Katsura Okada Artist

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Strikethroughs, Artifact Projects, New York, NY
2022 Forms of Souls II, Artifact, New York, NY
2020 Soul Forms, Artifact Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Shining Flecks II, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Shining Flecks: from Parts to the Entire, Artifact Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Apetalous II: Flowers having no petals, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Apetalous: Flowers having no petals, Artifact Gallery, New York, NY
2012 The Re-Origin: After the Last First, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Eddies: New Installation, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 ZEST II, curator Yoko J. Y., the Space at Midtown, New York, NY
2004 ZEST, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Canon: History: Cycles..., curator Zishan Ugurlu, The Gallery at The Marmara Manhattan, NY
2003 Scrollworks, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2000 3rd Works on Paper, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1999 2nd Works on Paper, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Works on Paper, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2008 Investigations, with Phyllis Ewen, curator Millie Burns, Hewitt Gallery of Art at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 A.I.R. ART Forum, New York, NY

2025 Fairytale, Venice, Italy

2025 Collectivery, Venice, iItaly

2025 PULP XIX KUKT, Trier, Germany 

2025 Let's Play, Quinta da Curz - Centro de Arte, Viseu, Portugal
2025 5 arguments, Budapest, Hungary
2025 From the Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY

2024 MAAV No 6, Vienna, Austria 

2024 The Book of DeaD, Entrocamento, Portugal

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2024 Free Space to Imagination, The Casa Museo Bendandi, Feanza, Italy 
2024 Exposure, curator Jill Conner, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
2023 27th JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2022 26th JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2021 25th JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Paintings by Katsura Okada, AS Artists Studios Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Winter Mosaic: Celebrating Creativity, Artios Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Re/Location, AS Artists Studios Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Reflections, Artios Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Women’s History Month!, Artios Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Works on Paper, 1199Seiu Bread & Roses Cultural Project, Artios Gallery, New York NY
2019 Wish You Were Here 18, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 24th JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Stop it!, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, NC
2019 Paper in Particular, Juror Eric Lutz, curator of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Sidney Larson Gallery, Colombia College, MO
2019 Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Alchemy, AS Artists Studios Gallery, New York, NY
2018 23rd JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Wish You Were Here 17, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Postcards from the Edge, Gallery 524, New York, NY
2017 WBAI Benefit Auction & Exhibition, curator Jim Winter, Chesterfield Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Project: Postcard 2017, University Art Gallery New Mexico State University, New Mexico, NM
2017 Venice Biennale, curator Ruggero Maggi, Palazzo Zenbio, Venice, Italy
2017 Whitney Biennial, Occupy Museums, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2017 Wish You Were Here 16, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The 22nd JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Small Works, juror Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Chief Curator, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL), Harper College, Palatine, IL
2016 Wish You Were Here 15, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The 21st JAA Art Exhibition, Japanese American Association Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Mail Art Exhibition, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
2016 The Global Images of U.S. Women, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2016 Generations X: Razzle Dazzle, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The 30th Tallahassee International, jurors Carolyn Henne and Allys Palladino-Craig, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Wish You Were Here 14, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 WAH Bridges Self, curator Richard Stanches, The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The Know Art Project, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2015 Forms and Opposites, curator Kaiser Kamal, ArtistRun Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2014 Visions Revealed, juror David Revere McFadden (Curator Emeritus, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY), Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
2014 Wish You Were Here 13, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 SQUARED, jurors: Eric Berkemeyer & Randy Pijoan, The Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
2013 Generations IX: Red/Pink Show!, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Wish You Were Here 12, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Small Works, juror Staci Boris (Chief Curator, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL), Harper College, Palatine, IL
2012 Wish You Were Here 11, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 MEBUKU Art exhibition, Janet Hall Art Space, New York, NY
2012 Mebuku Art Project exhibition which supports the disaster in Tohoku, Japan, Kesen-numa Plaza Hotel, Miyagi, Japan
2011 Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 A woman's work is never done, curator Susanne Altmann, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Your Documents Please, Traveling exhibition, Alma in Manhattan, New York, NY
2010 The 5th Blue Sky Project, traveling exhibition, Imai Museum of Art, Mitsuke City, Niigata, Japan
