Ayano Ohmi

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Born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and Works in New York


EDUCATION

1998 MFA, City College of New York (CCNY), Major in Sculpture
1986 Certification of Museum Study, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
1983 BA, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 IRADAC Gallery, The City College of New York, NY
2002 Studio D’ars, Milan, Italy
2002 Casa de Asia, Old Havana, Cuba
2002 Danny Simmons’ Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York
2000 Stephen Gang Gallery, New York


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 Int’l Works on Paper Exhibition, William Whipple Gallery, Marshall, MN
2003 Memory & Place, The 1st CCNY Biennial Exhibition, New York
2002 Platos de Ceramica,Museo de Las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
2002 International Ceramic Triennial, Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic
2002 Black History Celebration & Exhibition, The Pen and Brush, Inc. New York
2001 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Citta di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2001 Three Artists Exhibition, Galeria Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
2000 They are Square but Not Too Formal, Pardo Lattuada Gallery, New York
2000 A woman’s Space Is, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
2000 Fragments: Collage and Assemblage, The Isa Art Foundation, New York
1999 The Passion/Passions of Art, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York
1998 Stands Alone, Stephen Gang Gallery, New York
1998 Artistic Visions, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
1998 Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York
1998 New Directions in Japanese Music, Japan Society, New York
1997 City College of New York Alumni Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York


GRANTS AND AWARDS

2004 Nina and Anthony d'Amore Memorial Scholarship, The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, VT
2004 Scholarship for Ceramic Symposium '04, Watershed Center for Ceramics, New Castle, ME
2004 Artist in Residency Grant, Art OMI International Arts Center, NY
2003 Pollock Krasner Foundation Inc. New York, Artist Grant in 2003
2003 PREMIO - Elit-tile 2003, II Trienal de Mosaico Ceramico, Museo del Arte, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2000 Artist in Residence 2001, Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, Dominican Republic
1999 The Wheeler Foundation Grant Program, New York
1999 Artist in Residence, Kiln God Award, Watershed Center, Newcastle, ME
1999 Artist in Residence, Summer Program Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1997 Best in Show, City College of New York Alumni Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York
1997 Therese McCabe Ralston Connor Award, City College of New York Award for MFA/MA Students
1996 Seymour Peck Scholarship, City College of New York Scholarship in the Arts 


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Senra, Rafael Lopez, OPUS HABANA Magazine, Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad. VI, No. 3, 2002
Venuti, Silvia, Corriere dell’Arte, Milan, Italy, December 2002
Preston, George Nelson, American Ceramic Magazine, USA 14/1, 2002
De Tolentino, Marianne, VENTANA Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 19 de Agosto, 2001
Keane, Howard, Gallery & Studio, USA, May/June, 1999
Downes, Lawrence, Gallery & Studio, September/October, 1998
New Directions in Japanese Music (Catalogue), Japan Society, New York, 1998
OCS News, New York, 1997


COLLECTIONS

Casa de Asia de la Oficina del Historiador, Havana, Cuba
Danny Simmons' Corridor Gallery, New York, USA
Museum of Art and Origin, New York, USA
Sony Corporation of America, New York, USA
William Whipple Art Gallery, Southwest State Univ. Marchall, Minnesota, USA
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ, USA
Metropolitan Montessori School, New York, USA
The Krishnamurthi Foundation India ­ The Valley School, Bangalore, India
Various private collections in the United States, Dominican Republic, Cuba, India and Japan