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b. Japan

Living in Oakland, CA

 

EDUCATION

2000    MFA, Time Arts/Video, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1994    BA, Psychology,  Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

*indicates solo show

2011    West Prize 2010, West Collection, Philadelphia, PA

           Where Do Birds Go Off to Die, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL*

           2x2 Solos: Taro Hattori, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA*

2010    Things are Expanding, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Now and When, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Swarm Gallery, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL

            AIR Winter 2010 Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC

            Dugg Dugg, North Carolina Music Factory, Charlotte, NC

2009    V, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA*

            Residency project, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan*

            Front + Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

            Interface: Nature, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY

           All Good Things, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

2008   3 way calling, Galeria Sztuki, Wspólczesnej, Poland

            Swarm Gallery, Aqua Art, Miami, FL

            Swarm Gallery, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL

            The Great White, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA

            Artists’ Choices, LMAN Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*

2007   The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Apoptosis, Space 47, San Jose, CA*

            Cultivating Creativity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

            Fabric of Identity, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

            2007 Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

            Anarchist Book Fair, Judson Memorial, New York, NY

2006    APAture 2006, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

            Some Assembly Required, The LAB, San Francisco, CA

            Steven Wolf Gallery, International Art Exposition, Photo SF, San Francisco, CA

            Future Tense, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

            Artists’ Diary: The Chapter of Spring Light, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2005    Beaut Brute, Rocket World Gallery, San Francisco, CA*

            Bubble Trouble in Doubles, RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA

            Thirty Something, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            2005 Open House, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA

            The Diorama Show, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

2004    Emerge 2004, Gen Art at Old Mint, San Francisco, CA

            Happy Pack, Mission 17, San Francisco CA*

            The Big Picture,  Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

            Close Calls: 2004, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2003    Missing | Persons, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA           

            2002 Kala Fellowship Exhibition / Part 1, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2002    Paradise in Search of a Future, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

             Group show, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin, IL

2001     Mitochondria Emancipation,  Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY

            Art/Tech, ABSOLUT vision6, art: the next generation, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Paradise in Search of a Future, CEPA Gallery,Buffalo, NY

           The impossible, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea

            IMMOBILITY, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Peter Miller Gallery, Art Chicago 2001, Chicago IL

2000   Two person show, Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL*

            Dissimulation, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL*

            2 Far 2 Close,  Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2009    Curatorial Committee, The LAB, San Francisco, CA

            Advisory Committee, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

2008    Amidst the Ruins –Val Britton, Michael Damm & Zachary Ryer Scholz, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

            Interplay –David Kwan, Nora Pauwels, Bartosz Posacki & Steve Reich, Kala Art Institute,  Berkeley, CA

2007    Co-curated Blabbable Doodads –Eunjung Hwang & Miriam Dym, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

2005     Bubble Trouble in Doubles, RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004      Juror for By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

              Co-curated The Big Picture, with Lauren Davies, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2003      Co-curated Missing | Persons with Svea Lin Soll, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

 

AWARDS

2011    West Prize 2010, Philadelphia, PA

            Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Full-Fellowship Residency

2010    Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), Investing in Artists Grant

2009    The Nomura Cultural Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, Art Project Grant

            Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, Artist-in-Residence Award

            Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan. Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

2008    McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC, Artist-in-Residence Award for 2008

2005    The 2005 Leah Middlebrook & Norio Sugano Fellowship

            Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA., Resident Artist for 2005

2004   Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2002    Kala Art Institute, Kala Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2000    Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL. Represented Artist

1998    INTERCOM, Gold Plaque Award in Student Narrative Section

            Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd Place Award in Loop Student Screenings

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Van Pee, Yasmine.  "INTERPLAY", Modern Painters, July 2008.

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Warner, Tonya.  “Amidst the Ruins”, Percolator Magazine, March 2008.

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