SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS / INSTALLATIONS / PERFORMANCES
2006
‘Micki Watanabe: Recent Sculptures’, EARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE, Earlville, NY.
2005
‘Lost & Found in the Stacks’, BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
The Object of Literature, EVERGREEN HOUSE MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD
Stories and Containers, JULIO ART GALLERY, Loyola College. Baltimore, MD
2001
Stories and Containers, THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE ART GALLERY, Albany, NY
Between Floors, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GALLERY, Pittsfield, MA.
2000
Sur – vey (installation), ISLIP ART MUSEUM, Satellite Gallery at Dowling College, East Islip, NY
Present, EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE ART CENTER, Nyack, NY
1997
Fault Lines (installation) SPACE GALLERY, Western Michigan Univ. Kalamazoo, MI
1996
Telling Tales (installation), SPACES, Cleveland, OH
1995
The Match (installation) URBAN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS. Grand Rapids, MI
Sweating Liquids, (installation) A.R.C. GALLERY, RawSpace, Chicago, IL.
1994
Sweating Liquids, (installation) FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES. New York, NY
Princess Studies, (installation/performance) ACME ART CO. Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
New works, LEONARD FOX LTD. New York, NY (two person show)
Co-Dependent @ Scope Art Fair. THE LIVING ROOM, Miami, FL
2005
Contemporary Women Artists: New York, INDIANA UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Terre Haute, IN
At Home: Visions of our Place In the World, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, New York, NY
2004
Either OrBits, B57 CONTEMPORARY ART, Brooklyn, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Macht Vergleichnar, New York Cross-Cut, KUNSTVEREIN FIRMA PARADIGMA, Kunstverein, Linz Austria
Signs+Senses+Envelopes, CARE/OF GALLERY, Milan, Italy
Sculpture: A Matter of Soft and Hard, The Artists Alliance @ Clemente Soto Vélez Center, New York, NY
Hello Franklin, IM N IL GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2002
AIM 22. BRONX MUSEUM. Bronx, NY
Hash Brown Potatoes. SMACK MELLON STUDIOS, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Faces/Phases, MUNICIPAL BUILDING GALLERY: Manhattan Borough President Office. New York, NY
The Museum of Unspoken Desire, GALLERY 138. New York, NY
Edgescapes, GOLIATH VISUAL SPACE, Brooklyn, NY and Blackbird Space San Francisco, CA
Interior Landscapes, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, New York, NY
Cities and Desire, ROTUNDA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Transporter, ABOUT STUDIO GALLERY, Bangkok, Thailand
Sidelong Glance, Im n Il GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Outer Boroughs, WHITE COLLUMNS, New York, NY
No More Dumb Bunnies, JORGENSEN GALLERY, New York, NY
1998
Places to Go, People to See, GALLERY ONETWENTYEIGHT, New York, NY
1997
3rd Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art, SOHO 20 GALLERY. New York, NY
GRANTS AND AWARDS
- AIM program, Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY spring 2002
- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. 2001
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1995-96
- Art Matters Fellowship Grant 1995
- Regional Artists’ Projects Grant, NEA 1994
EDUCATION
1993 MFA – Ohio State University, Department of Art. Columbus, Ohio.
1991 BFA – Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri.
Residencies
- Smack Mellon Artist Studio Residency. Brooklyn, NY 2006-07
- Evergreen House @Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore MD, summer 2003
- Bemis Center for the Arts. Artist Residency. Omaha, NE summer 2002
- Henry Street Settlement Artist in Residence Workspace program. NYC 1999-2000
- Brooklyn Community Access Television Residency. Video grant. 1999
- World Views studio Residency Program in the World Trade Center. Administered by LMCC, NYC 1998-1999
- Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL. (dance residency) 1995.
TEACHING
2000-present
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN New York, NY
Dept. of Core Studies, Foundation Program, Adjunct Professor 3-Dimensional Design.
1997-present
PRATT INSTITUTE Brooklyn, NY
Foundations Art Department, Adjunct Assistant Professor 3-Dimensional Design.
1998-99
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, HUNTER COLLEGE New York, NY
Department of Art Adjunct Assistant Professor Beginning and Advanced Sculpture, Introduction to Visual Experience.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY Lewisburg, PA
Department of Art Assistant Professor: Elements of Art, Beginning Sculpture, Advanced and Beginning Drawing.
1994 Spring
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH
Department of Art Lecturer Beginning Sculpture, 3-D Design
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH
Department of Art Teaching Assistant 3-D design, Beginning Sculpture, Metal Fabrication,
Construction Sculpture and beginning drawing
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
AP Reader- Studio Art. Ewing, NJ. Summer 2005, 2006.
Gallery talk: ‘Whispering in the Library with Micki Watanabe, Winsten Tabb, dean of JHU libraries, and Robert Saarnio, architecture historian’, Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD October 23, 2004
Artist Talk: ‘Stories and Containers’, Loyola College Julio Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD October 24, 2004
Speaker: Lawrence and Isabel Barnet Symposium, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH May 2004
Juror: Artist in Residence Program. Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. January 2004
Lecture and Workshop: Plaster Casting. Parsons School of Design. Foundations Department New York, NY 2003
Lecture: Artist Talk. Bemis Center for the Arts. Omaha, NE. June 2002
Visiting Critic: Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA. May 2002
Lecturer: ‘Abstraction Reactions’, South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY February 7, 2002
Panelist: Individual Artist Project Grants. Ohio Arts Council. Columbus, OH. January 2001-02
Gallery talk: ‘Stories and Containers’, College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany NY. November 1, 2001
Gallery Talk: ‘Between Floors’, Koussevitzky Art Gallery, Pittsfield, MA. October 3, 2001
Panelist: Artist In Residence Program. Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY. 2000
Gallery Talk: ‘Sur-vey’, Anthony Giordano Gallery @ Dowling College. Oakdale, NY. April 30, 2000
Lecturer: ‘Current Works’, Ohio State University, Department of Art. Columbus, OH. Fall 1994
Lecturer: ‘Current Works’. Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Spring 1997
Gallery talk: ‘Princes Studies’, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. February 26, 1997
Panelist: Selection for Installation Artists. Franklin Furnace. New York, NY. 1995-96
Lecturer: ‘Current Works’, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. Fall 1995
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