MANIKA NAGARE BIOGRAPHY

1975 Born in Osaka, Japan 1997 Graduated from the Faculty of Painting in Joshibi College of Fine Arts 2001 Tokyo Wonder Wall Awards Committee Chairman's Prize 2002 Selected Artist-in-Residency Program at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in New York A Recipient of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Grant Intern at Frank Stella Studio 2004 A Recipient of the Pola Art Foundation Grant 2013 Selected Artist-in-Residency Program as a visiting fellow at Gakushuin Women’s College

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, In Between, New York, NY 2018 Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, The Colors Have Gone Through, Tokyo, Japan. 2018 POLA Museum, Tracing the Colors, Kanagawa, Japan. 2016 Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tsunogumu, Tokyo, Japan. 2015 Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, River Need Spring, Tokyo, Japan. 2014 MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, Line of Sight, New York, NY. 2013 Gakushuin Woman’s College Gallery, Colorless and White, Tokyo, Japan. Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Visible Edge, Tokyo, Japan. 2012 Tenmaya, Okayama, Japan. 2011 Tenmaya, Kagawa, Japan. Galarie Petit Bois, Osaka, Japan. 2010 Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Bouncing Manner, Tokyo, Japan. Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Gushing Manner, Tokyo, Japan. 2008 Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Melting Scene, Tokyo, Japan. PANTALOON, On a String, Osaka, Japan. 2007 Mitsukoshi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan. 2006 Desperado, The Boundaries, Tokyo, Japan. 2005 Kocaeli Municipality Art Museum, Turkey Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Clue, Tokyo, Japan. The Art Fiend Foundation, Clue, New York, NY. Garando Gallery, 10301, Aichi, Japan. 2004 Edobori Gallery, 10301, Osaka, Japan. 2003 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Wardrobe, New York. 2002 Edobori Gallery, Closet, Osaka, Japan. Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tansu, Tokyo, Japan. 2001 Tokyo Wonder Site, Opening Exhibition, Japan. Tokyo Designer's Week 2001, NOVA OSHIMA, Tokyo, Japan. 2000 Tokyo Wonder Wall, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo, Japan.

1999 Sano Gallery, Kagawa, Japan. Mitsukosi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan. Garando Gallery, Aichi, Japan. 1998 Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japan.

SELECTRED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Nerima Art Museum, RE CONSTRUCTION, Tokyo Meiji Shrine Museum, Shikansuiyo, Tokyo Nihonbashi Takashimaya Gallery, Promising, Tokyo 2019 Galerie 5, Big Hug Transformation, Paris Oita Art Festival 2019, Oita MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, 20th Anniversary Show: Part II, New York, NY 2016 Takamatsu Art Museum, Takamatsu Contemporary Annual vol. 5, Kagawa, Japan. 2015 Shiseido Gallery, Embracing for Painting, Tokyo, Japan. 2014 THE MIRROR, Tokyo, Japan. 2013 Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Why not live for Art? II, Tokyo, Japan. 2011 Garando Gallery, Various Colors, Aichi, Japan. Sonpo Japan Museum of Art, The 30th Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. 2010 The National Art Center, Domani: The Art of Tomorrow, Tokyo, Japan. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Wonder Wall 2000= 2009 10 Years, Tokyo, Japan. Installation for the Opening Ceremony of the Japanese Year in Turkey, Ankara, Turkey. 2009 The French Embassy, No Man’s Land, Tokyo, Japan. 2008 Installation for dedication to Morris Louis, DIC Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Sonpo Japan Museum of Art, The 27th Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. Joshibi Galerie Nike, Sorekara, Tokyo, Japan. 2007 Onishi Gallery, Land[e}scape, New York, NY. Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Love(?)Letter, Kyoto, Japan. 2006 The Pola Museum Annex, Glib Reticence, Recent Glibness, Tokyo, Japan. Ueno Royal Museum, The Vision of Contemporary Art- VOCA2006, The Tokyo, Japan. 2005 The Project Diversity, Rongio Gallery, Home Sweet Home, New York, NY. The Art Fiend Foundation, NYC., The Boundaries, Art Zone, Kyoto, Japan. 2004 Uplink Gallery, Trip, Tokyo, Japan. 2003 The Arts of Recovery, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, South Beach Psychiatric Center, New York, NY. 2002 Izmit City Art Museum, Ruhun Gidasi, Turkey, YOKYO Art Hall, Field of Now, Tokyo, Japan. YOKYO Art Hall, JADA, Tokyo, Japan. 2001 Commemorative Exhibition of Grand Prize at "Tokyo Wonder Wall", The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Wonder Wall Follow Up, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo, Japan. YOKYO Art Hall, Field of Now, Tokyo, Japan. 2000 YOKYO Art Hall, Field of Now, Tokyo, Japan. The Ueno Royal Museum, The Vision of Contemporary Art- VOCA2000, Tokyo, Japan.

1999 Osaka Contemporary Arts Center, The 10th YOSHIWARA Jiro Prize Art Exhibition, Osaka, Japan. 1997 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, The 61st, 62nd Exhibition of Shinseisaku Association, Tokyo, Japan.

COLLECTIONS

Takamatsu City Museum, Takamatsu, Japan. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan. Kocaeri University Museum, Turkey.

JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Park Court Azabu Juban the Tower, Tokyo, Japan. Urabandai Kogen Hotel, Fukushima, Japan. Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court, Tokyo, Japan. Morioka Yuai Senior care center, Iwate, Japan. Minato City Public Library, Tokyo, Japan. Forrest Terrace Toriizaka, Tokyo, Japan.

PUBLIC ART

Shiseido Parlor Ginza, Tokyo MUSEUM TOWER KYOBASHI, Tokyo Tasaki Ginza, Tokyo Lawry’s the Prime Rib Akasaka, Tokyo R&DMAK Design Works Building, Tokyo Forrest Terrace Toriizaka, Tokyo Azabu Public Library, Tokyo Morioka Yuai Senior care center, Iwat_e Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court, Tokyo Urabandai Kogen Hotel, Fukushima Park Court Azabu Juban the Tower, Tokyo JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, Hokkaido