| Born Concepcion, Chile Education Ph.D. Anthropology. University of California, Los Angeles, 1989. MA. Folklore & Mythology. University of California, Los Angeles, 1981. MA. Hispanic Literature. University of Hawaii, 1979. BA. Philosophy. University of Hawaii, 1977. BFA, University of Hawaii, 1977. Interdisciplinary Art Projects Interacting with Winged Residents and Visitors at Lake Merritt. The Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge and Rotary Nature Center, 2004-2007. When We Were Queens Mural. Senior Residents at Saint Francis d'Asisi, San Francisco. Institute on Aging, 2001. Following the Trails of Urban Miracle Seekers. Santiago de Chile, Center for Latin American Studies. UC Berkeley, 1998-2000. Heavens of the Imagination. Mapuche communities in Chile, Harvard University, 1997-99. Landscapes of Terror, Dreams and Loneliness. University of Virginia, 1991-2. Selected Solo Exhibitions Emerging Images of Humanity, Eranos Foundation. Ascona, Switzerland, August 5- December 2007. Townsend Center for Humanities, University of California at Berkeley, February 21- April 15, 2006. Pro Arts at Latham Square, Oakland, March 19-August 17 2004. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, March 7 -April 20 2004. David Rockefeller Center Gallery, Harvard University, March 9-June 15, 1999. Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 12-December 11, 1998. Center for Latin American Studies. University of California at Berkeley, November 3-January 31, 1999. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 12-30, 1995 Municipal Art Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, December 6-January 7, 1979. Selected Group Exhibitions San Francisco Chinese Cultural Center, Cheers to Muses, Asian American Women Artists Exhibit. June 1-August 25, 2007. California. Swarm Gallery, "Video Installation." May 12-June 30, 2007. JFK University Art Gallery, "Faculty Exhibition." October 24-November 18, 2006. California State University at Chico Art Gallery," Monoprint 2006." May 22-28,2006. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Tactica y Estrategia. 19th annual Solo Mujeres Exhibition of Women Artists, March 3- April 1, 2006. Alameda Art Center, Sacred Images. December 2-29, 2005 University Art Gallery, California State University at Chico, Monoprint 2006, May 22-27, 2006 Alameda Art Center, Sacred Images, December 2-29, 2005 Monterey Peninsula Art Gallery, Souls, Myths and Icons, August 30-September 30, 2005 D.P. Fong Gallery, AAWAA Exhibit, San Jose, CA. June 3-August 19, 2004. SomArts Cultural Center," Making Their Mark. "San Francisco, CA, May 3-May 28, 2003. San Pablo Arts Gallery, "Samplings from AAWA." Asian American Women Art Association. October 5- November 17, 2002. Pro Arts, "Life or...? Visions of the Hopi Prophecy." Oakland, CA, August 28- October 5, 2002. Saint John's University Art Gallery, "Latin American Art in the 90's,"New York, October 1996. Wing Luke Memorial Museum, "Award Winning Artists," Seattle, November 1985 Wing Luke Memorial Museum, "May I Have Your Attention, Please!" Seattle, July 1984. University of California at Los Angeles, "The Site", Los Angeles, March 1983. On-line Exhibitions Center for Latin American Studies. University of California at Berkeley website address: http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/nakashima/index.html American Association of Asian Women Artists. http://www.aawaaart.com/Pages/Vision/gallery/degarrod/FrameSet.htm Honors and Awards Artist in Residence. Center for Art and Public Life. California College of the Arts. 2007-8. International Award for Excellence in the Area of Art. International Journal of the Arts in Society. Commonground Publishing, Australia, 2007. Selected Finalist, Creative Work Fund Grant, Haas Foundation, 2000 Chilean Government Sponsorship, Ministry of Culture, 1999-2000 Visiting Scholar and Artist. Center for Latin American Studies. University of California at Berkeley, 1998-2000. Senior Fellow and Visiting Artist. Center for the Study of World Religions. Harvard University, 1997-98. Purchase Latin American Art Award, Saint John's University, 1996 Award Winning Artist, Wing Luke Memorial Museum, 1985. Art Publications by the Artist Paintings as Ethnographic Representation. The International Journal of Arts in Society, Volume 1, Issue 7, pp. 147-156, 2007. Following the Trails of Urban Miracle Seekers. Tea Party Magazine, 15, 2005. Painting Mapuche Dreams of Heaven. Center for the Study of World Religions. Harvard University. Spring 1999. Landscapes of Terror, Dreams, and Loneliness: Explorations in Art, Ethnography, and Friendship. New Literary History, Fall 1998. (With Benjamin Kilborne) Dreamlikeness: The Paintings of Giorgio de Chirico Dreamworks, vol 3:4, 1983-4. Publications of Paintings and Catalogues Ethnoscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the Global Context Journal, cover. Spring 2008. Cheers to Muses. Contemporary Works by Asian American Women. Asian American Women Artists Association Publication, 2007. Tactica y Estrategia. Tactics and Strategies. 19th annual Solo Mujeres Exhibition of Women Artists Catalogue. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2006. Spiritual Transformation and Healing, cover. Edited by Joan Koss-Chioino and Philip Hefner. Altamira Press, 2006. Science and Theology News, article, "Artists in Metanexus Project Eye the Science-and Religion Divide," February 2005. Metanexus Digest, April 2004. The Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program of the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science, 2004. Templeton Foundation Brochure, 2004. Lucero Journal, cover, Fall 2000. Anthropology and Humanism Journal, cover, June 1994. Interviews Utah Public Radio. February 6, 2004 Selected Invited Talks An Emergence of Images and Knowledge. Symposium Emerging Images of Humanity. Eranos Foundation, Ascona, Switzerland. August 5-11, 2007. Violence and the Creation of Bodily Knowledge and Empathy in Art and Ethnography. In Sensory Worlds-Sensory Methods. Beyond Text? Synaesthetic and Sensory Practices in Anthropology Conference. University of Manchester, England. June 2007. Social Agency of Printmaking in Public Spaces. Southern Graphics Council Conference, Kansas City, March 22, 2007. Paintings as Ethnographic Representations. In Ethnographers Making Artworks as Ethnographic Representations (Chair of Symposium). International Conference on Arts in Society. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, August 15, 2006. Souls of Bandits, Virgins, and Victims: Searching for Miracles and Justice in the Chilean Roadsides and Streets. Roadside Memorials Conference. University of New England, Armidale, Australia. 2004. The Use of Visual Art in the Making of Ethnographies. In Fieldworking: confronting the challenges and possibilities of ethnographic fieldwork. Western Social Science Conference. Salt Lake City, 2004. Crossing Paths and Merging Visions: The Depiction of Ethnographic Realities through Visual Art. Utah State University, February 6, 2004. Souls of Bandits, Virgins and Victims: Searching for Miracles and Justice. Anthropology and Arts Series of Lectures. Museum of Anthropology, Utah State University. February 5, 2004. Painting Mapuche Dreams of Heaven: Authenticity and Ambiguity. In The Arts and Identity: Authenticity and Ambiguity Panel. 2001 Symposium Race and Ethnicity: A Global Inquiry. EPIIC. Tufts University. March 3, 2001. Aesthetics and Politics in Chilean Mapuche Autobiographical Shamanic Discourse. Indigenous Amazonia at the Millennium: Politics and Religion. Tulane University, January 2001. 2001 Symposium. The Arts and Identity: Authenticity and Ambiguity. EPIIC. Tufts University. March 3, 2001. Cielos Imaginados y la emergencia de lo estetico. Instituto Nacional de Antropología. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 6, 1999. Imagining The Beauty of Mapuche Dreams of Heaven. Saint Michael's College, Vermont. March 14, 1999. Painting Mapuche Dreams of Heaven. Harvard University, Cambridge. March 11, 1999. The Ethnographer as an Artist: The Making of Heavens of the Imagination. In Ethnographies as Images: New Trends in Ethnographic Representation (Co-Chair of Panel). American Anthropological Association. Chicago, 1999. Dreaming Money and Debts: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Commodities in Mapuche Dreams of Misfortunes and Heavens. In Ritual and the World Commodities (Invited Session). American Anthropological Association. Philadelphia, 1998. Imagining the Land Of Goodness and Beauty: Watercolors of Mapuche Dreams of Heaven. University of California at Berkeley. November 14, 1998. La operación de lo estético en narrativas de sueño Mapuche. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Georgetown University. March 3, 1998. Landscapes of Terror, Dreams, and Loneliness: Explorations in Art, Ethnography, and Friendship. New Literary History Journal and the Division of Technology, Culture and Communication. University of Virginia. April 10, 1996. Teaching California College of the Arts, 2005- present University of California at Santa Cruz, 2002-2005 Bowdoin College, 1994-1997 Occidental College, 1990-91 Professional Activities Public Art Grants Review Panelist ,City of Oakland, CA 2005. Individual Artist Grants Review Panelist , City of Oakland, CA 2003. Director Municipal Gallery of Hermosa Beach, CA, 1980-81. Advisory Board Member, Association of Asian American Women Artists. Advisory Board Member, Tea Party Magazine. Professional Societies College of Art Association |