TARO HATTORI	Website: www.studioislander.com
E-Mail: thattor@studioislander.com

EXHIBITIONS

2007 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts , San Francisco, CA

“Cultivating Creativity ", group show

2006 The LAB, San Francisco, CA

“Some Assembly Required", juried by Steven Wolf and Michael Arcega

Kearny Street Workshop , San Francisco, CA

“APAture 2006", group show; an Asian art festival

                        Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

“Future Tense”, group show

Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

“Artists’ Diary: The Chapter of Spring Light”, group show

2005 Rocket World Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Beaut Brute”, solo show

RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA

“Bubble Trouble in Doubles”, group show

Bound Together Bookstore, San Francisco, CA

“Packed”, public window display

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Thirty Something”, group show organized by Kala Art Institute

Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA

“2005 Open House”, open house event

Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

“The Diorama Show”, (invited) group show

2004 Gen Art at Old Mint, San Francisco, CA

“Emerge 2004”, juried group show

Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

“Happy Pack”, collaborative solo show of Studio Islander

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

“The Big Picture.”, group show

Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

“Close Calls: 2004”, juried group show

2003 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

“Missing | Persons”, group show

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

“2002 Kala Fellowship Exhibition / Part 1”, group show

2002 The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

“Paradise in Search of a Future”, group show

Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin, IL

Group show with other video installation artists

2001 Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY

“Mitochondria Emancipation”, juried group show

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Art/Tech”, ABSOLUT vision6, art: the next generation, group show

CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

“Paradise in Search of a Future”, group show

Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea

“The impossible”, group show

Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

“IMMOBILITY”, one person show

Navy Pier, Chicago IL

“Art Chicago 2001”, international art event

2000 Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL

Two person show

Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Dissimulation”, group show

Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY

“2 Far 2 Close”, juried group show

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, group show

1998 Chicago Cultural Center, IL

“Chicago’s Own”, group screening

Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

“Textuality”, group show

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

2004 Mission 17, San Francisco, CA

juror for “By Any Means Un/Necessary”, group show

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

co-curator for “The Big Picture”, group show

2003 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

co-curator for “Missing | Persons”, group show

PERFORMANCES / THEATER WORKS

2002 Tour of Goat Island Performance Group “It’s an earthquake in my heart” prop making

2001 Spare Room, Chicago, IL “their bios” performance

2000 M5 Gallery, Chicago, IL “love songs” performance

1999 Link’s Hall, Chicago, IL “...is itchy” performance

1998 Art-Vigo, Tokyo, Japan “Oyogu -glass nails- “ music composition

Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, IL “Sarabande” lighting design

1997 Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL “Voice Works” voice

1996 Jameson Theater, New Brunswick, NJ “Four Posters” set design

1994 Mokuba-Tei Theater, Tokyo, Japan “Soramimi” acting

PUBLICATIONS

EGG Magazine, Taiwan“Taro Hattori,” Rabbit Pei, March 2006

SF weekly, “Beaut Brute,” Sharon Mizota, December 2005

East Bay Express, “On The Wall: What's Happening in East Bay Art,” David Downs, November 2005

East Bay Express, “Scenes,” Bubble Trouble in Doubles, Kelly Vance, November 2005

The San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Thirty Something,” Clark Buckner, July 2005

San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Kala Artists Annual Exhibition”, Clark Buckner, January, 2005

San Francisco Chronicle Online, “Happy Pack”, Alice Bing, September 2004

ArtWeek, “’Close Calls’ at Headlands Center for the Arts”, Mark Van Proyen, April 2004

East Bay Express, “This Week’s Day-by-Day Picks”, Kelly Vance, April 2004

Newsletter East Asian Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan, October 18, 2001

Art Monthly, Korea, “Exploring Banality and Potentials of Media Art”, Won-Kon Lee, July, 2001

Chicago Shimpo, “Immobility”, Hiroko Saito, March 14, 2001

New York Times, “2 Far 2 Close”, Holland Cotter, October 27, 2000

Chicago Shimpo, “SAIC group show”, Hiroko Saito, February 11, 2000

Chicago Reader, “Chicago’s Own: World Views”, Fred Camper, April 17, 1998

PUBLIC / ACADEMIC PRESENTATION

2005 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

2004 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

2003 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2002 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2001 Korea Society, New York, NY

AWARDS / AFFILIATIONS

2005 The 2005 Leah Middlebrook & Norio Sugano Fellowship

2004 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA., Resident Artist for 2005

Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2003 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, IL. Fiscal Partnership

2002 Kala Art Institute, Kala Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2000 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL. Represented Artist

1998 INTERCOM, Gold Plaque Award in Student Narrative Section

Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd Place Award in Loop Student Screenings

EDUCATION

2000 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Master of Fine Arts, Time Arts/Video

1994 Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology