2006 Transitions, Paintings and Prints, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003 A Retrospective of Prints (Catalogue), A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Atelier 2221, New Delhi, India
1998 Mary H. Dana Series, Rutgers University
1998 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1994 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 The Irony of Being American, Art Gallery of Long Island University, Southampton, NY
1993 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
1985 Richard Kauffman Gallery, Houston, Texas
1984 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, California
1982 Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1982 Beni Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1981 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980 Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1980 Beni Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1979 Beni Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1978 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, California
1976 Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco, California
1975 Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco, California
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Hui no Eau Art Center, Annual members Exhibition, Makawao, HI
Honolulu Printmakers 80th Annual Exhibition
Art Maui, Maui Art and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
Hui no Eau Art Center – Kite Exhibition, Makawao, HI
2007
Lahaina Arts Society, First Annual Exhibition, Lahaina, HI
Art Maui, Maui Art and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
Honolulu Printmakers, 79th Annual Exhibitions, Honolulu, HI
One True Thing, A.I.R. Gallery @ The Putney School
2006
Gallery 2B, Budapest, Hungary
2004
Priority, Benefit for Art in General, Milk Studios, New York, NY
Mixed Company, Women Choose Men, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Wish You Were Here 3, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Momentum: the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
Sketches, A.I.R. Gallery New York, NY
Generations.04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop featuring
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Archives and Collection, at the Library of Congress
2003
A.I.R. Gallery, Making Moves, New York, NY
Women’s Work, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Boston, MA
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2002
Arcade III, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
New Greenham Arts Centre, Berkshire, London Guildhall University, Barbicon Center for the Arts, London, UK. Levall Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia, Moscow, Russia
"Wish You Were Here", A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2001
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Arcade III: Scotland: University of Glasgow, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
2000
Digital 2000, Central Fine Arts Gallery, NYC, NY, Technology Gallery, New York Hall of Science, NY, NY, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pieces 4, Gallery 128, New York, NY
Printed Identity, American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Turning Points, A.I.R. Gallery
Portraits, Ross School, East Hampton, NY
1999
Censorship online exhibition
Ring of Fire Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
PIECES 3, Gallery 128, New York , NY
Computer Art Exhibition, Columbus State University Art Gallery, Columbus, GA
New Work , A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1998
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, 20th Two Part Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Contents and Contexts: Lithography after 200 Years, Honolulu Printmakers, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI
Memory Walking, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Tredje Internationella litografiska Symposiet , Lithographic Academy, Tidaholm,
Urban Encounters, New Museum : Godzilla, Asian American Art Network, New York, NY
Mythologies, Jonkonnu Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
PIECES 2, Gallery 128 New York , NY
Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop 50th Anniversary Benefit , New York, NY
25 Years of A.I.R, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
1997
Faculty Exhibition, The City College of New York, Compton-Goethals Gallery
Fermented, Parsons School of Design, Arnold & Sheila Aronson portfolio, NY
Teenage Ninja Turtles ...Not, Parsons School of Design, Reed College, Oregon, Hawaii
Immigrant Strategies, Raritan Valley Community College Gallery
Fine and Performing Arts Gallery, Somerville, NJ
Voices of Color, Purdue University portfolio, West Lafayette, Indiana
Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
Photography: It’s Not What It Used to Be, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library Gallery, Hewlett, NY
Thirtieth Annual East End Artists Exhibition, Ashwagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
Kim Chee Extravaganza, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Delany Hall Art Collection, Delany Hall, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens
Inside/Out: Japanese and Japanese American Artist Prints
The Printed Image Gallery, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
New Dialogues: Women Printmakers Invitational 1997, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Benefit for Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
Travel Size, Godzilla sponsored exhibition, Compton-Goethals Gallery, The City College of New York, NY
Contemporary Japanese and Japanese American Artists Prints, Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washincton D.C.
