EDUCATION
2012
Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, Syracuse University
2008
Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2007
Masters of Arts in Art Therapy, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2004
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2002
Distinguished Honors Graduate in Multimedia Illustration, Defense Information School, U.S. Army, Fort Meade, MD
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Evanescent Encounter, Anne Lloyd Gallery, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, IL
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2022
Yellow Submarine Rising, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA
Reset, Reflect, Reveal, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Split Microcosm, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Sundering Microcosm, Nebraska Innovation Campus, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Secluded Microcosm, Furman University Art Gallery, Greenville, SC
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2021
Beleaguered Microcosm, Hawthorn Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI
Grievous Microcosm, Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
Ruinous Microcosm, PACE Gallery, Pottawattamie Arts Culture and Entertainment, Council Bluffs, IA
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2020
Calamitous Microcosm, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Jave Yoshimoto Exhibition, Hathaway Gallery, CANO gallery, Oneonta, NY
Modicum of Candor, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
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2019
Intractable Chasm, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Tempestuous Microcosm, The Union Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
The Image of Migration: Landscapes and People, Center for Emerging Media, Orlando, FL
Cataclysmic Microcosm, Berea College, Berea, KY
A Modicum of Truth, Terminal 136 gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2018
The Breached Macrocosm, TAC Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Isolation, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
Obstinate Chasm, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
Intransigent Stratum, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Fortuitous, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
The Splintered World, Whitney Center for the Arts, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
Sundering Macrocosm, Walling Yanney Skylight Gallery, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Empathetic Microcosm, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
2017
The Turbulent World, Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE
Jave Yoshimoto Painting Exhibit, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
The Broken World, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2016
The Fragment World, Fred Simon Gallery, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
The Fragile World, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
The Fragile World, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
The Fractured World, Michael Phipps Gallery, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE
The Crumbling World, Myers North Gallery, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2015
The Wooden World, Nebraska Gallery, Portland, OR
The Melting World, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
The Sinking World, Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2014
Person(ALL) Narratives, Runnymeade Hotel, Alva, OK
2013
JAASW Annual, Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle, WA
Whose Fault? Center on Contemporary Art Ballard Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Scroll for Japan, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery,The Art Students' League of New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
3B, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Bold, Bancroft Street Market, Omaha, NE
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2023
Together: Conversations & Collaborations, La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, TX
Huskers Against Gun Violence, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Bold, Split Gallery, Omaha, NE
Footsteps Of My Mother, Bluebarn Theater, Omaha, NE
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2022
Vaccinate, Bennett-Martin Public Library, Lincoln, NE
Omaha Post-it Show, Radial Arts Center, Omaha, NE
Vaccinate, Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, NE
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2021
Emergence, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
America's COVID-19 Memorial, Biennial of the Americas, Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO
Voices Amplified, The Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE
Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Ritual, Exposition Gallery, Dallas, TX
Storms, PACE gallery, Council Bluffs, IA
Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
Faculty Biennial, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
In the absence of gathering, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
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2020
Collective Disquiet, Musa Collective, Boston, MA
Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Visual Showcase, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
PACE Interactive, PACE gallery, Council Bluffs, IA
Tijdsbeeld, PLAY room gallery, Zaandam, Netherlands
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2019
Nebraska Maker Fair, Nebraska Innovation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Black Friday, Vision West Contemporary, Denver, CO
Maelstrom, Exposition Gallery, Dallas, TX
Paper West National works on paper 2019, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
Pop-up, Waterkant, Alkmaar, Netherlands
West Weird, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
IRL: Investigating Reality, Untitled Space, New York, NY
Sensory 3.0, University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Art & Healing, Salt Lake City Library, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
