BIO
Miya Ando’s steel canvases and sculpture articulate themes of contradiction and juxtaposition of ideas. The foundation of her practice is transformation of surfaces. Half Japanese & half Russian-American, Ando is a descendant of Bizen sword makers and was raised in a Buddhist temple in Japan and in coastal Northern California. She has continued her 16th generation Japanese sword smithing and Buddhist lineage by combining metals, reflectivity and light in her transcendent paintings and sculpture. In 2011 she completed two memorial sculptures for the 9/11 in which she utilized 30 foot tall pieces of steel which had fallen from the World Trade Center Buildings. Ando’s work is has been exhibited extensively throughout the world, including a recent show curated by Guggenheim curator Nat Trotman. Miya’s public commissions include projects in South Korea, London, New York and California. Her work appears in many important public and private collections and she is the recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in 2012, the Thanatopolis Special Artist Award and Public Outdoor Commission Winner and Puffin Foundation Grant winner. She received her Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude in East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and continued her studies at Yale University, in addition to serving as an apprentice to a master metal smith in Japan.
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SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS
2013 Bronx Museum AIM Residency
2012 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award
2012 Blooom Art Award Finalist, Germany
2010 Thanatopolis Special Artist Award and Public Outdoor Commission Winner
2010 Puffin Foundation Grant Award Winner
2009 Fundraiser Co-Chair, The Indigo Youth Movement / New York, NY & Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Public Ambassador, Element Advocate, International print and media campaign
2007 Jury Prize Honorable Mention, Nascent Art / New York, NY
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2012
“Obon: Puerto Rico”, Fist Art Foundation, Puerto Rico. Outdoor, ephemeral public art commission.
2011
“Obon: Temple”, Haein Art Project, Outdoor public commission, 108 luminous resin and phosphorescent cube sculptures for the millennial celebration of The Haeinsa Buddhist Temple, South Korea
“Reflectivity”, September 11 Memorial Sculpture made from a 24” piece of World Trade Center Steel, for CalFire California Fire Department.
“After 9/11”, September 11 Memorial Sculpture, created from 30 foot pieces of World Trade Center Steel, London UK
2010
“Quietness”, Non Denominational Chapel, San Francisco General Hospital/ / San Francisco
“Obon [Meditation 1-8]“, Thanatopolis Outdoor Memorial Sculpture / Norwalk, CT
“Sakura Reichstag”, temporary outdoor installation, invisible luminous paint on snow / Berlin, Germany
“Beautiful Night”, Invisible luminous wall mural, Safdi Plaza Realty / Brooklyn, NY
“Shelter [Meditation 1-12]“, 40’ installed, The Healing Place Non Denominational Chapel Woman’s Shelter / Louisville, KY
2009
“8-Fold Path” Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society / Los Angeles, CA
“Let There Be Light”, St. John’s Bread & Life Non Denominational Chapel / New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Solo Exhibition, Mujo [Impermanence] Sundaram Tagore Gallery/NYC
Solo Exhibition, K Imperial Gallery/San Francisco [Forthcoming]
2012
“Meditations” Madison Galleries/La Jolla CA
2011
“The Color of Light” Lora Schlesinger Gallery/ Santa Monica CA
“Elements” Galerie Sho Contemporary Art / Tokyo
“Reflections” Shibuya Seibu Artspace / Tokyo
“Chado: The Way of Tea” Artxchange Gallery / Seattle
2010
“Shinobu” de Castallane Gallery / Brooklyn NY
“Meditations”Art Ecology Gallery / Louisville KY
“Small Meditative Works”, Lora Schlesinger Gallery / Santa Monica CA
2009
“”Luminous Transcendent”, Bryant Street Gallery / Palo Alto CA
“Next Post: 18 Solo Projects”, Rupert Ravens Contemporary / Newark NJ
2008
“Vanishing Point of Departures”, Anne Reed Gallery / Sun Valley ID
“Revelation and Reflection”, Bandini Art Gallery / Culver City CA
“Introspective Environments”, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Museum / Staten Island
2007
“Miya Ando”, Edith Caldwell Gallery / Sausalito CA “Miya Ando”
Galerie Sho / Tokyo Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum & Wave Hill, New York, NY (forthcoming)
Archives of the Ephemeral: Ten Interventions in Nature, Escuela de Bellas Artes de Ponce, Puerto Rico
8 Stories, 8 Women, Sundaram Tagore Gallery Hong Kong
A Strong Hand That Nonetheless Gets You Nowhere, Kunsthalle Galapagos, New York
Limuw: An Ode To The Sea, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Thinking Like The Universe, K Imperial Gallery, San Francisco & Hatch Gallery, Oakland
2012
The Hermitage, St Petersburg & IMAL Brussels, “Timekeeper”
Sagrado Corazon University, “Archives of the Ephemeral: Ten Artistic Interventions in Nature”, Puerto Rico
Sundaram Tagore Gallery “Installation 1″ NYC
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art/ New York Armory Fair, New York
Shibuya Seibu Gallery “Art Meets New York” Galerie Sho, Tokyo
Stories To Wake Up With, The Market Studios Dublin, Ireland
Kunstfilmtag, Language Is The House We Live In, Auditorium of the Artists Association Malkasten, Düsseldorf
2011
“Perspectives” Sundaram Tagore Gallery / New York
“Wa: The Art of Japan” Gensler Art Gallery / San Francisco
“The Cutting Light” exhibition, Galerie Vanessa Quang / Paris France
“Wide Open” BWAC, Red Hook, NY Curated by Nate Trotman, Guggenheim
“Misc” Art Finance Partners, New York / NY
2010
“Sweetcake Enso” Travelling Zendo Exhibition, Empty Hand Zendo New Rochelle / NY Village Zendo
“The Happy Tree” Monster Children & Element / Sydney Australia
“Diversity in Dialogue” Muriel Guepin Gallery / Brooklyn NY
“The Art of Light”, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery / Berlin Germany
2009
“Hypothetical Landscapes”, Janet Kurnatowski / Brooklyn NY
“W Hotel”, White Gallery / Times Square NY
2008
“Out of the Blue”, Attleboro Arts Museum / Attleboro MA
“Places and Manners of Worship”, Museum of Byzantine Culture / Greece
“Theme of Compassion”, ArtXchange Gallery / Seattle, WA* (*exhibit collaboration w/gathering feat. His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet)
“Lack of Desire”, Brooklyn Arts Council / Brooklyn NY
2007
“Duopolis”, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary / Oakland CA
“Distilled Moments”, 111 Minna Gallery / San Francisco CA
“New Wave Contemporary”, Galerie Sho / Tokyo Japan
“Homo Bellicus, A Geneology of War” / Berlin Germany
“Director’s Selection”, Edith Caldwell Gallery / Sausalito CA
SELECTED PRESS
2013
Surface Magazine Asia: Brevity and Light
Art Radar Asia Journal: Drawing Attention, Female Artists Across Asia on International Woman’s Day
Avant Garde Diaries Video Interview: Miya Ando and Sogetsu Ikebana
Trendhunter: Luminescent Leaf Installation
Lamono Magazine: Element Eden Advocate Miya Ando
Inhabitat: Artist Miya Ando’s Bioluminescent Leaves Emit a Soft Nighttime Glow
My Modern Met: 1000 Beautiful Bioluminescent Leaves Radiate At Night
The Wild Magazine: Miya Ando Meditative Metals
This Is Colossal: Miya Ando’s Flotilla of 1000 Bioluminescent Leaves
Hong Kong Hustle: 8 Women/8 Stories Exhibition
MadMag Brasil: As Folhas Fluorescentes de Miya Ando
Say It With Silence: Miya Ando
For Example Magazine: Miya Ando
2012
Sculpture Magazine: Commissions in Brief, Miya Ando Obon
Artpulse: Miya Ando Obon, Fall 2012
Written River Journal: Feature Interview Miya Ando, Winter
The Village (Russia): Office of the Week Moscow, December
The Artpoint: Miya Ando, Ceremonies of the Ephemeral, DecemberHuffington Post: Remebering September 11th, 2001: 20 Artworks Inspired by 9/11, September
Cool Hunter: Miya Ando Studio Visit, July
Yanko Design: Iron and Silk Scarf, July
Design Sponge: “Miya Ando“, July
Design Boom: “Miya AndoTetsu to Kinu Scarf“, July
Moco Loco: “Iron and Silk Scarf by Miya Ando”, July
NotCoture, NotCot: “Tetsu to kinu scarf (鉄と絹スカーフ)“, July
SPOON AND TAMAGO:”Studio Visit: Miya Ando” , July
SPOON AND TAMAGO: “Obon: Miya Ando’s installation of 1000 bioluminescent floating leaves”, June
LONDON DESIGN JOURNAL: “Obon Installation || Miya Ando” June
ARTISTA INTERNATIONAL MIYA ANDO OBON, June
CLAM MAG (PARIS): “Fresh by Miya Ando” May
VISUAL ART BEAT MAGAZINE: “New Collections; Miya Ando” January
MINIMAL EXPOSITION: “Miya Ando Color of Light Exhibition”, January
EDEN BEHIND THE SEAMS: “Miya Ando, Eden Advocate”
2011
HITSPAPER MAGAZINE (JAPAN) ‘Interview with Miya Ando’
REGISTER PAJARONIAN: ’9/11 Memorial Unveiled at Corralitos Fire Station’, December
IBUKI MAGAZINE: ‘Miya Ando; Finding Stillness in Steel’, December
WATSONVILLE PATCH: “‘Hallowed Material’ becomes 9/11 Memorial in Corralitos” December
FLJ MAGAZINE (JAPAN): ‘Miya Ando Creating Meditative Spiritual Environments with Metals’
LODOWN MAGAZINE ‘Speed; The Annual Art Edition’
THE SEATTLE STRANGER: ‘Steel like Sky; the twisted memorials and other art by Miya Ando’
METROPOLIS TOKYO: ‘Miya Ando Exhibition; Swordsmith influenced memorial art’
THE STAR: “Miya Ando Photo”, November
MONSTER CHILDREN: “Miya Ando Artist Profile”
ARTSCRUSH SEATTLE: “Miya Ando’s Chado; The Way of Tea”
VHS MAGAZINE (JAPAN) “Miya Ando exhibitions”
KOREAN TOP NEWS: “Haeinsa Celebrates 1000 years of Tripitaka Koreana”
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER: “Chado Show by Miya Ando”
THE NEW YORK TIMES: “Lost Lives, Diminished Power”“The 28-foot-tall London shard, adapted into a sculpture by a New York-based artist, Miya Ando, was erected in London’s Battersea Park last week.” PDF
CNN: “Miya Ando: 9-11 Meets 3-11 in Altered Metal Art”, September 21 PDF
WALL STREET JOURNAL: “London Unveils 9/11 Memorial” PDF
FORBES: “US Artist Miya Ando poses for photographers after the unveiling of her artwork ‘After 9/11”
YAHOO PHOTO OF THE DAY: “Miya Ando with 9/11 Memorial Sculpture”
ABC NEWS “Today in Pictures: Eagle scout Jeff Cox looks up at New York artist Miya Ando’s sculpture”
BBC NEWS “9/11 Sculpture Unveiled in Battersea Park” London, September
SW LONDONER: “9/11 Artwork Searching for Permanent London Home”, September 26, 2011
ARTINFO: “Art Historian Simon Schama on Why He Supports London’s Controversial 9/11 Memorial”
NHK NEWS JAPAN: Miya Ando featured in 9/11 Documentary
DAILY UK: “Art Exhibitions Reflect on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11″
WASHINGTON TIMES: “Remnants of Twin Towers find role in London’s 9/11 Memorial”
NY1 NEWS (TELEVISION): “Brooklyn Artist’s 9/11 Sculpture Debuts Across The Pond”
SHAMBHALA SUN:”Peace [After 9/11],” a monumental new sculpture by artist Miya Ando Debuts”
ARTWORK OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS MAGAZINE: “Steel from Twin Towers used for 9/11 Artwork”
BIG POND: “Sculpture Created from 9/11 Ruins”
TELEGRAPH LONDON: “Pictures of the Day Telegraph London, couple looks at Miya Ando Sculpture”
EXPRESS UK: “Why a piece of 9/11 has found a home in Britain”
EPAK MAGAZINE (PAKISTAN): “Remnants of twin towers find role in London 9/11 Memorial”
GUARDIAN UK: “9/11 Artwork unveiled in Battersea Park as part of Educational Project”
HAUNQIU (CHINA): “9/11” Haunqiu China, September
INTERKSYON (FRANCE) “Britain launches 9/11 website for schoolchildren”
LA STAMPA (ITALY): “11 Settembre: in Gran Bretagna un sito per I ragazzi”
DAILY MAIL UK: “Mangled girders from Twin Towers unveiled as 9/11 London Memorial”
THE SUN: “London unveils memorial for 9/11”
LONDON SE1: “Simon Schama delivers Southwark’s John Harvard Memorial Lecture”
OFW MAGAINE (PHILIPPINES): “London launches 9/11 website for schoolchildren”
RADIO NETHERLANDS “El ex jefe de bomberos de Nueva York recuerda a ‘sus hombres’
THE DAILY MAIL: “9/11 Memorial Sculpture made from World Trade Center Girders unveiled in London”
THE TELEGRAPH “Boris Johnson: ‘people believe a load of tripe about 9/11’ September
TERRA (BRAZIL)“Dez Anos Do 11 De Setembro”
UNIVISION NOTICIAS (MEXICO)“Gran Bretana lanza programa para explicar el 11-S a los ninos”
VN EXPRESS (VIETNAM) “Anh lap trang web day sur kien 11/9 cho tree m”
YORKSHIRE POST: “Steel From Twin Towers used for 9/11 Artwork”
BUSINESS INSIDER “Blinded out Adrenaline Rush”
ART IN NYC “Perspectives at Sundaram Tagore Gallery”
LUXURY LAUNCHES“Miya Ando Furisode Kimono”
NY1 NEWS (TELEVISION) “July 14 Your Weekend Start Now, Weekend Picks: Sundaram Tagore Gallery”
TREND HUNTER “Impermeable Dressing Gowns Miya Ando Kimono”
GLOBAL ASIAN CULTURE“Miya Ando at Sundaram Tagore Gallery”
ART OF THE DAY “Temporal by Miya Ando”
SPOON AND TAMAGO “Miya Ando: Stainless Steel and Sterling Silver Kimono,”
ANOTHER MAGAZINE “Miya Ando Kimono”
AUDREY MAGAZINE“Miya Ando’s Stainless Steel Kimono,”
RED BULL “Interview and Studio Visit with Miya Ando”
FOAM MAGAZINE“Miya Ando ‘Cutting Light’ Exhibit”
HEARTBEAT MEDIA (GERMANY)“Miya Ando – Ausstellung in Paris”
LODOWN MAGAZINE “Recent Images from Miya Ando’s ‘Cutting Light’ Exhibition,”
HESA IN PRINT Hesa In Print Magazine: “Miya Ando”
MONSTER CHILDREN, Monster Children: “Miya Ando NYC,”
RED BULL, “Miya Ando: Cold Steel, Warm Heart,”
SHAMBHALA SUN “Dharma & Steel: Meet Miya Ando,”
GUARDIAN NEWS “How much bearing should grief have on public art”
REUTERS Reuters: “Victims’ concerns put London 9/11 Sculpture on Hold,”
MoMA PS 1: “Studio Visit, Miya Ando”
ART LOG MAGAZINE: “Miya Ando,”
ARTDAILY:“Second coming of Ando Steelworkers” Art Daily / January
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR: “UNFATHOMABLE OCEAN” BY JOHN O’HERN
THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD: “Ten Years On, New York Donates 9/11 Girders to Make London Sculpture”
FOX NEWS:“Sculpture made from 9/11 ruins to be installed in London park”
LONDONIST “9/11 Memorial for Potter’s Field Park?”
DAILY MAIL UK: “London to Unveil 9/11 Memorial” Daily Mail UK
ETHIOPIAN NEWS; “9/11 Memorial for Potter’s Field Park” Ethiopian News
SWEETCAKE ENSO “Works at the Empty Hand Zen Center Exhibition”
SKVOT (RUSSIA) “Выставка под загадочным названием ‘Shinobu’“
THE AWAKENED EYE “Swords and Steel and Subtle Traces of Nothingness”
OH COMELY MAGAZINE: “Wool, Clay, Felt and Steel: Artists and the Crafts they Love”
JUICE MAGAZINE “Daily Dose of Art: Miya Ando October 11, 2010”
FOAM MAGAZINE “Recap: Shinobu with Element Eden Advocate Miya Ando”
AUDREY MAGAZINE “Fall Issue Extra: Miya Ando”
BROOKLYN THE BOROUGH; “Perseverance is a Virtue: Miya Ando Solo Exhibition”
BEAUTIFUL DECAY “Miya Ando Artwork”
RAGAZINE ART MAGAZINE; “Meditations in Steel”
AUDREY MAGAZINE ;“Night Light: Miya Ando Artwork” Audrey Magazine
STYLEMAG “So vergänglich wie Stahl”
LODOWN MAGAZINE “Miya Ando Veins of Luminous Steel”
STYLE AND THE FAMILY TUNES MAGAZINE “Mrs Smith” Miya Ando Profile and Interview
SLIDER MAGAZINE (JAPAN) “Miya Ando Girls in Da Hood” May
FAUXAMI GERMANY “Art of Light Ausstellung in Berlin”
BLONDE MAGAZINE “Miya Ando, I’m Beautiful Night”
OFFLINE MAGAZINE (HUNGARY) “Miya Ando Acel Element Boardja”
EPOCH TIMES “Die Stahlschmiedekunstlerin Miya Ando”, Interview / March
WORLD NEWS, “Miya Ando Sakura Reichstag” March
LEO WEEKLY, “Meditative Space for The Healing Place Miya Ando in Louisville”
INDIA TIMES, “Miya Ando Art of Light”
CLARK MAGAZINE “Miya Ando @ Berlin”
VICE MAGAZINE “Miya Ando Ausstellung Morgen!”
LODOWN MAGAZINE: “Resplendency Art Exhibit” February
SPOON AND TAMAGO “Hikari Cube//Miya Ando”
HUCK MAGAZINE “Miya Ando Art of Light Exhibition”
SANTA MONICA MIRROR “New Fades and Small Meditative Fields”
HEYOKA MAGAZINE “Miya Ando” Interview
LA TIMES “Meditative Fields” Miya Ando at Lora Schlesinger
BUDDHIST ART NEWS “Post Minimalist Miya Ando”
WE ARE (German Magazine)“Miya Ando ‘Art of Light’”
LA WEEKLY “New Fades” Lora Schlesinger Exhibition
COOLER MAGAZINE “Elemental Advocate…” interview by Anna Langer
LODOWN MAGAZINE “Miya Ando on Steel”
HUCK MAGAZINE, “Miya Ando x Indigo Youth Movement” by Shelley Lee Jones, Oct
ASTORY MAGAZINE, “Miya Ando” by Diane Chang, Nov
GBNYC “St John‘s First…” by Stephen del Percio
DAILY NEWS, “Art for Food Pantry Miya Ando Public Commission
BROOKLYN EAGLE“Brooklyn People; Miya Ando” by Caitlin McNamara
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST HUNGER “Artist’s Work Feeds Hungry…”
ART IN BROOKLYN “Miya Ando” profile
ART21 “Kickstarter Creative…”, by An Xiao,
RURAL INTELLIGENCE “RI Selects, Miya Ando exhibition”
LAKEVIEW JOURNAL “New Techniques / New Ideas” by Leon Graham,
ARTCRITICAL “Hypthetical Landscapes” by Justin Terry
WOMAN MAGAZINE “Miya Ando Women’s Writing”
ARTCRITICAL, “Pic of the Day”
FLASH ART INTERNATIONAL, “18 Solo Shows Under one Roof” by Tate Olsen, May
TIMEOUT NY “Newark Day Trip” by Grace Smith,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Works from New Talent…” by Benjamin Gnocchi, New York Times / March
NEWARD USA “Museums On Us” Miya Ando solo exhibition review
NYLON MAGAZINE Miya Ando artist featured in national Campaign for Element
ART LTD. “Surprising Idaho” by Richard Speer, Dec
THE MAGAZINE“Miya Ando Review” by Anna Meliksetian, July
