MOTOKO KAMADA
The painter and printmaker, Motoko Kamada, moved from her native Japan to California in 1995.
She trained at both the San Francisco Art Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
where she earned her BFA in painting in 2004.
The paintings explore her native culture and family history in a uniquely modern context that
yields expressive and deeply colorful figurative abstractions. The wood cut prints on fine paper
are often purely abstract iterations of multiple patterned layers.
Exhibition list:
2015
09 Affordable Art Fair, New York
05 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
03 Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
2014
11 Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
10 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
09 Affordable Art Fair @ The Tunnel, Chelsea NY
04 OPEN CALL, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
02 Juried Show, "FIND YOUR ROOTS", Pop-up Gallery in West Hollywood, CA
2013
06 Open Show, Juried show, Gallery 825 / Los Angeles Art Association
03 "Where East Meets West" Art show, dA Center for the Arts in Pomona, CA
01 Shikishi Art Exhibition “Hatsu Mato”, Japanese American Cultural And Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012
10 Terrestrial Life, Juried show, Gallery 825 / Los Angeles Art Association
07 Small Works, Juried show, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
06 Out There, Juried show, Gallery 825 / Los Angeles Art Association
2010
09 Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007
12 Open Show, Juried show, Gallery 825 / Los Angeles Art Association
10 Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
05 Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice, CA
04 Get Naked, The Gallery Waugh, downtown Los Angeles
03 Regent Gallery, downtown Los Angeles
2004
08 Print Show, 1151 W. Grand Ave. Gallery, Chicago
06 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
04 BFA Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
03 Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Juried show
2003
01 Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Juried show
2002
04 Spring Show, San Franciso Art Institute
2001
08 Art Share, downtown Los Angeles
Publications:
2015
The Pinch, vol. 35, issue 2, pages 117-118
FOOTFALLS – poem, James Eret, Esoterica Press, San Diego, CA
Honors:
2004
George & Barbara Pratt Benefactor Award, Rhinelander, WI
BFA Fellowship Prize, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2000-02
Community College Scholarship, Los Angeles City College -- San Francisco Art Institute