Born in Shiga, Japan - September 1964
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Department, May 2003
Research Student, Kyoto Seika University
Printmaking Department, April 1989 - March 1990
Bachelor of Art Education, Kyoto University of Education
Japanese Painting Major in Junior High School Teacher's Course, March 1987
AWARDS
2023 Juror's Choice Award, California Printmakers - Tradition & Innovation, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2019 Best of the Show Award, 13th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA
2014 Top Ten SF Open Studios Artists selected by Valerie Leavy, SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2011 Purchase Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
2009 Cash Award, PRINTED: A Juried Exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
First Place, Juried Artist Award, Contemporary 2009: Sculpture, the Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO
2008 Juror's Choice Award, ArtSpan Benefit Art Show and Auction, Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 First Place Award, Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art Leaque of Palo Alto, California
2005 Award of Excellence, Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California
2003 Juror’s Award, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 University Art Center Award, Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, California
1999 The Blessing Semler Aquisition Award for The Art Collection of Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, California
1997 Awarded 3rd Place in Printmaking, The 7th KTEH Art Auction Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, California
1996 Kyoto Art & Culture Association Director Award, 48th Kyoto Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1995 Kala Institute '95 Printmaking Fellowship Award, Berkeley, California
1989 Award for Superior Work, All Japan University's Printmaking Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Kansai New Artist Award, Kansai Shinseisaku (New Production) Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Saturated State, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan
2023 Across, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California
2019 Toru Sugita New Works, Sticks Framing & Fine Arts, Berkeley, California
hidamari - Toru Sugita Exhibition, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Toru Sugita: Impressions, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2016 Exhibicion Individual y Conversacion con Toru Sugita, Espacio Centro, Oaxaca, Mexico
2015 Toru Sugita 1/4 Century Exhibition, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan
2014 Toru Sugita – Prints, Gallery 212, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, California
2013 "Bay Area Lines and Shadows," SF State Alumuni Hall Gallery, San Francisco California
2012 "Land and City – Paintings and Prints by Toru Sugita," La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, California
"Bay Area Shapes - Etching by Toru Sugita," Caffe Museo, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 "A Continuous-Scape," The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 Toru Sugita: Chronology and New Vision, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California
2008 "The Work of Toru Sugita," Hang Ups Fine Art, Grand Junction, Colorado
2007 Toru Sugita New Prints & Paintings, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Solo Show, "Ephemera," Johnson's Art Gallery, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
2002 Toru Sugita Paintings and Prints, Gallery img, Santa Clara, California
2000 Solo Show, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, California
1999 Solo Show "At Shadows Edge" Studio 1109, Sacramento, California
1997 Solo Show "A Shape 1992~1996", AIA East Bay, Oakland, California
1990 "The Other View" (Installation), Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
1988 "A Fine Day Goes Down" (Mixed Media),Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan2-Person Exhibitions
2006 Kate Luxe & Toru Sugita, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, California
2004 Reading/Viewing: a New Perspective Mary V. Marsh & Toru Sugita, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2003 The Visible World - Patty Neal & Toru Sugita, Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
2002 Flashing - New Works by Hye-Kyung Kim & Toru Sugita, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Scratch & Burn-Intaglio Prints by Toru Sugita and Xavier Viramontes, Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
1998 "Geometric/Organic" Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 Lani Asher & Toru Sugita: Two Views, Gallery/The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, JapanGroup Exhibitions
2024 Four Squared Alumuni, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California
Paper & Porcelain - Toru Sugita, Mark Goudy, & Liza Riddle, Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, California
2023 California Printmakers - Tradition & Innovation, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
On the Road, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Spotlight - The Printmakers, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California
2022 Retrospective 15, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Printmaking Society 22nd National Juried Exhibition, Mixografia, Los Angeles, California
35 by 35, Art Benicia, Benicia, California
Pressed!, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, California
Arts Benicia Printmaker’s Workshop, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
48 Pillars 2022, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, California
Ambos Lados-International Print Exchange, Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2021 Soliloquy, online exhibit, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery
Graphic Arts Workshop, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
2020 Change, online exhibit, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery
14th Annual California Centered: Printmaking exhibition (Online) Invited
2019 DVC Sabbatical Exhibition, DVC Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Four Squared 2019, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, California
Ambos Lados International Print Exchange Exhibition, Argos Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico
13th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA
Print It! California Society of Printmakers, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
Urban Triology, Peter Baczek, Ali Targownik, Toru Sugita, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
Immigration Emergency, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
Love - Graphic Arts Workshop Exhibit, Dependable Letterpress, San Francisco, CA
