SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Tor Road Gallery, kobe, Japan
Ren Brown Collection Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA
2010 Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Artzone Kaguraoka, Kyoto, Japan
Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2008 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Millstatt-Rittersaal, Wasserkunst, Austria
2007 Napa Vallery Museum, Napa, CA
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
ArtZone Kaguraoka, Kyoto, Japan
Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Cecile Moochnek, Berkeley, CA
Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL
2005 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Cathay, Paris, France
Spheris Gallery, Bellowsfalls, VT
Jay Jay Art, Sacrament, CA
Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA
2004 Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Cecile Moochnik Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Tinhorn Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, LA
RenBrown Collection Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA
Gallery Hirawata, Kanagawa, Japan
Gallery Naufu, Gifu, Japan
Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cecile Moochnik Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000 Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
1999 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA
Reed Whipple Cultural Center, City of Las Vegas, Las Vegs, NV
Gallery DOLCE art & craft, Osaka, Japan
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1998 Evolving Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
The Gallery, Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
The Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock City Arts Commission, Turlock, CA
Ventura College Art Galleries, Ventura, CA
TAO Gallery, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
1997 Evolving Space Gallery, San Farancisco, CA
Ren Brown Collection Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA
1996 Zen Center, Zen Hospice, San Francisco, CA
Evolving Space Gallery, San Francsico, CA
1995 Evolving Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Manuelita Gallery, San Farancisco, CA
Sakakibara Gallery, Osaka, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Prints Byte; the cutting edge of printmaking, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA
"The Art of the Book" San Rafael, CA
2009 "Art; It's Alive!" di Rosa, Napa, CA
“Oakland International Airport”, CA
"On View" Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
"Art Auction" Intersection for the arts, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Still Pulling: Traditional Printmaking in the Digital Age" Elaine L.Jacob Gallery,Wayne State Univ, MI
"Works on Paper" SFStudio School, SF, CA
"Wink" Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Common Ground; works on paper" Chautauqua Institute, NY
"Banzai/Godzilla Exhibition" SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Pillow Talk: Small Comforts in Hard Times” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 "The Art of the Book: Bay Area Treasures" Donna Seager Gallery , San Rafael, CA
"fiera di Verona" Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Italy
2005 “The Art of the Book; Treasures from the Bay Area” Contemporary Fine Arts. San Anselmo, CA
“Thirty Something/ Kala Art Institute” SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Sensory Experience” Gallup Ingham Chpman Gallery, University of New Mexico, NM
2004 "30 Years: Three Decades of New Art at Second Street",Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2003 "On the wall" Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
"Grafica Contemporanea" Galeria Nacional, Museo De Los Ninis, San Jose, Costa Rica
"Grabado sin Fronteras/Printmaking Without Borders", the Centro Metropolitan, La Estamperia,
Quito, Ecuador / the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Works on Paper" Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL
“KALA in Belarus” Tirana Museum, Albania Museum, Tashkent Museum, Uzbekistan Museum,
Moscow Museum
“Sensory Experience” Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Fine Arts Gallery, Dewaters Art Center, Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan
2002 "Collaboration: East Bay Presses, Oakland Artists", Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
"Works On Paper", Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"KALA in Belarus" The National Museum of Belarus, Minsk
2001 "Marks of Creativity: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary California Works on Paper", Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of the Honor, Achenbach Foundation
for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Eastern Trans(formations), Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA
“Inside Editions”. Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
"Books as Art: Art as Books", Triton Museum of At, Santa Clara, CA
2000 Ruth Bachofner Gallery at Bagamot Station, Santa monica, CA
"Contemporary Asian American Art" Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1999 “Modern Japanese Prints: Abstraction” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Under The Surface” Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Introduction” The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Iconography: Extreme and Serene” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Lyrical Cartography” The Richard H. & Marjorie M. Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific,
Stockton, CA
“Faultlines/Watermarks: California/Amsterdam”The Atrium, San Francisco, Fetterly Gallery,Vallejo
USA Der Zaaijer, Amsterdam, Raadhuis te Heemstede, Netherlands
"A Survey of Bay Area Artists”, Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA
“Out West; The Artist’s Book in California Part I” The Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
“Veil/Mark/Mirror”, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
“Artist Book Show”, Gusto House Gallery, Kobe, Japan
1998 “The CIRCLE GAME” Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Print Work ‘98” Barrett House Galleries/Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition” University of Hawaii at Hilo, HI
