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KATSURA OKADA

Biography:

Born in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan School of Arts and Music, Japanese-style Painting Courses

Sohkei College of Fine Arts, Plastic Arts Courses, Tokyo

Tokyo Academy of Calligraphy Arts; 1992 Master of Calligraphy Arts

Painting Lessons by Paul Ambille, Ecole Tokyo

Settled in Tokyo till 2002

Lives and works in New York since September 2002

Affiliation: the National Artist Member of A.I.R. Gallery, New York

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

"ZEST II", curated by J. Y. Yadomaru, The space at Midtown, New York (3/20-June, 2007)

"ZEST", Broadway Gallery, New York (11/16-11/30, 2004)

"Canon: History: Cycles…", curated by Zishan Ugurlu Ph.D., The Gallery at The Marmara Manhattan, New York (8/26-9/26, 2004)

"Scrollworks", 473 Broadway Gallery, New York (10/16-11/29, 2003)

"3rd Recently Works on Paper", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York (10/31-11/13, 2000)

"2nd Works on Paper", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York (7/1-7/17, 1999)

"Works on Paper", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York (7/2-7/25, 1998)

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Scheduled the exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery in March

2007

"Compass", curated by Jill Conner, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (Sep-Nov ‘07)

"Wish You Were Here 6", A.I.R. Gallery, New York (6/26/07-7/21/07)

"Made out of the Ordinary", by the national gallery artists of A.I.R., curated by Lesley Wright, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City (1/10/07-2/3/07)

2006

"Night of 1,000 Drawings", Artists Space, New York City (12/9/05)

"Salon de Expace #3", AG Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City (6/30-7/9/06)

"Wish You Were Here 5", A.I.R.Gallery, New York (6/27/06-7/22/06)

"Being In Space" the National Artists Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York (1/10/06-2/4/06)

2005

"Night of 1,000 Drawings", Artists Space, New York City (12/9/05)

"2nd Blacklight Gallery 2005" curated by Sofia Camargo and Thomas EJ Klasen, Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany (10/1/05-1/3/06)

"Wish You Were Here 4", A.I.R.Gallery, New York (6/29/05-7/23/05)

"Cluster" the National Artists Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York (2/8/05-3/5/05)

2004

Group exhibition, Broadway Gallery, New York (12/23/04-12/30/04)

"Wish You Were Here 3", A.I.R.Gallery, New York (6/22/04-7/17/04)

2003

"Drawing Conclusions II: Work by Artist-Critics”, organized by Gae Savannah & Jill Conner, NY ARTS Gallery, New York (12/12/03-1/13/04)

"Seasonal Litter" a group show, curatedby Elizabeth Park, Broadway Gallery Annex, New York (12/12/03-1/13/04)

2002

"yourself - autoritratto", Sesto Senso Gallery, Bologna, Italy (7/11/02-7/26/02)

"Medusa Aurea XXV Edizione", Residenza Montemario, Rome, Italy (5/20/02-5/25/02)

"Reactions", Exit Art, New York (1/26/02-4/27/02)

2001

"2nd A Praise of Small Format in Contemporary Art", Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France (12/5/01-12/10/01)

"2nd World Festival Art on Paper", Bled, Ljbljana, Slovenia (10/20/01-12/22/01)

"Politics and Justice", curated by Stefano Pasquini, Spazio EDGE, Festival dell'Unita', Modena, Italy (9/5/01-9/9/01)

"SUK", curated by Stefano Pasquini & SAM01, Sesto Senso, Bologna, Italy (6/13/01-6/26/01)

2000

"A Praise of Small Format in Contemporary Art", Galerie le Carre d'Or, Paris, France (12/14/00-12/19/00)

"World Festival Art on Paper", Presernovo In Univerzitetno Mesto Mestna Obcina, Kranj, Slovenia (9/1/00-9/15/00)

1997

Ariel Gallery, New York (May, '97)

1995

Manhattan Law Firm of Gratch, Jacobs and Brozman, New York City (8/15/95-12/15/95)

1994

"Selected Excellence Works Exhibition '94", Takei Art Museum, Tochigi, Japan (November, '94)

Community Cultural Gallery, Kawasaki, Japan (April, '94)

Takei Art Museum, Tochigi, Japan (4/17/94-5/31/94)

1993

Obi Gallery, Tokyo (December, '93)

"Salon d' Automne", Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France (10/23/93-11/1/93)

"JIAS Biennale (Japanese and Chinese Arts Juried Exhibition) Excellence Arts of Shanghai Museum of Art", Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo (6/8/93-6/13/93)

Takei Art Museum, Tochigi, Japan (2/21/93-4/4/93)

1992

"Kunst En Calligrafie Uit Japan", K.C.L. Foundation of Limburg Art, Maastricht, Netherlands (11/3/92-12/10/92)

"Salon d' Automne", Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France (11/7/92-11/15/92)

"Exposiocio Artesania Japonesa", Centre Permanent d' Artesania de la Generalitat de Cataluna, Barcelona, Spain (4/8/92-5/3/92)

The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2/9/92-2/23/92)

1991

"Beyond the Form", Ariel Gallery, New York (12/21/91-1/11/92)

"Salon Japonais de Paris '91", Galerie de la Mairie du Vleme, Paris, France (11/18/91-11/30/91)

"Salon d' Automne", Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France (10/19/91-11/3/91)

"One's Own Image", Ariel Gallery, New York (7/13/91-7/27/91)

"Space & Gesture", Ariel Gallery, New York (3/16/91-4/6/91)

The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2/10/91-2/24/91)

1990

Gallery of Gabriell Roy Library, Quebec, Canada (10/17/90-11/15/90)

"New York City Soho Art Competition #10", Juried by George Tomko, Ariel Gallery, New York City (8/4/90-8/25/90)

"Sho Et Peinture Contemporaine Du Japon", Japan Gallery in Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada (5/15/90-8/14/90)

The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2/18/90-3/4/90)

1989

The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (2/5/89-2/19/89)

1987

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo (March, '87)

 

Works on view

NeoImages.net, Santa Barbara, CA

Artists Space, New York, NY

Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

failbetter.com, Brooklyn, NY

Gallery Toki, Tokyo, Japan