Biography of Motosuke Ohtake
Education
Professional Experience
Solo Shows
Group Shows
Special Projects
Public Art Projects / Public Collections
Published Artwork
Reviews
Personal
Education
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
M.F.A. in Sculpture, 1982
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
B.F.A. in Sculpture, 1979, with honors
Nihon University, College of Arts, Tokyo, Japan
B.F.A. in Design, 1975
Professional Experience
| Fall, 2005- present |
Instructor, Sculpture, Three Dimensional Design, Furniture Design, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
| Fall 2001- Spring 2002 |
Instructor, Sculpture, 3-D Design, Metal Casting, Mission College, Santa Clara, California |
| Summer 2002, 1999, 1997 | Instructor, Sculpture, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California |
| Spring 1992- Spring 2001 |
Instructor, Sculpture, Beginning Design, Three-Dimensional Form, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| Winter 1991 Spring 1990 |
Lecturer, Visual Fundamentals - Three Dimensional, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, |
Solo Shows
| 2000 | Moto Ohtake: Spatial Concepts, Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale, California |
| 1997 | Moto Ohtake: Abstract Manifestations, Further Studies in Sculpture and Printmaking, Santa Cruz Art Center Gallery, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1996 | Moto Ohtake: Geometry and Balance, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1990 | Motosuke Ohtake: Metacosmos, Gallery Show, San Francisco, California |
| 1989 | Motosuke Ohtake: Metacosmos/Recent Sculpture, Art School Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California |
Group Shows
| 2011 | Finale: Paradise Ridge 16th Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, California |
| Sculpture Is, Sierra Azul Gardens, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, California | |
| 2010 | Elemental Energy, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Assemblage + Collage + Construction, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California |
| 2008 | Kinetic Sculpture in the Gardens, A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma, California |
| Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, California | |
| De Anza College Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, California | |
| Sculpture in Motion, Art Choreographed by Nature, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 2007 | De Anza College Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, California |
| 2006 | Sculpture Is, Sierra Azul, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, California |
| 2005 | Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico |
| I. Wolk Gallery at Auberge Du Soleil, Rutherford, California | |
| Westcott Bay Sculpture Park, Roche Harbor, Washington | |
| 2004 | Wind and Water, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California |
| 2003 | Kinesis, Contemporary Sculpture in Space and Time, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California |
| De Anza College Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, California | |
| 2002 | d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose California |
| Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, California | |
| 2000 | Sculpture Is, San Jose Art League, San Jose, California, Juried by Harry Powers, Sculptor, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University |
| Form and Space, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California, Juried by Bella Feldman, Sculptor, Professor, California College of Arts and Crafts | |
| Driven to Abstraction, Sebastopol Center for Visual Arts, Sebastopol, California, Juried by Roy De Forest, Painter, Professor, University of California, Davis | |
| Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California | |
| 1999 | Erudite 3: Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos California |
| 1998 | De Anza College Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, California |
| Erudite 2: Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California | |
| 1997 | Erudite: Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos California |
| 1996 | California National, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, Juried by Stephen McGough, Director of Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California |
| Black and White III, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1995 | Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| The Sculpture Group: Fall Open Exhibit, Blackhawk Plaza, Danville, California | |
| Black and White II, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1995 | Birds in Paradise, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1994 | Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| Black and White, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1993 | Art Faculty Show, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| Amorphous Mollusk, EBA School of Art, San Francisco, California | |
| Unwrapping Japan: A Contemporary View, Works Gallery, San Jose, California | |
| 1992 | Faculty Art Show, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
| Gavilan College Faculty Show, Gilroy, California | |
| Stars: Celebration of the Creative Spirit, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1991 | Japanese Art in America, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California |
| Rental Gallery Show, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1990 | 5th Annual Open Juried Sculpture Show, Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, California |
| 1989 | Painted Sculpture/Seven Artists from the Santa Cruz Area, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Small Scale Works: Painting and Sculpture from Santa Cruz, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, California | |
| Exemplary Contempor’y, Eloise Pickard Smith Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. Juried by Carolyn Lanchner, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York | |
| Statewide Sculpture Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California | |
| Two-Person Show, Davis Art Center, Davis, California | |
| Rental Gallery, Art Museum of Santa Cruz, California | |
| 1988 | Group Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1984 | Kid Ai Luck Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1983 | Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 39th Annual Ceramic Invitational, Scripps College, Claremont, California. Invited by Richard Shaw | |
| Art Space, Nishinomiya, Japan | |
| 1982 | 29th Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California |
| M.F.A.Show, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California | |
| Working with Clay, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California | |
| 1981 | Ancient Currents Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| Second Annual Invitational Ceramics...Introductions, California State University, Hayward, California | |
| Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California | |
| Exchange Show, California Institute of Arts, Valencia, California | |
| Westwood Clay National: 1981, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California | |
| San Francisco Art Institute: 1981, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California | |
| 1980 | Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, Best of Show Award |
Special Projects.
Studied Marble Carving, Rossi Studio, Pietrasanta, Italy, Summer 2006
Guest Lecturer, Art Department, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois April 1994
State of the Arts, Radio Interview, KUSP, Santa Cruz, California July 1989
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan March 1984
Internal-External Suspension for Obsolete Body Exhibition, 80 Langton St. Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Assisted performance artist Stelark with installation and body suspension event, July 1983
Flight of Fancy, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, August, 1979.
Assisted visiting artist Alice Aycock in constructing large-scale installation piece.
Public Art Projects / Public Collections
| 2011 | SculpTOUR, City of Santa Cruz Arts Commission. Kinetic sculpture on display in downtown Santa Cruz, California, located at entrance to Pacific Ave. Fall 2011- fall 2013. |
| 2010 | Aero #7, 2012 Fulton Playground, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California. 2010. To be installed in spring 2012. |
| 2009 | Airborne 2009, Joan Darrah Promenade, Stockton, California 32 ft. kinetic sculpture located on the Stockton Marina. Installed spring, 2009 |
| 2008 | Airborne, 2008, Hardin Visitor Center, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Airborne 2007, Kojimachi Gakuen High School, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Orbiter 2006, Furze Road Project, Q-House, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2002 | Stellar Motion, #10, 2001, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
Santa Cruz County Arts Commission, Santa Cruz, California |
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Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, California |
Published Artwork
Fulton Playground Renovation Plans Nearly Complete. Richmond District Blog. June 2010.
San Juanderer. Westcott Bay Sculpture Park. April 2010. p. 16. Skagit Publishers.
Sculpture in Motion, Exhibition Catalog, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008
Birds in Paradise, Exhibition Catalog, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995
Unwrapping Japan: A Contemporary View, Exhibition Catalog, Works Gallery, San Jose, California , 1993
Dissident Song: A Contemporary Asian American Anthology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991
Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 29, 1989, Santa Cruz, California
West Art, September 8, 1989, Davis, California
Painted Sculpture/Seven Artists from the Santa Cruz Area, University of California, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, California (Exhibition Catalog) 1989
Exemplary Contempr’y, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (Exhibition Catalog) 1989
39th Ceramic Invitational, poster, Scripps College, Claremont, California ,1983
M.F.A. Show Catalog, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Californiam, 1982
Westwood Clay National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California, 1981 (Exhibition Catalog)
San Francisco Art Institute School Catalog, 1981- 1983, San Francisco, California
Academy of Art College School Catalog, 1978, San Francisco, California
Reviews
Moto Ohtake's Kinetic Sculptures Mesmerize with Movement, Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 24, 2006
Metro, Santa Cruz, California, October, 1997
Spiraling Sculptures, Seductive Sketches, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California January 19, 1996
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California September 1, 1995
Nichi Bei Times, San Francisco, California May 3, 1990
Hokubei Mainichi, San Francisco, California April 28, 1990
Artists’ Portray Multicultural Works to Kids, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California December 13, 1989
Painting Meets Sculpture in Sesnon Gallery Show, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California October 6, 1989
Solovioff and Ohtake: Two Local Artists of Note, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California June 30, 1989
Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan August 13, 1984
Personal
Born 1952, Tokyo, Japan