Misako Inaoka
Born in Kyoto, Japan
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
Education
MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2004-2006
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy (Rhode Island School of Design), 1999-2000
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island, 1997-2001
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2007
The Origin of Species, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Secret Nature, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005
Invisible City of Moon Watching Plants, View 155, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
The first twenty-four hours, Window Installation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2002
The Microfiche, The Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
The Boundary between…, Solo Exhibition/Installation, Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
2000
Le Onde, Solo Installation, Cenci Gallery, Rome, Italy
1999
Kazoku-ten, Gallery Venus, Kyoto, Japan
Fall Sketchbook Exhibition, Cenci Gallery, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
1998
Juried Drawing Exhibition, Waterman Building Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
The Nature: Juried Drawing Exhibition, Waterman Building Gallery, Rhode Island School of
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2007
MacDowell Colony, NH, residency
Headlands Center for the Arts, Summer residency
Headlands Center for the Arts, MFA studio award nominee and finalist
APAture Award, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
2005
Trefethen Merit Award
Eklind Fellowship
Frank Herringer Foundation scholarship
MFA Mini Grants: Mills College Graduate Study
2004-2005
Mills College alumnae scholarship
Mills College Assistantship scholarship
2004
Moving Mountain Weekend Residency, Tiburon, CA
The Vermont Studio Center, The International Artists Residency, Partial grant award
1997-2001
Affiliations: RISD Museum of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1999-2000
European Honors Program: Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
2000
The International Library of Photography, Travel Picture Award
1997-2000
Honored Student: Rhode Island School of Design Academic, Standing Committee, Associated Provost
1996
Summit County Art Community Award, Colorado
Reviews
2008
Plenty Magazine, June
5 Young Artists to Watch, San Francisco Magazine, January
Someone's Garden, Tokyo Japan, March
California Home and Design, March
Computer Art Magazine, Beijing, China, February
Interview: Misako Inaoka, SFist, January
2007
Misako Inoaka’s “Creature Sculpture at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery,” 7 x 7, September
Misako Inaoka: Orign of Species, Flavorpill SF, issue 281
2006
Baker, Kenneth. “Inaoka Bestrides the Bay,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 11
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Natural Blunders, deSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2008
Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Contocore, Guangzhou, China
Summer 08, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bestiaries, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Brevity’s Rainbow, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Maxwell Williams
HomeGrown, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
Supernatural: Form + Replication, Queen’s Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA
Biophilia, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Fleetwing Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Is it a Fiber Show?, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Excavations, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2006
Nurture Nature, Mills College MFA show, Mills Museum, Oakland, CA
Emerge, 9th annual GenArt exhibition, Warfield Building, San Francisco, CA
2005
Faux Pause, Balazo 18, San Francisco, CA
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin Headlands, CA
2003
Space Available, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Live Art Auction, The Back Room Gallery, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
The Drawing Show, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2002
The Element of Temporary 3, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
I/O: A Public Video Program, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Living Art LABoratory, Exquisite corpse project, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
APAture 2002, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, Zedd Fine Art and Design, San Francisco, CA
2001
Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduation Show, ISB Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Outside the Bubble, Gallery Space, Providence, Rhode Island
2000
Three-person Show, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
EHP exhibition, Cenci Gallery, Rome, Italy