U Bent Hier, PLAY room gallery, Zaandam, Netherlands
Faculty Biennial, University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Hell or High Water, Zarrow Center for Art & Education, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
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2018
Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
10, Art Room, Fort Worth, TX
Americans All!, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Reliefs, Cooper Foundation Maker Gallery, Nebraska Innovation Studio, Lincoln, NE
Maker Faire Tulsa, Central Park Hall at Expo Square, Tulsa, OK
In Memoriam, Saint Joseph University Art Museum, Hartford, CT
Kunst Im Dialogue, Lokalen Geöfnett Montag Geschlossen, Landshut, Germany
Dispatches, Legion Arts, CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids, IA
Please Touch the Art, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
Dangerous Professors, Flatland Gallery, Houston, TX
National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
A Postcard from Here, Sherwood Center for the Arts, Sherwood, OR
Sanctuary, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
New Now, Tulsa Artist Fellows exhibition, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
OEAA Visual Art showcase, Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE
Sensory: Please touch the art 2.0, Criss Library Osborne Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
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2017
Critical Concerns, Janalyn White Gallery, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
Unsaid, W-1 Vitrine, Florida International University, University Park, FL
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Preview Exhibition, Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center Artists Residence Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Nasty Women, Current Studio, Oklahoma City, OK
Art of Our Century, Woodbury Art Museum, Utah State University, Orem, UT
Crossing Borders, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
University of Nebraska at Omaha Faculty Exhibit, Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE
Mythologies, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Earth, Fire, Water- Elements of Climate Change, Central Connecticut University, New Britain, CT
Wallpaper 2017, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
Story, Slate Art and Performance Gallery, Chicago, IL
Home, Hearth, Heart, Potter Gallery, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, MO
Petit Deux, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY
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2016
Petit, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY
Artist INC Showcase, Omaha Design Center, Omaha, NE
Please Touch the Art, University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Artist Statement, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo, Korea (Catalogue)
Faculty Exhibition, University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
UNO Faculty Exhibition, Walker Gallery, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
On Paper 2016, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Környezetvédelem, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Butapest, Hungary
Three, Art Room Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Asian Taste, Ugly Art Room, Corvallis, OR
Chernobyl: Impact and Beyond, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
F+W16 Fellows Exhibition, Wanda Ewing Gallery, The Union Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
USB Shuffle Four, Institut Für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany
The Residents, Eistentrager-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Change Agents: Personal Art as Political Tactic, Lamont Gallery Exeter, NH
Gaïa, Le Pavé dans la m'Art, Paris, France
Tiny Art Show, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC
Gaïa jette l'encre à La Basse Cour, Galerie Amarrage, Paris, France
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2015
Environmental Project, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Dallas, TX
RSA Open 2015, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Exercising Authoriy: Race and the American Legal System, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Closer, Scene Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Gaia, La Maison Bleue, Paris, France
Anonymous Drawings 2015, ArtQ13, Rome, Italy
From Virtual to Actual 3, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Catzilla 3, Prop Thtr, Chicago, IL
Shock, 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center, Bethlehem, NH
Sommerferien Postkarte Ausstellung #2, Institue Für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany
Anonyme Zeichner 2015, Kunstverein Tiergarten | Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
Footing the Bill: Art and Our Ecological Footprint
High Water Exhibition, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Earth, Dubuque Area Arts Collective, Dubuque, IA
Nurture/Nature, Sulfer Studios, Savannah, GA
Across the Divide, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Republic of China (Catalogue)
Nebraska, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE
So Hot Right Now, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Home is where, Arterie Fine Arts Gallery, Naperville, IL
5x7 Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
The Earth Speaks, ARTSPACE Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
Justified Art, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Thank You For Applying, Gallery 252 Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
H2O: Water Exhibition, Arts and Heritage Centre, Altrincham, United Kingdom
Heads Will Roll, The Project Room, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Pancakes & Booze, Farmer's Public Market, Oklahoma City, OK
The Big Draw, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
Single, Local Project Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The March, Resident Artists Gallery, Franklin Arts Center, Brainerd, MN
Healing Through Art, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Respond, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
21 and counting, The Painting Center, New York
