Ayano Ohmi


Born in Tokyo, Japan

Lives and Works in New York City

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

2002 Studio D'ars, Milan, Italy

2002 Casa de Asia, Old Havana, Cuba

2001 Meditative Scenery II, Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York

2000 Meditative Scenery I, Stephen Gang Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002 International Ceramic Triennial, Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic

2002 Pen & Ink Club, New York

2001 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Citta di Firenze, Florence, Italy

2000 They are Square but Not Too Formal, Pardo Lattuada Gallery, New York

2000 The National Association of Women Artists, Atelier 14, New York

2000 Annual Juried Exhibition (By Invitation), Viridian Gallery, New York

2000 A Woman’s Space Is, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ

2000 Fragments: Collage and Assemblage, The Ise Art Foundation, New York

1999 The Passion/Passions of Art, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York

1999 Different Colors, New Visions, Amaranth Inc. Gallery, New York

1999 Small Works, Westside Arts Coalition, Broadway Mall Community Center, New York

1998 Stands Alone, Stephen Gang Gallery, New York

1998 Artistic Visions, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York

1998 Pieces 2, Gallery 128, New York

1998 Twenty-Second Annual Student Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York

1998 New Directions in Japanese Music, Japan Society, New York

1997 Generations — The 25^th Anniversary Exhibition, AIR Gallery, New York

1997 Opus Delectably — Evidence in Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture, Atlantic Gallery, New York

1999 City College of New York Alumni Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York

1997 Women’s Voices — Celebrating National Women’s History, John Jay College Gallery, New York

1997 Honors Exhibition (By Invitation), Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, New York

1996 Differing Views, Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, New York

GRANTS AND AWARDS

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 Therese McCabe Ralston Connor Award, City College of New York Award
For MFA/MA Students

1997 Theresa 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

1996 Best in Show, City College of New York Alumni Exhibition,
Westbeth Gallery, New York

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Preston, George Nelson, American Ceramic Magazine 14/1, 2002

Keane, Howard, Gallery & Studio, 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

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ

Sony Corporation of America, New York

Metropolitan Montessori School, New York

Various private collections in the United States and Japan

by Ayano Ohmi

Email: ohmi826@yahoo.com

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