Born in Modesto, California
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education:

2008   MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006   Postgraduate Diploma, Fine Art, Goldsmiths College,            University of London, UK
2005   BA Studio Art, Magna Cum Laude, University of            California, Irvine, CA

Solo Exhibitions:

2010       A Sad Bit of Fruit, Pickled in the Vinegar of
              Grief, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy,
              Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
              (with Marco Rios)

2009      A Universe We Can Believe In, Tecoah Bruce Gallery,               Oliver Art Centre, California College of the Arts Oakland,               CA  Simon Preston Gallery, New York, NY

2008      Migrating Body & Generative Power, Creative Artists               Agency, Los Angeles, CA
              Pining Wind, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center,               Buffalo, NY
              Dissolver, LAX><ART, Los Angeles, CA
              Wearing the Buddha-Suit: The Filthy Detritus of               Transmigration, The Lime Gallery, Valencia, CA
              Mad Amour, Simon Preston Gallery, New York               (with Marco Rios)

2006      Naming the Ugly Spirit, Michael Poppyfield Projects,               Valencia, CA

2005      Self Laid Bare, Room Gallery, Irvine, CA


Group Exhibitions:

2008      California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art,               Newport Beach, CA
              November, Again, Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Harris               Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
              Fat Head Balloon Self-Portrait, Exercising for               Exorcising (Mein Doppelganger), My Lights               (Kokopelli), C3PO, Simon Preston, New York, NY
              We Want A New Object, CalArts MFA Exhibition,               Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Beta Level, Black Dragon               Society, David Salow Gallery, Fifth Floor Gallery,               Kontainer, The Mountain, Peres Projects, Telic               Exchange, Telic

2007      My Buddy, The New Wight Gallery Biennial, UCLA               Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              The Other Project, with the Attempters. Curated by               Evelyn Serrano. Fire Valley, Valencia, CA
              AlumChum, Undergraduate Alumni Show, Catalyst               Gallery, Irvine, CA
              Top View Ranchu, D300 Gallery & A402 Gallery,               Valencia, CA
              The Juice Is Loose... A Big Painting Show, Curated               by Rosha Yaghmai, 507 Rose, Venice, CA
              The Attempters, P.B.E.A., Lime Gallery, Valencia, CA



2006      Lost Streams: The First Frontier was The Water's               Edge, Estacion Tijuana, Mexico
              November, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Harris Lieberman               Gallery, New York, NY
              It Was the Blurst of Times, curated by Jason Kunke,               Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston,TX
              Agent Once, Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles, CA
              Rag and Bone, curated by Frog Morris and Jeanine               Woollard, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK              
              Goldsmiths Degree Show, Studio B & LA3,               Goldsmiths College, London, UK               
              Black Autumn Gold Supported by The Union, Meals &               SUVs Gallery, London, UK
              The Union, The Laurie Grove Baths, London, UK 

 

2005      Fist of Long Arms Finds Abandons Grey Skies,               Cornucopia, Madrid, Spain
              I've Done This Before, Slanguage Gallery, Wilmington,               CA
              Boundless, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway

2004      Yank, Andrea Bowers' and Sam Duran''s studio, Los               Angeles, CA
              Or, Bannings Landing, Wilmington, CA


Publications & Press:

2009      Cheng, Scarlet, "Irvine Shines at OC", Artillery, Vol. 
              3, Issue 4, March/April 2009. 
              Tanaka, Kara, Turner, Richard, The Diamond Net,
              Los Angeles: Lulu, 2008.
              Taft, Catherine, "2008 California Biennial", Art
              Review, January & February, 2009.

2008      Wagley, Catherine, "The Best Kind of Boring: 2008
              California Biennial", Daily Serving, 1 December
              2008.
              Peterson, Carrie, "Kara Tanaka at LAXART",
              ArtWeek, Vol.39, Issue9, November 2008.
              Dabkowski, Colin, "Time and Space: Hallwalls
              Exhibit Focuses on the Ravages of Decay, the
              Distance Between Us", The Buffalo News, 21
              November 2008.                                         
              Dabkowski, Colin, "Memory Lane", The Buffalo
              News, 31 October 2008.
              Chang, Richard, "California Biennial Goes Beyond
              the Golden State", The Orange County Register,
              26 October 2008.
              Mizota, Sharon, "The California Biennial Spreads
              Out", Los Angeles Times, 19 October 2008.
              Banai, Nuit, "November Again", Time Out New York,
              4-6 September 2008.
              Firstenberg, Lauri. 2008 California Biennial,
              Newport Beach, CA: Orange County Museum of
              Art, 2008. 

 

                                                                                                                    Blasius, Ina Viola and Jacobson, Stine,
               Marie, "29025 Eveningside Drive", exhibition
               catalog, 2008         

2007      Romano, Juliana, My Buddy: New Wight Gallery               Biennial, exhibition catalog, Los Angeles: Typecraft               Inc. Wood & Jones, UCLA arts, 2007
              Uslip, Jeffrey. "Ten By Ten: Jeffrey Uslip on
              Kara Tanaka". Uber. Feb. 2007.               <http://www.uber.com/243253111>

2006      Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: November". The New               York Times. 22 December 2006.
              Tanaka, Kara. "This is a Body Hijack". Agent Once:               AGO: Volume I. Ed. Jason Keller and Kevin Wong.               Los Angeles. 2006.