Art Takes Miami, Scope Pavilion, Miami Beach, FL
Drowning in a sea of information, Work: Ann Arbor Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Painting Now, The Florence Quater Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucsan, AZ
The Residents: KHN Permanent Collection Exhibition, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
Japanesque, The Overland Gallery, Kinston, NC
Alabama National, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Midwest Multiples, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN
Rippin’Rhythm, Flight 64 Gallery, Portland, OR
The living mark, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
First class: International mail art exhibition, Port City Gallery, Portland, OR
Cephalod: Beyond the tentacle, Good: A Gallery, Portland, OR
25th International juried exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York
Shifting Ecologies, The Painting Center, New York
Words We Live By, Vietnamese Association of Illinois, Chicago, IL
3rd International Mail Art Exhibition, Nyíracsád, Hungary
Mixed Messages 4, Press Street Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Impressionists, Graceful Arts Center, Alva, Ok
Arts Day, Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK
Kaiju, Alamo Draft House Gallery, Houston, TX
Erotische Kunst, GS gallery, Southwestern University of Visual Arts, Tucsan, AZ
Poetic voices, Long Branch Arts Council, Long Branch, NJ
Contemporary Views: Modern and Abstract Art, Graceful Arts Center, Alva, OK
Person(ALL) Narratives, Runnymeade Hotel, Alva, OK
51st Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Ex Libris: 100 Artists, 100 books, Axis Gallery, Seattle, WA (Catalogue)
See | Me Take over 2014, Times Square electronic billboard, New York, NY
Post-apocalyptic, University Art Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO (Catalogue)
Fresh Paint Digital Art Exhibition, TRP Center City Media Wall, Philadelphia, PA
International postcard show 2014, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
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2013
Scope Miami Beach, Scope Pavilion, Miami Beach, FL
9×12: Works on paper, The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Bloom, 1927 events, Seattle, WA
#Hashtag, InAsMuch Gallery, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
There/Here, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2013 Arts Council Juried exhibition, City Arts Gallery, Wichita, KS
Terrestrial: Who you are, where you are, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
Creatives rising, Projections Garden/Linc LIC buliding, Long Island City, NY
Post-Racial U.S.?, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
(Inter)connections, WoCA Projects, Fort Worth, TX
Big Fat Scary Deal, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
CoCA Collision: Past, present and future, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Lady Parts, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Story of the Creative, See | Gallery, Long Island City, NY
On-Line, University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
Bemis Spring Art Exposition, Bemis Arts, Seattle, WA
International Artexpo New York, Art-Variant Projects, Pier 92, New York, NY
Copy.right? Gallery 33, Chicago, IL
Pop-up Art, Technology Access Foundation, Seattle, WA
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2012
Human Nature, Gallery Context, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Hit the road, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Lost Horizons, Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, OH (Catalogue)
First 50, Art’s alive gallery, Burlington, VT
Wanna play?, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
No printing necessary, Step gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Welcome to tomorrow, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Conversational Devices, Buckham gallery, Flint, MI
Crossing borders, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
MFA exhibition, SU Art gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Catalogue)
Open Studio, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
EXPERIENCE
Academic
Current
Foundations Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Art, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Tenure Track Position, approved for reappointment
- Visiting artist lecture series coordinator
Courses Taught:
- Foundation Drawing and Design: Color and Visual Literacy
- Foundation Drawing and Design: Two Dimensional Applications
- Life Drawing I
- Life Drawing II
- Beginning Painting
- Screen Printing
- Professional Practices
Responsibilities:
- Teach foundations level courses
- Invite and schedule guest artist lecturers
- Check in, assist and and provide adjunct professors' needs
- Manage classroom equipment and facilities
- Manage foundations budget
- Work with department coordinators to meet department goals
- Serve on University committees
- Maintain student galleries
- Collaborate with regional gallery to curate exhibitions and schedules
- Provide individual student advising
- Schedule arts based service learning opportunities
- Maintain relationships with arts based organizations
2013-2015
Director of Studio Art, Director of Artist-in-residence program, Assistant Professor of Art,
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
- Tenure track position, approved for reappointment
Courses Taught:
- Fundamentals of two dimensional art
- Painting
- Life Drawing
- Art History Survey
- Sequential Art: Comics
- Natural History Drawing
- Digital Illustration
- Drawing into Painting
- Advanced Studio
Responsibilities:
- Founder and developer of artist-in-residence program
- Schedule and conduct video guest artist lecturers via web cam
- Teach all studio art courses on a 4/5 course load per academic year
- Manage departmental budget
- Manage computer laboratory
- Work with departmental adjunct faculty
- Serve on general education, diversity and search committees
- Maintain classroom facilities
- Collaborate with local gallery to curate exhibitions and schedules
- Provide student advising
- Manage student workers
- Maintain relationships with arts based organizations
