Gayle Tanaka

Artist and printmaker Gayle Tanaka earned her BFA in painting from the University of Hawaii and an MFA in printmaking from San Francisco State University.

She has exhibited her work nationally at institutions including SOHO20 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City; El Museo, Buffalo, NY; ARC Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, and Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL; A.I.R. Gallery, New York City; San Francisco Art Commission, Olga Dollar Gallery, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and Japantown Peace Plaza, San Francisco, CA; Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL; Newhouse Center of Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York City; Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI; and Rice Media Center at Rice University, Houston, TX.

Her awards and residencies include a BCAT/Rotunda Gallery Artists' Residency in Brooklyn, New York City; Knight Foundation Visiting Artist Fellowship at Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; Anchor Graphics artist residency, Chicago; Puffin Foundation Grant Award; and a Kala Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA.
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