LUX MAGAZINE “Hot Summer Exhibits”
LAIST MAGAZINE ‘MIYA ANDO REVIEW’ LOS ANGELES, CA
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE: “Review of Miya Ando Stanoff At The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art ” by Michael Freesola, April
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, “Miya Ando Stanoff”
SHINCHO WEEKLY MAGAZINE (JAPAN) “Miya Ando in Tokyo” Galerie Sho Solo Exhibition, Tokyo Japan
7X7 MAGAZINE ‘Miya Ando’ San Francisco
K MAGAZINE (RUSSIA) “(Miya Ando) Landscapes of totally unearthly beauty, and meditative to the limit.”
FUJI SANKEI (JAPAN) ‘Miya Ando’ Sho Galerie Review, Tokyo Japan
RESIDENCIES
2012-2013 Bronx Museum AIM Residency
2009 Northern California’s Public Art Academy / San Jose CA
MUSEUMS
The Hermitage, St Petersburg, Exhibition
Aldrich Contemporary, Exibition
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition
Byzantine Museum, Greece Exhibition
Chapman University Collection
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Guest Artist Lecture, Pratt University, February 2013
Fashion Institute of Technology, January 2013, Guest Artist Critic
Guest Artist Lecture, Pratt University, October 2012
Visiting Artist Critic, Pratt University, September, 2012
Museum of Contemporary Art, Puerto Rico May, 2012
Artist’s Talk and Panel Discussion: 3/11 Japan, Pratt University New York, June 2012
Artist’s Talk, The New School, New York “Rethinking Inheritance: Creating Kinship”, April 2012
Artist’s Talk with Yoko Kobayashi-Baker, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo November 2011
Artist Talk in conjunction with solo exhibition ‘Chado’ The Way of Tea, Artxchange Gallery, Seattle October 2011
Pratt University, Guest Artist for Karl Chu Architecture, 2011
Artist Talk in Conjunction with Exhibition, Bryant Street Gallery 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Louisville / November 2009
Cipriani Club Artist Talk / New York NY / /200
TELEVISION
BBC London News September 5, 2011 London Memorial Unveiling
ITV 1 London Tonight “London Memorial Unveiling” September 5, 2011
China Broadcast September 6, 2011 London Memorial
Sky News Austrailia, Sepbember 6, 2011 “Miya Ando Commissioned to create ‘After 9/11” Sculpture for London
ITV 1 London Today “London Memorial Unveiling” September 5, 2011
“9/11 Artist Miya Ando Documentary” Good Morning Nippon, NHK News Japan, month of September
“Brooklyn Artist Debuts 9/11 Memorial Sculpture Across the Pond” NY1 News, September
“9/11” Sky News England, September 5, 2011
“Artist Helps Forge Mission of Brooklyn Soup Kitchen” Stephanie Simon, New York One Arts Report, NY1 Television News / 2010
“Subtraction and Steel” Miya Ando Interview on The Morning, Noon and Night Show, Plum TV / 2008
RADIO
BBC London 94.9 FM September 5, 2011 London Memorial
LBC 97.3 London
Heart 106.2 London September 5, 2011
BBC Radio Cumbria September 5, 2011
EDUCATION
1o Certificate of Completion, Public Art Academy Northern California
Apprentice to Master Metal Smith, Hattori Studio / Okayama Japan
Yale University, East Asian Studies / New Haven CT
UC Berkeley, East Asian Studies BS Magna Cum Laude / Berkeley CA Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List