Résumé
FUJIKO ISOMURA
Education:
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995-1998, M.F.A.
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1992-1995, B.A.
Musashino Art University Postgraduate Courses of Junior College of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan, 1989-1992, A.A.
Awards:
' Second Place
Five hundred (Plus) Years, La Jolla Art Association, the Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2008.
' Honorable Mention
La Jolla Art Association 90th Year Celebration Exhibition, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA, 2008.
' Second Place
Wisconsin Artists Biennial 2001, Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI, 2001; Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI, 2002. Jurors: Frank Lewis, Director of Exhibitions and Curator of the Wriston Art Center Gallery at Laurence University, WI. Robert Lee Mejer, Professor and Chair, Department of Art, Quincy University, IL.
' First Place
Fourth International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001. Juror: Janet Bloch, Artist, Chicago, IL.
' Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship, 2000.
' Best of Show
Viewing Contemporary Culture, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 1999. Juror: Don Camp, Artist, Philadelphia, PA.
' Printwork Award
Printwork '99 -Sixth Annual National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Barrett Art Center/ Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1999. Juror: Claire Bell, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC.
' Diane R. Bailey Award
The 42nd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, the Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY, 1999. Juror: Dr. Annegreth T. Nill, Curator of 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art.
' Yeiser '99 Award
Yeiser '99, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 1999. Juror: William Hawk, Assistant Professor of Art, Missouri University, Columbia, MO.
' Juror Recognition Award
11th Annual National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 1999. Juror: Marti Mayo, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
' Third Place
1999 KCAD Juried Competition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI, 1999. Juror: Kim Humphries, Exhibition Designer, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH.
' Honorable Mention
6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, NY, 1999. Juror: Jennifer Yum, Lecturer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Solo Exhibitions:
Solo Show, Exhibition Hall, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2009.
Fujiko Isomura: Solo Exhibition of New Work, Gallery La Mesa, La Mesa, CA, 2008.
Solo Show, Linden's of Ellison Bay, Door County, WI, 2003.
My Life in America, Linden's of Ellison Bay, Door County, WI, 2002.
My Story, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2002.
Work of Fujiko Isomura, University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI, 2001.
Art of Fujiko Isomura, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 2001.
Recent Works, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI, 2001.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
::::2013
A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art
Steadman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 2009, Center for Arts Gallery, Towson University, MD, 2010. Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, 2010. Penn State University, University Park, PA, 2011. Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 2012. Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2012. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 2013. A national tour exhibition curated by Dr. Martin Rosenberg, Chair, Department of Fine Arts and Prof. of Art History Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Dr. Susan Isaacs, Prof. of Art History and Curator at Towson University, and Adjunct Curator at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. The national tour is managed by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions & Museum Services. (Invited)
::::2012
20th Anniversary Exhibition - Invitational: Twenty Jurors, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
8th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2011
"Leaders of Eleven" La Jolla Art Association, Poway Center for Performing Arts, Poway, CA. (Invited)
7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2010
Night of the Iguana, La Jolla Art Association, The LJAA Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
6th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Art in the Heart of Rancho Bernardo, UBS Rancho Bernardo Office, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2009
Re-Ground Opening Show, La Jolla Art Association, The LJAA Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
5th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2008
Holiday Invitational, St. Clair Gallery, El Cajon, CA.
Coe College Art Department Alumni Four Person Show, Sinclair Galleries, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
The 4th Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange and Exhibition "Two Cultures One Spirit", The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
Japanese Members' Small Works Group Show for the Fourth Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange - Two Cultures One Spirit, Gallery Toki, Saitama, Japan.
Ray at Night, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Fusion 3 Exhibition, SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist and Japanese Friendship Garden Partnership Event, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
4th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
90th Anniversary Show, La Jolla Art Association, Athenaeum Rotunda Gallery, La Jolla, CA. (Juried)
::::2007
3rd Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Cultural Fusion, The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA. (Juried)
15th Anniversary Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
Celebrate San Diego, La Jolla Art Association, the Village Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
An Exhibition of Feminist Art, Women's Studies Consortium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
::::2006
WA-POP, Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
Southern California Regional Juried Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
'Artists of the Heritage Festival 2006', 2nd Annual Dragon Boat Festival, hosted by the SD Alliance for APIAs (Alliance) and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Asian Arts Initiative Alumni Show, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA.
"Asian: Capturing the Orient" Art Experience, Aubergine, Silk Road Productions, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Double Vision, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Washington. (Invited)
Summer C-Note, San Diego Art Institute, CA.
::::2005
San Diego Dragon Boat Festival 2005, hosted by the SD Alliance for APIAs (Alliance) and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2004
A Decade of Art, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI. (Invited)
Art of Note 2004, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, UW Memorial Union, Promega Corporation, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Arts Board, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI. (Invited)
The Art of Building Community: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. (Invited)
::::2003
Women's Sphere: Reconfigured Traditions, Furlong Gallery, Dept. of Art and Design, the University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, WI. (Invited)
The New Beginnings/False Starts, the Gallery of HotHouse: The Center for International Performance and Exhibition, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
People, Places and Things, the Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. (Invited)
Living in Two Worlds, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI. (Five-person show)
Tradition: The Blessing and the Curse, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
::::2002
Wisconsin - Saitama Art Exchange 2002, Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan. Inoue gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Tomioka Museum, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
A Modern Bestiary, the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. (Juried)
Group Show, the Sewickley Gallery, Sewickley, PA. (Invited)
Strange Attractors, No Boundaries, The Porter Butts Gallery, Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI. (Selected three-person show)
::::2001
Pulcheria Arte, The Cultural Association 218ac, Palazzo S.Pietro, Piacenza, Italy. (International Juried)
Dual Identities, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. (Juried two-person show)
A Sampling of PCNJ Award Winning Artists, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ.
::::2000
An Exhibit of Award-Winning Wisconsin Artists, Promega Gallery, the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI.
Mixed Medium Printmaking (CitiARTS Exhibition), Gallery I, Municipal Building, Madison, WI.(Juried)
MatrixArts International 2000, MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA. (Juried)
A National Juried Exhibition on the Seven Virtues, College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
By the Palette, For the Palate, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (Juried)
The Dec 99-Jan 00 Juried Competition, Gallery 210, Syracuse, NY.
Art at the Millennium, the Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY. (Juried)
Pointing Fingers '2000, Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. (Juried)
::::1999
The 1999 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.(Juried)
Fifth Annual International Exhibition of Women's Art, SOHO20, New York, NY. (Juried)
15th Annual National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper, The Berkeley art Center, Berkeley, CA.
Regional VI Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Juried)
The 23rd Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE.
Fujiko Isomura & Sergio Soave -Ink Jet Color Prints, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI. (Juried two-person show)
12th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. (Juried)
Multiple Perspectives -National Juried Print Exhibition, Esther Allen Greer Museum of Fine Art, University of Rio Grande, OH. (Juried)
11th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. (Juried)
1999 North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, Boston University, MA. (Juried)
Re-Presentation - Fifth Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Second International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Juried)
Merged Realities, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ.(Juried)
Collections:
Visitor Center, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitwater, WI.
University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI.
Shirley Manson, vocalist, Garbage
Publications:
• "Looking & Learning Story", SchoolArts, December 2010, David Publications, Worcester, MA.
• Nikkei Heritage, Volume XV, Number 3, FALL 2003, Tradition Transformed.
• Cover Artwork, SIGNS, Volume 28, Number 4, Summer 2003, Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Editors Signs Journal (UCLA), the University of Chicago Press.
• Cover Artwork, Modern Fiction Studies, Volume 48, Number 4, Winter 2002 Special Issue, the Editors Modern Fiction Studies Purdue University Department of English, the Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Madison Top 50, Madison Magazine, Madison, WI, November, 2001.
• "East Meets West", WEEKEND, WHA-TV (Wisconsin Public Television), aired on 01/12/2001.
Professional Experience:
• Board position, Information Director at the La Jolla Art Association (LJAA), La Jolla, CA, 2011-2013.
• Board position, Membership Director at LJAA, La Jolla, CA, 2008-2010.
• Donated an artwork for the Silent Auction at Las Patronas 63rd Annual Jewel Ball, La Jolla, CA, 2009.
• Gave an imitation gold leafing class at Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2009.
• Volunteer of the Month, La Jolla Art Association, 2009, 2010.
• Gave a gallery presentation and a class demonstration at Coe College Art Department, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2008.
• Featured artist for the vitreum at the East Village Party, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Official translator for the Art Exchange Program, The 4th Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange and Exhibition "Two Cultures One Spirit", 2008.
• Featured artist for the 'Fusion 3 Exhibition Gala' at the SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist and Japanese Friendship Garden Partnership Event, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a featured artist for the Grand Opening Event at vitreum, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a featured artist at 'Ray at Night', San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Presented artwork as a guest artist for 'San Diego Dragon Boat Festival', the SD Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander American, Art Pavilion, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA, 2005-2008.
• Commissioned to paint the Yo-Yo Ma Autographed Beastie sculpture for the 'Beastie Beat 2004', a fundraiser for Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's children's music education programs, WI, 2004.
• Commissioned to paint an used violin for the 'Art of Note', Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra fundraising program, 2004.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist for 'The 3rd Annual Heritage Festival San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans', Art Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2004.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist for the 'Japanese Art Gallery Night' at Atwater School, Shorewood, WI, 2003.
• Gave a slide lecture as a guest artist speaker for the Madison Artists Alliance, Madison, WI, 2003.
• Gave a demonstration at the Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, 2002.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist at the Opening Ceremony of Thai Pavilion, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI, 2002.
• Gave a gallery lecture at University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI, 2001.
• Juried the exhibition "IMPORT/EXPORT", Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001.
• Gave a gallery talk at 'An Exhibit of Award-Winning Wisconsin Artists', Promega Gallery, Madison, WI, 2000.
• Gave a slide presentation as a guest artist speaker for the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Inc., Madison, WI, 2000.
• Gave a slide lecture as a guest artist to the Art Education Class, UW-Madison, WI, 1999.
• Gave a slide lecture to the Non-static Art Class, UW-Madison, WI, 1998.
• Art Instructor at University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension, Madison, WI, 1999-2001.
• Framing specialist at the Frame Workshop, Madison, WI, 2000-2003. (Closed in 2005)
Academic Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
Phi Kappa Phi, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
Cum Laude, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
The National Dean's List, 1994, 1995.
Coe College Dean's List, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1993, 1994, 1995.
Art Cellar Award, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1994.
Corner House Gallery and Frame Award, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1993.
Department of Graphic Design Award, Musashino Art University Junior College Postgraduate Course, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.
Last Updated: 07/2015
Education:
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995-1998, M.F.A.
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1992-1995, B.A.
Musashino Art University Postgraduate Courses of Junior College of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan, 1989-1992, A.A.
Awards:
' Second Place
Five hundred (Plus) Years, La Jolla Art Association, the Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2008.
' Honorable Mention
La Jolla Art Association 90th Year Celebration Exhibition, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA, 2008.
' Second Place
Wisconsin Artists Biennial 2001, Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI, 2001; Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI, 2002. Jurors: Frank Lewis, Director of Exhibitions and Curator of the Wriston Art Center Gallery at Laurence University, WI. Robert Lee Mejer, Professor and Chair, Department of Art, Quincy University, IL.
' First Place
Fourth International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001. Juror: Janet Bloch, Artist, Chicago, IL.
' Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship, 2000.
' Best of Show
Viewing Contemporary Culture, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 1999. Juror: Don Camp, Artist, Philadelphia, PA.
' Printwork Award
Printwork '99 -Sixth Annual National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Barrett Art Center/ Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1999. Juror: Claire Bell, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC.
' Diane R. Bailey Award
The 42nd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, the Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY, 1999. Juror: Dr. Annegreth T. Nill, Curator of 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art.
' Yeiser '99 Award
Yeiser '99, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 1999. Juror: William Hawk, Assistant Professor of Art, Missouri University, Columbia, MO.
' Juror Recognition Award
11th Annual National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 1999. Juror: Marti Mayo, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
' Third Place
1999 KCAD Juried Competition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI, 1999. Juror: Kim Humphries, Exhibition Designer, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH.
' Honorable Mention
6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, NY, 1999. Juror: Jennifer Yum, Lecturer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Solo Exhibitions:
Solo Show, Exhibition Hall, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2009.
Fujiko Isomura: Solo Exhibition of New Work, Gallery La Mesa, La Mesa, CA, 2008.
Solo Show, Linden's of Ellison Bay, Door County, WI, 2003.
My Life in America, Linden's of Ellison Bay, Door County, WI, 2002.
My Story, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2002.
Work of Fujiko Isomura, University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI, 2001.
Art of Fujiko Isomura, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 2001.