2018 Retrospective 11, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recent Art Acquisitions, Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, California
California Society of Printmakers Artist in Residence, Kala Project Space, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
The Mu Scroll Exhibition, Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Wood, Aluminum, Copper- Toru Sugita, Jenny Robinson, & Dave Avery, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Air, Water, Earth - Los Angeles Printmaking Society Juried, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
International Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition/Forum, CARRE, Hollerich, Luxembourg
Then & Now, Negative Space Gallery, Dependable Letterpress, San Francisco, CA
2017 Ca.Inked, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, California
City Hues, Telegraph Hill Gallery, San Francisco, California
City Streets – Urban Views of Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Pressing On - Contemporary Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Bridges, - DVC Printmaking Currents, Diablo Valley College Library, Pleasant Hill, California
Graphically Observed, CSP Juried Exhibition, Isabelle Percy West Gallery California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
Print by South West, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Conversation with our Archives, Graphic Arts Workshop Gallery, San Francisco, California
Dessert Triangle Postre Prints, Purple Gallery, El Paso, Texas
11th Turner National Print Exhibition, Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, Chico, California
2016 San Francisco/Yokohama Exchange, Graphic Arts Workshop Gallery, SF & Launch Pad Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Four Squared 2016, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, California
City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
"We're Going Nowhere Fast"Selected Works from The Print Exchange, Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY
PRINTS: California Society of Printmakers, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Brownsville Prints, Brownsville Rusteberg Art Gallery, University of Texas, Brownsville, Texas
Printers Series Vol. 1, CSP Art Residency Show Case, Gruenwald Press, San Francisco, CA
Prints: CA, LA, and Beyond Part II, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California
2014 Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York
The 9th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan
City Streets – urban views of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Redefining the Multiple, Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda, California
Nexus-Portfolio by Bay Area Etchers, A SGC International SF Conference Exhibition, San Francisco State University, CA
California Etchers Currents, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California
Re/Appropriate: CSP Juried Exhibition, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
2013 "The Art of Giving Art," Gary & Francis Fine Art, Alameda, Casifornia
"Winterlude," ArtBeatus, Vancouver, Canada
"Black & White," Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California
City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Carol Lefkowitz, Toru Sugita, Juan Miguel Santiago, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 DVC Printmaking Current, Diablo Valley College Library, Pleasant Hill, California
Ink & Clay 38, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
Flock-work inspired by birds, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Gallery Artists Group Show, ArtBeatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Why Paint Landscape? ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Off the Press, Haldan Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, California
2011 Accession – Recent Acquisitions from the Art in Public Places Collection, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
City Streets - urban views of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
A Stone's Throw Exchange Exhibit, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
In Extremis: Prints Monumental, Intimate, and Encompassing, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Light/Dark," California Society of Printmakers Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2010 2010 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii
City Streets - urban view of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Lines, Lanes, Planes, SLATE Contemporary, Oakland, California
Skin Deep II, The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado
2009 On View: New Work from Kala, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
Six Decades of Printmaking, ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CA
20th National Biennial of Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PRINTED: A Juried Exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
Relief Print of Northern California, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
City Streets - urban view of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
The Artist of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, California
Sculpture ~ Material, Physical, Structural and Awake!, the Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO
2008 A Stone's Throw Exchange Exhibit, LA Artcore Brewery Gallery, Los Angeles, California
City Streets - urban view of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan (Award Nominated)
Janet Turner 7th National Competition, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, California
2007 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, California
City Streets - urbn view of the Bay Area, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Summer in the City, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
20th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsn-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2006 San Francisco Cityscapes, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
Ink and Idea, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California
Sun and Shadow, Tang Gallery, Bisbee, Arizona
Impressions 2006, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2005 First Annual Auto Show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, California
Printmakers Invitational 2005, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
18th National Biennial of Los Angeles Printmaking Society, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
Bay Area Fine Art Printmakers, Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, California
San Francisco Cityscapes, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Berkeley Art Center 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
“Thirty Something,” San Francisco Modern Art Museum Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
“City Streets:” STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, California
Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California
2004 Issho/Together, Japanese American/Japanese National Artists in America, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Fields of View:Natural & Urban Landspcapes, Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Solano, California
"...tis the season!," Art Beatus Gallery, Voncouver, Canada
Urban Landscape, San Francisco Modern Art Museum Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Printmakers of the Golden Gate, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California
Printmaking & Process: An Overview of Contemporary Practice, Arts Benicia Center, Benicia, California
"Paintings & Prints," Kings Gallery, First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, California
Pangaea, The Canvas, San Francisco, California
2003 Berkeley Art Center 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Pastiche-An Exhibition of Cacophony, The Canvas, San Francisco, California
2nd Graphic Annual of Contemporary Printmaking, Museo de los Niños, San Jose, Costa Rica
LAPS Juried Membership Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California
Jubileumtentoonstelling, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2002 Art Bowl II, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, California
Global Matrix, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
Pacific Prints 2002, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
Then & Now, Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA), Oakland, California
Breakages: USF 3rd Annual Sculpture Show, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
“Dibujo Dibujado”1st International Annual of Drawing, Museo del Niño, San Jose, Costa Rica
Janet Turner 4th National Print Competition, California State University, Chico, Chico, California
2001 California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
Berkley Art Center 18th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 Oeuvres graphiques d'artistes contemporains ayant travaillé au célèbre Centre Frans Masereel,Gordès, France
Meetings, Suolahti Old Station Hall, Suolahti, Finland
LAPS 2000, Brand Ligrary Art Galleries, Glendale, California
Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
1999 California Prints From Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
Selections from Open studios '98, Capella, San Francisco, California
Idea Houce, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, California
Faultlines/Watermarks, Design Center, San Francisco, CA / DerZaaijer, Amsterdam, Holland
15th National Biennial of Los Angeles Printmakers Society, Laband Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 California Prints From Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
Pro Arts 1998 Juried Annual Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
Etchings, Etcetra, Carol A. Dabb Art Consultants, Los Altos, California
A Tradition Continued: Relief Prints, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, California
1997 The 7th KTEH Art Auction Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, California
"Berkeley Salutes Kala", Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, California
1996 California Prints from Wood, Oakland Museum Collector's Gallery, Oakland, California
"Motion in Stillness", Gallery On the Rim, San Francisco, California
"Masters of the Media", Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
"Paper: Selected Works From The Collection", Kismet Gallery, San Jose, California
'95 Kala Institute Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
"Japan Mukashi To Ima" show, Modern Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
1995 "Latent August" show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California
Print & Draw Biennial, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Solo Show (Printmaking) Bucci's, Emeryville, California
1993 The 5th Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Wakayama, Japan
Kala Institute: A Print Exchange, New York Graphic Center, New York, New York
Japanese Art Today, Reykjavik, Iceland
Kala Institute: A Print Exchange, Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, D.C.
1990 Kinoprint '90 (Printmaking), Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
1989 All Japan Universities Printing Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Printmaking Exhibition for Amnesty International, Kyoto, Japan
Kansai Shinseisaku Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
1987 Group "SHIRUBE" Show (Painting), Gallery F, Kyoto, Japan
1985 Group "URIMBO" Show (Painting), Fujii Daimaru, Kyoto, Japan
PUBLIC LECTURES
2024 Artist Talk, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California
2021 Printmaking from DVC Art Department, Concord Arts Association May Meeting, Online
2019 Artist Talk, Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Survey of Printmaking, Society for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
History of Print as Social Art, 45th Faculty Lecture, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Artist Talk, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, California
Artist Talk, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, California
2016 Artist Talk, Espacio Centro, Oaxaca, Mexico
2015 Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto, Japan
2012 Printmaking as Light and Shadow, Society for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2010 Guest Speaker, "Japanese American Art & Expression" by Betty Kano, San Francisco State University
"Artist Response to Globalization" Four Corners Conference on Globalization, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
"Survey of Printmaking," El Cerrito Arts Association October meeting, El Cerrito Community Center, California
2009 "Art & Immigration," Four Corners Conference on Immigration, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
2007 Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Simposium “Artists’ Influences in Multicultural World”, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 California State University Chico, Chico, California
2002 Malaspina Printmaking Society, Vancouver, Canada
1996 Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
PROJECTS and COLLABORATION
2022 Ideal Engagements - A Risograph Portfolio, California Society of Printmakers with Zach Clark, National Monument Press
2014 Curated “Nexus-Portfolio by Bay Area Etchers,” A SGC International SF Conference Exhibition at San Francisco State University
Curated “California Etchers Currents,” Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California
2012 Organized "Inked Surfaces" Diablo Valley College National Juried Exhibition of Prints
(juror, Archana Horsting) for fundraising to DVC Printmaking Area.
