PRINCIPLE GALLERY – 208 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 703.739.9326 www.principlegallery.com

    NOBUHITO TANAKA

Education:

    2004 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, MFA in Painting 2000 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, BA in Painting

Experience:

    2005-10 Academy of Art University: Instructor, San Francisco, CA 2003 Masterworks Fine Art Institute: Gallery Administrator, San Francisco, CA

    SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

    2010 Drawings, group show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2010 The Urban Encounter , group show, Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2009 Artist's Choice Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2008 Group Show, Christopher Hill Gallery, St. Helena, CA 2008 Artist's Choice Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2008 Group Show, Christopher Hill Gallery, St. Helena, CA 2006 Salon International 2006, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX 2005 Studio Gallery, “City Streets,” San Francisco, CA

    2005 Academy of Art University, Annual Spring Show, San Francisco, CA 2005 Coos Art Museum, “Expressions West 2005,” Coos Bay, OR

    2005 Studio Gallery, “Delicious,” San Francisco, CA

    2005 Academy of Art University, 625 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004 Roseville Arts Center's 29th Annual Open Show, Roseville, CA 2004 Academy of Art University, Annual Spring Show, San Francisco, CA 2004 New American Gallery, 2004 NewAm Open, newamgallery.com 2003 Academy of Art University, Annual Spring Show, San Francisco, CA

2001 Solo Show, Mezzanine Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

2009 First Place and Interview, 21 under 31, Southwest Art Magazine, September, Vol.

    39, No. 4, page 83

    2009 First Place in Landscape and Chairman's Choice Award, The 2008/2009 ARC

    Salon Competition, Art Renewal Center

    2006 ARC Staff Award and Finalist, Landscape, Third International ARC Salon, Art

    Renewal Center

    2006 Jury's Top Fifty, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX 2006 First Place Winner, 3rd Quarterly International Artist Competition, Art

    Interview-Online Magazine

    2006 Finalist, Landscapes Challenge No.31, International Artist Magazine, issue 47,

    page 12

    2005 Finalist, Landscape, The Artist's Magazine 22nd Annual Art Competition

    2005 MFA Second Place Winner, AAU Annual Spring Show

    2005 MFA Faculty and Student Choices Winner, AAU Annual Spring Show 2005 Finalist, Still Life, Second International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center 2004 Finalist, Figure, International Artist Magazine, issue 40, page 8

    2004 Finalist, Still Life, The Artist's Magazine 21st Annual Art Competition

    2004 Society of Western Artists Award, AAU Annual Spring Show 2004 MFA Third Place Winner, AAU Annual Spring Show

    2004 MFA Student Choice Winner, AAU Annual Spring Show

PUBLICATIONS

2004 Direct Art Magazine, volume 10

    2006 Interview, Art Interview-Online Magazine, Issue #005

    2005 How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint People & Figures, volume II, page

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