Mayumi Hamanaka
Selected Exhibitions
2012
Group show (upcoming), curated by Jen Blazina, Middlesex County College, NJ
2011
ArtPad Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, Swarm Gallery
Kalafornia: State of the Art, Exhibition/Auction, Kala Art Institute, CA
Aboveground, solo show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010
Things Are Expanding, group show , Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Annual Fundraising Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2009
All Good Things, group show, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Annual Fundraising Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Regime Change, group show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Front + Center, group show, curated by Kimberly Johansson, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2008
GoodBuy Cruel World auction, Space 47, San Jose, CA
Sum of Its Parts, group show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Great White, 4 person show, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Annual Fundraising Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Golden Sparklers, Collaborative Exhibition with Taro Hattori, Next Art Fair Chicago, represented by Swarm Gallery, Oakland
2007
The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fabric of Identity, group show, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Never-Seen, group show, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
APAture 2007, juried show for Asian American artists, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
ultra deepfield, three person show, curated by Lauren Davies, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Cultivating Creativity: In Residence at Kala, group show, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006
On Making: Faculty Group Show, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Somewhere in Space, two person show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artists’ Diary: the Chapter of Spring Light, curated by Ashley Chang, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
Bubble Trouble in Doubles: 4 person show, RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA
30 Something, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Diorama, curated by Libby Werbell, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2004
Emerge, 7h Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Paule Anglim, Martha Angus, Squeak Carnwath,
John S. Weber, Gen Art, at The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
Happy Pack, collaborative solo show of Studio Islander, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
The Big Picture, curated by Lauren Davies, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
New California Masters, curated by Kuniko Vorman, Works / San José, San Jose CA
2003
missing / persons, curated by Taro Hattori and Svea Lin Vezzone, ProArts, Oakland, CA
Murphy Fellowship Award Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2X4 2002 Kala Fellowship Exhibition (Collaborated with Taro Hattori), Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
more than code, traveling photography exhibition, Big Orbit Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2002
Oh You Beautiful Doll, Anatomically Correct at Apollo Theatre, Chicago, IL
2001
The 11th Annual Exhibition, Mitochondria Emancipation, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
The Loss of the Individual, two person show, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Islands, Collaboration piece with Taro Hattori, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
Selected Group Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Awards (include Residency Awards):
2008 Artist in Residence, finalist, McColl Center for Visual Art, NC
2005 Artist in Residency, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 Murphy Fellowship Award
1998 Nippon Steel/SAIC Presidential Award
1997 Nippon Steel/SAIC Presidential Award
Curatorial Practice:
2009 –current On View: New Work from Kala, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Piece to Piece: Works from Kala Art Institute, Downtown, Berkeley, CA
2007 Blabbable Doodads featuring Miriam Dym and Eunjung Hwang, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2004 Juror for the annual exhibition, By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Public / Academic Presentations:
2009 Discussion Panel, art career development class, California State University, East Bay
2008 Discussion Panel, art blogging == global.exhibit, New Media Caucus, CAA Affiliate Panel, CAA Conference, Dallas, TX
2007 Artists Presentation, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
ultra deepfield, Artists Talk, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Panel for Junior Review, CCA
2006 Panel for discussion, art career development class, California State University, East Bay
Panel for Junior Review, CCA
2005 Panel for Junior Review, CCA
2004 Panel for Junior Review, CCA
Bibliography:
2011
“ArtPadSF – Part Two”, Hi Fructose, Ken, May 25, 2011
“Aboveground”, SFGate, 96 hours, Mary Eisenhart, March 24, 2011
“Double Dare at Swarm Gallery”, East Bay Express, DeWitt Cheng, January 5, 2011
2008 “The Great White,” Artforum online, Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart
“The Great White,” Gambit Weekly, D. Eric Bookhardt, July 2008
2007 “ultra deepfield,” Artweek, Lindsey Westbrook, June 2007
2006 Interviewed for Kitchen Sink, issue 14 (Summer 2006)
2005 “On The Wall: What’s Happening in East Bay Art,” Bubble Trouble in Doubles, David Downs, East Bay Express, November 2005
“Scenes,” Bubble Trouble in Doubles, Kelly Vance, East Bay Express, November 2005
“Thirty Something,” Clark Buckner, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 2005
2004 “Happy Pack,” Alice Bing, online San Francisco Chronicle, September
“‘New California Masters’ at Works/San Jose,” DeWitt Cheng, Artweek, volume 35, issue 5, June 2004“This Week’s Day-by-Day Picks,” Kelly Vance, East Bay Express, April
2001 “Paperdoll Project,” e-zine Bitch*lorette, http://www.bitch-lorette.com
“Islands,” Hiroko Saito, Chicago Shinpo, March 9, 2001
1999 “Paperdoll Project,” Photobetty, http://www.photobetty.com
“Selected Exhibition at Gallery 2” with Photograph of Days and Scenes, Hiroko Saito, Chicago Shinpo, October 27, 1999
1998 “Exhibition at Nippon Steel USA office,” with photograph of Walker, Hiroko Saito, Chicago Shinpo, May 8th, 1998
Education:
2004 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, California College of the Arts
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996 Bachelor of Arts, Art History, International Christian University, Tokyo