grace munakata (b. 1957)
EDUCATION
1985 MFA, Art Practice, University of California, Davis
1985 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1980 BA, Art Practice, University of California, Davis, Phi Beta Kappa
TEACHING
Professor Emerita, Painting & Drawing, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
RESIDENCY AWARDS
2022 Morris Graves Foundation, Fortuna, California
2020 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Cascade Head, Oregon
2019 Monson Arts Residency, Monson Arts, Monson, Maine
2018 Skaftfell Artist Residency, Center for Visual Arts,
Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland
2017 Lucid Art Residency, Inverness, California
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Grace Munakata, Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
2016 Recent Paintings & Collages, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, SF, CA
2014 Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Paintings, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2012 Habitation, St. Supery Estates Art Gallery, Rutherford, CA
2011 It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, Braunstein Quay Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2009 b. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2008 New Work, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Near at Hand, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 A Thousand Layers of Self, James Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 New Work, Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
1999 Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA, two-person show with Michael Tompkins
Recent Artists: Paintings and Drawings, Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997 Recent Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Recent Paintings, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1991 Mixed Media on Paper, Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1989 Recent Work, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986 Introductions ‘86, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Landscape Drawings, Shackelford & Sears, Davis, CA
1985 MFA Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
1984 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Dancing with Charlie: Bay Area Art from the Campbell Collection, Sonoma Valley
Museum of Art, Sonoma CA (catalog)
2021 Making their Mark, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2021 Wayne Thiebaud, Influencer: A New Generation, Manetti Shrem Museum,
University of California, Davis, CA.
2019 Three Views, Ann Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2019 artMRKT, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2019 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2018 Lucid Art Residency Annual Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2017 EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT, Fort Mason, SF, CA
2016 Celebrating Ruth, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University Gallery, CSUEB, Hayward, CA
2015 Collage-New Directions, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2014 artMRKT, San Francisco, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art Silicon Valley San Mateo County Event Center, San Mateo, CA
2013 artMRKT, San Francisco, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
Art Miami, International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL
EXPO Chicago, festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012 artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center San Francisco, CA
Transcendental Visions, The Independent, Sand City, CA. (catalog)
A Selection of Gallery Artists, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco,CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
Art Miami, International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL
LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
photo courtesy of Grace Munakata
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2011 Crosscurrents, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Show, University Gallery, CSU East Bay
Collage, Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part 2,
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2009 Assemblage, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Balancing Perspectives: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art, JFK
University Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Contemporary Drawings and Works on Paper, Center for Contemporary Art,
Sacramento, CA
2007 Coming Attractions - Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Cut, copy, paste: the art of contemporary collage, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara
University, Santa Clara, CA
Branch Out, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, SF, CA
The Miniature Show, Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA
A private need; Manuel Neri's art collection, Arts Benicia Gallery
Invitational Exhibition, Richard Nelson Gallery, UCD, Davis, CA
2000 Self Portraits, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Selected Recent Acquisitions, Richard Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Review and Preview, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists in Embassies Program (AIEP) Exhibition, Lima Peru (catalog)
Simply Drawing, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Artists Valentines, Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis
1999
They hold up half the sky, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1998 Inaugural Exhibition, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, CSU Hayward
Off the Wall, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1997 Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Invitational Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis
1996 Group Exhibition, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Franciscom, CA
1994 Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
Good things come…, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Yellow Forest, SOMAR Gallery, SF, CA
North by Northeast 2, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (catalog)
Landscapes & Still lifes of the Sacramento Valley School,
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento
1993 Contemporary Artists of the California Landscape, John Natsoulas Gallery,
Davis, CA
Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1992 East is East, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Northern California to Northern Italy, Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
Looking Out/Looking In, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (catalog)
Rodeo, a studio community, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, CA
1991 Kingsley Centennial, Artworks Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
1990 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists of Contra Costa County, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College of California,
Moraga, CA
1989 Landscape Visions, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1988 The Contemporary Romantic Landscape, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 West Coast Collage, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Shackleford & Sears, Davis, CA
1986 All California 86, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Faculty Show, Sierra College, Winstead Gallery, Rocklin, CA
1985 A Place Apart, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Davis at Berkeley, Heller Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
Post 84 Show, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
Chann Eliott Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Collage, Winstead Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
1984 American Works on Paper, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY