BIOGRAFIA
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| MIKA TAJIMA | |
| 1975 | Born in Los Angeles, CA |
| Lives and works in New York, NY | |
| Education | |
| 2003 | MFA, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 1997 | BA (Fine Arts/East Asian Studies) Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1997 | Post-Graduate Apprentice, The Fabric Workshop and Museum Apprentice Training Program, Philadelphia, PA |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, P |
| 2011 | Pineapples and Pyramids, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
| The Architect’s Garden, UT Visual Art Center, Austin, TX | |
| After the Martini Shot, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA | |
| Mika Tajima, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | The Double, Bass Museum, Miami, FL |
| 2009 | The Extras, X Initiative, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Deal or No Deal, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL |
| The Double,The Kitchen, New York, NY | |
| The Double,Centre for Opinions on Music and Art, Berlin, D | |
| 2007 | Thin Line,Circuit, Lausanne, CH |
| New Humans: Disassociate, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | Paint Things, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA |
| Collaborative Project with OneStar Press, Centre Pompidou, Paris, F | |
| Roppongi Crossing, Tokyo, JP | |
| 2012 | Stage Presence, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Surface in Volume, Luce Gallery, Turin, I | |
| New York: Directions, Points of Interest, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, I | |
| Abstract Possible: The Stockholm Synergies, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, S | |
| 2011 | Temporary Structures: Performing Architecture in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
| Blur: Art /Design Cross Pollination, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
| I don’t know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow. I will return with more info shortly…, IMO, Copenhagen, DK | |
| The Pedestrians with Charles Atlas, South London Gallery, London, UK | |
| Flags for Venice, Istituto Svizzero di Roma and Swiss Institute New York, Venice, I | |
| Summer Whites, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Common Love, Aesthetics of Becoming, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| Maybe I should have called it ‘My Life in Nineteen Minutes, Calder Foundation Project, New York, NY | |
| Transaction Abstraite (with Charles Atlas), New Galerie, Paris, F | |
| Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami, FL | |
| 2010 | Today I Made Nothing, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY |
| Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, curated by Bob Nickas, Bridgehamptom, New York, NY | |
| Mixtapes, Lewis Gluckman Gallery, University College Cork, Cork, IRL | |
| Knight’s Move, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY | |
| Passing Time, 80WSE Gallery NYU, New York, NY | |
| Interference, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, S | |
| 2009 | Second Look (at the Surface), Kuenstlerhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, A |
| Blank/Bosluk, Marquise Dance Hall, Istanbul, TR | |
| Learn to Communicate Like a Fucking Normal Person, Art Production Fund, New York, NY | |
| Today is Not a Dress Rehearsal (with Charles Atlas and New Humans), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2008 | Whitney Biennial 2008, New York, NY |
| Broken Plaid and other works, RISD Museum, Providence, RI | |
| Some Thing Else, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY | |
| One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI | |
| 2007 | Sympathy for the Devil: Rock and Roll in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL |
| Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX | |
| Stripes, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| Uncertain States of America, Herning Museum, Copenhagen, DK | |
| Uncertain States of America, Center for Contemporary Art Warsaw, Warsaw, PL | |
| New Humans: Disassociate (with New Humans, Vito Acconci, José León Cerrillo, Philippe Decrauzat, C. Spencer Yeh), Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2006 | Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Blaffer Art Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| Uncertain States of America, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS | |
| Music is a Better Noise, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY | |
| PICA Time-Based Art Fest, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR | |
| One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Asia Society, New York, NY | |
| Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK | |
| Uncertain States of America, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | |
| Interface in Your Face, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | Uncertain States of America, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Daniel Birnbaum, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, N |
| Musica Video Musica, curated by Bob Nickas, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,Madrid, E | |
| Video in Person, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| Grass Grows Forever in Every Possible Direciton, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Echoplex, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
| Recess: Images and Objects in Formalism, Rush Arts, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | United Bamboo Daikanyama (Tokyo, Japan) Solo Project video installation |
| Swiss Institute Contemporary Art (NY, NY) New Humans: Grass grows forever in every possible direction featuring design collaboration with United Bamboo | |
| 2003 | Club in the Shadow, Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, New York, NY |
| Surface Tension, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA | |
| New Humans presented by Sherman Magazine, Maccarone, Inc, New York, NY | |
| Container Exhibition, Tokyo Design Week, Tokyo, J | |
| 2002 | Comfort Zone, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
| Get Out, Paley Gallery at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2000 | Foreign Body, White Columns, New York, NY |
| My Imaginary Friends, Parlour Projects, Brooklyn, NY | |
| A Complement to Love, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA | |
