Mitsuko Namiki
Born: Japan
EDUCATION
M.A., California State University, Long Beach, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
East Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
B.A. Tokyo Joshi University, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2013 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Terrell Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2007 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2005 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2002 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1999 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1997 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1995 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1994 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1986 L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Ventura College, Ventura, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 “2015 Summer Exhibition,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2014 “2014 Summer Exhibition,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2011 “2011 Summer Exhibition,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2009 “2009 Summer Exhibition,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2004 “Selected Works/Gallery Artists,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
“Portraits,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2003 “All Things Being Equal…,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
“18 & Under,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2002 “12 Between 6th and 7th,” Restaurant Supply Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Abstractly,” Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
2001 “Stroke/Streak/Scribble/Scrawl,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
2000 “Private Thoughts,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
“Essence of Abstraction,” FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1996 "L.A. Current: The Full Spectrum," UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Photosynthesis," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1995 "2nd Annual Exhibit Sale," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
"The UN/50 Show," Art Bank, Los Angeles, CA
"Flat and Fat II," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"New Visions: Los Angeles Art in the 90s," UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 "Group Show," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
"Asian-American Exhibition," Wilshire Landmark Building and Northrop, CA
UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Stuff," Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 "Dreams and Nightmares," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
"Small Work," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
"Fusion `93," The Pauline Hirsh Gallery of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Exhibition," FIG, Santa Monica, CA
1990 Mission West Art Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
1989 "Artists Select," Mission West Art Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
1988 "Ala 3," Doizaki Gallery, Japanese American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1987 "Reduced Scale," Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
1985 Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1984 Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
M.M. Shino Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Metro Building, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
American New Artists, New York/Los Angeles, Mo Na Lisa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1982 "Oil `82," juried exhibition, Riverside Art Center and Museum, Riverside, CA
L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Self-Portrait Show," Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
1981 LAVA Group Show, L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA
East Los Angeles City College Alumni Show, Vincent Price Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978 M.A. Show, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1976 Ronny Lavin Studio, Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITION REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Allan, Lois, “Stroke/Streak/Scribble/Scrawl at FIG Gallery,” Artweek, April, 2001
Brown, Betty Ann. "Elizabeth Richardson and Mitsuko Namiki." Artscene 2, no. 7 (March 1983):4-5.
Ed. "Mitsuko Namiki." Artweek 13, no. 11 (20 March 1982).
Interview. Channel 56 Local News at L.A. Art Core Center, 19 May 1984.
American New Artists, New York/Los Angeles (Tokyo: Mo Na Lisa Gallery, 1983).
AWARDS
2nd Prize, "Oil `82" juried exhibition, Riverside Art Center and Museum, Riverside, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982 Juror, Southgate Art Association Annual Fall Show
1978 Juror, Recycled Handmade Paper Contest, sponsored by Ace Beverage Co. and Anheuser Bush, Inc.