SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Art Basel Miami, Solo Installation at Meridian section, Miami, FL
Empathy Lab, RYANLEE Gallery, New York, New York
Shapeshifting, KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2022 Night Parade with One Hundred Demons, The Façade Project,
Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose, San Jose, CA
2021 New Mythologies, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Radical Hope, RLWindow Installation Exhibit, RYANLEE Gallery, New York, NY
UNTITLED Art Fair, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, Miami, FL
2020 UNTITLED Art Fair, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2019 The MATRIX 273 Shapeshifters in Park, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Shapeshifters, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Mori no Yokai, Shapeshifter of Forrest, Special Exhibition at SF Art Fair art MRKT,
CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
CommUNITY, Special Installation, San Francisco Design Week, Pier 27, San Francisco, CA
UNTITLED Art Fair, Featured Artist to design Woman’s March poster for Berkeley Art Museum
and Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco, CA
2018 In Process, The Watermill Center, Watermill, New York
Time Bomb, Special Installation, Shapeshifters in Forrest at Watermill, New York, NY
2017 Special Installation Between Places and A night parade of a hundred demons,
SF Art Fair art MRKT, San Francisco, CA
2016 KiraKira, MoyaMoya, HaraHara, Kimball Gallery, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Conversations with Fox, Feather, and Ghost, Cult | Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2014 Kokoro No Tabi (Journey in Between Places), Yoriiza Theater, Tokushima, Japan
2013 Helplessness In Hopefulness, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 Ancillary Adaptations, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010 Unnatural Plans, Park Life, San Francisco, CA
2009 Contemplating Her Infinite Disguise, Gallery Extrana, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bay Area Now 9, Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, San Francisco, CA
What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection,
Berkeley Art Museum of Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Contemporary Japanese Artists, Ohayo Gozaimasu, Good Morning Japan,
Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Twentysomethings Exhibition, The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Legacy, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2022 Certeza, Collection SOLO, Madrid, Spain
Come Together, Apple Campus, Mountain View, CA
Midnight Murmurs, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA
Constant Carnival: The Hass Brothers in Context, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Cute Tunes for Serious Sapiens, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Exhibition at Governor’s Mansion, Sacramento, CA
Potential of Objects, Marin MOCA, Marin, CA
Physics & Fiction, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Fog Art + Design, Ryan Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fog Art + Design, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2021 Janus II, Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Our Eyes Are On Fire, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
4 x 8 Bridges, 8 – Bridges exhibition with Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2020 Janus, 8 – Bridges online exhibition with Cult Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
A Group Exhibition, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco, CA
Record of Succession, Fused Space, San Francisco, CA
SF Art Fair, artMRKT, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2019 Strange, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Fiberful, NIAD, Richmond, CA
Portraits, Jones Institute, San Francisco, CA
SF Art Fair, artMRKT, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
FAULTline 2.0, A collection of works by California artist Living on the FAULTline, SF, CA
2018 Group Hang: Print Edition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Art Toronto, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, Toronto, Canada
Seattle Art Fair, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, Seattle, WA
Strange Forest, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
SF Art Fair, artMRKT, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2017 Group Hang, 5th Year Anniversary Facebook Artist in Residence, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Let the Tool Do the Work, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Earth and Reveries, Fellowship Award Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Three-persons Exhibition, Works on Paper, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2016 New West Chronicle, Photo issue, Court Yard, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Benefit Art Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Heft, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2014 Survival Adaptations, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Art Fair, artMRKT, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Soft Muscle, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Possible, Corresponding Mail Art, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
2013 SF Art Fair, artMRKT, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Three-Person Exhibition, Infinitely Bound, The Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Summer Exhibition, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
On View, New work from Kala, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Received Juror’s Award
2012 Aqua Art Miami, K.Imperial Fine Art, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
ArtPadSF, Swarm Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Currents 2012 What We Can’t See But Want To See Is Art, curated by Renny Pritikin,
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Beauty, curated by Glen Helfand, Katrina Traywick, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2011 Breaking Ranks: Human/Nature, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
Benefit Art Auction, Headlands Center for the Arts, CA
ArtPadSF, Swarm Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Chain Letter Show, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angels, CA
PUBLIC ART
2023 The façade Mural Design at Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, San Francisco, CA
Outdoor Ceramic Tile Mural at Aquatic Park in Berkeley, CA
2022 Outdoor sculpture/furniture design for Minna-Natoma Corridor in partnered with San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (ongoing)
Outdoor furniture design for Rengstorff Park Aquatics at Mountain View, CA (ongoing)
2021 Outdoor sculpture installation of twelve bronze pieces at Uber HQ, San Francisco, CA
2020 Outdoor sculpture installation of six stainless-steel pieces Coastal Cultural Park,
OH Bay Art Project in Shenzhen, China
RESIDENCY/AWARD
2023 Lucas Artists Residency Program Fellowship, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2019 Master Artist Award, kala Artist Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018 Inga Maren Otto Fellow Award, The Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
Print Fellow, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York
2017 Artist Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2016 Artist Residency Award, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2015 Artist in Residency, Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, CA
2014 Artist Fellow, Kamiyama Artist in Residency, Tokushima, Japan
Artist in Residency, Project 387 Gualala, CA
2011 Artist in Residency Program, Wassaic Project, New York
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2010 The Santo Foundation Individual Artists Award
2009 Artist in Residency, Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, New York
1998 Helen Dooley Scholarship, San Jose State University, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTION
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Colección SOLO, Madrid, Spain
The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, New York, NY
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Chen Zuckerberg Initiative, Redwood City, CA
Fidelity Investment Boston, MA
DESIGN/INSTALLATION COMMISSION
2022 Soapbox Derby, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Design and participate to the Derby Race
2021 Your Action Saves Lives Campaign, Public Art Commission by
California Governor’s Office, Interactive Poster Installation, Chinatown, Oakland, CA
2020 Art and Action 2020, Census Poster in San Francisco, CA
2019 Product Design, Custom LEGO box for Imprint Projects, San Francisco, CA
Site Specific Installations, Chen Zuckerberg Initiative, Redwood City, CA
Rebuild the World Initiative, Hyperlocal Activation, Commission work by LEGO, Oakland, CA
Poster Design commission by SF Art Book Fair, San Francisco, CA
Woman’s March poster commissioned by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
GUEST SPEAKER, EVENT
2023 New Strategies on Display: Asian American Art, Technology and Storytelling
Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose, CA
2022 Artist Lecture, Fine Art Department, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA
Artist Lecture Series, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Shapeshifting in the Contemporary Moment with Natasha Boas, FOG Art and Design, SF, CA
2021 Artist Lecture Series, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Artist Talk with Dr. Natash Boas: Studio Visit and Discussion, 8-bridges
Artist Talk, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA
Artist Talk with Global Curator and Senior Director Joey Lico, The Cultivist
2019 Rebuilding the World Oakland by Imprint Projects, Collaborating with the LEGO Group, Oakland, CA
Let’s make(r) out! SF Design Week Panelist, Cross-discipline discussion, LOCZI Design, San Francisco, CA
Today at Apple, Art Lab: Drawing Sculptures with Masako Miki, Apple, SF, CA
2017 Guest Artist Talk, Advanced Drawing, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2016 Guest Artist, Critique session for honored students, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2015 Passport 2015, San Francisco Artist Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pop-up Plein Air: Art Escapists, Montalvo Arts Center, CA
Panel Artist for Japanese American Art and Literature taught by Professor Betty Kano,
San Francisco State University
2014 “Emergency Meeting Re-thinking About Alternative”, Art Autonomy Network
Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo, Japan
GALLERY
RYAN LEE Gallery, New York, NY
CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Master of Fine Arts in Pictorial Arts (2001)
Notre Dame De Namur University, Belmont, CA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Painting, Printmaking minor (1996)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEW/PRESS
2023 New Mural chosen for Aquatic Park, but all 4 Sculpture Proposals Rejected, by Iris Kwok,
Berkeleyside, October 2, 2023
Masako Miki Reimagines Mythology through ‘Shapeshifting’ exhibition in Louisville,
by Scott Recker, Louisville Public Media, July 21, 2023
KMAC Contemporary Art Museum Will Host “Shapesfhiters,” The Latest Works by Japanese American Artist Masako Miki From April 22 through August 6, By Amy Barnes, LEO Weekly, April 20, 2023
Masako Miki Exhibition Presented by RYANLEE, by Vincent Lane, The Garnett Report, June 13, 2023
Masako Miki Interviews, by Brainard Carey, from Yale University Radio WYBCX,
Museum of Non-visible Art, June 8, 2023
BAMPFA Exhibition Digs Deep Into the Museum’s Own Prodigious Collection, Berkelyside, June 7, 2023
2022 The Shapeshifters of Masako Miki, 48 Hills, By Mary Corbin, November 21, 2022
Masako Miki’s Shapeshifting New Façade at ICA San Jose, Elliott Sky Case, Metro Silicon Valley, Nov, 2022
Ascaso Gallery Queues “Cute Tunes for Serious Sapiens” in Latest Exhibition, By Sammy Su,
Hype Art, February 2022
Cute Tunes for Serious Sapiens @ Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Juxtapoz
The Shapeshifting with Artist Masako Miki, Artist(s) in Focus, Interview, by Jelena Martinovic,
Widewalls, January 2022
Masako Miki Documentary Film released, Widewalls
2021 Boundaries Ahead, OH Bay Art Project, Catalog, November 2021
Discussing Public Art, Fluidity, and Shapeshifting with Masako Miki, by Bella Bonner Evans,
Art Plugged, November 2021
San Francisco’s Minna and Natoma Streets to Become an Art Corridor, by Sarah Hotchkiss,
KQED, September 2021
Two Blocks of Minna and Natoma streets to Become ‘Art Corridor’ Leading to SFMOMA and
Yerba Buena, by Jay Barmann, SFIST, September 2021
Masako Miki and Gideon Rubin, Tessa Solomon and Angelica Villa, Artnews, September 2021
Scene, Meet the Maker Masako Miki, Luxe Interiors + Design San Francisco, by Kimberly Olson, Sept 2021
New Mythologies, Art Plugged, by Len Gordon, August 2021
Artist Masako Miki Draws on Ancient Japanese Mythology to Explore Non-Binary Identities,
Creative Boom, by Don Carter, August 2021
Luminous Spirits, Aesthetica, by Greg Thomas, July 2021
Shaping Our Collective Fiction, METAL, by Sofia Balestrin, June 2021
Designer of the Day: Masako Miki, Surface, by Ryan Waddoups, July 2021
The Art Installations Defining Outdoor Spaces, Wallpaper*, by Harriet Lloyd-Smith, May 2021
Masako Miki’s Shapeshifting Spirits Draw on Japanese Folklore, Wallpaper*, by Harriet Lloyd-Smith, June 2021
Masako Miki’s Monumental Sculptures at Uber HQ in San Francisco, Domus, by Clara Rodorigo,
May 2021
Japanese Artist Living in Berkeley Creates Public Works to Cope with the Pandemic,
KTVU Fox 2, by Amber Lee, May 2021
Masako Miki: New Mythologies, Datebook, SF Chronicle, By Tony Bravo, June 2021
2020 Boundaries Ahead, OH Bay Art Project’s To Be Unveiled Sunday, Shenzhen Daily, Dec 2020
Observed by George McCalman, SF Chronicle, January 2019
Mighty Shapeshifters, Juxtapoz, December 2019
KQED Artist Series, Represents, August 2019
2019 San Francisco Design Week 2019: 6 Highlights on Show, Masako Miki Mori No Yokai Installation,
Archipanic.com, June 2019
More Than Meets the Eye, San Francisco Magazine, by Leilani Marie Labong, May 2019
Masako Miki @BAMPFA & CULT by Maria Porges, Squarecylinder.com, March 5, 2019
Shapeshifting: the Spirits of Masako Miki by Emily Wilson, Artpractical.com, Februray 20, 2019
