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Biography Kenjilo Nanao BORN 1929, Aomori, Japan 1996, Naturalized American citizen EDUCATION San Francisco Art Institute, M. F. A., 1970-71 Tamarind Institute SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 Elins Eagles Smith Gallery 2005 Art Forum, Kyoto, Japan Yougen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2004 "Retrospective Exhibition", Aomori Prefectural Museum, Japan Aomori Prefectural Museum, Japan Galerie Dionisi, Los Angeles, California 2001 Durka Chang Gallery, San Francisco, California 1999 Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, California Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California 1998 Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California 1994 Aomori Gallery, Aomori, Japan 1992 Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1991 Sun Gallery, Hayward, California 1990 Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1989 Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1987 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, California 1986 Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1985 Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1983 Osaka Formes Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1979 Aomori Gallery, Aomori, Japan 1978 Gallery Huntley Canbera, Campbell, Australia Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California 1977 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California 1974 Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California 1973 Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California 1972 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California 1971 Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California 1965 Tsubaki Kindai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1964 Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, New York SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003 Ten Days in Bern, Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto Wet Paint, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition, New York, New York 1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California The Old ‘New Guard, J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, California 1994 16 California Artists, Galerie Show, Tokyo, Japan 1992 Directions is Bay Area Printmaking, Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California 1989 Then and Now, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, California 1988 Landscape Visions, Office of the Chancellor, California State University, Long Beach, California 1983 Nationial Invitational Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo 1981 7th University of Dallas, , National Print Invitational, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas Beyond Words, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California 1980 First Prize, California: Printmaking & Paper, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humbolt State College, Humbolt, California The Colored Print, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California 1978 Grabdores Norte Americanos, Museo Del Arte Moderno, La Tutuila, Colombia, South America Eight West Coast Printmakers, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York New Faces In Printmaking, Marjorie Kauthman Graphics, Houston, Texas 1977 Night Landscapes, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California 1976 Tenth International Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, Alaska 1975 24th International Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1974 New Talent in Printmaking, Associated American Artists, New York, NY Modern Printmaking, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York West Coast Printmakers Show, Van Straatan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois California Exhibit, Linda Parris Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1973 The Philadelphia Print Club Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 23rd International Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 2nd Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii San Francisco Area Printmakers, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio Purchase Prize, Eighteenth National Print Show, Brooklyn Museum of Art 1972 Realism-1972, Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1971 California Printmakers, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California 1971-1976 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, California 1971 Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1970 Purchase Prize, Deca Lithographers, San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, California 1968 Northwest Printmakers’ 39th International Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington 1967 The Printer’s Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California GRANTS 1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship for Emerging Artist 1968 Ford Foundation Grant, Tamaring Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California AWARDS 1980 First Prize California:Printmaking & Paper: A Survey, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humbolt State College, Humbolt, California 1973 – 78 4 Purchase Prizes, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii 1973 Purchase Prize, City of Philadelphia for the Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1972 Purchase Prize, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York COMMISSIONS (SELECTED) 1989 Painting, Red Canyon, Royal Park Sapporo Hotel, Sapporo, Japan 1987 Edition of 100 prints, Art Source, San Francisco, California 1976 A Suite of 5 Images, Edition of 60 Prints, New leaf Publisher, Walnut Creek, California 1975 Edition of 60 prints, Associated American Artists, New York, New York 1972 Edition of 20 prints, City of San Francisco PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTED) Biblioteque National, Paris, France Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio Achenbach Foundation for Graphics, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, New York Home Savings and Loan Corporations, Los Angeles, California City of San Francisco, California Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California Grunewald Collection, University of California, Westwood, California Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oakland Museum, Oakland, California Library of Congress, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Royal Park Sapporo Hotel, Sapporo, Japan De Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California |