Education:
M.F.A. (Printmaking), San Francisco State University, Distinguished Graduate Student Award
B.F.A. (Painting), University of Hawaii

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2007
To the New York Islands, Soho20 Gallery, New York

2005
Personal References, Soho20 Gallery, New York

2003
Gayle Tanaka: It's About Time, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Access Gallery,
Staten Island, New York

2002
Personal Effects, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Buffalo, New York

2000
Gayle Tanaka: Boxing Memories, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago

1997
Office Politics, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

1996
Gayle Tanaka: Office Politics, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco

1995
eye/I matter(s)--Gayle Tanaka: photographic construction and installations, 1078 Gallery, Chico
Gayle Tanaka: Views From Without, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Gayle Tanaka: Mixed Media Photo Installation, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco

1994
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009
Broad Shoulders & Brotherly Love, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

2006
Radiant, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
Fresh A.I.R., Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston

2005
Scents of Purpose, Jewish Museum San Francisco
Silver: Snug Harbor Cultural Center Studio Program, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Artists in Residence, Anchor Graphics, Chicago

2002
A.R.C. National II, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago
Invisible Cities, Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
Postcards, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

2000
Generations II, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

1999
Making Change, Jewish Museum San Francisco
Passing, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino
Casa de Espantos, SOMARTS, San Francisco
Resilient Images: Reflections upon Japanese Internment, Japantown Peace Plaza, San Francisco

1998
The Mexterminator: Museo Interactivo de Etnografia Experimental & Cultura Apocaliptica,
SOMAR, San Francisco
Labyrinth: A Day of the Dead Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco
Contents and Contexts: Lithography after 200 years, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu
Day of the Dead/El Dia de los Muertos: Artists' Installations, The Museum of Art & History,
The McPherson Center, Santa Cruz

1997
VIVA! A Celebration of Three Decades at the Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Labyrinth for the Dead, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco

1996
Yesterday, Today & Ma–ana: Rooms for the Dead, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco

1995
Kala Fellowship Awards Exhibition, Kala Institute, Berkeley
Cultural Baggage, Rice Media Center Gallery, Rice University, Houston

1994
bodies and souls, Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley
Rooms for the Dead, Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco

1993
Object, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

Awards/Residencies:
2001 BCAT/Rotunda Gallery Artists' Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Knight Foundation Visiting Artist Fellowship at Brandywine Workshop Philadelphia
2000 Anchor Graphics Artists in Residence, Chicago, IL
1996 Puffin Foundation Grant Award
1994 Kala Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA

Bibliography
Kara Kelley Hallmark, Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists, Greenwood Press, 2007.
Ariella Cohen, Ritual Objects Redefined, review, Forward, 6 May 2005.
Michael J. Freesola, A Fresh Take on Old Topics in 'It's About Time' Installation, review, Staten Island Advance,
10 January 2003.
Blaise Schweitzer, In the Eyes of Beholders, review, Sunday Freeman, 2 June 2002.
Bruce Adams, East meets West, review, Buffalo News, 12 April 2002.
Gayle Tanaka, I'll Miss Myself When I Die, New Graphics Revival, 2001.
Making Change: Reinterpreting the Act of Charity in Jewish Culture and Faith, review, Spirituality & Health, Fall 2000.
Michael Weinstein, review, 5 Shows to See Now, New City, 20 April 2000.
Nancy Segal, More Than Just a Box, review, Forward, 31 December 1999.
Jean Schiffman, A Great Escape: San Francisco's Small Museums, review, San Francisco Arts Monthly, December 1999.
Allison Arieff, A Mexican Presence: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, California, review, Art Nexus,
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Kenneth Baker, Nontraditional Fare From Israel, Mexico: Yerba Buena shows pick apart stereotypes, review,
San Francisco Chronicle, 5 September 1998.
Jose F. Aranda, Betty Joseph and Padmaja Challakere, Unpacking Postcolonialism, review, afterimage, January/February 1996.
Michael Weinstein, review, New City, September 1995.
Margaret Hawkins, Exhibits Look in on Outsider Art, review, Chicago Sun-Times, 1 September 1995.
Gayle Tanaka, The Long and the Short of It, Zyzzyva, Spring 1995.
Terri Cohn, Where Worlds Meet: Vida y Muerte: art that honors life through death, review, Artweek, 1 December 1994.
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David Bonetti, Alternative Production Looks from the Floor up, review, San Francisco Examiner, 13 January 1994.