Curriculum
Vitae
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EDUCATION
2003 MFA Photography and Media Art, California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1997 BA Fine Art, School of Fine
Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
GRANTS
2005 Emerging Artist Visual Arts Grant, California
Community Foundation
2004 Artist’s Resource for Completion Grant, The
Durfee Foundation
EXHIBITIONS
2008
20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Individual Artists in Los Angeles,
Japanese American National Museum,
October 4 - January 11, 2009
What we give is ours forever, Sea
and Space Explorations, Highland Park, CA, April 5- April 26
2007
Body Double [curated by Julie Joyceand Marco Rios], The
Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University,
Los Angeles, August 25 - October 13
Exquisite Crisis
and Encounters [curated by Yong Soon Min], in collaboration with
Bia Gayotto, Dee Williams and Amy Bowen, Asian
Pacific American Institute at the New York University, NY, February
15 -May 31
Solo exhibition [curated by Cindy
Bernard], The Cue Art Foundation,
New York, NY, February 1 – March 10
2006
A Play on Action: 5 L.A. Artists consider feminism [curated by
Bari Ziperstein], Rosamund
Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, March 18-April 15
2005
Laughing in the Jungle [curated by Audrey Mandelbaum], Antioch
University Los Angeles, Culver City, CA, October
2004
Telephone Game, Xchanges,
Victoria, Canada, November 12
On the brink of desire: Girls that spice it up, Ambivalent Space,
Culver City, CA, July
100 Artists See Satan, Cal
State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Fullerton, CA, July 7 –
September
CONTRABAND, STOWAWAY LOUNGE: ARTIST-MADE KARAOKE VIDEOS [curated
by Rachel Mayeri, Christina Ulke and Soo Kim], ISEA 2004, on a ferry boat
traveling between Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallin.
Mania for Coleslaw, Highways
Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA, May 2
2003
We’ve Moved, Pasadena
Armory Museum, Pasadena, CA, September 14 - November 16
First Person [curated by Carla Herrera-Prats, Anne Julie Raccoursier
and Michael Mandiberg], C-level,
Los Angeles, CA, August 30 [travels to Technika Radica's Powering Up/Powering
Down conference at UC San Diego, Michoacan Mexico and Mexico City in 2004]
Down to It [curated by Lauren
Hartman], a collaboration with Seema
Kapur, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA, July 5
Take Back the Love-A June Jordan
Celebration, 6 Months, Los Angeles, CA, June 13
Mine [curated by Eungie Joo],Lombard-Freid
Fine Arts,New York,NY, May 22- July 11
Around Special Registration, Solo Exhibition, A402 Gallery, California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, March 15-22
2002
All You Can Eat- an evening of artist made karaoke videos [curated
by Soo Kim], a collaboration with Bia Gayotto, LA
Freewaves, Vermont Music Café, Los Angeles, CA, November 29
20 Eyes/10 Cameras, Gallery Figueroa, Highland Park, CA, June
22 – July 21
2001
All in Me/Acting the Part, A402 Gallery, California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia, CA, October 23 – November 3
Beginnings- L.A. River Temple Project, Canoga
Park Cultural Center, Canoga Park, CA, August 31 – September
14
Artist Writing Reading Room [curated by Annetta
Kapon], Side Street Projects,
Los Angeles, CA, June
The Corridor Show, The Corridor at The Helms Bakery, Culver City,
CA, March 24 – April 1
Juried Exhibition 2001, Patricia
Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, January 6 – 20
2000 Snapshot, Contemporary
Museum, Baltimore, MD, November 1 – January 14, 2001
3cm World Tour 2000 – Japan, touring of 22 stereoscopic
views viewed through a stereoscope, various locations, January 1 –
5
3cm World Tour 2000 – USA, West Coast Tour, Touring of
22 stereoscopic views viewed through a stereoscope, various locations,
February
1999
Site Unseen, James Kelly
Contemporary, Sante Fe, NM, April 30 – May 3
1997
Are WeThere Yet?, USC Architecture Gallery, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, May
www.usc.edu/matrix/, Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April
FILM
SCREENINGS
2006
TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in MOVING PICTURES, Museum
of Modern Art, New York, NY, July 27, 31
2005
“Positions on Love: An Evening of Women’s Shorts,” Union
Theatre, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, October 8
The British Film Institute, London,
U.K., March 30- April 13
Sticky Bonds, [curated by Kevin
McCarty and José Esteban Muñoz], Spielberg
Theatre at The Egyptian, Los Angeles, February 23
2004
“Shoot
Yourself,” [curated by Scott Stark] San
Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA, December 9
“First Person/ Videos de los Ángeles y de la ciudad de México,”
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico
City, Mexico, November 18
Sticky Bonds, [curated by Kevin McCarty and José Esteban
Muñoz], REDCAT Theatre, July
11
11th Annual New York Underground Film Festival,
Anthology Film Archives,
New York, NY, March 10-15
Women
of Color Film Festival, Pacific
Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, March 13
Small Change presents: An introduction to stand me up, The Parlor,
Philadelphia, PA, February 12
33rd International Film
Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 22, 24, 25, 27 and
29
2003
“CalArts at Colgate [programmed by Carolyn Kaylor],” Alternative
Cinema, Golden Auditorium, Colgate
University, October 28, November 11
7th Annual MadCat Women’s
International Film Festival,
Artist Television Access, San Fransisco,
CA, Sept 19
10th Annual Chicago Underground Film
Festival, Landmark Century
Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL, August 30, Sept 1
“Performance, Event and Documentation,” Record [curated
by Sharon Hayes], Gallery210two,
Boyle Heights, CA, August 16
Take Back the Love-A June Jordan Celebration, 6 Months, Los Angeles,
CA, June 13
Sex on Screen Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA, May
30-June 22
Bijou Fest, Bijou Theater, California Institute of the Arts.