Arcade II, University of Brighton, Brighton, England
University of Derby The Atrium, Kensington & Chelsea College Art Gallery, London
Stoke City Museum & Gallery Still
And Now. . . New Work, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Exhibition of New Works, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick, NJ
1996
Faculty Exhibition, The City College of New York, Compton-Goethals Gallery, New York, NY
Cultural Economies, Drawing Center, New York, NY
Women”s Work at the Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi Japan
Honolulu Printmakers 68th Annual Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
Electronic Corpse with Picture Element: Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida
Japon/Mukashi to Ima at the Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo in San Jose, Costa Rica
Eleven at A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Women of Color in Art: National Juried Exhibition, Women’s Caucus for Art,
Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
1995
Artist as Citizen, American Council for the Arts Exhibition Space, New York, NY
CODE, Ricco-Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
2004 Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, February, Seattle, WA
2003 Distinguished Alumna of the Year award, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
1997 Brandywine Press Residency, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Visual Arts Residency, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation-Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking and Paper
1996 Brandywine Press residency, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Women of Color Slide Publication, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art
1995 New York Foundation for the Arts, Travel Grant
1995 The City College of New York, Division of the Arts
1995 Prize - one of two best in show, Arcade, University of Brighton, Brighton, England. UK
1994 Cash prize, 24th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, TX
1986 Cleveland Print Club of the Cleveland Museum, Print commission published
1984 Printmaking Fellowship - Festival of the Arts, Asilah, Morocco
1981-82 National Endowment for the Arts Artist's Grant in Printmaking
COLLECTIONS
Estee Lauder Foundation
Library of Congress: Robert Blackburn Archives
Queens College library, Queens College, Queens, NY
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University
Brooklyn Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Oakland Museum
Achenbach Foundation of the Legion of Honor Museum
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Cincinnati Museum
State of Hawaii
KTVU, Channel 2, Oakland, California
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
New Booneville Hotel, Booneville, California
EDUCATION
1971 M.A. College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley
1967-68 Apprentice to Japanese artist/ceramist, Kimpei Nakamura, Kanazawa, Japan
1959 -1962 Graduate work in Japanese/English literature, Columbia University, New York
1959 B.A.University of California at Los Angeles
ACADEMIC CAREER
1988- 2007 Professor, Director of the M.F.A. Program, Department of Art
1998 –2004 The City College of New York, City University of New York
1985 - 1986 Assistant Professor Department of Art, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1974 - 1985 Instructor, Printmaking Department, San Francisco Art Institute
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Instructor Computers and Printmaking, Hui no Eau Art Center , Makawao, Maui, HI
1999 Lecturer, Atelier 2221, Delhi, India
1999, Lecturer, College of Art, Delhi, India
1998 Lecturer, Douglas College, Rutgers University, Visiting Artists Series, Rutgers University
1998 Lecturer, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998 Organizer of The Impact of Digital Technology on ContemporaryArt, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
1996 lecturer, Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
1995 lecturer, ISEA Montreal, Canada Workshop on Computers and Printmaking
1994 lecturer,Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
1994 Lecturer, Washington State University at Pullman, WA
1994 Presentation, ISEA, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking Department
1993 Workshop on Computers and Printmaking, FISEA Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1993 Elected to the Board of Directors of the College Art Association
1993 Guest lecture and critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking Department
1993 Board of Directors, Art In General, New York, NY
1993 College Art Association Conference, Seattle, WA
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
1995-present A.I.R. Gallery –511 W. 25th Street, Suite 301 New York, NY 10001
Maui Crafts Guild - PO Box 790609 Paia, HI 96779, 69 Hana Hiway, Paiia, HI
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2004-06 New York Foundation for the Arts Board of Trustees
1998-99 College Art Association, Vice-President of the Board of Directors
1996-98 CAA, Committee on Cultural Diversity
1997 Co-Chair of Studio Program CAA Conference
1993-1998 Art in General, Board of Directors
2004 Advisor, Elizabeth Foundation, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
1993-2000 Godzilla, Asian American Arts Network, Steering Committee
1992-1997 Picture Element, Digital artists group
1993-Women’s Caucus for Art national organization
1989-92 Advisory Board, Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
1995- present Member of A.I.R.Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Advisory Board, Asian American Arts Alliance
1989-94 ACM Siggraph - New York chapter
1990 Art Initiatives
1990 -1992 Organization of Independent Artists,
1990- present Women of Color Artists’ Organization
PUBLICATIONS
A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts, Carol Kort and Liz Sonneborn
Facts on File, Inc., New York, 2002.