“Works on & Paper” Art Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1997 “Four Man Show” FireHouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
“Kala Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibition” Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
“Celebrate Northwest Women” Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
“International Print Exhibition” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Three Man Show” Alliance for the VAried Arts, Logan, UT
“Salutes KALA” Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
“Magnum Opus X; 10th International Open Exhibition”, Sacramento Fine Art Center, CA
“Primary Colors” SITE Gallery, Gallery 825, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Pacific Edge; Print Exhibition” Mendocino Art Center, CA
“Aerial View” Pittsburg State University Art Gallery, KS
‘Count Down 2000” 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
“NVAL 13th Annual National Juried Art Show” North Valley League, Redding, CA
“The 18th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition” Columbia College, Columbia, MO
1996 “Pacific Current; Japanese Print show” Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
“California Small Works 1996” California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
“Eleventh Mini Print International Exhibition” Studio School & Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
“All California/ All Media” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
“31st Annual Open Exhibition” The Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum,
Redlands, CA
“Awesome and Inspiring” Peninsula Art Association, Foster City, CA
“Point of View” Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1995 “The 45th North American Print Exhibition” The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1994 “Three Person Show” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“PCBA Annual Book Show” San Francisco Public Library, CA
1992 “Andepandan Exhibition” Nishinoniya, Japan
1991 “Zenkan Exhibition” Tennoji Museum, Osaka, Japan
EDUCATION
1995 MFA: San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1993 MA(Art): Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
1988 BA(Art & Education): Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 "Artist in Residence", Vermont Studio Center, VT
2010 "Artist in Residence", Kunstenaarslogi, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2006 "Juvenile Justice Center Public Art Program" Alameda County Art Commission, CA
2004 "presenter", Mid-America Print Council, Printmaking Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2003 "Artist in Residence", Jyvåkylån Grafiikkakeskus, Jyvåskylå, Finland
2002 "Artist in Residence", The Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
1999 “Artist in residence/critique”, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1998 “Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Museum Purchase Award”, San Francisco, CA
“Best of Show Award” Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, “Pacific Prints 1998”
“Acquisition Award Purchase” Hawaii State Foundation on Culture& the Arts, the State of Hawaii,
Art in Public Places Relocatable Works Collection
“Purchase Award McNeese Permanent Collection. Lake Charles, LA, “11th Annual McNeese
National Works on Paper”
1997 “Purchase Prize Award” The Gilkey Center of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“International Print Exhibition”
“Purchase Award” Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, “Pulp Friction”
“D. Steven Corey Award” Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Award of Merit” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
“Juror’s Award” Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State Univ.“Positive/Negative 12” Johnson City
“Judith Banks Memorial Award” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, “Into the New Abstract Art”
1996 “Barnhart Memorial Award” California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA, “California Small Works 1996 "Merit Award” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, “Repetition/Patterns/Textures”
“Award of Excellence” Amador County Arts Council & Co.Artists Association, Sutter Creek, CA
“Award” Fairfield Visual Arts Association “34th Annual Regional Juried art Show & Gala”
“Fellowship Award” Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
1993 “The Rotary Foundation Scholarship” The Rotary Club, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of the Honor, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Portland Art Museum, the Gilkey Center for Graphic Art, OR
Museum Meermanno-Wetreenianum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, NY
State of Hawaii, Art in PublicPlaces Relocatable Works Collection, Hawaii State Foundation, HI
National Museum of Art of Belarus, Republic of Belarus
The New York Public Library, NYC, NY
The Royal Museum of Fine Art in Antwerp, Antwarp, Belgium
Museo de los Ninos, San Jose, Costa Rica
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA
The McNeese Permanent Collection, MacNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
City of MESA, Permanent Contemporary Art Collection, Mesa, AZ
Public Art Collection of the city Berkeley, CA
The Stanford University, CA
The Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, CA
The Elta Strong Denson Library, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Lincoln. NE
University of Tulsa, OK
University of California, San Diego, CA
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Kohler Art Library Archives, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Cerritos Library, CA
Kansas State University, KS
King Library, San Jose State University, CA
Allied Capital, Washington, DC
Wells Fargo Bank, Palo Alto, CA
Grand Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan
Lunze Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan
Nippon Express, San Francisco, CA
Four Seasons, Scottsdale, AZ
Rits Carlton, Boston, MA
Hotel Palomer, 5th Floor Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Ambassador Hotel, Taiwan
Kansas State University
Texas Tech University, Southwest Collections
University of Southern California, Doheny Library
Lafayette College, Skillman Library, Easton, PA
SGC Archive
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