Miya Ando
me@miyaando.com

Curriculum Vitae

Public Commissions
2010/11 Ten Year Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Sculpture to be created with WTC Steel / London
2010 Non Denominational Chapel, San Francisco General Hospital/ / San Francisco
2010 Thanatopolis Outdoor Memorial Sculpture ‘Obon’ [Meditation 1-8] / Norwalk, CT
2010 Sakura Reichstag, temporary outdoor installation / Berlin, Germany
2010 “Beautiful Night”, Invisible luminous wall mural, Safdi Plaza Realty / Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Shelter [Meditation 1-12]“ The Healing Place Non Denominational Chapel / Louisville, KY
2009 “8-Fold Path” Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society / Los Angeles, CA
2008 - 2009, "Wellness Room/Non Denominational Chapel",St. John's Bread & Life / New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Miya Ando Solo Exhibition” Galerie Sho / Tokyo Japan
“Shinobu” de Castallane Gallery / Brooklyn NY
“Meditations”, Art Ecology Gallery / Louisville KY
“Small Meditative Works”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery / Santa Monica CA
2009
“"Luminous Transcendent", Bryant Street Gallery / Palo Alto CA
"Meditative Fields", Michael Ingbar Gallery / New York NY
"Next Post: 18 Solo Projects", Rupert Ravens Contemporary / Newark NJ
2008
"Vanishing Point of Departures", Anne Reed Gallery / Sun Valley ID
"Revelation and Reflection", Bandini Art Gallery / Culver City CA
"Introspective Environments", Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art / Staten Island
2007
"Miya Ando Stanoff", Edith Caldwell Gallery / Sausalito CA
"Miya Ando Stanoff", Galerie Sho / Tokyo Japan
Bibliography (2010)
"Miya Ando’s refined, subtle works of rolled steel, made of sheets of burnished and chemically treated metal, are also a must-see for anyone interested in post-minimalist contemporary art."
- The New York Times / Mar '09
2010
"Ten Years On, New York Donates 9/11 Girders to Make London Sculpture" London Evening Standard, December
"9/11 Sculpture for London's South Bank" Artylyst, December
"Sculpture made from 9/11 ruins to be installed in London park", Fox News / December
"9/11 Memorial for Potter's Field Park?", Londonist / December
"London to Unveil 9/11 Memorial" Daily Mail UK / December
"9/11 Memorial for Potter's Field Park" Ethiopian News / December
“Shinobu Skate Art Opening in Brooklyn, NY” ESPN / October
“Miya Ando Shinobu [Perseverance] Solo Exhibition” Who What Wear Daily / October
“Shinobu Opens at de Castellane Gallery” Talk Art World / October
“Miya Ando’s Art Show/Ramp Etched with Acid Creates and Is Art” About.com / October
“Works at the Empty Hand Zen Center Exhibition” Sweetcake Enso / October
“???????? ??? ?????????? ????????? ‘Shinobu’“ Skvot.com (Russia) / October
“Miya Ando’s Okyoo (Prayer 108) Scroll” Thus I have seen Blog / October
“Swords and Steel and Subtle Traces of Nothingness” The Awakened Eye / October
“Wool, Clay, Felt and Steel: Artists and the Crafts they Love” Oh Comely Magazine(UK) November/December
“Juice Magazine Daily Dose of Art: Miya Ando October 11, 2010” Juice Mag / October
“Shinobu [Perseverance] by Miya Ando at de Castellane Gallery Brooklyn, NY” Hypebeast / October
“Recap: Shinobu with Element Eden Advocate Miya Ando” Foam Magazine / October
“Miya Ando Steel Painting” Crashingly Beautiful / October
“Continued Steady Belief—Miya Ando” Push.ca / October
“Perseverance is a Virtue: Miya Ando Solo Exhibition” Brooklyn: The Borough / October
“Miya Ando Artwork” Beautiful/Decay / October
“Meditations in Steel” Ragazine Online Art Magazine / September/October
“Fall Issue Extra: Miya Ando” Audrey Magazine / September
“Residencies:
2009
Northern California’s Public Art Academy / San Jose CA
Selected Awards / Honors:
2010
Thanatopolis Special Artist Award and Public Outdoor Commission Winner
Puffin Foundation Grant Award Winner
2009
Fundraiser Co-Chair, The Indigo Youth Movement / New York, NY & Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Public Ambassador, Element Advocate, International print and media campaign
2007
Best Emerging Artist Award, Glaad Out Auction / New York NY
Jury Prize Honorable Mention, Nascent Art / New York, NY
Speaking
Artist Talk in Conjunction with Exhibition, Bryant Street Gallery / 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Louisville / November 2009
Cipriani Club Artist Talk / New York NY / /2009
Television
“Artist Helps Forge Mission of Brooklyn Soup Kitchen” Stephanie Simon, New York One Arts Report, NY1 Television News / 2010
“Subtraction and Steel” Miya Ando Interview on The Morning, Noon and Night Show, Plum TV / 2008
Education
‘1o Certificate of Completion, Public Art Academy Northern California
‘99 Apprentice to Master Metal Smith, Hattori Studio / Okayama Japan
‘98 Yale University, East Asian Studies / New Haven CT
‘96 UC Berkeley, East Asian Studies BS Magna Cum Laude / Berkeley CA
Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List
Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach CA, honors