Michi Itami: Resume

Artist specializing in printmaking, painting, computer generated images and multimedia.

Member of A.I.R. gallery located at 526 W. 25^th Street, Suite 301, New York, NY 10013 http://www.airnyc.org

Professor of Art at The City College of New York, City University of New York located at 138th and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu

Served as Director of the Graduate Program in Studio Art from 1998 to 9/2004

Printmaking Area Tel: 212-650-7425

AWARDS:

2004 Womenπs Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, February, Seattle, WA

2003 ≥Distinguished Alumna of the Year≤ award, College of

Environmental Design, UC Berkeley

1995 New York Foundation for the Arts - Artist's grant in printmaking

1981 National Endowment for the Arts - Artist's grant in printmaking

PROFESSIONAL ACITIVITIES:

Appointed to the Board of Trustees, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) 9/04 to present

College Art Association, member of the Board of Directors 1994-1999; Vice-President of CAA -2/1998 -4/1999; member of the Committee on Cultural Diversity and past Chair; International Advisory Board of Art In General, non-profit artist's space located at 79 Walker Street, New York, NY 10013; past member of the Steering Committee of "Godzilla, Asian American Art Network"; past member of Picture Element, digitally based artists' group.

Recent Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 A Retrospective of Prints, Catalogue published,

November 4 - 29

1999 One Person show- Atelier 2221, New Delhi, India,

January

1998 Mary H. Dana Series: One person show, Rutgers

University -October 5 to November 20

1998 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY - March 31 - April 18

1994 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery,

San Francisco, CA -Nov.

Art Gallery of Long Island University at Southampton,

Southampton, New York

1993 One-person show - Art House Odeon. Sag Harbor, NY

1992 Shinsegae Dongbang Plaza Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1991 A.I.R. Gallery - New York, NY

1991 55 Mercer Gallery - New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2004 Mixed Company: Women Choose Men 6/22/04 –

7/17/04 AIR Gallery, NYC

Wish You Were Here 3 AIR Gallery, NYC 6/04 - 7/04

"Momentum: the Robert Blackburn Printmaking

Workshop" at the Elizabeth Foundation, NYC

May June/04 featuring artwork from the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Archives and Collection, now on deposit at the Library of Congress

≥Sketches≤ curator: Sylvia Netzer AIR Gallery, NYC

4/04

Generations.04 AIR Gallery, 3/2/04 - 3/26/04

2003 A.I.R. Group Show – ≥Making Moves≤ June, NYC

≥Womenπs Work≤ Southern Graphics Council

Conference, Boston, MA –March, April .

Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH –

11/03

2002 Arcade III -; Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College January 18-March 17; New Greenham Arts Centre, Berkshire March 17 – April 5; London Guildhall University, Barbicon Center for the Arts, London, UK May 13 – May 31; Levall Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia, July 4 -17; scheduled for Moscow, Russia online at http://www.levallgallery.com

AIR Gallery "Wish You Were Here" Members Group Show June 18 – July 13

2001: Arcade III, University of Glasgow, April 9 – May 11; Greys School of Art, Aberdeen October 1 – 25; curator: Sue Gollifer

2000 "Digital 2000" Exhibition of winning artworks selected from an international competition

Central Fine Arts Gallery, NYC, NY 6/28-7/14; Technology Gallery, New York Hall of Science 9/18-11/26; Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 12/1-12/30; online at http://asci.org/digital2000/

"Pieces 4" Gallery 128, New York, NY Curator: Sylvia Netzer, July

"Printed Identity", American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA

"Turning Points," A.I.R. Gallery, January 6-22.

"Portraits," Curator: Jennifer Cross, Ross School, East Hampton, NY Dec – January 31, 2000

1999 Censorship online exhibition: http://www.slant.org/itami organizer and curator: Angie Eng. November 18.

"Ring of Fire" Exhibition, Curator: Giles Peterson, Auckland, New Zealand. October,

PIECES 3" Curator: Sylvia Netzer Gallery 128. New York , NY July.

Computer Art Exhibition, curator: Jeff Burden, Columbus State University Art Gallery, Columbus, GA Feb 3 – 26

"A.I.R. Gallery New Work" –A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY January 5 –23.

1998 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery 20th Two-Part

Anniversary Exhibition, Part One, November 4-25. San Francisco, CA

"Contents and Contexts: Lithography after 200 Years", International juried

and invitational exhibition of contemporary lithographs, Juror Beauvais Lyon, Curator Charles Cohan. Honolulu Printmakers, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI -October 4-30. Lithograph

"Memory Walking", Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, Curator:

Roma Potiki. October 8 – November 29.

