SHARK’S INK. 550 BLUE MOUNTAIN ROAD LYONS CO 80540 303 823 9190 WWW.SHARKSINK.COM [email protected] HIROKI MORINOUE 1947 Born in Kealakekua, Hawaii EDUCATION 1983 Moku-hanga(Japanese Woodblock Printing), under T. Okubo sensei, Japan 1976 Sumi-e(Japanese Brush Painting), under K. Ito sensei, Kanagawa, Japan 1973 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, B.F.A. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 1994 – Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture, Holualoa, HI., Co-Founder, Artistic Director, served as Board of Director/President in the past 1992 – 94 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI., Exhibition Selection Committee 1985 - 2003 Kona Arts Center, Board of Director SPONSORSHIP 2012 Mokuhanga International – LAB, AIR Program at Tokyo & Kawaguchiko-cho, Japan 2006 Laila Twigg-Smith Art Scholarship for AIR Program at Pilchuck Glass School, WA 1976 – 78 Contemporary Art Center of Hawaii, Sponsorship to Japan The William Twigg-Smith Artist in Residence Program, Hawaii Volcanos Nat’l Park, Volcano, HI TEACHING 2010 University of Texas at San Antonio, Printmaking lecture/demo, San Antonio, TX PaperWorks, Tucson, AZ Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ Fallbrook School of the Arts, Fallbrook, CA 2007 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE 2003 Burlington City Art Center, Burlington, VT 2000 Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX 1996 - Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture, HI 1993 - Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1989 - 1992 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA 1989 TEMARI Center for Asian & Pacific Arts, Honolulu, HI Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Honolulu, HI Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui Artist in Public School Program, Big Island, HI 1974 – 76 University of Hawaii, Continuing Education Program, West HI AWARDS & GRANTS 2012 Award for Excellence, the 84th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition 2007 Cedar Street Galleries Award of Excellence & Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts Acquisition Award, the 79th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition 2006 Laila Twigg-Smith Art Scholarship for Pilchuck Glass Art Center, WA 1996 First Place in Water Media, 24th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Hilo, HI “Living Treasure of Hawaii”, Honpa Hongwanju Mission of Hawaii, Honolulu 1995 “Certificate of Commendation” for “Kona Coffee Story” historical exhibition, worked as a designer with Japanese American Nat’l Museum & Kona Japanese Civic Association 1994 Joseph Feker Memorial Award & Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts Acquisition Award, 6th Annual Juried Printmakers Exhibition, Honolulu, HI 1993 N.E.A. Grant, “Art & Dance” with Eva Lee 1991 First Place Award, “Vanishing Points Landscape in Hawaii”, Honolulu, J.C.C 1990 Best of Show & the State Acquisition Award, Spring Art Festival, Hilo, HI Second Prize, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition by Hono. J.C.C., Honolulu, HI 1989 The State Acquisition Award, Hawaii Craftsman, Annual Juried Exhibit, Hono., HI 1988 Juror’s Award, Hawaii Craftsman, Annual Juried Exhibit, Hono., HI 1986 Best of Show & the State Acquisition Award, 14th Spring Arts Festival, Hilo, HI 1982 First Prize, Kanagawa Suisai Renmei Ten(Watercolor Soc.), Annual Juried Exhibit, Yokohama, Japan 1978 Best of Painting Award, 7th Annual Easter Art Festival, Juried, Hilo, HI 1976 Kanagawa Prefecture Governor’s Award, Hama-ten, 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Yokohama, Japan 1973 Best of Show & the City of Honolulu Purchase Award, Hawaii Art Open One, Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Council of Culture & the Arts, Honolulu, HI 1974 Best of Show & the State Acquisition Award, 2nd Annual Easter Art Festival, Juried, Hilo, HI First Prize, 13th Annual Juried Exhibition of Watercolor & Serigraph Society, Honolulu, HI COMMISSIONS (public places) 2001 First Hawaiian Bank, Kapiolani Branch, Honolulu, “Raked Earth” (mural) The State Foundation/Dept. of Education’s Art in Public Places Program Pahoa High School & the Community Library “River Wall” (mural) 1996 – 98 The State Foundation’s Art in Public Places Program, Honolulu Convention Center “Mauka, Makai” (15’ X 90’ mural) 1995 – 96 The State Foundation’s Art in Public Places Program, Honolulu State Library, “Ocean Currents” (floor tiles) 1994 – 95 Japanese American Nat’l Museum, “Kona Coffee Story” Exhibit design 1993 First Hawaiian Bank, Kailua-Kona, “Earth Surfaces” (mural) Mauna Lani Resort Visitor & Arrival Center, Waikoloa, “Water’s Edge”(mural) 1991 Hyatt Regency Kauai, “Circle Cloud” (Bronze Sculpture) 1990 Hyatt Regency, Waikiki, “Stepping Stone” Hyatt Regency, Waikoloa, “Garden View” & “Untitled” SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 “Earth Spirit”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA “Earth Spirit” Recent Prints, Studio 7 Fine Arts, Holualoa, HI 2005 “Woodblock Prints” Robyn Buntin Galleries, Hono., HI 2 2004 “Recent Works”, Hilden & Hahn Creatives, New York City, NY 2002 “Recent Experiments”, The Koa Gallery at Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI 2001 “Works on Paper 1971 – 2001”, Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, Maui “Works on Paper 1971 – 2001”, Wailoa & East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI (catalogue available) “Recent Works”, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Bank Center, Honolulu, HI “Recent Works”, Hilden & Hahn Studios, New York, NY 1996 “Recent Works”, Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR “Recent Works”, Ramsay Gallery, Honolulu, HI 1997 “Recent Works”, Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR “Recent Works”, Hilden & Hahn Studios, New York, NY (w/daughter Miho Morinoue) 1995 The Contemporary Museum at Alana Waikiki, Honolulu, HI 1991 Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990 Gallery of the Pacific, Mauna Lani, HI 1989 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI 1986 Editions Limited, San Francisco, CA 1987 Volcano Arts Center, Volcano, HI Gallery EAS, Honolulu, HI 1986 Art Loft, Honolulu, HI 1985 Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Shonan Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan Stones Gallery, Kauai, HI 1984 Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo & Nagoya, Japan Gallery EAS, Honolulu, HI Amaury St. Gills Contemporary Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan 1982 Volcano Arts center, Volcano, HI Gallery EAS, Honolulu, HI 1981 Kona Arts Center, Holualoa, HI The Beuret Gallery, Honolulu, HI 1979 Volcano Arts Center, Volcano, HI Gima’s Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI 1976 Contemporary Arts Center of HI., Honolulu, HI Kona Arts Center, Holualoa, HI Wailea Arts Center, Kihei, Maui Volcano Arts Center, Volcano, HI 1975 Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI University of Hawaii, Hilo Campus, Hilo, HI Kay’s Aloha Art Gallery, Hilo, HI Volcano Arts Center, Volcano, HI 1974 Downtown Gallery, Honolulu, HI Kona Arts Center, Holualoa, HI Kay’s Aloha Art Gallery, Hilo, HI 1973 Waimea Village Inn Gallery, Waimea, HI SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Three Persons Exhibition, Bethel Street Gallery, Hono., HI 3 2009-2010 Three Persons Exhibition with his wife, Setsuko & daughter, Miho, the Contemporary Museum of Hawaii at the Frist Hawaiian Center, Hono., HI 2009 3 Master Printers & the Artists They Work With, 15th St. Studio, Boulder, CO 2007 Art of Fine Craft 2007, Lux Center for the Arts, Nebraska Wesleyan University, NE Contemporary Prints From Shark’s Ink at Art Association of Jackson Hole, WY Hiroki Morinoue & John Buck, Nu’uanu Gallery at Marks Garage, Hono., HI 2006 Woodcut Prints from Shark’s Ink, at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO Precious Resources: The Land & The Sea, Hi. State Art Museum, Hono., HI 2005 MiKiJio Arts, Seattle, WA Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID, “the fine art of prints” Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, CA, “Print, Process, Collaboration” 2004 MiKiJio Arts, Seattle, WA 2003 Hilden & Hahn Creatives, New York City, NY Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of CO. in Colorado Springs “Shark’s Ink, 1976-2001”, a 25 year retrospective Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Printer’s Dozen” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonvilll Beach, Fl., “Contemporary Printmakers” 2001 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI, Invitational “East meets West” East Hawai’i Cultural Center & Wailoa Center, “Hawaii Island Invitational 2001”, Hilo, HI Honolulu Printmakers, 73rd Annual Exhibition, Juried, Honolulu, HI 2000 William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational, Selected Prints 1999 Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, CO, Confluence 1998 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Invitational “Artists of Hawaii 1998” JB Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, Prints by Shark’s Ghoster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WN, “What’s hot at Shark’s” Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, Portland, OR, “Interiors by Invitation” 1997 University of HI, Honolulu, HI 6th Int’l Shoe Box Exhibition, Juried & invitational Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce (HJCC), Honolulu, invitational, “Japanese American Contemporary Artists” 1996 First Hawaiian Bank Center, Honolulu, invitational, “Artists/Hawaii” 1995 Studio 7 Gallery, Holualoa, HI (w/Miho Morinoue) 1994 Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, “Printer’s Art” Linekona Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI “Landmarks” (w/Setsuko) Linekona Academy Art Center, Hono., 2nd Pacific Rim Sculpture Conference The Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993 Aloha Theater, Kainaliu, HI, 3rd “Art & Dance” Stage Art The Contemporary Museum, Hono., 1st Pacific Rim Sculpture Conference JHCC, Honolulu, “Commitment to Excellence”, invitational Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, “Feast or Famine”, invitational 1992 Joanne Chappell Gallery, S.F., CA, “Japonisme” Stones Gallery, Kauai, “Japonisme” (w/Setsuko) Aloha Theater, 2nd “Art & Dance”, Stage Art 1991 The Contemporary Museum, Hono., HI, invitational Aloha Theater, 1st “Art & Dance”, Stage Art (w/Eva Lee) 1990 Stones Gallery, Kauai The Mark