2009 "Pondering the Flight of Icarus," Robinson Theater, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
"Entering," The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado
2008 "KAGEROU" Multimedia Art Installation & Dance
(Collaborative event with Matthew Lindstrom, Inprovisational Dance)
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
2000 "Floating Lanterns & Golden Shrines" by Rena Krasno, Pacific View Press
(2001 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Category of Multicultural)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Physicality of Space, The Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, 2024 issue
2020 Capturing the 4th Dimension, The Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, 2020 issue
2018 California Printmakers exhibit at Center for the Arts open through October 7, Piedmont Post, September 26, 2018 issue
2017 Pinyon Spring 2017, Colorado Mesa University Language, Literature & Mass Communication
2015 Toru Sugita - Wandering, self-published via Lulu.com
"Pushing Boundaries," Screen printing at The W.O.R.K.S, The California Printmaker 2015 issue
2012 "Exhibit showcases techniques of printmaking" Contra Costa Times, May 3 2012 issue
2011 "Two exhibits from Bay Area artists opening July 1" Grand Junction Free Press, July 24 2011 issue
2010 "Less Is More, Six artist slow down and simplify" by DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, July 21 2010 issue
2008 "Dance, visual arts merge in MSC professor's yard for symbolic event," Grand Junction Free Press, Oct. 27, 2008
"Visual Arts, dance merge to show fleeting existence" Grand Junction Free Press, October 24, 2008 issue
2006 TV Interview,“Ephemera”at Mesa State College, KJCT 8 (NBC), October 2nd 2006
“Artist’s work illuminate everyday scenes,” The Times, August 31, 2006 issue
“Ink and Idea” ArtWeek, July/August, 2005 issue
2005 ZYZZYVA the last word: west coast writers & artists, Winter 2005 issue
"The Collective Conscious: Artists and Patrons" 2005 SF Open Studios The Guide
"Mary V. Marsh/Toru Sugita, reading/viewing: a new perspective,"ArtWeek, Feburary, 2005 issue
2003 Critic's Choice: Art 'Pastiche, an Exhibition of Cacophony,' San Francisco Bay Guardian July 16 issue
"Calligraphy & Beyond," Diversity, Asian Pacific Heritage Month issue
Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Berkeley, California
2002 "Flashing": New Works by Hye-Kyung Kim and Toru Sugita, Preview, June~August 2002 issue
2000 "Angles and Light Star in Printmaking Exhibit," Merced Sun-Star, October 27 issue
"People" Interview, Hokubei Mainichi June 3rd Issue (Japanese)
1999 Mon Plaza Interview, Monthly Mon June 1999 Issue (Japanese)
1998 Pro Arts 1999 Juried Annual Calender
1997 Toru Sugita & Lani Asher Interview, Kyoto Shinbun, Shiga Newspaper, June 11 issue (Japanese)
1996 The art of a holiday timeout, by Chiori Santiago, San Jose Mercury News December /22 issue
DisOrient Jounarizine Volume 6
1990 Sagas Art Interview, Sagas Magazine April 1990 Issue
May 1993 - March 1994 Traveled through Middle East and West Asia
May 1990 - November 1991 Traveled through United States and Latin America.
Studied Spanish in Guatemala and Ecuador.
August 2009 - June 2013
Diablo Valley College
Assistant Professor of Art (2D/Drawing and Printmaking)
August 2008
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Visiting Artist, A Printmaking Survey for Teens
May 2008
University of New Mexico Department of Art and Art History
Visiting Artist, Printmaking: Light & Shadow
August 2007 – May 2009
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
Assistant Professor of Art (Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking)
August 2006 – May 2007
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
Full-time Lecturer in Department of Art (Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking)
January 2005 - August 2006
Solano Comunity College
Instructor (Oil/Acrylic Painting, Introduction to Drawing)
January 2004 - August 2006
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Instructor (Etching to Graduate Division, Printmaking, Mixed Media Drawing & Painting, Fine Arts Department)
April 2003
Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Guest Artist (Wood Engraving Demonstration at Printmaking Department)
August 2001 – May 2003
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Department
Teaching Assistant, (Figure Drawing, Lithography, Relief Print)
May 2000 – April 2001
Creativity Explored of San Francisco
(Substitute Art Teacher)
August 1999 – August 2005
Palo Alto Art Center Children's Art Program
Art Teacher (Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing)
September 1998 – June 2006
San Francisco Japanese Supplementary School
Teacher (Essay Writing & Japanese Literature)
August 1998 – August 2002
National Institute of Art and Disabilities
(Substitute Art Teacher)
March 1998 – May 1998
San Francisco Unified School District
Art Teacher (Second Grade and Special Education at the Paul Revere Elementary School )
March 1997
San Francisco Art Institute
Guest Artist (Aquatint Demonstration at Printmaking Department)
May 1989 – March 1990
Kyoto University of Education Handicapped Children's School
Art Teacher (Junior High School Division)
Guest artist: Japanese Paper Workshop, UC Berkeley, 2017, "Asian American Art & Expression" by Betty Kano, San Francisco State University, December 2010, Academy of Art College, May 2003, San Francisco Art Institute, March 1997
TechArt International, San Francisco, California
(Japanese Desktop Publishing)
January - November 1998
Katherine Loh Graphic Design, San Francisco, California
(Japanese & Asian Language Desktop Publishing)
February 1996 - January 1998
Ad.MOO, Emeryville, California
(Graphic Layout/ Presentation)
October 1992 - April 1993
Trial Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
(Presentation/ Illustration/ Graphic Layout)
April 1987 - March 1989
Computer Skills
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