Nami Yamamoto
EDUCATION
2001 MASTER OF FINE ART, Maryland Institute, College of Art / Mount Royal Graduate School Of Art; Baltimore, MD
1997~1998 CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART; Cleveland, Ohio
1994BACHELOR OF FINE ART : Major; Oil Painting
Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts; Aichi, Japan

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2003 RESIDENCY AT BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Omaha, NE
2001 JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION MFA GRANT AWARD, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
1999 POLA ART FOUNDATION AWARD, Pola Art Foundation; Tokyo, Japan
1998 FREEMAN FOUNDATION ASIAN ARTIST AWARD: FELLOWSHIP RESIDENCY AT VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, VT
1993 TAKIHUJI ART AWARD, Tokyo, Japan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 WATER FIELD, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Fox Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art; Baltimore, MD
1998 ACCUMULATION, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center; Johnson, VT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION EXHIBITION, CUE Art Foundation, N.Y.C., NY
2002 DELUX, Penrose Gallery at Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2002 HI FIVE, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 MULTIPLICITY, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
2001 THIS IS NANOTECHNOLOGY, Whole Gallery; Baltimore, MD
2001 ART FOR BEAUTIFUL LIFE, Nanafukutei Gallery, Aichi, Japan
2000 ABOUT DRAWING, The Park School; Brooklandsville, MD
1999 NINE LIVES, B.K.Smith Gallery; Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
1998 TRACKS, Mayer Gallery; Akron, OH
1994 THREE PERSON SHOW, Art Space X in Aichi Art Center; Nagoya,Japan
1994 BFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Aichi Art Museum; Nagoya, Japan
1992 TWO PERSON SHOW, Kanovan Gallery; Nagoya, Japan

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joan Mitchell Foundation 2000 and 2001 MFA grant exhibition, 2003, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc., essay by Gregory Amenoff
Robin Rice, ""Hot and New", Philadelphia Citypaper, Aug. 22 - 28, 2002

PUBLIC LECTURE
2003 ARTalk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2003 Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series - Bemis Resident Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE