Misako Inaoka
Born in Kyoto, Japan
Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Education
MFA, Mills College, Oakland, California, 2004-2006
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy (Rhode Island School of Design), 1999-2000
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island, 1997-2001
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Games,,Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX
2009
Survival Games,,David Salow Gallery, Los Angels, CA
2007
Origin of Species,,Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Secret Nature,, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005
Invisible City of Moon Watching Plants, View 155, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
2004
The first twenty-four hours, Window Installation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, California
2002
The Microfiche, The Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001
The Boundary between…, Solo Exhibition/Installation, Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2000
Le Onde, Solo Installation, Cenci Gallery, Rome, ITALY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Green, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), San Jose, CA
2009
What isn't, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2009
Un(Nature), de Rosa Art Preserve, Napa,CA
2009
Natural Blunders, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2009
Sol, Gallery Trax,JAPAN
2009
Cantocore, Ping Pong Space, Guangzhou, CHINA
2008
Brevity's Rainbow, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA
2008
Summer Group show,Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Birdwatch,Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
2008
Fiber show, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Miami Art Fair,, Miami, FL
2007
Pulse Art Fair,London, ENGLAND
2007
Excavation, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2006
Nurture Nature, Mills College MFA show, Mills Museum, Oakland, CA
Emerge,9th annual GenArt exhibition,Warfield Building, San Francisco, CA
2005
Faux Pause, Balazo 18, San Francisco, California
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin Headlands, California
2003
Space Available, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Live Art Auction, The Back Room Gallery, Adobe Books, San Francisco, California
The Drawing Show, The LAB, San Francisco, California
2002
The Element of Temporary 3, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
I/O: A Public Video Program, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, California
The Living Art LABoratory, Exquisite corpse project, The LAB, San Francisco, California
APAture 2002, SomArts, San Francisco, California
Group Exhibition, Zedd Fine Art and Design, San Francisco, California
2001
Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduation Show, ISB Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Outside the Bubble, Gallery Space, Providence, Rhode Island
2000
Three-person Show, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
EHP exhibition, Cenci Gallery, Rome, Italy
1999
Kazoku-ten, Gallery Venus, Kyoto, JAPAN
Fall Sketchbook Exhibition, Cenci Gallery, European Honors Program, Rome, ITALY
1998
Juried Drawing Exhibition, Waterman Building Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
The Nature: Juried Drawing Exhibition, Waterman Building Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Experience
2005-2006
Teaching assistant, Ceramics, Mills College, Oakland, California
2001
Instructor - bookmaking, JCCCNC, San Francisco, California
Assistant Master Printmaker, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California
2001-2003
Instructor - bookmaking/printmaking, Arch, San Francisco, California
2000
Assistant Master Printmaker, Solo Impression Inc, New York, New York
1999-2001
Teaching assistant - printmaking/drawing/painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1998-2000
Technician - printmaking studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2009
Irvine Fellowship, Montalvo Residency, Saratoga, CA
2008
de Young Museum, artist-in-residency program, San Francisco, CA
2007-2008
National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Artistic Exellence grant
2007
MacDowell Colony, NH, residency
2007
Headlands Center for the Arts, Summer residency
2007
Headlands Center for the Arts, MFA studio award nominee and finalist
2005
Trefethen Merit Award
Eklind Fellowship
Frank Herringer Foundation scholarship
MFA Mini Grants: Mills College Graduate Study
2004-2005
Mills College alumnae scholarship
Mills College Assistantship scholarship
2004
Moving Mountain Weekend Residency, Tiburon, California
The Vermont Studio Center, The International Artists Residency, Partial grant award
1997-2001
Affiliations: RISD Museum of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1999-2000
European Honors Program: Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
2000
The International Library of Photography, Travel Picture Award
1997-2000
Honored Student: Rhode Island School of Design Academic, Standing Committee, Associated Provost
1996
Summit County Art Community Award, Colorado