Recent Works, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI, 2001.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
::::2013
A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art
Steadman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 2009, Center for Arts Gallery, Towson University, MD, 2010. Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, 2010. Penn State University, University Park, PA, 2011. Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 2012. Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2012. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 2013. A national tour exhibition curated by Dr. Martin Rosenberg, Chair, Department of Fine Arts and Prof. of Art History Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Dr. Susan Isaacs, Prof. of Art History and Curator at Towson University, and Adjunct Curator at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. The national tour is managed by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions & Museum Services. (Invited)
::::2012
20th Anniversary Exhibition - Invitational: Twenty Jurors, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
8th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2011
"Leaders of Eleven" La Jolla Art Association, Poway Center for Performing Arts, Poway, CA. (Invited)
7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2010
Night of the Iguana, La Jolla Art Association, The LJAA Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
6th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Art in the Heart of Rancho Bernardo, UBS Rancho Bernardo Office, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2009
Re-Ground Opening Show, La Jolla Art Association, The LJAA Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
5th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Visual Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2008
Holiday Invitational, St. Clair Gallery, El Cajon, CA.
Coe College Art Department Alumni Four Person Show, Sinclair Galleries, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
The 4th Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange and Exhibition "Two Cultures One Spirit", The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
Japanese Members' Small Works Group Show for the Fourth Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange - Two Cultures One Spirit, Gallery Toki, Saitama, Japan.
Ray at Night, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Fusion 3 Exhibition, SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist and Japanese Friendship Garden Partnership Event, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
4th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
90th Anniversary Show, La Jolla Art Association, Athenaeum Rotunda Gallery, La Jolla, CA. (Juried)
::::2007
3rd Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Artist Booth, hosted by San Diego Alliance for Asian pacific Islander Americans, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Cultural Fusion, The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA. (Juried)
15th Anniversary Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
Celebrate San Diego, La Jolla Art Association, the Village Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
An Exhibition of Feminist Art, Women's Studies Consortium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
::::2006
WA-POP, Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
Southern California Regional Juried Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
'Artists of the Heritage Festival 2006', 2nd Annual Dragon Boat Festival, hosted by the SD Alliance for APIAs (Alliance) and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Asian Arts Initiative Alumni Show, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA.
"Asian: Capturing the Orient" Art Experience, Aubergine, Silk Road Productions, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
Double Vision, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Washington. (Invited)
Summer C-Note, San Diego Art Institute, CA.
::::2005
San Diego Dragon Boat Festival 2005, hosted by the SD Alliance for APIAs (Alliance) and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. (Invited)
::::2004
A Decade of Art, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI. (Invited)
Art of Note 2004, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, UW Memorial Union, Promega Corporation, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Arts Board, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI. (Invited)
The Art of Building Community: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. (Invited)
::::2003
Women's Sphere: Reconfigured Traditions, Furlong Gallery, Dept. of Art and Design, the University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, WI. (Invited)
The New Beginnings/False Starts, the Gallery of HotHouse: The Center for International Performance and Exhibition, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
People, Places and Things, the Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. (Invited)
Living in Two Worlds, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI. (Five-person show)
Tradition: The Blessing and the Curse, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Invited)
::::2002
Wisconsin - Saitama Art Exchange 2002, Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan. Inoue gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Tomioka Museum, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
A Modern Bestiary, the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. (Juried)
Group Show, the Sewickley Gallery, Sewickley, PA. (Invited)
Strange Attractors, No Boundaries, The Porter Butts Gallery, Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI. (Selected three-person show)
::::2001
Pulcheria Arte, The Cultural Association 218ac, Palazzo S.Pietro, Piacenza, Italy. (International Juried)
Dual Identities, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. (Juried two-person show)
A Sampling of PCNJ Award Winning Artists, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ.
::::2000
An Exhibit of Award-Winning Wisconsin Artists, Promega Gallery, the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI.
Mixed Medium Printmaking (CitiARTS Exhibition), Gallery I, Municipal Building, Madison, WI.(Juried)
MatrixArts International 2000, MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA. (Juried)
A National Juried Exhibition on the Seven Virtues, College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
By the Palette, For the Palate, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (Juried)
The Dec 99-Jan 00 Juried Competition, Gallery 210, Syracuse, NY.
Art at the Millennium, the Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY. (Juried)
Pointing Fingers '2000, Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. (Juried)
::::1999
The 1999 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.(Juried)
Fifth Annual International Exhibition of Women's Art, SOHO20, New York, NY. (Juried)
15th Annual National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper, The Berkeley art Center, Berkeley, CA.
Regional VI Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Juried)
The 23rd Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE.
Fujiko Isomura & Sergio Soave -Ink Jet Color Prints, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI. (Juried two-person show)
12th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. (Juried)
Multiple Perspectives -National Juried Print Exhibition, Esther Allen Greer Museum of Fine Art, University of Rio Grande, OH. (Juried)
11th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. (Juried)
1999 North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, Boston University, MA. (Juried)
Re-Presentation - Fifth Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Second International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Juried)
Merged Realities, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ.(Juried)
Collections:
Visitor Center, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitwater, WI.
University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI.
Shirley Manson, vocalist, Garbage
Publications:
• "Looking & Learning Story", SchoolArts, December 2010, David Publications, Worcester, MA.
• Nikkei Heritage, Volume XV, Number 3, FALL 2003, Tradition Transformed.
• Cover Artwork, SIGNS, Volume 28, Number 4, Summer 2003, Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Editors Signs Journal (UCLA), the University of Chicago Press.
• Cover Artwork, Modern Fiction Studies, Volume 48, Number 4, Winter 2002 Special Issue, the Editors Modern Fiction Studies Purdue University Department of English, the Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Madison Top 50, Madison Magazine, Madison, WI, November, 2001.
• "East Meets West", WEEKEND, WHA-TV (Wisconsin Public Television), aired on 01/12/2001.
Professional Experience:
• Board position, Information Director at the La Jolla Art Association (LJAA), La Jolla, CA, 2011-2013.
• Board position, Membership Director at LJAA, La Jolla, CA, 2008-2010.
• Donated an artwork for the Silent Auction at Las Patronas 63rd Annual Jewel Ball, La Jolla, CA, 2009.
• Gave an imitation gold leafing class at Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2009.
• Volunteer of the Month, La Jolla Art Association, 2009, 2010.
• Gave a gallery presentation and a class demonstration at Coe College Art Department, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2008.
• Featured artist for the vitreum at the East Village Party, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Official translator for the Art Exchange Program, The 4th Wisconsin and Saitama Art Exchange and Exhibition "Two Cultures One Spirit", 2008.
• Featured artist for the 'Fusion 3 Exhibition Gala' at the SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist and Japanese Friendship Garden Partnership Event, San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a featured artist for the Grand Opening Event at vitreum, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a featured artist at 'Ray at Night', San Diego Art Department, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• Presented artwork as a guest artist for 'San Diego Dragon Boat Festival', the SD Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander American, Art Pavilion, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA, 2005-2008.
• Commissioned to paint the Yo-Yo Ma Autographed Beastie sculpture for the 'Beastie Beat 2004', a fundraiser for Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's children's music education programs, WI, 2004.
• Commissioned to paint an used violin for the 'Art of Note', Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra fundraising program, 2004.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist for 'The 3rd Annual Heritage Festival San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans', Art Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 2004.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist for the 'Japanese Art Gallery Night' at Atwater School, Shorewood, WI, 2003.
• Gave a slide lecture as a guest artist speaker for the Madison Artists Alliance, Madison, WI, 2003.
• Gave a demonstration at the Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, 2002.
• Gave a demonstration and presentation as a guest artist at the Opening Ceremony of Thai Pavilion, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI, 2002.
• Gave a gallery lecture at University of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI, 2001.
• Juried the exhibition "IMPORT/EXPORT", Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001.
• Gave a gallery talk at 'An Exhibit of Award-Winning Wisconsin Artists', Promega Gallery, Madison, WI, 2000.
• Gave a slide presentation as a guest artist speaker for the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Inc., Madison, WI, 2000.
• Gave a slide lecture as a guest artist to the Art Education Class, UW-Madison, WI, 1999.
• Gave a slide lecture to the Non-static Art Class, UW-Madison, WI, 1998.
• Art Instructor at University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension, Madison, WI, 1999-2001.
• Framing specialist at the Frame Workshop, Madison, WI, 2000-2003. (Closed in 2005)
Academic Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
Phi Kappa Phi, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
Cum Laude, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1995.
The National Dean's List, 1994, 1995.
Coe College Dean's List, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1993, 1994, 1995.
Art Cellar Award, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1994.
Corner House Gallery and Frame Award, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1993.
Department of Graphic Design Award, Musashino Art University Junior College Postgraduate Course, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.
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