Sush Machida Gaikotsu

Sush Machida Gaikotsu



Photo courtesy of Eri Ishikawa



b. 1973, Maebashi City, Japan

Lives and works in Las Vegas, Nevada



Education:

2002

M.F.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada



1999

B.F.A. Utah State University, Logan, Utah



Solo Exhibitions:

2010

Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Centerpiece Gallery, Las Vegas



2009

New Wave of Turner, New School Pollock, Western Project, Culver City, California

Secret of the Quiet Garden, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio



2008

702 Series: Sush Machida Gaikotsu, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada



2006

If I Were a Zen Master, Western Project, Culver City, California



2004

Clean, Slick and Well Painted Surfaces, Western Project, Culver City, California



2001

New Paintings, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Big in Tokyo, Gant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada



1999

un/real, Little Gallery, Logan, Utah



Group Exhibitions:

2014

Japon, Abbaye Saint Andre, Meymac, France



2011

JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan



2009

Cherry Pie, Western Project, Los Angeles, California

Way Out West, Donna Beam Art Gallery, University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

The First Six Years, Western Project, Culver City, California



2008

Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Here and Now, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

Reflections from the Artists Eye: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue)

Las Vegas Diaspora, The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California

Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Roseville Arts!, Roseville, California



2007

Las Vegas Diaspora, The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue)

The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Eclectic Eye: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sush Machida Gaikotsu and Kaz Oshiro, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada



2006

Sush Machida Gaikotsu, Dion Johnson, Kelly McCormick, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus Ohio

Art and Illusion, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California



2005

Art and Illusion, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California



2004

Ex Realm, NWBA, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan The Raw and the Cooked, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, curated by David Pagel

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby, Western Project, Culver City, California



2003

Airborne, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, curated by Jerry Schefcik

Fresh Paint, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona



2002

Group Show, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California

Western States, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Las Vegans, James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, curated by Dave Hickey

Unthemed, CAC Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1st Place, Juror: Libby Lumpkin

Best of Show, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas Nevada, Juror: Michael Reafsnyder



2001

National Graduate Seminar Group Show, New York University, New York, New York



1999

B.F.A. Show, Twain Tippets Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Yourakusai Festival, Maebashi, Japan



1998

ArtBox Gallery, Shinjin Senbatsu, Ginza, Tokyo

Sundance Young Contemporaries Show, Sundance, Utah

Gallery Art and Cars, Salt Lake City, Utah



1997

Utah Arts Council Art Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah

Black and White Exhibition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah



Museum Collections:

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California