Valencia, CA, May 13, 16
VC Filmfest: Asian Pacific Film
and Video Festival, Los Angeles, CA, May 1-8
Chicago Filmmakers
Coop, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL, April 13
Thaw 03 at the Institute of Cinema and Culture, Iowa City, IA,
April 12
8th Chicago Asian American Showcase
presented by the Foundation forAsian American Independent Media (FAAIM):
What’s Love Got To Do With It?, The Gene Siskel Film Center,
Chicago, IL, April 11
10th Annual New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film
Archives, New York, NY, March 5-11
32nd International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
January 25, 27, 29 and 31
2002
African American Music Ensemble #3 presents: I’m not cold blooded
just blood cold, [curated by Maryam Kashani], Bijou Theater, California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, December 10
LadyFest Los Angeles- Girl Director Short Films presented by
Andrea Richards,SpringTower Bank Film Mezzanine, Los Angeles, CA, November
9
MFA-2 Mid Residency Show, Bijou Theater, California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia, CA, October 10
Afest: Through the Lens, Northwest
Asian American Theatre’s 2002 Festival of Asian Filmmakers,
Seattle, WA, July 30-August 10
The 25th Asian American International
Film Festival, Asian Cinevision & Asia Society and Museum,
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, New York, NY, July 26
Bijou Fest, curated by James Benning, Bijou Theater, California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, May 17
TV BROADCASTS
2005
“Corto y Quedo,” Canal
22, Mexico
2004
MOOV HD Channel, VOOM, HD Satellite
TV
PERFORMANCES and WORKSHOPS
2008
Lovereflections Psychic Journey with Krystal Krunch as part of
"Feel the
Love: A Valentine's pre-fix workshop," Machine
Project, Los Angeles, CA, February 14
2007
Tn'T EXPLOSIVE ADVICE! THE 10 MINUTE TAKEOVER, as part of artSpa
02 organized by Adam Overton,
Sea and Space Explorations, Highland
Park, Los Angeles, CA, November 18
THE OTHER LULLABY, as part of "The
Other Project" organized by Evelyn Serrano, Fire Valley, Valencia,
CA, September 11-14
Tn'T EXPLOSIVE ADVICE! THE 10 MINUTE TAKEOVER, as part of artSpa
01 organized by Adam Overton,
High Energy Constructs,
Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, August 26
NARUHODO! ZA WAHRUDO/ Oh I see! The World, CUE Art Foundation, New
York, February 3
2006
EVERYTHING WRONG, in collaboration with Seema "Dpoy"
Kapur and Loren “Larry Knight” Hartman, Highways Performance
Space, Santa Monica, CA
M-Y-MANIFESTO Workshop: Fundraiser for South Central Farm, a
manifesto writing workshop in collaboration with Matt
Dunnerstick as the m-y-manifesto.net
collaborative, South Central
Farm, South Central Los Angeles, CA, April 2
2005
LE’ RATIONALE: Workshop in Empathy, a workshop performance
in collaboration with Wanda Smans, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA, April
22
RADICAL CUTS: NARUHODO!/Oh really! I see, Crazy Space, Santa
Monica, CA, February 5
2004
A mixin’ and matchin’ happenin,’ a bpp episode,
Pussyfoot Beauty Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, August 6
2003
‘How to be an Artist & Activist (at the same time)’, a
collaboration with Seema Kapur as part of the show Down To It,
Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA, July 5
2002
Funk the Peanuts, a karaoke duet performance on swing with Kyoko
Kawahata, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, June
PROJECTS and EVENTS ORGANIZED
2006
EVERYTHING WRONG, in collaboration with Seema Dpoy Kapur and
Loren “Larry Knight” Hartman,” Highways Performance
Space, Santa Monica, CA
2005
“Say, say, say,” [a short film/video program], Half hour
from home: CalArts Alumni at
Barnsdall, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery Theatre, Los Angeles,
CA, October 15-16
POSITIVE
CONTACT: A group effort at Newspace, Newspace,
Los Angeles, CA, June – July
2003
Take Back the Love-A June Jordan Celebration, 6 Months, Los Angeles,
CA, June 13
2001
The Corridor Show, The Corridor at The Helms Bakery, Culver City,
CA, March 24 – April 1
2000
Little Velvet-feminist zine, published 7 issues between March
2000 – Sept. 2001
GUEST LECTURES and DISCUSSION PANELS
2007
artSpa 02 Panel Discussion: New Age Aesthetics, Sea and Space
Explorations, Highland Park, CA, November 25
The Other Project [organized by Everlyn Serrano], a panel discussion
on "Other-ness," Fire Valley, Valencia, CA, September 11
University of California at Riverside, February 28
2006
Necessary Positions: An Intergenerational Conversation [directed
by Suzanne Lacy], a conversation on feminism, art, gender and politics,
REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, August
20
A Play on Action: 5 L.A. artists consider feminism [moderated
by Bari Ziperstein}, Rosamund
Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, April 1
2005
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 15, 17
2003
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, October 20
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, October 9
2002
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, October 27
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Joyce,
Julie, “Body Double,” January, 2008
2007
ArtScene, Vol 27, No.4, December 2007, p.26
Myers, Holly, “Through a lens starkly,” Los Angeles Times,
September 12, 2007
Min, Yong Soon, "Exquisite
Crisis & Encounters," February 2007
The New Yorker, March 12, 2007
www.loudcricket.com,
February 2007
HARUKO TANAKA, CUE Art Foundation Solo exhibition [cat.], February
2007
Schlosser, Julia, "Mind the Gap: The artwork of Haruko Tanaka,"
February 2007
2006
Buckley, Annie, "art and the city: Reflecting a Sea Change,"
zerodegreesart.com, September
2006
www.loudcricket.com,
August, 2006
Buckley, Annie, Artweek,
June Issue, 2006
2005
Art in America,
October 2005, p.212
Half-Hour From Home: CalArts Alumni at Barnsdall [cat.], California
Institute of the Arts, October 2005
Walls of Dreams: California Community Foundation 2005 Annual Report,
California Community Foundation, p.19
2004
McGee, Mike. 100 Artists See Satan [cat.], Last Gasp Press, July
2004
11th New York Underground Film Festival [cat.], 11th New York
Underground Film Festival, April 2004
33rd International Film Festival Rotterdam [cat.], 32nd International
Film Festival Rotterdam, January 2004
2003
Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival [cat.], 7th
Annual Madcat Women’s International Film Festival, September
2003
The 10th Chicago Underground Film Festival [cat.], The 10th Chicago
Underground Film Festival, August/September 2003
First Person, a DVD compilation project organized by Carla Herrera-Prats,
Anne Julie Raccousier and Michael Mandiberg, August 2003
Chicago Asian American Film Showcase 2003 [cat.], Chicago Asian
American Film Showcase, April 2003
VC Film Festival 2003 [cat,], VC Film Festival, May 2003, p.64
10th New York Underground Film Festival [cat.], 10th New York
Underground Film Festival, March 2003
32nd International Film Festival Rotterdam [cat.], 32nd International
Film Festival Rotterdam, January 2003, p. 208
2002
25 Years…Asian American International Film Festival 2002 [cat.],
Asian Cinevision, July 2002, p. 103.
2001
Pence, Elizabeth, “The Corridor at the Helms Bakery Building,”
Coagula Art Journal, Issue #52, p.51
Spence, Mark, “Gallegiate Top Ten- New York, Los Angeles,”
Coagula Art Journal, Issue #51, p.51
FILMOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY
2007
The Word Is, DV, color/sound, 50 minutes
2004
100 Questions for Satan, DVD, color/sound, 5 minutes
Ah-meh to Zushi Station, Digital video, color/sound, 5 minutes
2003
Around Special Registration, Digital video, color/sound, 18 minutes
California Telephone, 16mm black and white film/sync sound, 3
minutes
2002
I Love You, 16mm color film/sync sound, 2 minutes
Ue wo Muite Arukou/So Danço Samba, a collaboration with
Bia Gayotto, Digital Video, 4 minutes
2000
By the waterfall on their hike in Eaton Canyon- 7 times, Digital
8 video, 10 minutes
from Los Angeles, October 2000, Digital 8 video, 15 minutes
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