MIKA YOKOTA
Born in Kyoto, Japan
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Former artist-in-residence at Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Currently studying for an MFA at Otis College of Art and Design
EDUCATION
2007 BS Atmospheric Science, UCLA
2013 BFA Illustration, Art Center College of Design
2023 MFA Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design (Candidate)
EXHIBITS
2021 I, You, We, TX2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Korean War Memorial Exhibition, Proxy Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Love, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Cosmic Threads, Judson Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Artists’ Annual Exhibition 2019, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 Berkeley Civic Center Show, Berkeley Civic Center, Berkeley, CA
Of All That Is You, Galallery, San Francisco, CA
LA Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nevertheless, Galallery, San Francisco, CA
Public Art Piece, Athens B Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 Self Reflections Mural, Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA
Social Justice Mural, TEDxOakland, Oakland, CA
STATEMENT
My inter-disciplinary art practice engages printmaking, painting, sculpture, music and performance. The themes of my work involve reclamation of bodily knowledge and agency, ancestral communication, and Asian American diaspora. I explore these themes leveraging archival research, community dialogue, critical race and gender theory.
Mika Yokota
mikaxmoka@gmail.com