Women Artists of Color, A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the
Americas, Edited by Phoebe Farris. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT
May, 1999
San Francisco Art Institute Catalogs - l976-l977; l977-l979; l985-l986.
Conrad, John W., Contemporary Ceramic Techniques. Prentice-Hall, Falcon C. l978.
Rothenberg, Polly, The Complete Book of Ceramic Art., New York: Crown Publishers,
Inc. l972.
Chroman, Eleanor, The Potter's Primer. New York: Hawthorn Books, l974.
Design X, Pasadena Art Museum, l968.
Design Xl, Pasadena Art Museum, l97l
REVIEWS
Star Bulletin, vol. 13, Issue 57 –Tuesday, February 26, 2008 “Academy displays prints” by Joleen
Oshiro.
Alumnus, The City College of New York, Perspectives: “Art Professor Uses ‘Redress
Money’ to Tell Her Story” by Esther Tolkoff, Fall, 1998, p.7.
The New York Times, Long Island Edition, “Some Luminous Surfaces and 2 Asian
Survey Shows” by Helen A. Harrison. October 12, 1997
“Avenue Asia” Special Tribute Issue,Vol.20, no.11. p. 65. Editor: Sarah Midori
Zimmerman
“The Irony of Being American” photo of work, , M/E/A/N/I/N/G final issue, #19-20,
1996
Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. XXV, No.2 May-June 1994, p. 68.
The East Hampton Star, “From The Studio” review of Southampton College show by
Rose C. S. Slivka, April 7, 1994. Photo included.
DAN’s PAPERS, “Art Commentary” review of Southampton College show by Marion
Wolberg Weiss, April 1, 1994. Photo included.
The New York Times, Long Island edition, “Uses of Paper and National Identities” by
Phyllis Braff. March 27, 1994. Photo included.
Village Voice, “Voice Choices” review of the Godzilla show at Artists’ Space – March
30, 1993.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 27, l990, "Samplings" by Harry Roche. Photo
included.
“California Contemporary Art”, Butterfield & Butterfield catalog for auction, June 5,
1990. Photograph included.
The Charlotte Observer, Wednesday, February 22, 1989, "Landscapes' Reflections
Troubling" by Richard Maschal.
The Arts Journal, April, 1989, p. 17. "Landscapes of Self vs. Picturesque Conventions:
A Study in contrast at The Waterworks" by Paul Barringer.
New Art Examiner, May, 1989, Review of "Contemporary Landscape: Five Views"
by Shaw Smith.
Atlanta Art Papers, May/June, 1989, Review by Suzanne Davis.
Artspeak, Vol. X, No. 8 - December 16, 1988. "A major faculty exhibition at City
College" by Ed McCormack.
Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, May-June, 1987, p. 65.
Artweek, January 25, l986. Vol. l7, No. 3. "Variations on Tradition" by Jamie Brunson.
Print Collector's Newsletter -
Vol. Xll, No. 3, July-August, l98l.
Vol. lX, No. 6, January-February, l979 Vol. lX, No. 5, November-December, l978.
San Francisco Chronicle - Saturday, December l6, l978.
"A Look Around the portfolio" by Thomas Albright.
Artweek , December 23, l978, "Essences of Nature" by Robert McDonald.
San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, l978, "Six Bay Area Printmakers".
San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, l978. "A Whitman Sampler of Prints and Photographs"
by Thomas Albright.
The Daily Californian, August ll, l978, "Paper Capers" by Cathy Curtis.
The World, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, September 26, l976. "An Interesting Ride
into the Art of the Third World" by Alfred Frankenstein.
San Francisco Chronicle, February, l976, "What's New at the portfolio", by Thomas
Albright.
Oakland Tribune, "Prints California Presents a Few Surprises" by Charles Shere.
Artweek, February 25, l975, Vol. 6, No. 4, "Michi Itami Zimmerman: Paintings and
Prints", by Joanne A. Dickson.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, l975. "Three S.F. portfolio Take a Turn to the
Subtle", by Alfred Frankenstein.
Artweek, May 4, l974, Vol. 5, No. l8, "Bay Area Studio Sampling", by Cecile McCann.
Sourcebook for Interior Design, September, l970.