Born in Osaka, Japan. Lives and works in Berkeley, California.


Education

2001
  • Master of Fine Arts in Pictorial Art,
       San Jose State University, San Jose CA
1996
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Painting, Printmaking minor,
       Notre Dame De Namur University, Belmont CA

Exhibitions

2013
  • 2013 Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
  • SF Art Fair, artMRKT SF, K. Imperial Fine Art, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
  • Solo Exhibition, Helplessness in Hopefulness, K. Imperial Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Art Auction to Benefit the Artists, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Infinitely Bound: New Work by 3 Bay Area Artists, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Kala-fornia: State of the Art 3, Art Exhibition to benefit Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
  • Peaceable Kingdom: Animals Real and Imagined, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
  • Outside the Box II, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012
  • Aqua Art Miami, K. Imperial Fine Art, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
  • Inaugural Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Beauty, selected by Glen Helfand and Katrina Traywick, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
  • Collect, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
  • Bay Area Currents 2012, What We Can't See But Want to See is Art,
  •    selected by Renny Pritikin, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • ArtPadSF, Swarm Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
  • Solo Exhibition, Ancillary Adaptations, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2, Art Exhibition to benefit Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
  • Featured Artist in the Art in a Box Headquarters, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • A Culture Within: The Japanese American Experience through Art, Petaluma Art Center, CA
2011
  • Solo Exhibition, Quarterly at Latham Square through Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • The Wassaic Project Winter Auction, Invisible Dog Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  • Summer in the City, Branch Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Chain Letter Show, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Bay Area Artists for Japan, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Benefit Art Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, CA
  • ArtPadSF, Swarm Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
  • Slow n Low is the Tempo, Grass Hut Gallery, Portland, OR
  • Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Breaking Ranks: Human/Nature, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • Art Not in a Box, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010
  • 510Arts.com, Branch Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Juried Annual 2011, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Two-Person Exhibition, Unnatural Plans, Park Life, San Francisco, CA
  • Summer Fantasy, Gallery Extrana, Berkeley, CA
  • Solo Exhibition, Things Don't Last Forever But Maybe It's Better That Way,
  •    Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, CA
  • Security, Root Division, San Francisco CA
  • Art in a Box, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
  • Art in a Box Social and Exhibit, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Two Person Show, Contemplating Her Infinite Disguise, Gallery Extrana, Berkeley CA
  • Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
  • Family Pictures, Root Division, San Francisco CA
2008
  • New Visions, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA

Gallery

   Work is available at:
  • K.Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  • Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
  • Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Grass Hut Gallery, Portland, OR
  • Featured Artist, Art in a Box, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA

Residency

2013
  • Artist in Residency Program, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2011
  • Artist in Residency Program, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York
  • Artist in Residency Program, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2009
  • Artist in Residency Program, Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside,
  •     Troy, New York

Public Art

2012
  • 60 Boxes Project by Earth Island Institute and Berkeley City Arts Commission

Awards

2012
  • Nominee for SECA award at SFMOMA
2010
  • The Santo Foundation Individual Artists Award
  • Nominee for SECA award at SFMOMA
1996
  • Helen Dooley Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose CA

Publications, Reviews, Press

2013
  • Human-animal relationships as art 'peacable artwork' often hints at turmoil, conflict
  •    Walnut Creek Journal, 14 March 2013
2012
  • Popular Berkeley program turns utility boxes into public art,
  •    Contra Costa times, 27 December 2012
  • Bay Area Currents 2012: What We Can't See But Want to See is Art,
  •    by Alex Bigman, East Bay Express, 18 July 2012
  • Picks: Ancillary Adaptations by Obi Kaufmann, East Bay Express, 16 May 2012
  • Masako Miki at Swarm Gallery, Editor's Recommendation by DeWitt Cheng,
  •    Visual Art Source, May 2012
2011
  • Lamono Magazine, Art and Urban Cultural Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
  •    Issue # 78 Frio (cold), November 2011
  • Fine Line Magazine, International Fine Arts Magazine, Milwaukee, WI
  •    Issue Three: This is A Theory, May 2011
2010
  • "96 Hours Collector Poster", San Francisco Chronicle, October 2010
2009
  • BayVan Bay Area Visual Arts Network, online publication
  • "Works on Paper at the Berkeley Art Center", The Berkeley Daily Planet,
  •    by Peter Selz. September 2009
  • KALX-FM Radio Interview, Arts in Review by Greg Scharpen, Berkeley, CA
2004
  • American Art Collector-Book One, Alcove Books
1999
  • Richard Kochi Hernandez, "First-Rate Artwork on Deposit at Bank",
  •    San Jose Mercury News, August 1999
  • Honorable Mention Award, Arts on Fire, Pacifica CA

Experience

2005 - Present:   Adjunct Faculty
  •    De Anza College, Evergreen Valley College, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
2003, 2006:   Visiting Lecturer
  •    University of California, Davis, CA
2000, 2004:   Adjunct Faculty
  •    San Jose State University, CA