LED-Kronleuchter Ist Das Highlight Der Chase Center Arena
Andrea Mende
January, 2022

Architect Magazine
Architectural Lighting Design Awards
Wanda Lau
September, 2020

International Examiner
LED Light Artist Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn Comes Home To Light Up Seattle
Roxanne Ray
December, 2020

Design Milk
In Boston’s Historic District a Minimalist Gem Breaks the Mold
Keshia Badalge
April, 2020

New York Said
Lighting Artist Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn talks Personal Mythology, LED Art Design and Innovation
Podcast Interview by Amon Focus
June, 2018

Art Radar Journal
Illuminant Surfaces: Artist and Designer Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn — In Conversation
December, 2017

Architectural Lighting Magazine
In Focus: Starlight at the Museum of the City of New York
Aaron Seward
September–October, 2014

CODAmagazine
Starlight, Museum of the City of New York
March, 2014

Architect Magazine
Star Power
Logan Ward
September, 2013

Interior Design Magazine
We Go Together: CODA Awards Collaboration
Georgina McWhirter
August, 2013

Imprint Lab
8 Questions With: Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn
Georgina McWhirter
March, 2013

Exhibitions & Talks

Illuminant Structures: The Ongoing Pursuit of Architecturally-Integrated,LED-Based Sculpture for Comfort, Community and Wonderment
AIA East Tennessee
August, 2021 

Gather with Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Virtual Art Talks Series, Chelsea Werner-Jatzke
May, 2020

Building Energy Exchange for Designing with Light (Efficiently)
Building Energy Exchange BEEx, New York NY
October, 2018

Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn: Illuminant Surfaces
Owen James Gallery, New York NY
November–December, 2017
Exhibition Link

Remains Clock
Matthew Barney Studio, New York
2017–2021

Inside the Kaleidoscope
Portland Winter Light Festival, Portland OR
February, 2017

Collaborators Panel: Light as Art
CODA Magazine Panel
2104
Video Link

Sourcing Custom LED Lighting
Northwest Society of Interior Designers
Seattle Fall Conference Forum
2010