- Place students in internships and arts related job opportunities
Professional
2021
Artist presentation, Saint Kate Art Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
Artist presentation, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Panelist speaker, Biennial of the Americas, Museo De Las Americas, Denver, CO
Panelist speaker, An Untold Past: Chinese Americans in the midwest, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Artist presentation, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
Artist presentation, Pottawattamie Arts Culture and Entertainment, Council Bluffs, IA
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2020
Artist presentation, CANO gallery, Oneonta, NY
Lecturer, Invest like an Artist podcast interview, Tulsa, OK
Artist Presentation, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Artist Presentation, Syracuse University Art Museum, Syracuse, NY
Panelist, Bemis benefit art auction, Omaha, NE
Artist Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Artist Lecturer, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Artist Lecturer, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Artist Workshop Facilitator, Nebraska Innovation Studio, Lincoln, NE
2019
Peer Palooza, Professional Artist Development Facilitator Training, Artist INC., Kansas City, MO
Panelist, Tulsa Artist Fellowship National Panel Review, Tulsa, OK
Artist Lecturer, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Video Artist Lecture, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Artist Lecturer, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Artist in Residence, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
Artist Talk, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Artist Presentation, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Artist Lecturer, Berea College, Berea, KY
Artist Lecturer, Center for Emerging Media, Orlando, FL
Artist Lecturer, Do Space, Omaha, NE
Video Guest Artist Lecturer, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Workshop Lecturer, Nebraska Innovation Studio, Lincoln, NE
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2018
Artist Lecturer, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, MO
Artist Workshop Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Artist Workshop Lecturer, Nebraska Innovation Studio, Lincoln, NE
Artist in Residence, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
Artist Workshop Lecturer, Powell Makerspace, Powell, WY
Artist Lecturer, Whitney Center for the Arts, Sheridan, WY
Fellow, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
Facilitator, Artist INC. Professional development program, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
Video Guest Artist Lecturer, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Lecturer, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Artist Lecturer, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
Artist Lecturer, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Artist Lecturer, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Artist Lecturer, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
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2017
Fellow, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
Teaching Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Artist panel lecture, Fred Jones Jr. Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Artist lecturer, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Artist lecturer, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
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2016
Artist lecturer, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
Artist lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Artist lecturer, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
Artist in residence, Marpha Foundation, Marpha, Nepal
Artist lecturer, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Artist in residence, Playa Fellowship Residency Program, Summer Lake, OR
Artist lecturer, Michael Phipps Gallery, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE
Artist lecturer, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2015
Social Practice Fellow, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Visiting artist lecturer, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
Artist in residence, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
Artist lecturer, American Association of University Women, Alva, OK
Artist lecturer, Iron Tail Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Visiting artist lecturer, Willson Memorial Lecture Series, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
Visiting artist lecturer, Missouri Western State University, St. Jospeh, MO
2014
Video guest artist lecturer, Sycamore middle school, Sycamore, IL
Artist lecturer, Runnymeade hotel, Alva, Ok
Artist lecturer, Sagebrush community art center, Sheridan, WY
Artist in residence, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY
2012
Teaching Artist/Artist in residence, Arts Corps; Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
Artist in residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Artist in residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Artist in residence, The Art Students League of New York, NY
2011
Artist in residence, The Art Students' League of New York, NY
Instructor graduate, Painting, Syracuse University, NY, 2011
2010
Artist in residence, Art Farm, Marquette, NE
2009
Art Therapist/Americorps Volunteer, Asian Human Services, Chicago, IL
2007
Thesis presentation, “Constructive destruction as art therapy: Exploring the therapeutic benefits of breaking shit (objects)”,
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Art Therapy Intern/Program Facilitator, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL
Art Therapy Intern, St Anthony Hospital, Chicago, IL
Production artist in vinyl graphics, ASI Modulex, Chicago, IL
Guest lecturer (Art therapy), American Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2024
Boldest in show, BOLD exhibition, Omaha, NE
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2023
Overall Best Interpretation of Theme, BOLD exhibition, Omaha, NE
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2020
