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MICHIKO YAO

 

Born in Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Los Angeles

EDUCATION:

2009
2006
2003

MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Santa Monica Art Mentor Program, Santa Monica, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009
2008
2007
2006

2005
2003

"Samsara Pleasure Principle", Mint Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, March 7-14
"Shojoholic", Main Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, April
“Cuties”, Gallery 825/ LAAA, Los Angeles, CA, March 24 - April 20
“That’s Just How I Express My Love”, Main gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA, December 11-16
Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA, September/October
“Hem”, Stevenson Blanche Devereux Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
“Fill It In”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, April 10 - May 7
“Color in as You Wish“, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 16-20

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2005
2004

“Pattern”, Bamboo Lane/Revisited, Los Angeles, CA, May
“Castella”, Stevenson Blanche Devereux Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA, November
“Return to Compulsion”, revisited, Los Angeles, CA, May

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2009



2008





2007

2006

2005



2004



2003


2002

Home & Garden, ViralNet.net (online project)
"In Love With Night", Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA, Sept 8 - Oct - 9, curated by Ciara Ennis and Max King Cap
"MFA Conversations, Part II"”, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July - Sept 11, curated by Marla Koosed
"Why Theory: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2009", Los Angeles, CA May 20 - 27
"Action, Reflection, Action", Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA May 12 - 23
"CAA Los Angeles MFA Exhibition", gayle & Ed Roski MFA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 24 - 28
"...Watching", Gallery D301, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, December 8-11
CalArts mid-Res Show, 2008, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, October 20-24
“Conventions and Attitudes”, Remy's on Temple, Los Angeles, CA, The Amie and Tony James Gallery New York, NY November 4 (Curated by Karen Atkinson)
SCOPE Hamptons 2008, Jack the Pelican Presents, Hamptons, New York July 24-27
“Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Symposium and Exhibition”,
CalArts, Valencia, CA March 5 - 10
“Look In”, Pasadena, CA, curated by Ashley McLean Emenegger October 13 – November 30
“Random Perspectives”, Red House Gallery, Venice, CA, April
“Installed”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Barbara T. Smith) October 7 - 28
“Jeju International Free Festival”, Kidang Museum, Jeju, Korea, October
“Innocent Lost”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA April 9 - May 6
“Graduates of the Arts Mentor Program Exhibition”, Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Icon-O-Clash”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA November 15 - December 12
“Open Call LA 2004”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 14 – August 15
“Between One and Ten”, Gallery 825 Bergamot Annex, Santa Monica, CA, February 28 - March 26
“Return to Los Angeles”, revisited, Los Angeles, CA
“Petite Works”, Gallery 825 Bergamot Annex, Santa Monica, CA
“The Inaugural Receptions”, revisited, Los Angeles, CA
“256 cubic feet“, Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Two Person Show”, Air117 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, October 25

FILM/VIDEO SCREENING:

2009



2008
"Cinema Orange, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (scheduled)
"Eagle Rock Music Festival", Eagle Rock, CA October (scheduled)
"Why Video", Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Los Angeles, CA, June 29
"Video Screening", Outpost Contemporary for Art, Los Angeles, CA May 16
“College Night!”, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, November 6
"The Graduation", The Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA May 23
"Asian New Media, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, April
AWARDS AND GRANTS:

2009
2003-09
2006, 08
2006, 08
2006
2003

College Art Assosiation honorable mention
CalArts scholarship
Dean’s fund grant (CalArts)
Diversity grant (CalArts)
Ahmanson project grant (CalArts)
Stratton-Petit Sosin Art Mentor Student Award

PUBLICATIONS:

Max King Cap, In Love With Night Catalogue, August 2009
Elenore Wellese, "Continuing and Recommended", ArtScene, September, 2009, p21
Chronometry: The Art of Measuring Time, 2007, p
September, 2009Will Davidson, “CAPping the Arts“, The Signal, Sptil 15, 2008, A1, A10 image
Katherine Satorius, "reviews”, Artweek, June 2007, p19, 20
Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 2007 Catalogue, p5, 14, and 37
Joyce Tse, “Beyond Cute”, Rafu Shimpo, March 16, 2007
Cloverfierld Press, cover image of “Tony Takitani” by Haruki Murakami, May, 2006
Yumiko Loose, “Innocent Lost“, Artas1.com
Yumiko Loose, Michiko Yao, “artist interview“, Artas1.com
“Calendar Visual Arts”, Angeleno, June 2005, p48
Deborah Vankin, "Catnip for Your Inner Otaku", Theater, LAWeekly, May 26, 2005
New American paintings, issue No.55, 2004
“May Calendar of Openings and Special Events”, ArtScene, May 2004, p.25.
Charlene Roth, “Reviews”, Artweek, July/August 2004, p24
“Art and Design”, Shwing, Oct 25, 2002, http://www.shwing.com/
“Interview”, ART as 1, 2002, http://www.artas1.com

COLLECTIONS:
Keith Monda, COACH, Inc, New York
Michelle Isenberg, Isenberg & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Artist Agency, Beverly Hills, CA