SAYA MORIYASU
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Washington
Bachelor of Fine Art, Ceramic Sculpture, University of Washington
Bachelor of Art, General Art, University of Washington
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 Spooky Actions At A Distance, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 Quiet, G. Gibson Gallery, March - April 2019
Lotus Islands, 13’ x 54’ installation, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA January - March
2016 Monkey Way, 32’ window installation at 505 Union Station Building, Seattle, WA April - October 2016
2015 Islands, SeaTac Airport, April - August 2015
Parlor, G. Gibson Gallery, April - June 2015
2012 Folly, G. Gibson Gallery, March 1 - April 24, 2012
Verdant, SOIL Gallery, July 2012
2011 Folly (Vizcaya), fountain installation, Aqua Art Miami, Florida, December 2011
2008 Floating Worlds, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida, project space, December 2008
Oriental / Occidental, new ceramic work, SOIL Gallery, September 2008
2007 Waiting Ladies, Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, Los Angeles, October 2007
Audience, JEMA (John Erickson Museum of Art), Deitch Art Parade, New York City, JEMA is a location variable museum, www.jema.us, September 2007
2006 Audience, JEMA (John Erickson Museum of Art), Miami, Florida, the location variable museum traveled Art Basel and surrounding art fairs, December 2006
COMMISSIONS
2022 ArtsWA - Washington State Arts Commission - Central Washington University Outdoor
Sculpture Commission - designed and canceled 2023
Operculum, Meta Reality Labs, 10.5’ x 39.5’ x 4”, oil, acrylic on wood, ceramic,
and wallpaper for Meta Open Arts
2018 Yesler Terrace LLC’s Batik Apartment building, Maya, bronze, 134” x 43” x 47”
2017 AC Hotel Bellevue, Washington, Portraits of Ladies and Man Servers, 35 portraits on
porcelain, 3 porcelain sculptures, glaze, underglaze and ribbon, 8’ x 20’ x 4”
2014 MadCampus (MadArt Seattle and University of Washington) project, Hortus Curiosus,
a collaborative project with Maki Tamura, September - October 2014, approx 10’ x 20’ x 20’.
A temporary outdoor concrete and fabric work that the public could sit on and enjoy
the medicinal herb garden.
2014 Mr.Tako, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, donation
box sculpture, Seattle, Washington
2008 Sweet Hello, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience,
permanent commission Seattle, Washington. Commissioned work for entry to the museum
2003-04 Peeks, excerpts from my book Street Peeks, 17 pages on 5' x 5' vinyl panels,
Sound Transit's Beacon Hill Station site, Seattle Washington
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2022 Beauty of US, poster project responding to xenophobia towards the AANHPI Community (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander) with positive messages to combat xenophobia. Leads on the project: Juliana Kang Robinson and Erin Shigaki. Commissioned 7 AANHPI women, printed 5250 posters, and 14 outdoor banners displayed and distributed for free around King County and beyond.
2019 Quail Parade, Soap Lake, Washington, Quail performance in the Centennial Parade
2014 MadCampus (MadArt Seattle and University of Washington) project, Hortus Curiosus, a collaborative project with Maki Tamura, September - October 2014. A
temporary outdoor concrete and fabric work that the public could sit on and enjoy the medicinal herb garden.
2011 ACT Theatre window project, with Nicholas Nyland and Maki Tamura, February 2011
2010 Henry Gift Store Project, Champagne Truffles, with Jennifer Campbell, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, and Ian Toms, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington,
March – April 2010
2006 Hardline Organics, a tale of absurd optimism, SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, January and June 2006 (two-part exhibition)
1998 Not Quite the 11th Floor, King County Arts Commission Gallery, with Nora Mukaihata and Craig Miller
Well Being and Other Disorders, a seven-person collaborative installation, first at Ilk on Santa Fe in Denver, Colorado and another incarnation at SOIL in Seattle,
Washington
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2022 Jemez Spring Artist in Residency, Mission Street Arts, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
2010 Hauberg Fellowship / Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2009 Pratt/Pilchuck scholarship to take Maria Porges and Stephen Paul Day’s class at Pilchuck
Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2001 Centrum's Creative Residencies, Port Townsend, Washington, Poncho stipend
1993 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, faculty included Ann
Hamilton, Kiki Smith, Alison Saar, and David Ireland, Fellowship Award
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
MadArt, MadCampus related articles see www.madartseattle.com
SOIL, Maria Porges artist profile essay, SOIL Publications, 2011, pages 30-31.
Fixed Chaos, Shana Dumont, catalog for the exhibition, Montserrat College of Art, 2010.
Deitch Art Parade, publication included Audience, Jema exhibition 2007.
Lava 2002, Essays by Rhonda Howard, Design by Rebecca Richards, Artist Entry by Anna Fahey, in conjunction with Lava exhibition organized by Yuki Nakamura, Jennifer West, and Claude Zervas.
COLLECTIONS
Henry Art Gallery
Seattle Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum
Safeco (Liberty) Art Collection
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Asian Counseling and Referral Services
City of Seattle Portable Works Collection
Whatcom Museum (Bellingham)
Western Gallery, Western Washington University (Bellingham)
NW Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane)
Museum of Art, Washington State University (Pullman)
ArtsWA - Washington State Arts Commission
Kent Arts Commission