EXHIBITIONS&EVENTS
GALLERY
 
  TAKAKO TANABE
 
As If I Hear You, and You Hear Me
As If It Shines After Rain, and Rains Again

2006
Japanese antique watercolor, graphite on paper
15" by 15"
 
 
BIO  Born in Tokyo, Japan. Lives and works in Fort Worth, TX.

EDUCATION
2003 Master of Fine Arts in Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2001 Master of Arts in Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2000 Post-Graduate Studio Program in Printmaking,
Tokyo Zokei University of Art and Design, Tokyo, JAPAN 1999
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art,
Tokyo Zokei Univeirsity of Art and Design, Tokyo, JAPAN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 (Title not determined.) Road Agent Gallery, Dallas, TX
2005 Mix!, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2003 The Tom Tenenbaum Collection, Focus Gallery, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
2003 Little Words, Gallery at the Verizon, Irving, TX
2001 Master of Arts in Art Thesis Exhibition, Braniff Foyer, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

EXHIBITIONS
2008 (Title not determined.) Do It Right Gallery, Marfa, TX
2008 Your Favorite Artist was a Mamber, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 Tasty Bits (curator: Eric Tosten), Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Homeland Securities (curators: Garland Fielder and Masumi Kataoka),
Commerce Street Artist’s Warehouse, Houston, TX
2007 Kyomei: Resonance (curator: Mari Omori), Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 The Art Ball 2007: Continuum (catalogue), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2007 Road Agent: The Audience is Listening, Road Agent, Dallas, TX
2006 Various Small Fires, Road Agent, Dallas, TX
2006 Holiday Punch 3, Studio 107, Austin, TX
2006 The Irresistible Appeal of Drawing, Studio 107, Austin, TX
2006 Art in the Metroplex, University Art Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2006 Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
2006 Mix! 2005 [redux] (catalogue), Landmark Art Gallery,
Texas Tech University School of Arts, Lubbock, TX
2005 Presence, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
2005 50th CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo American Club, Minato, Tokyo, JAPAN
2005 Fugue/Counterpoint, The Helene Center for the Visual Arts Constance Art Gallery,
Graceland University, Lamoni, IA
2005 A3, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2005 One Night Stand, Mad River Post Dallas, Dallas, TX
2004 Pano Art International, El Centro Art Gallery, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
2004 Exchange Print Show, Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY
2004 36th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas,
Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2004 2004 Beaux Arts Ball: Light Up the Night, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2004 Inquire Within, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 Pulse, The Art Corridor II, Tarrant Community College, Arlington, TX
2004 Wish! The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2003 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003 Peep (two-person exhibition), The Gallery at the South Side on Lamar, Dallas, TX
2003 Irene Rosenzweig 2003 Biennial Exhibition,
The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR
2003 Members on View & Critic’s Choice, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2003 2003 Beaux Arts Ball; Framing 100 Years of the Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2003 39 Hour Show, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2003 In-Touch, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 1+1+16, 500X Upstairs Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 Season Opener, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 New Texas Talent 2002, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 500X Gallery 21st Annual Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 Graduate Green-Texas, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX
2002 Temporally, Upper Gallery, Haggerty Art Village, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2002 17th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2002 Fumin-Show, Hanover College Gallery Center for Fine Arts, Hanover, IN
2001 12 x 4, Upper Gallery, Haggerty Art Village, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2000 Not Quite Ten, Blakely Foyer, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2000 Torker Berker, r.a., Graduate Studio Foyer, Haggerty Art Village, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2000 University of Dallas Graduate Printmaker, New Work Space at MAC,
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2000 6th Sumio Kawakami Juried Exhibition, Kanuma City Museum of Sumio Kawakami,
Kanuma, Tochigi, JAPAN
2000 The Completion Exhibition, Tokyo Zokei University Gallery, Hachioji, Tokyo, JAPAN
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Tokyo Zokei University Gallery, Hachioji, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 The Thesis Exhibition of Five Art Universities in Tokyo,
Tokyo National Museum, Ueno, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 Print Show ’99, Tokyo Zokei University, Hachioji, Tokyo, JAPAN
2000 The 24th Annual Exhibition of the Art Colleges’ Print Association in JAPAN,
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida, Tokyo, JAPAN
1998 Print Show ‘98, Tokyo Zokei University, Hachioji, Tokyo, JAPAN
1998 Hatching (two-person exhibition), Space Edge, Shibuya, Tokyo, JAPAN
1998 The 23rd Annual Exhibition of the Art Colleges’ Print Association in JAPAN,
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida, Tokyo, JAPAN
1997 Print Show ‘97, Tokyo Zokei University, Hachioji, Tokyo, JAPAN
1996 Exhibition of Five Artists, Tsukasa Gallery, Kokubunji, Tokyo, JAPAN

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Library: Lance Letscher + Justin Quinn, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX
2004 Sphere, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2002 Laura Moriarty Exhibition, Upper Gallery, Haggerty Art Village, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

AWARDS
2004 Best New Curator, “The Best of Dallas Art 2004,” Dallas Arts Revue.
2004 Diana Ward Award, Visual Art Society of Texas, Meadows Gallery,
KanumaCity Museum of Sumio Kawakami, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX.
2002-03 Master of Fine Arts in Art Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
2000-01 Master of Arts in Art Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
2000-02 Printmaker’s Scholarship, College Women’s Association in Japan, Tokyo, JAPAN.

PUBLIC COLLECTION
Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY
University of Dallas, Irving, TX

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ingram, Kaitlin. “Get in Your Corner, Bits!” Dallas Observer, February 7, 2008:
www.dallasobserver.com/2008-02-07/calendar/get-in-your-corner-bits/full
Topham, Caitlin. “Art in Motion,” Continuum: The Art Ball 2007, Dallas Museum of Art, 2007: 53p.
Andrea Grimes. “Strike Anywhere!” Dallas Observer, December 14, 2006:

Guthrie, Kirby. “Exhibition Notes,” Mix! 2005 [redux], Texas Tech University School of Art, 2005: 2p.
Guthrie, Kirby. “Mix! 2005 [redux],” Texas Tech University School of Art, 29 Apr, 2005:
www.depts.ttu.edu/art/artdept/LANDMARK/Mix2005/mix2005.html
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The College Women’s Asspciation of Japan, 2005: 167-168p.
Compton, JR. “The Best of Dallas Art 2004,” Dallas Arts Review, 25 Feb, 2005:
www.dallasartsrevue.com/art-crit/Best-Worst/2004/Best-of-2004.shtml
36th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibition, Visual Art Society of Texas, 2004: 12p.
“Artful Art,” 2004 Beaux Arts Ball: Light Up the Night, Dallas Museum of Art, 2004: 313p.
“Gallery-Sphere,” The Bathhouse Cultural Center, 5 Jun, 2004:
www.bathhousecultural.com/sphere.html
“On Exhibit: Members On View,” The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, 13 Jun, 2003:
www.thecontemporary.net/mem_tanabe.html
“Studio Selections,” 2003 Beaux Arts Ball: Framing 100 Years of the Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas Museum of Art, 2003: 37p.
Biederman, Christine. “There’s A Pony In Here Somewhere,”
Dallas Observer, Vol.22 29 Aug — 4 Sep, 2002: 57p.
Daniel, Mike. “New Texas Talent at Craighead-Green,”
The Dallas Morning News, Weekend Guide, 9 Aug, 2002: 48p.
6th Sumio Kawakami Juried Exhibition Catalog,
KanumaCity Museum of Sumio Kawakami, 2000: 13p.
 
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