EDUCATION

Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA.  2015-2016

Trowbridge Atelier, contemporary painting

Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA.  2012-2015

Georgetown Atelier, classical drawing and painting diploma

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Studio monitor for Trowbridge Atelier, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA.  2015-2016

Studio monitor  for classes and workshops taught by local and national artists, Gage Academy of Art,

     Seattle, WA.  2009-2017

 

SELECT EXHIBITIONS             (*Solo shows)

*Searching for Saito, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Seattle, WA 2024

INFOBAHN, Pabst Visitor Center and Gallery, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL 2024

Hope Corps 2023 Exhibit, Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA. 2023

Scanning the Room, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA 2023

*Miya Sukune, University Friends Meeting, 2023

INFOBAHN, Pabst Visitor Center and Gallery, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2023

* How to Be Whole, Vy Biel Gallery, Country Store and Farm, Vashon, WA 2022

Chinatown-International District Love Letters 3.0, Canton Alley at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA 2022

Vashon Open Studio Salon Show, Vy Biel Gallery, Country Store and Farm, Vashon, WA 2022

Past - Present - Future, Ida Culver House, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2022

* Kotikaupunki / Hometown, Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland  2021

Chinatown-International District Love Letters 2.0, Canton Alley at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA 2021

Close to Home, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA 2021

Artists of Color Expo & Symposium (ACES), Shunpike, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA 2021

The Art of the Quarantine, Green River College, Auburn, WA 2021

The Miniature Show, Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery, Vashon, WA 2020

Gage Collective, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA  2020

Postcards from the Pandemic, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 2020

Terra Firma, The Lakeshore, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2020

Vashon Summer Arts Fest, Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery, Vashon, WA  2020

While You Were Out, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT  2020

insideOUT: Open Studios, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL  2020

Seattle Public Utilities: Fresh Perspectives II, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA 2020

* Get Together, Fireplace Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR  2019

VIVA Members Show, The Hardware Store, Vashon, WA  2019

Gage Connections, University House Wallingford, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2019

* Adore, Zeitgeist Coffee and Gallery, Seattle, WA  2018

* From the Studio, Fresh Flours, Seattle, WA  2018

Open Hours, Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland  2018

Person of Interest, University House Wallingford, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2018

VIVA Members Show, The Hardware Store, Vashon, WA  2018

Matsuda Family series, part of ‘Hikikomogomo,’ Vashon Heritage Museum, Vashon, WA  2018

Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA  2018

* Root, Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan  2017

Georgetown Atelier Alumni, Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA  2017

Ellisport Artists, Hastings-Cone Gallery, Vashon, WA  2017

Ellisport Chautauqua Celebration, Ellisport Private Residence, Vashon, WA  2017

Spitting Image, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2017

* Gaman (Persevere), Zeitgeist Coffee and Gallery, Seattle, WA  2016

* From the Studio, Hastings-Cone Gallery, Vashon, WA  2016

Nourish, University House Wallingford, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2016

Transitions V, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA  2016

Best of Gage, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2016

Toy Story, The Lakeshore, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2016

Figuratively Speaking, Ida Culver House Broadview, ERA Living, Seattle, WA  2016

Trowbridge Atelier, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2016

Spitting Image, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2016

Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA  2015

Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists, Essentia, Seattle, WA  2015

Georgetown Atelier, Gallery 4500, Seattle, WA  2015

Georgetown Atelier, (curated) Machine House Brewery, Seattle, WA  2015

Best of Gage Annual Show, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2015

Georgetown Atelier Showcase, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA  2015

Georgetown Atelier, Gallery 4500, Seattle, WA  2014

Georgetown Atelier Showcase, Georgetown Atelier, Seattle, WA  2014

Georgetown Atelier Showcase, Georgetown Atelier, Seattle, WA  2013

 

HONORS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

Sacramento Office of Arts + Culture Public Art Roster, Sacramento, CA 2021-2025

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Public Art Artist Roster 2021-2023, Seattle, WA 2021-2023

Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Public Utilities, Bioretention Edition Public Art, Finalist  2020

Plymouth Housing, Rainier & King Plaza Public Art, Finalist  Seattle, WA  2019

Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Dept. of Transportation’s Art Interruptions Public Art, Commissioned

   Piece  2018-2020

Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture, Public Art Boot Camp, Seattle, WA 2018

Phinney Center Gallery, Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Finalist  Seattle, WA 2018

Gage Academy of Art, Best of Gage - Figure Category, First Prize  Seattle, WA 2016

Phinney Center Gallery, Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Finalist  Seattle, WA 2015

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Hope Corps Award - Seattle Office of Arts and Culture  2022-2023

Bernie Funk Artist Explorations Scholarship - Pratt Fine Arts Center  2022-2023

4Culture Art Projects Grant  2021

Open 4Culture Grant  2018

Vashon Heritage Museum Grant  2018

Gage Academy of Art Artist’s Magazine Grant Scholarship  2015

Rudolph Bundas Memorial Fund Scholarship - Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists  2014

 

INScape ARTS Artist in Residence  Washington, January - March 2023

Original Mind Residency  Washington, August 2022

Serlachius Residency of the Serlachius Museums  Finland, November - December 2021 

Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency  Florida, February 2020

Serlachius Residency of the Serlachius Museums  Finland, December 2018 

Vermont Studio Center Residency & Merit Grant  Vermont, January 2018

Studio Kura Residency  Japan, October 2017

Vermont Studio Center Residency & Merit Grant  Vermont, January 2017

 

PUBLIC ART

‘Searching for Saito’  HopeCorps 2022-2023 Award, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture  Seattle, WA  2023

Selected for City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture HopeCorps 2022-2023 Award.  Researched and drew 74 page graphic novel based on Rinzo Saito, a Japanese immigrant who lived in Seattle’s Japantown-Chinatown from 1912-1969.  The Jackson Street jazz scene, Alaska cannery work, and World War II incarceration in Department of Justice camps were part of his life story.

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‘Feast Trio’  Danny Woo Community Garden, InterIm CDA  Seattle, WA  2021

Permanent installation of three metal artworks in the Chinatown-International District garden community space maintained by InterIm CDA.

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‘Matsuda Family’  Vashon Maury Island Land Trust  Vashon, WA  2019

Permanent installation of narrative metal panel series along trail on Matsuda Farm, property once belonging to the Matsuda Family and now maintained by the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust.

 

‘Feast’  Art Interruptions 2018: Rainier Valley Greenway  Seattle, WA, 2018-2020

Selected for City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Department of Transportation’s annual temporary public art competition.  Extended one year at neighborhood’s request.

COLLECTIONS

Postcards from the Pandemic (four watercolor paintings). Wheaton College Permanent Collection. Norton, MA.     

    Acquired 2020.

Dragon Dance Head and Fragile Storage Trunk. Seattle City Lights Public Art Collection. Seattle, WA. 

    Acquired 2020.

Family Dinner. Seattle Public Utilities Public Art collection.  Seattle, WA. Acquired 2019.

 

ARTIST TALKS

“Show Up” panel discussion with Josh Tuninga (We Are Not Strangers), Ross Ishikawa (We Hereby Refuse) and

     Miya Sukune (Searching for Saito), Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2024.  Discussion hosts         were Larry Reid (Fantagraphics) and Kelly Froh (Short Run).

Tilth Community Kitchen for Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Department of Transportation Art Interruptions,

     Seattle, WA, 2019.

Rainier Valley Greenway Walking Tour for Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and Department of Transportation Art

     Interruptions, Seattle, WA, 2019.

Vashon Heritage Museum for Matsuda Family panels, Vashon Island, WA, 2018.

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 2018.

PUBLICATIONS

The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021 print issue

William and Mary Review, College of William & Mary, Vol. 59, 2021 print issue

Mycorrhizae, Summer/Fall 2020 print issue

3Elements Review, Issue No. 27, 2020

Toho Journal, “Duality” (Vol. 2, Issue 1) print issue, 2020

Toho Journal, online issue, 2020

Lantern Review, “Remnants” (Issue 8.1), 2020.  Cover artist.

New Limestone Review, University of Kentucky, 2020.  Featured Artist.

Toho Journal, online issue, 2019

 

PRESS

KMV-Lehti, Finland, “Sukututkimus osaksi taidetta” by Mira Metsälä, 2021

The Advocate, Mt. Hood Community College, OR, “Artist Shares Inspiration to Create” by Chloe Collins, 2019

KMV-Lehti, Finland, “Hiljaisuus antaa tilaa ajatuksille” by Heikki Vesterinen, 2018