2010 The 5th Blue Sky Project, Joetsu Civic Gallery, Niigata, Japan
2010 Wish You Were Here 9, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 …and sweeps me away, curator Barbara O’Brien, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Art against the crisis, Galleria L’Arte di Anna Callegari, Molinella, Italy
2009 Wish You Were Here 8, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Your Documents Please, Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2009 Your Documents Please, GALÉRIA Z - Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Your Documents Please, Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany
2009 Contemporary Humanism, curator Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Your Documents Please, 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Your Documents Please, ZAIM/Paris Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2008 Your Documents Please, curators Daniel Georges and Rumiko Tsuda, The Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI, Hyogo, Japan
2008 Wish You Were Here 7, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Structured Incidents, curator Charlotta Kotik, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Works on paper: Women in the arts during National Women's History Month, the Puck Building, New York, NY
2007 Compass: New Directions, curator Jill Conner, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Wish You Were Here 6, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Made Out of the Ordinary, curator Lesley Wright, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2006 Salon de Expace #3, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Wish You Were Here 5, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Being In Space, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2005 The 2nd Blacklight Gallery, curators Sofia Camargo & Thomas Klasen, Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
2005 Wish You Were Here 4, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Cluster, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2004 A group exhibition, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Wish You Were Here 3, A.I.R.Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Drawing Conclusions II: Work by Artist-Critics, organizers Gae Savannah & Jill Conner, NY ARTS Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Seasonal Litter, curator Elizabeth Park, Broadway Gallery Annex, New York, NY
2002 yourself - autoritratto, Sesto Senso Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2002 Medusa Aurea XXV Edizione, juried exhibition, Residenza Montemario, Rome, Italy
2002 Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
2001 2nd A Praise of Small Format in Contemporary Art, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France
2001 2nd World Festival Art on Paper, juried exhibition, Bled, Ljbljana, Slovenia
2001 Politics and Justice, curator Stefano Pasquini, Spazio EDGE, Festival dell'Unita', Modena, Italy
2001 SUK, curator Stefano Pasquini & SAM01, Sesto Senso, Bologna, Italy
2000 A Praise of Small Format in Contemporary Art, Galerie le Carre d'Or, Paris, France
2000 World Festival Art on Paper juried exhibition, Presernovo In Univerzitetno Mesto Mestna Obcina, Kranj, Slovenia
1997 Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Manhattan Law Firm of Gratch, Jacobs and Brozman, New York, NY
1994 Selected Excellence Works Exhibition, Takei Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
1994 Community Cultural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
1994 Takei Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
1993 Obi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Salon d' Automne, juried exhibition, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
1993 Japanese and Chinese Arts from Shanghai Museum of Art juried exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum of Art,Tokyo, Japan
1993 Takei Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
1992 Kunst En Calligrafie Uit Japan, juried exhibition, K.C.L. Foundation of Limburg Art, Maastricht, Netherlands
1992 Salon d' Automne, juried exhibition, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
1992 Exposiocio Artesania Japonesa juried exhibition, Centre Permanent d' Artesania de la Generalitat de Cataluna, Barcelona, Spain
1992 Juried exhibition, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Beyond the Form, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Salon Japonais de Paris, juried exhibition, Galerie de la Mairie du Vleme, Paris, France
1991 Salon d' Automne, juried exhibition, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
1991 One's Own Image, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Space & Gesture, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Juried exhibition, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Gallery of Gabriell Roy Library, Quebec, Canada
1990 New York City Soho Art Competition #10, juror George Tomko, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY0
1990 Sho Et Peinture Contemporaine Du Japon, juried exhibition, Japan Gallery in Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada
1990 Juried exhibition, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1989 Juried exhibition, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1987 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED PERFORMANCE
2017 Counter-Commencement, the 5th floor, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2011 We Love Japan and Japan Loves US: Performances and Craft Market, fundraising event for helping Japan, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / PANEL DISCCUSSIONS

2024  EXPOSURE' YomiTime, bi-weekly paper, 11/29/2024 issue vol.483 page 8, New York, NY

2024 Katsura Okada exhibition 'EXPOSURE' 11/22/2024 Vol.1274 page 8, NYJapion weekly paper, New York City
2024 KATSURA OKADA, Strikethrough, solo exhibition catalogue (11/6/2024-11/23/2024) with review by Stefano W. Pasquini, published by ARTIFACT PROJECTS, New York, NY

2024 'Strikethroughs solo exhibition KatsuraOkada' Artweek.com the front page, New York NY 

2024 'Stristrikethroughs Katsura Okada solo exhibition', New York DAILYSUN News paper, issue 4744, New York

2024 'Strikethroughs solo exhibition' YomiTime, bi-weekly paper, 10/18/2024 issue vol.480 page 9, New York, NY
2021 KATSURA OKADA, A fully illustrated color catalogue of solo exhibition Forms of Souls II (12/15/2021-1/2/2022) with essay by Stefano Pasquini, published by Artifact, New York City
2020 KATSURA OKADA, A fully illustrated color catalogue of solo exhibition Soul Forms (3/4-3/23, 2020) with essay by Stefano Pasquini, published by Artifact Gallery, New York City
2020 Forms of Souls, Katsura Okada’s Solo Exhibition, Topics 7 page, Vol. 1055, Friday, February 28. 2020, NYJapion weekly paper, New York City
2020 Forms of Souls, Katsura Okada’s Solo Exhibition, YomiTime, bi weekly paper, 2/21/2020 issue page 13, New York, NY
2019 Works on Paper exhibition, Novyj New York/ Новый Нью-Йорк, the Russian Newspaper, August 2019
2019 Gallery 208 presents international mail art exhibit curating voices of women around the world: “STOP IT! www.upandcomingweekly.com,15 April 2019 issue
2018 YomiTime, bi weekly paper, 6/29/2018 issue page 18, New York, NY
2018 KATSURA OKADA, A fully illustrated color catalogue of solo exhibition, Shining Flecks (3/7-3/25, 2018) with essay by Stefano Pasquini, published by Artifact Gallery, New York City
2017 improvised life, Find Bargains and illumination at Benefit Art Auction, 11.14.17 issue, New York, NY
2017 Mail Art Exhibition 2016 Catalogue, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
2017 Shukan New York Seikatsu, weekly paper, 5/13/2017 issue top page, New York, NY
2017 ARTFORUM, Occupy Museums staged an unofficial “Graduation at the Whitney, May 9 issue, NY
2017 Hyperallergic, Occupy Museums Hosts a Faux Graduation Ceremony at the Whitney Museum, May 8 issue, New York, NY
2017 YomiTime, bi weekly paper, 4/28/2017 issue page 21, New York, NY
2016 Shukan New York Seikatsu, weekly paper, 4/1/2016 issue page 12, New York, NY
2016 The 39th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition Featuring Small Works, Juror’s Statement by Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Chief Curator, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL) published by Harper College, Palatine, IL
2016 YomiTime, bi weekly paper, 4/22/2016 issue page 21, New York, NY
2016 Shukan New York Seikatsu, weekly paper, 4/2/2016 issue page 31, New York, NY
2015 The 30th Tallahassee International Juried Competition an exhibit color catalog by Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2015 May Town Hall, May issue, Asian American Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Forms and Opposites group exhibition, a fully illustrated color catalogue published by ArtistRun Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 January Town Hall, January issue, Asian American Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Gallery Hopping: Helmut Lang at Sperone Westwater, and More Must-See Exhibits, in Art & Design, January 9th issue on BonaStyle.com, NY
2015 Katsura Okada | APETALOUS II: New Works of Flowers Having No Petals, Beyond AAA in A in January, asiart
2015 Archive in America, Brooklyn, NY
2015 ISE Cultural Foundation New York Art, NY
2013 The 36th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition Featuring Small Works, Juror’s Statement by Staci Boris(Chief Curator, Elmhurst Art Museum in Elmhurst, Illinois) published by Harper College, Palatine, IL
2012 Japanese Artist Katsura Okada’s Exhibition, Topics 10 page, Vol. 686, Friday, November 16, 2012, NYJapion weekly paper, New York City
2012 KATSURA OKADA, Apetalous, A fully illustrated color catalogue of solo exhibition APETALOUS (11/14-12/2, 2012) with essay by John Austin published by Artifact Gallery, New York City
2012 Stefano Pasquini: Every day is like a small typhoon - KATSURA OKADA FOCUS ON, full 10 page, Collezioni Sport & Street Issue 64 issue, April 2012 Modena, Italy
2010 A.I.R. Gallery, Art and Living magazine, Wed, 04 August issue, Beverly Hills, CA
2009 Stefano Pasquini: A Feminine View Feminine artistic creativity presents its deeper side. 66 to 72 pages, LUXOS, Fall/Winter 2009 issue, Milano, Italy
