Mixed-Media Surrealist Sculptor
& Metalsmith
Bio
Born in Hokkaido, Japan
EDUCATION
2008 M.F.A. in 3D studies, emphasis on metals/jewelry - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2006 M.F.A. in Japanese metalsmithing, emphasis on raising - Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2002 B.F.A. in metals/jewelry - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2001 Study Abroad Program - The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, Farnham, Surrey, UK
EXBITION
* Indicates Solo Show ** Indicates Juried Show
2021 "Emergence", Untitled Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2020 "Art as resilience, resistance & respite" Untitled Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2017 Expression of Female Embodiment, Three women show, Pearl Gallery & Framing, Portland, Oregon
*RED, Angst Gallery, Vancouver, Washington
2016 Instructor show, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, Oregon
2013 East and West/ The Hammered Metal Object (Co-curated), Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR.,
Waterstone Gallery, Portnad, OR. and Velvet da Vince Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2011 *momo exhibition: New life, Pokopen book store, Naganuma, Hokkaido, Japan
*"Phantasmic Energy", Sojourn Art Spaces, Portland, Oregon
2010 Art Show at Guardino Gallery, Portlnad, OR.
Group Christmas Show, Anka Gallery, Portland, OR.
**Glass Art Festival, Museum & Arts Center, Sequim, Washington
**All-Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, Oregon
2009 **2 person exhibition, Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 E Main St., Hillsboro, Oregon
Lake Oswego Festival or Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
2008 **Show 2008: Innovative and Functional Furniture Design, Portland State University, Oregon
2007 The Art of Contemporary Craft, John P. Weatherhead Gallery, University of St.Francis, Indiana
Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Arizona
**Beyond Boundaries, iDMAa conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Arizona
**61st Annual Hokkaido Exhibition, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
* momo exhibition: Uee Shitae (Growing up and down) Café Gallery SA.KU.RA., Hokkaido, Japan
* momo exhibition: Uee Shitae, Hakuza-Gin no Nami Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
Graduation Exhibition, 21st Century Art Museum, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2005 Metals exhibition, Nigiwai Gallery, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Japan
Contemporary Japanese Metal arts and Crafts, Denmark Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen,Denmark
2004 Metals exhibition -Ikimono -, Nigiwai Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
2003 Lunar Four- Four women show-, Associated Art Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
2002 Work in Glass and Metal, Saluki Plaza, Carbondale, Illinois
**Rickert-Ziebold Scholarship Awards, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
**5th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, Virginia
**All Media IV International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2001 New Designer’s 2001, Business Design Center, London, UK
1999 Red Tape, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
**Undergraduate Art Show, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
**Undergraduate Art Show, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
AWARDS & GRANTS
2010 Grand Prize, All-Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, Oregon
2009 Honorable mention, Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
2006 Presidential Graduate Scholarship, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
2003 Special Recognition Award, “All Media IV Exhibition”, Omaha, Nebraska
2002 Winner of Rickert-Ziebold Scholarship Awards, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2000 Undergraduate Tuition Awards, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1998 College Purchase Awards, John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois
2020 Lapidary Journal - Jewelry Artist, "Essence of Japan" page 22-25 / "Cultural Fusion" page 26-30
Golden Peak Media, May/June 2020
2019 DESERT LEAF, Tucson, Arizona, January, page 68-69 & 71
2007 500 Metal Vessels: Contemporary Explorations of Containment, Lark Books
2006 Hokkaido Shimbun, “People”, Hokkaido, Japan, April
Graph Asahikawa Magazine, “Craft beyond country”, Hokkaido, Japan, page 13
Hokkaido Shimbun, “World of Metals”, Hokkaido, Japan, April
Hokkoku Shimbun, “Harmony of Metal and plants”, Kanazawa, Japan, March
2002 NIGHTLIFE, ”Momoko Okada and Lawrence Millard’s Glass Menagerie” - Carbondale, Illinois, May
Other Related Professional Experience
2006 Teaching Certificate of Sougetsu style Ikebana (Flower Arrangement), Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan