Micki Watanabe

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Ehime Japan
Lives: Brooklyn NY

Education
1993 MFA - Ohio State University, Department of Art. Columbus, Ohio.
1991 BFA - Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri.


Solo Exhibitions
2004 The Object of Litrature, EVERGREEN HOUSE MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD
Stories and Containers, JULIO ART GALLERY, Loyola College. Baltimore, MD
2001 Stories and Containers, THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE ART GALLERY, Albany, NY
Between Floors, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GALLERY, Pittsfield, MA.
2000 Sur - vey (installation), ISLIP ART MUSEUM, Satellite Gallery at Dowling College, East Islip, NY
Present, EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE ART CENTER, Nyack, NY
1997 Fault Lines (installation) SPACE GALLERY, Western Michigan Univ. Kalamazoo, MI
1996 Telling Tales (installation), SPACES, Cleveland, OH
1995 The Match (installation) URBAN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS. Grand Rapids, MI
Sweating Liquids, (installation) A.R.C. GALLERY, RawSpace, Chicago, IL.
1994 Sweating Liquids, (installation) FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES. New York, NY
Princess Studies, (installation/performance) ACME ART CO. Columbus, OH


Group Exhibitions
2005 Contemporary Women Artists: New York, INDIANA UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Terre Haute, IN
At Home: Visions of our Place In the World, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, New York, NY
2004 Either OrBits, B57 CONTEMPORARY ART, Brooklyn, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Macht Vergleichnar, New York Cross-Cut, KUNSTVEREIN FIRMA PARADIGMA,Kunstverein, Linz Austria
Signs+Senses+Envelopes, CARE/OF GALLERY, Milan, Italy
Sculpture: A Matter of Soft and Hard, The Artists Alliance @ Clemente Soto V�lez Center, New York, NY
Hello Franklin, IM N IL GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2002 AIM 22. BRONX MUSEUM. Bronx, NY
Hash Brown Potatoes. SMACK MELLON STUDIOS, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Faces/Phases, MUNICIPAL BUILDING GALLERY: Manhattan Borough President Office. New York, NY
The Museum of Unspoken Desire, GALLERY 138. New York, NY
Edgescapes, GOLIATH VISUAL SPACE, Brooklyn, NY and Blackbird Space San Francisco, CA
Interior Landscapes, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, New York, NY
Cities and Desire, ROTUNDA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Transporter, ABOUT STUDIO GALLERY, Bangkok, Thailand
Sidelong Glance, Im n Il GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Outer Boroughs, WHITE COLLUMNS, New York, NY
No More Dumb Bunnies, JORGENSEN GALLERY, New York, NY
1998 Places to Go, People to See, GALLERY ONETWENTYEIGHT, New York, NY


Bibliography
Kocache, Moukhtar and Erin Shirreff, Site Matters, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council�s Wrold Trade Center Artists
Residency, 1997-2001. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY 2004
Wennermark, Erik, �House Guests�, Radar Magazine. Issue 12 December 2004, pg 20-21.
Giuliano, Mike, �At Evergreen, a Museum Inspires its Own Exhibit�, The Baltimore Sun. October 31, 2004
Kotik, Charlotta and Tumelo Mosaka, Open House: Working in Brooklyn (exhibition catalogue), Brooklyn Museum, 2004
Cotter, Holland, "Art In Review", New York Times, Friday, September 6, 2002.
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review", New York Times. Friday July 12, 2002
�Artists Present Visionary View of the City� Park Slope Courier. March 26, 2001
Blumenthal, Carl. �Urban Fantasies on Display at Rotunda Gallery�. Brooklyn Heights Press. May 10, 2001
Chatham Courier, Arts Section. September 27, 2001
Harrison, Helen. "When the Natural Comes Face to Face with the Intrusions of Humanity",
The New York Times. April 9, 2000
De Chiara, Laurie & Naomi Urabe, �Transporter� show catalogue, Bangkok, Thailand 1/8/99-3/4/2000
�New York Arts International Edition�, Vol. 5 #5.4/2000. (pg. 23)
Metro Arts/Thirteen. "World Views" Aired on PBS June 26th 1999.
NJ State Council on the Arts Exhibition Catalogue, Jersey City Museum.6/98-9/98
Heisler, Eva. Dialogue, Sept/Oct. 1996: 24
Green, Frank. The Cleveland Free Times, May 29, 1996
Krissoff, Sylvia. The Grand Rapids Press, Oct. 1, 1995
Dowell, Ann. The Lantern, May 24, 1993: 14
"Transformation" Catalogue, Ohio Arts Council. 1992.
The Columbus Dispatch Feb. 16, 1992.
The Kansas City Star May 4, 1989.


Grants/Awards
AIM program, Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY spring 2002
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. 2001
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1995-96
Art Matters Fellowship Grant 1995
Regional Artists� Projects Grant, NEA 1994


Projects
Residencies:
Evergreen House @Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore MD, summer 2003
Bemis Center for the Arts. Artist Residency. Omaha, NE summer 2002
Henry Street Settlement Artist in Residence Workspace program. NYC 1999-2000
Brooklyn Community Access Television Residency. Video grant. 1999
World Views studio Residency Program in the World Trade Center. Administered by LMCC, NYC 1998-1999
Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL. (dance residency) 1995.