2008 D. Dominick Lombardi: “Compass: New Directions, curated by Jill Conner at Black & White Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn d’art International magazine, volume 11, Number 1 #22 Spring/Summer 2008 issue, 33 page, Canada
2007 Paddy Johnson: Compass New Directions at Black and White Gallery in Williamsburg, Art Fag City. Com (11/8/07 issue)
2007 The James Kalm Report, Williamsburg Odds and Ends, October 2007 10/31/2007 on YouTube, NY USA
2007 Trajectories: Women and 3D Abstractions Panel Discussion, Moderated by critic Carey Lovelace, Black & White Gallery, Blooklyn, NY (10/13/07)
2007 Rodger Stevens: Critic’s Pics Compass: New Directions Black & White Gallery, Williamsburg and Greenpoint
2007 Monthly Art Guide, Oct. issue 2007
2007 Made Out of the Ordinary, curated by Lesley Wright, Color catalogue, Published by A.I.R. Gallery, NY (January)
2005 Ed Weinberg: The Interplay of Time and Space: Katsura Okada, NY Arts Magazine, 65 page, May/June 2005, Vol.10, No. 5/6 edition, NY, U.S.A.
2005 Erica Snow: The Zest of Katsura Okada, NY Arts Magazine, 38 page, January/February 2005, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 edition, NY, U.S.A.
2003 failbetter.com the online magazine; selected artworks and essay by Katsura Okada, Fall/Winter 2003 issue, NY, U.S.A.
2003 U.S. FrontLine, October 20, 2003 No.196 issue (biweekly newspaper), NY, U.S.A.
2002 IL NOTIZIARIO DELL' A.I.A.M., No.4 - Aprile-Giugno, Rome, Italy
2001 2nd World Festival of Art on Paper in Ljbljana, 2001, Libliana, Slovenia
2000 Stefano Pasquini: Katsura Okada: Abstraction with a twist, NY Arts Magazine, 46 and 47 Pages, December 2,000, Vol.5, NY, U.S.A.
2000 World Festival of Art on Paper in Kranj, 2000, Krani, Slovenia
1999 OKADA. K A fully illustrated catalogue with essay by Takako Kasai published by 450 Broadway Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
1998 Takako Kasai: Katsura Okada’s solo exhibition, THE YOMIURI AMERICA (Newspaper, NY edition) 613 issue (weekly) on Friday 24th June 1998, NY
1997 Points of View; essay Abstraction by Katsura Okada, Artis Spectrum - Volume 1/3 Edition, NY, U.S.A.
1997 Zoltan Hegyes: Feature an international roster June/July (page 31) edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1996 Manhattan Arts Summer Edition, NY, U.S.A.
1995 E.C. Lipton: Creative vision October (page 16) edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1994 Summer September edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1993 SALON D' AUTOMNE GRAND PALAIS PARIS ART CONTEMPORAIN Paris, France
1993 Blair Schiller: Inner and outer views November edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1993 JAPANESE AND CHINESE ARTS JURIED EXHIBITION - EXCELLENCE ARTS OF SHANGHAI MUSEUM OF ART, China and Japan
1992 JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTS EXHIBITION 1992 IN NETHERLANDS, Netherlands and Japan
1992 L' histoire du Salon d' Automne, de 1903 a nos jours Edition of theLes Editions Arts et Images du Monde, Paris, France
1992 Martin Parsons: Dominating Sharpes September (page 21) edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1992 SALON D' AUTOMNE 1992 Paris, France
1991 Will Grant: All summer long, Ariel Gallery explores for talent September (page 14) edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY
1992 EXPOSIOCI ARTESANIA JAPONESA, Spain and Japan
1992 Deborah Cohen & Thomas Lawrence: Previews and Reviews Beyond the Form, Ariel Gallery , Manhattan Arts, 18 page, Jan/Feb Edition, NY
1993 SHOTO MUSEUM OF ART 1992, Tokyo, Japan
1991 SALON JAPONAIS DE PARIS, France and Japan
1991 Zoltan Hegyes: Eight contemporary abstractions April (page 6) edition, ARTspeak, NY, NY,
1991 SALON D' AUTOMNE GRAND PALAIS 1991 Paris, France
1991 SHOTO MUSEUM OF ART 1991, Tokyo, Japan
1990 EXPOSITION CONTEMPORAINE DE PEINTURE JAPONAISE EXPOSITION SHO AUJOURD' HUI, Canada and Japan
1990 Art Mind - May Edition, Tokyo, Japan
1990 SHOTO MUSEUM OF ART 1990, Tokyo, Japan
1989 SHOTO MUSEUM OF ART 1989, Tokyo, Japan