Face of the hood: Masako Miki by Anna Volpicelli, Portrait by Saroyan Humphery, TimeOut SF, Feb, 2019
Q and A w/Masako Miki by Emily S. Mendel, Culturevulture.net, January 1, 2019
Masako Miki at Matrix 273 by DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, February, 2019
Masako Miki Introduces Felt-Covered Sculpture Collection at BAMPFA by Annie Block,
Interior Design, February 1, 2019
More Than Just Another Instagram Experience at BAMPFA by Gabe Meline,
KQED Arts THE DO LIST, January 27, 2019
At UNTITLED San Francisco, Dealers Chase Tech Money While Collectors Remain Circumspect by
Sarah Cascone, Artnet.com, January 18, 2019
The Art Fairs are Coming! Even If You’re Not Buying, There’s Plenty to See and Do by Sarah
Hotchikiss, KQED ARTS THE DO LIST, January 15, 2019
Masako Miki- Matrix 273 –BAMPFA by Art Matter Editorial, Mart Matter magazine.com, January 9, 2019
Masako Miki on Folklore, Mindfulness, and her Solo Show” Shapeshifters” by Anthony Rogers,
Bob Cut Magazine, January 2019
Art-Presentation: Masako Miki – Matrix 273 by Dimitris Lempesis, Dream Idea Machine.com, January 2019
Masako Miki Showcases New Work in BAMPFA Exhibition, Art and Object, January 10, 2019
Masako Miki showcases new work in UC Bereley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive exhibition,
by artdaily.com, January 2019
University of California, Berkkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, e-flux, January 2019
Bay Area Arts in January, 7 x 7, January 2019
Masako Miki’s New BAMPFA Exhiit Draws on Japanese Folklore to Spur Connection,
by Amyra Soriano, East Bay Express, January 2019
2018 Making Waves: 100 Artists Putting the East Bay on the Map by Ian A. Stewart, San Francisco
Magazine, May 31, 2018
8 Artworks We’re Eyeing from The Watermill Center Auction, By Art Zealous, July 2018
Fallout From Watermill’s “Time Bomb” Includes Many Artworks, The East Hampton Star by
Jennifer Landes, July 2018
2017 Open Form book, Facebook Artists in Residence 2012-2017, Puplished by Facebook, Inc.,
Wokrs on Paper and Installation catalog, Wiegand Galllery, Notre Dame De Namure University
Usamura Magazine Online, Masako Miki’s Drawing, Precious, Beautiful, Diversity by Ayano
Usamura, April 2017
2016 Art Talks Again, Podcast Interview at de Young Museum, SF, Novembr 2016
New West Chronicle by Kai Hikiji, November 2016
Toyo Keizai online, Facebook Head Quarter, The Reason for hiring Japanese Artist, by
Taro Matsumura, June 2016
Estuary Mag online, Beginnings: Issue 1, Masako Miki, By Jane Chung and Clara Wu,
March, 2016
SF Gate, Japan Residency Connects Artist with Nature, By Kimberly Chun, March 2016
SF/ARTS, Conversations with Fox, Feather, and Ghost, March, 2016
2015 Fieldwork, Fine Art in Kamiyama Japan, Aimee Friberg in Conversation with Masako
Miki, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, April 2015
Design Sponge, Fine Art Focus: Masako Miki, October, 2015
2014 NHK TV, Masako Miki, Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Japan October 30, 2014
Oakland Art Enthusiast, Artist Proof: Masako Miki, “Kokoro no Tabi” Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Tokushima, Japan, November 25, 2014
Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Yomiuri News Paper, October, 2014
Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Asahi News Paper, October, 2014
Kamiyama Artist in Residence, Tokushima News Paper, October 30, 2014
“Artist’s Survival Guide” Chapbook, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco
Billebaude Magazine, published by Musée de la chasse et de la nature, Paris, France
May 2014
2013 Top of the food chain, Human-animal relationships as art by Jose Carlos Fajardo,
Contra Costa Times, 14 March
2012 Popular Berkeley program turns utility boxes into public art, by Laura Casey,
Contra Costa Times, 27 December
Bay Area Currents 2012: What We Can’t See But Want to See is Art, by Alex Bigman,
East Bay Express, 18 July
Picks: Ancillary Adaptations by Obi Kaufmann, East Bay Express, 16 May
Masako Miki at Swarm Gallery, Editor’s Recommendation by DeWitt Cheng,
Visual Art Source, May 2012
2011 Lamono Magazine, Art and Urban Cultural Magazine in Barcelona Spain
Issue 78: Frio (cold), November, 2011
On-line interview, Lamono Magazine, Art and Urban Cultural Magazine in Barcelona Spain
Fine Line Magazine, International Fine Arts Magazine based in Milwaukee,
Issue Three: This is A Theory, May, 2011
2010 “96 hours Collector Poster”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 2010
2009 “Works on Paper at the Berkeley Art Center” The Berkeley Daily Planet, by Peter Selz.
ASSOCIATION
Bay Area Artists for Japan, Fukushima Now: “Relief Effort to Support Children in Fukushima”
We organized a panel discussion and fundraiser event at Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, March 2013