"Tredje Internationella litografiska Symposiet" (Third Lithography

Symposium), Lithographic Academy, Tidaholm, Sweden July 25 - August 9

"Urban Encounters", A Public Access exhibition, Downstairs at the New

Museum : "Godzilla", Asian American Art Network; lithograph

and participation in the video. New York, NY July 16 - September

"Mythologies", Jonkonnu Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY –August 14 -September 4

"PIECES 2" Curator: Sylvia Netzer Gallery 128. 128 Rivington Street, New

York , NY July.

Bob Blackburnπs Printmaking Workshop 50th Anniversary Benefit Exhibit and

Sale, New York, NY May 2-24

≥A.I.R. Gallery Group Show≤ Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA April 5 - 30

≥25 Years of A.I.R, The First Women Artists Cooperative in America≤ curator: Elke Soloman, Kingsborough Community College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY February 11 - March 25

1997 Faculty Exhibition, The City College of New York, Compton-Goethals Gallery, October 6 - 24

≥Fermented≤ Parsons School of Design, Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries, NY

Curated by Amy Sadao and Barbara Hunt. October 8 - November 6

≥Teenage Ninja Turtles ...Not≤ Parsons School of Design galleries. Organized by Carol Sun. Formerly shown at Reed College, Oregon, and Hawaii. October 8 - November 6

≥Immigrant Strategies≤ Raritan Valley Community College Gallery,

Fine and Performing Arts Gallery, Somerville, NJ. Organized by Sam Larson. October 3 - 23.

≥Voices of Color≤ in conjunction with the publication of Voices of Color organizedby Phoebe Farris. Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana. September 29 - November 2

≥Contemporary Asian Artists in America≤ Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY. September 7 - Ocotober 19.

≥Photography: Itπs Not What It Used to Be≤ Curated by Eleanor Flomenhaft and Lucille Tortora. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Gallery, Hewlett, NY August 27 - October 31

≥Thirtieth Annual East End Artists Exhibitiion≤ Ashwagh Hall, East Hampton, NY August

≥KimChee Extravaganza≤ Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA -June - present

Delany Hall Art Collection, Delany Hall, Queens Colllege, City University of New York, Queens, NY. May

≥Inside/Out: Japanese and Japanese American Artist Prints, April 25 - July 19

The Printed Image Gallery, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

≥New Dialogues: Women Printmakers Invitational 1997≤ Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA March 18 - April 25

Benefit for Robert Blackburnπs Printmaking Workshop, Leo Castelli Gallery, April

≥Travel Size≤ Godzilla sponsored exhibition, Compton-Goethals Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY February - March

≥Contemporary Japanese and Japanese American Artists Prints≤ from the Brandywine Workshop Collection, Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washincton D.C. February

≥Arcade II≤ University of Brighton, Brighton, England, U.K. January -9 - 30 : University of Brighton Gallery; Apr 1 - 4 : University of Derby, The Atrium; Apr 11 - May 8 : Kensington & Chelsea College Art Gallery, London; Jun 24 - Aug 25 : Stoke City Museum & Gallery

≥And Now. . . New Work≤ (8 Artists) AIR Gallery, January 2 - 18, New York, NY

≥Exhibition of New Works≤ Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, January 21 - February 16. Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

1996 Faculty Exhibition, The City College of New York, Compton-Goethals Gallery, New York, NY. October

1996 "Cultural Economies", Drawing Center, New York, NY -included in ongoing slide show. March

"Women"s Work" sponsored by A.I.R. at the Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY March

"The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints", Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi Japan March 16 - April 21

Honolulu Printmakers 68th Annual Exhibitiion, Honolulu, HI February -Juror's presentation. Print purchased by the State of Hawaii.

"Picture Element:" Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida - Feb 12- March 29.

"Eleven at A.I.R." 1996 Gallery Group Show - January 2-20

"Women of Color in Art: National Juried Exhibition" Women's Caucus for Art,

Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA January 29 - March 1

1995 "Artist as Citizen" American Council for the Arts Exhibition Space, NY,NY

October 30 - December 16. Video-showing on December 14

"CODE" Ricco-Maresca Gallery, New York, NY - Curator: Roz Dimon. Multimedia piece "Akira, The Irony of Being American" included.October.