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Selected Solo Exhibitions/Installations
/ Performances
2006
"Micki Watanabe: Recent Sculptures", EARLVILLE
OPERA HOUSE, Earlville, NY.
2005
"Lost & Found in the Stacks", BROOKLYN PUBLIC
LIBRARY, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
The Object of Literature, EVERGREEN HOUSE MUSEUM, Baltimore,
MD
Stories and Containers, JULIO ART GALLERY, Loyola College. Baltimore,
MD
2001
Stories and Containers, THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE ART GALLERY,
Albany, NY
Between Floors, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GALLERY, Pittsfield,
MA.
2000
Sur - vey (installation), ISLIP ART MUSEUM, Satellite Gallery
at Dowling College, East Islip, NY
Present, EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE ART CENTER, Nyack, NY
1997
Fault Lines (installation) SPACE GALLERY, Western Michigan
Univ. Kalamazoo, MI
1996
Telling Tales (installation), SPACES, Cleveland, OH
1995
The Match (installation) URBAN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY
ARTS. Grand Rapids, MI
Sweating Liquids, (installation) A.R.C. GALLERY, RawSpace, Chicago,
IL.
1994
Sweating Liquids, (installation) FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES.
New York, NY
Princess Studies, (installation/performance) ACME ART CO. Columbus,
OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
New works, LEONARD FOX LTD. New York, NY (two person show)
Co-Dependent @ Scope Art Fair. THE LIVING ROOM, Miami, FL
2005
Contemporary Women Artists: New York, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
GALLERY, Terre Haute, IN
At Home: Visions of our Place In the World, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT,
New York, NY
2004
Either OrBits, B57 CONTEMPORARY ART, Brooklyn, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn,
NY
2003
Macht Vergleichnar, New York Cross-Cut, KUNSTVEREIN
FIRMA PARADIGMA, Kunstverein, Linz Austria
Signs+Senses+Envelopes, CARE/OF
GALLERY, Milan, Italy
Sculpture: A Matter of Soft and Hard, The Artists Alliance @
Clemente Soto Vélez Center, New York, NY
Hello Franklin, IM N IL GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2002
AIM 22. BRONX MUSEUM. Bronx, NY
Hash Brown Potatoes. SMACK MELLON STUDIOS, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Faces/Phases, MUNICIPAL BUILDING GALLERY: Manhattan Borough
President Office. New York, NY
The Museum of Unspoken Desire, GALLERY 138. New York, NY
Edgescapes, GOLIATH VISUAL SPACE, Brooklyn, NY and Blackbird
Space San Francisco, CA
Interior Landscapes, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, New York, NY
Cities and Desire, ROTUNDA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Transporter, ABOUT STUDIO GALLERY, Bangkok, Thailand
Sidelong Glance, Im n Il GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Outer Boroughs, WHITE COLLUMNS, New York, NY
No More Dumb Bunnies, JORGENSEN GALLERY, New York, NY
1998
Places to Go, People to See, GALLERY ONETWENTYEIGHT, New
York, NY
1997
3rd Annual International Exhibition of Women's
Art, SOHO
20 GALLERY. New York, NY
Grants and Awards
AIM program, Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY spring
2002
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. 2001
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1995-96
Art Matters Fellowship Grant 1995
Regional Artists’ Projects Grant, NEA 1994
Education
1993 MFA - Ohio State University, Department of Art.
Columbus, Ohio.
1991 BFA - Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri.
Residencies
Smack Mellon Artist Studio Residency. Brooklyn, NY 2006-07
Evergreen House @Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore
MD, summer 2003
Bemis Center for the Arts. Artist Residency. Omaha, NE summer
2002
Henry Street Settlement Artist in Residence Workspace program.
NYC 1999-2000
Brooklyn Community Access Television Residency. Video grant.
1999
World Views studio Residency Program in the World Trade Center.
Administered by LMCC, NYC 1998-1999
Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL. (dance residency)
1995.
Teaching
2000-present PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
New York, NY
Dept. of Core Studies, Foundation Program,
Adjunct Professor
3-Dimensional Design.
1997-present PRATT INSTITUTE
Brooklyn, NY
Foundations Art Department,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
3-Dimensional Design.
1998-99 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, HUNTER COLLEGE
New York, NY
Department of Art
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Beginning and Advanced Sculpture, Introduction to Visual Experience.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Lewisburg, PA
Department of Art
Assistant Professor:
Elements of Art, Beginning Sculpture, Advanced and Beginning Drawing.
1994 spring OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Columbus, OH
Department of Art
Lecturer
Beginning Sculpture, 3-D Design
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Columbus, OH
Department of Art
Teaching Assistant
3-D design, Beginning Sculpture, Metal Fabrication, Construction Sculpture and
beginning drawing
Other Professional Activities
AP Reader- Studio Art. Ewing, NJ. Summer 2005, 2006.
Gallery talk: "Whispering
in the Library with Micki Watanabe, Winsten Tabb, dean of JHU
libraries, and Robert Saarnio,
architecture historian", Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD
October 23, 2004
Artist Talk: "Stories and Containers", Loyola College
Julio Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD October 24, 2004
Speaker: Lawrence and Isabel Barnet Symposium, Ohio State University.
Columbus, OH May 2004
Juror: Artist in Residence Program. Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD. January 2004
Lecture and Workshop: Plaster Casting. Parsons School of Design.
Foundations Department New York, NY 2003
Lecture: Artist Talk. Bemis Center for the Arts. Omaha, NE. June
2002
Visiting Critic: Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA.
May 2002
Lecturer: "Abstraction Reactions", South Street Seaport
Museum, New York, NY February 7, 2002
Panelist: Individual Artist Project Grants. Ohio Arts Council.
Columbus, OH. January 2001-02
Gallery talk: "Stories and Containers", College of
Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany NY. November 1, 2001
Gallery Talk: "Between Floors", Koussevitzky Art Gallery,
Pittsfield, MA. October 3, 2001
Panelist: Artist In Residence Program. Henry Street Settlement,
New York, NY. 2000
Gallery Talk: "Sur-vey", Anthony Giordano Gallery @
Dowling College. Oakdale, NY. April 30, 2000
Lecturer: "Current Works", Ohio State University, Department
of Art. Columbus, OH. Fall 1994
Lecturer: "Current Works". Washington University, St.
Louis, MO. Spring 1997
Gallery talk: "Princes Studies", Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI. February 26, 1997
Panelist: Selection for Installation Artists. Franklin Furnace.
New York, NY. 1995-96
Lecturer: "Current Works", Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
PA. Fall 1995
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McAdams, Shane, "Micki Watanabe, Lost and Found in the
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Manhattan Cultural Council’s Wrold Trade Center Artists
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Wennermark, Erik, "House Guests", Radar Magazine.
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