Maki Tamura

Born in Kyoto, Japan, 1973
Lives and works in Seattle, WA

Education
1999 MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1996 BFA in Painting, University of Washington, Magna Cum Laude, Seattle, WA
1992 Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia

Solo Exhibitions
2006 The Enlightenment Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Vignette, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2001 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
From a Distant Land, halle für kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
Galleria Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2000 AC Project Room, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions
2007 The Story Goes, McKenzie Fine Art Fine, New York, NY
2006 Cooling Out - on the paradox of feminism, Museum Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
2005 Histories, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Young Visionaries, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2003 NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL (featured artist of Lucas Schoormans Gallery)
2000 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany (featured artist of AC Project Room)
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
AC Project Room, New York, NY
Rosy, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 AC Project Room, New York, NY
A Place Called Lovely, Greene/Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Story, AC Project Room, New York, NY

Grants and Honors
2001 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship Award, New York, NY
Künstlerprogramm der Stadt Bleckede, Bleckede, Germany
Landkreis Lüeneburg Artist Scholarship, Lüneburg, Germany
2000 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust GAP Award; a grant to complete the video project, Discordant Harmony, Seattle,
WA
Artist Trust Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
1997 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Bibliography
Tsai, Eugenie. Maki Tamura. Time Out New York, 1/15-22/2004, Issue No. 433 p. 57
Esquivel, Karla. Hello Kitty, Good-Bye Innocence. Tablet Newspaper, 1/31/2003.
Ong, Lie Shia. Cat Got Your Tongue? The Daily, 1/30/2003
Inaba, Yaeko. Japanese Artist has Exhibition at Seattle Asian Art Museum. North American
Post, 1/25/2003.
Hackett, Regina. Rabbit, Cat & Horse Exhibit Explores Sacred Symbols, Icons and Erotica.
Seattle P-1, 1/4/2003
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Chang, Young. “Vignette” Examines Hello Kitty’s Allure. Seattle Times, 12/27/2002.
Carboni, Massimo. Maki Tamura. Artforum International 40, no 1:201.
Wege. Aus einem fernen Land. Lüeneburger Landeszeitung, 5/19/2001: Culture Section, p. 13.
Cotter, Holland. Maki Tamura. The New York Times, 5/21/2000: Art in Review, p. 33.
Bollen, Christopher. Maki Tamura. Time Out New York, 5/11/2000, p. 71.
Sugiura, Kunie. New York. Bijutsu Techo, 7/2000, pp. 200-201.
Hackett, Regina. Filling in the Gaps. The Seattle P-1, 8/3/2000: Sec. E1.
Lamm, Elizabeth. Oh, Cologne. Artnet.com, 11/8/2000.