Outstanding Visual Artist 2019, Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Omaha, NE
Best Solo Show 2019, Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Omaha, NE
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2019
Joint Main Prize Winner, Paper West Exhibition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018
Meek Award, Florida Review Magazine, Orlando, FL
Best 2D Artist 2017, Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Omaha, NE
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2016
On Paper International Printmaking Award 2016, Glasgow, UK
Creation Grant, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2015
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, New York
Exceptional Art Award, Light Space and Time Gallery
Social Practice Fellowship, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Best of show, Earth Exhibit, Dubuque Area Arts Collective, Dubuque, IA
Otto Grever Printmaking award, ARTSPACE, Stroudsburg, PA
2014
Best of show, Japanesque, The Overland Gallery, Kinston, NC
Second place, Alabama National, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Director’s choice, 25th International juried exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Diversity Award, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
2013
Grace V. Wisdom Endowed Chair in Visual Arts, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
Featured artist, New Emerging Artists, New York, NY
Community Supported Arts 2013 Award, Seattle, WA
2012
Prairie Schooner Earl Avitt Award, University of Nebraska Press, NE
Letter of recognition, Friends of the United Nations, NY
MFA fellowship award, Syracuse University, NY
Ginsburg MFA best of show award, Syracuse University, NY
2011
Sara and Yasuo Kuniyoshi Foundation scholarship, Art Students League of New York, NY
Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University, NY
Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
2021
"PACE is re-opening with new thought provoking art exhibit", KMTV Channel 3 news Omaha, Jan 22, 2021
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2020
"Communication and Connection", Omaha Magazine, Volume 38, Issue 1, April 15, 2020
"Visual Artists Take a Bow", The Reader Magazine, Omaha, NE, February 19, 2020
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2019
"Good Day Tulsa", Morning Segment Interview, KTUL ABC Channel 8, September 23, 2019
Artist Interview, Public Radio Tulsa, September 18, 2019
"The Artist's Work Gets Closer to the Truth", Feature Article, Omaha World Herald, May 25, 2019
Artist Interview, Friday Live, NET Nebraska Public Radio, Lincoln, NE, May 17, 2019
"The Union Opens Tempestuous Microcosm", KVNO Radio, May 16, 2019
"Editor's pick", Lincoln Journal Star, March 28th 2019
"Industry Interview, Jave Yoshimoto, Artist and Maker", Shed Zero, January 2019
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2018
"Active looking", The Tulsa Voice, December, 2018, Tulsa, OK
“Sea of change”, The Durango Telegraph, July 5, 2018, Durango, CO
"Artlab resident finds muse on the world stage", Jackson Hole News & Guide, May 23, 2018, Jackson, WY
Artist Interview, KHOL Community Radio, May 2018, Jackson, WY
"The lines of humanity", Planet Jackson Hole, May 16, 2018, Jackson, WY
Artist Interview, Wyoming Public Radio, March, 2018, Laramie, WY
"10 Showstopper Omaha Artists", Alive Magazine, March 22, 2018, Omaha, NE
Exhibition Review, The Sheridan Press, March 24, 2018, Sheridan, WY,
Artist Interview, NYC Phoenix Art Gallery publication, February 2018, New York
Artist Interview, WOUB Public Radio, January 2018, Athens, OH
"See the world through Jave Yoshimoto", They Kearney Hub, January 4, 2018, Kearney, NE
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2017
Meditation on the purpose of art making, Aquifer: The Florida Review, University of Central Florida, December 16, 2017, Orlando, FL
"Jave Yoshimoto The Melting World Exhibition review", Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas, Feb 17, 2017, Chicago, IL
"The Broken World Exhibition Review", Lincoln Journal Star, Arts Section, Jan 22, 2017, Lincoln, NE
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2016
North Coast Journal, Vol XXVII, Issue 31, August 4, 2016, Eureka, CA
Insider Magazine, Summer/Fall 2016, Volume III No. 1, Arcata, CA
Quarterly Morris Graves Museum Newsletter, Volume 18, No. 3, July 2016
"A Changeless Place", Guernica Magazine, June 15, 2016
Nineteen Sixty Nine: An Ethnic Studies Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2016
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue #11, Pittsburg, PA
Figure50.com, January 2016
2015
Nautilus, "Is Japanese Culture Traumatized by Centuries of Natural Disaster?", December 11, 2015
Seascapes 2015, Light Space and Time Gallery
Old Fashioned Guerilla Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Footing the Bill: Art and Our Ecological Footprint, Art Works For Change
Grain Arts Magazine, Issue 3, Dubuque, IA
The Daily Northwestern, "Exhibition inspired by Japanese disaster", July 16, 2015, Evanston, IL
Evanston Roundtable, "The Melting World", July 2, 2015, Evanston, IL
Chicago Tribune, Visual Arts Section Pick of the week, "The Melting World", June 18, 2015 Chicago, IL
{m}aganda magazine, CRITICAL mass 2015 issue
Figure50.com, May 2015
Made in Mind magazine, Spring 2015 Issue 4
ARTiculAction April 2015 Bienneial edition
Lincoln Journal Star, Section C (402) 411, March 15, 2015 Lincoln, NE
2014
“Fight”, Unframed gallery
Alva Review Courier, Cover Page, Volume 122, No. 19, Alva, OK
"Mixed Messages 4", Daily Serving, June 2014
Dialogist, Volume I, Issue IV
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue #2, Pittsburg, PA
“Pivot”, Slag Mag, Old Furnace Artist’s Residency Publication, Harrisonburg, VA
2013
“Baptism of concrete estuary”, Lunch Ticket, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA
“Artist Reel”, Wordsmiths, Santa Fe, NM
“#Hashtag”, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
2012
“Fusion #3: Home”, Prarie Schooner, Lincoln, NE
New American Painting, West Edition, #102
“In the Studio: The Process of a Painting”, New American Paintings Blog
“Scroll for Japan benefit”, Huffington Post, New York, NY
New American Painting, MFA Annual #99