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Mike Saijo<\/strong>
b. 1974
mike.saijo@gmail.com<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

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Education<\/strong>
1994\u20131998<\/strong> | Pasadena Art Center College of Design \u2014 BFA Fine Art \/ Film
1992\u20131994<\/strong> | Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA \u2014 Graphic Design \/ Fine Art<\/p>\n

Public Art & Commissions<\/strong>
2024<\/strong>
\u2022 Fabrication of Nancy Uyemura\u2019s art installation, Little Tokyo Towers, LA, CA
\u2022 Tanaka Photo Archives, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
2023<\/strong>
\u2022 Intersections, Mathew Park, Boyle Heights (City of LA DCA and Dept. of Rec & Parks)
2022<\/strong>
\u2022 Portrait of Will Rogers, commissioned by Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
2020<\/strong>
\u2022 Under the Bridge with Flora Kao, Maiden LA, Grand Canal, Marina Del Rey<\/p>\n


Collections<\/strong>
\u2022 The Skirball Cultural Center, Pritzker Collection
\u2022 Collection of Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
\u2022 Orange County Museum of Agriculture and Nikkei Heritage
\u2022 West Los Angeles College<\/p>\n


Curatorial Projects<\/strong>
2025<\/strong>
\u2022 Valmiera Graffito Research Project, Valmiera, Latvia
\u2022 Memory Lane: Omoide Yokocho, Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach, CA<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\u2022 Lust for Life, 207 Gallery, Inwood, NYC
\u2022 History of Conspiracy, 207 Gallery, Inwood, NYC<\/p>\n


Solo Exhibitions<\/strong>
2024<\/strong>
\u2022 ATMINAS REKONSTRUKCIJA, ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\u2022 Intersections: A Proposal, BG Gallery, Santa Monica<\/p>\n

2021\u20132015<\/strong>
\u2022 Q|O Quantum Ocean & Mutant Mountain, BG Gallery, Santa Monica (2021)
\u2022 Q|O, Pier 2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2020)
\u2022 Spiritual Legacy Project, Akiba Art Lab, Tokyo, Japan (2018)
\u2022 Portrait Factory, LA Art Show, Los Angeles (2018)
\u2022 Terminal Island Installation, USC IGM Art Gallery, Los Angeles (2017)
\u2022 Inaka, SPARC Gallery, South Pasadena (2016)
\u2022 Sophia Gaia, LA Artcore Brewery Annex (2016)
\u2022 Recent Works, LA Artcore Brewery Annex (2015)<\/p>\n

2014\u20132004<\/strong>
\u2022 Living Legacy of Ethel Percy Andrus, USC IGM Art Gallery & Ojai Valley Museum (2014)
\u2022 We Are Spiritual Machines, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA (2014)
\u2022 Soft Machine: DNA 2, USC IGM Art Gallery (2014)
\u2022 Portraits at Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles (2013)
\u2022 Soft Machine: DNA, USC IGM Art Gallery (2011)
\u2022 Dream Deferred, Bleicher Galleries, Los Angeles (2010)
\u2022 One Piece, Bleicher \/ Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica (2009)
\u2022 3000 Worlds in a Moment, LA Artcore Brewery Annex (2008)
\u2022 Down By Law, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles (2008)
\u2022 Corpus Xeroxysm series (2004\u20132007)<\/p>\n


Selected Group Exhibitions<\/strong>
2025<\/strong>
\u2022 Dreams in Migration, BG Gallery, Santa Monica
\u2022 Poetry Reimagined, Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, CA
\u2022 Memory Lane: Omoide Yokocho, Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach<\/p>\n

2024<\/strong>
\u2022 Nature, ArtShare LA, Arts District
\u2022 Strangers, DoArte Gallery, K-Town, LA
\u2022 Gen X Forever, BG Gallery, Santa Monica<\/p>\n

2023\u20132021<\/strong>
\u2022 Now and Then, curated by Juri Knoll, BG Gallery (2023)
\u2022 LA Art Show, Portrait of Leadbelly (2023)
\u2022 CA 101, Redondo Beach, CA (2022)
\u2022 Art Market San Francisco, BG Gallery (2022)
\u2022 Legends, BG Gallery (2021)<\/p>\n

2020\u20132015<\/strong>
\u2022 Photo Flux: Unshuttered LA, Getty Museum (2020)
\u2022 Greyscale Wonderland, BG Gallery (2020)
\u2022 CA 101, Redondo Beach (2019, 2018, 2016)
\u2022 Attention to All Persons, JANM LA (2017)<\/p>\n


Awards & Honors<\/strong>
2021<\/strong> Best Film, Cinema Olympics Film Festival, Tainan, Taiwan
2019<\/strong> Public Choice Award, CA 101, Redondo Beach, CA
2018<\/strong> 1st Place & Public Choice Award, CA 101
2016<\/strong> 2nd Place & Public Choice Award, CA 101
2015<\/strong> AARP Future of Transportation Award, LAUSD
2014<\/strong> Occupy Award, CSULB Getty Museum
2012<\/strong> Research Fellow, Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles
2006<\/strong> 28th Annual Wallworks Juried Competition Winner, LA Artcore<\/p>\n

Artist Residencies<\/strong>
2025<\/strong> ISSP Artist Residency Program, Riga & Valmiera, Latvia
2024<\/strong> ArtShare LA Ellsworth Residency
2020<\/strong> Pier 2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan<\/p>\n

Presentations<\/strong>
2023<\/strong>
\u2022 Guest Speaker, Edwards M. Schwartz Federal Building, San Diego
\u2022 Guest Speaker, AAPI Heritage Month, The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks<\/p>\n


Bibliography<\/strong>
\u2022 LAist: A New Boyle Heights Park Fountain Flows With Local Histories
\u2022 The New York Times
\u2022 White Hot Magazine
\u2022 The Multifaceted Eye
\u2022 We Are Spiritual Machines: The Works of Mike Saijo
\u2022 Roosevelt\u2019s EO on Japanese American Internment (L.A. exhibition coverage)
\u2022 Dot Magazine, ArtCenter College of Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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