The Jean Pigozzi Collection Of Contemporary Japanese Art
Spring Night - 2008-2009
61 x 91.4 cm
Gouache on paper
Aliens (Rendezvous with Elephant) - 2012
76 x 56 cm
Gouache on paper
Spring Love #1 - 2008-2009
61 x 91.4 cm
Gouache on paper
Extraterrestrial Diplomacy - 2010
55.8 x 304.8 cm
Gouache on paper
Asuka Ohsawa
b. 1973, Torrance, California (Japanese -American)
Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education:
MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
BFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
Double Solo Show: Its All Fun and Games, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy
2012
Space Invaders: Genesis, Nancy Margolis, New York
2011
Space Invaders: The Next Generation, The Flat, Milan, Italy
2010
Space Invaders, Richard Heller, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Spring Fever, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Gulliver in Wonderland, The Flat, Milan Italy
2007
Little Red Riding Hoods Scooter Squad, Deitch Art Parade, New York, NY
XX, Sunday L.E.S., New York, NY
2005
On The Street Where We Live, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
At an Angle, The Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
Untold Stories, Gallery 825 Bergamot Annex, Santa Monica, CA
All Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others, Greory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Metaphors, NAO Porject Gallery, Boston, MA
2002
Animal Tale: Tribute to Toba Sojo, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University Gallery, Aidekman Art Center, Medford, MA
1998
Creatures, INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2013
Scope Art Basel, The Flat, Basel, Switzerland
Cast Party, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Workspace Artists in Residence, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Summer Group Exhibition, Nancy Margolis, New York, NY
Art First, The Flat - Massimo Carasi booth, Bologna, Italy
2011
Contemporary Istanbul, The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Center
JAPANCONGO, Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France; Garage Center of Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia; Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy
2010
Irrelevant, Arario Gallery, New York, NY Last Thursday, La Montagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Corrupt Susceptible Hearts, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
The Limbo Collection, the Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2009
Brooklyn Bailout Burlesque, Factory Fresh, Brooklyn, NY
The Speakeasy Show, the Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2008
Tenderly, SUNDAY, New York, NY
2007
Meet Cute, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
Traveling Scholars Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006
There Goes the Neighborhood: Part Deux, sixspace, Culver City, CA
2005
Ghosts of Little Boy, National Japanese American Historic Society Peace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
And Now They Arent. But They Are, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Notorious Impropriety, Samson Projects Gallery, Boston, MA
Are We Not Men?, The Office Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
Refraction, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sadie Hawkins Dance, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
18th Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Humananimals, Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2003
Sweet Dreams, No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Human Beast, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2002
Contrary Equilibriums, Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
Annual Salon Show, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
2001
17th Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
Boit Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1998
Coast to Coast and In Between, California State University Long Beach, CA;
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
The End of the World, University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
Awards:
2012
Frans Masereel Centrum Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium
Center for Book Arts Residency, New York, NY
2010-2011
Visiting Artist Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2010
Printmaking Department Visiting Artist Lecture, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Printmaking Department Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2008
Illustration Department Visiting Artist Lecture, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
2006
Alumni Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2002
Printmaking/Papermaking Area Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000
Teaching Assistantship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997
Traveling Grant, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Dramatic Arts Allied Guild Scholarship, Long Beach, CA