THE ART of MOTOKO"Gloria*" YASUE

​Artist Curriculum Vitae | Motoko Yasue

 

EDUCATION:

• Master of Fine Arts - Studio Art, Houston Baptist University, 2021, Houston, TX.

• Associate of Arts - Studio Art with Highest Honor, Houston Community College, 2018, Houston, TX.

• Teaching Certificate - Painting, Glassell School of Art | Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2016, Houston, TX.

• Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Sophia University, 1986, Tokyo, Japan

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 2021          Honorable Mention Award, April Gallery Show, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, TX.

• 2021          First Place Award, January Gallery Show, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, TX.

• 2020-21     Kristen Saleri Visual Art Scholarship Award, Houston, TX.  

• 2019-21     Houston Baptist University Art Scholarship Award and Teaching Assistant-ship, Houston, TX.

• 2017          Glassell School of Art Scholarship Award of Advanced Watercolor, Houston, TX.

• 2017          Art Ambassador Trip Award, Houston Community College, Boston, MA.

• 2017          Third Place Award, Houston Community College Spring Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2017          Honorable Mention Award, Houston Community College Fall Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2016          Best of Show Award, Houston Community College Spring Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2015          Honorable Mention Award, Houston Community College Fall Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2014          Glassell School of Art Scholarship Award of Life-drawing, Houston, TX.

 

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITION:

• 2022          Makerspace Wall Featured Artist: Motoko Yasue, Hardy & Nance Studio, Houston, TX

• 2014          Motoko Yasue: Texas Oil & Gas Sector Landscape Impressionistic Art Show,

                       Hallettsville Cultural Events Center, Hallettsville, TX.

 

PERMANENT COLLECTION

• 2022-        Houston Christian University Fine Art Museum

• 2021-        Ground Zero 360

 

CURATED AND JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2024         International Online Exhibition"HERE and NOW 2024", Gallerium gallery, Canada

• 2023         Winter, Art Museum TX, Sugar Land, TX.

• 2023          Jurried WAS-H Annual Member Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society Houston, TX.

• 2023          Fine Arts Museum Permanent Collection "Honoring Mr.Warren Kreft's Donation",

                       Houston Christian University, TX,

• 2023          Ground Zero 360 "September 11, Remembrance", Quick Art Center, St. Bonaventure University, NY.

• 2023          SUMMER, Art Museum TX, Sugar Land, TX.

• 2023          People Places and Things: Featuring Houston Artists, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, TX.

• 2023          Chloe's Pink Cloud Experience | Featuring MOTOko : Weekend Pop-Up, Chloe Art Studio, Houston

• 2023          Summer Exhibition, Art Museum TX SL, Sugarland, TX.       

• 2022          Ground Zero 360 "Remembrance the September 11", Houston Baptist University gallery, Houston, TX.

• 2022          Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Art Museum TX, Sugarland, TX.

• 2022          SHINES Art School of HBU, Art Museum TX, Sugarland, TX.

• 2022          Mashed 5: A Mash-up Art Show, The Hardy & Nancy Studios, Houston, TX.

• 2021-22     Holiday Bubbles: Sculpture Month Houston, Art Museum TX Cinco Ranch, Katy, TX.

• 2021-22     The Ground Zero 360 20th Year Observance “Remembrance”, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX.

• 2021          Art Crawl, Hardy & Nance Studios, Houston, TX.

• 2021          The Ground Opening “ART THRIVES: GROUP EXHIBITION”, Art Museum TX SL, Sugarland, TX.

• 2021          Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX.

• 2021          April Gallery Show, Watercolor Art Society- Houston, Houston, TX.

• 2021          TASA Artvation Student Show (Juror John Spriggins), Austin, TX

• 2021          January Gallery Show, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, Houston, TX.

• 2021          ALL Women Artist Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Wilmington, DE.

• 2020          “Art is Hope” International Art Competition/Group Exhibition, The Faris Foundation, Sugarland, TX.

• 2020          Tagebuch Covid 19 Daybook Exhibition, Mönchskirche Salzwedel, Germany.

• 2020          43rd International Water-medium Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, Houston, TX.

• 2019          Thesis Ready 2020, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX.

• 2018          Rising Eyes of Texas 2018, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX.

• 2017          The Glassell School of Art Exhibition, Kinder Morgan Series “Building Inside and Out”,

                       Kinder Morgan Tower, Houston, TX.

• 2017          GCIC Mentor Exhibition, Brazos Port College, Richwood, TX.

• 2017          Houston Community College Spring Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2017          Houston Community College Fall Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2016          Glassell School of Art Certificate Graduation Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2016          Houston Community College Spring Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2015          Houston Community College Fall Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX

• 2015          Glassell School of Art, Annual selected/Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2015          Glassell School of Art Selected Group Exhibition Series “Advanced Drawing” Kinder Morgan Tower,

                       Houston, TX.

• 2013          Glassell School of Art Annual selected/Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX.

• 2012          Glassell School of Art Drawing Show, Houston, TX.

• 2012          Glassell School of Art Student Alumni Organization Juried Select Exhibition, Houston, TX.

 

PUBLICATION/INTERVIEW:

• 2023         Interview on Canvas Rebel "Meet Motoko Yasue"

• 2021          “Ground Zero Remembrance” (printed exhibition catalog, P.75, ISBN: 978-1-5136-8942-5)

• 2020          "SHOUTOUT HTX: Meet Motoko Gloria Yasue | Artist & Painter"

• 2018          “VOYAGE HOUSTON: Art & Life with Motoko ‘Gloria’ Yasue”

 

ACTIVITIES:

• 2023           Live Painting Show hosted by Art Museum TX, Sugarland, TX.

• 2022-          International Sculpture Group member

• 2020-          Watercolor Art Society - Houston member

• 2019           Supplemental Instructor of Painting Class, Houston Community College, Houston, TX.

• 2019           Smither Park mosaic art volunteer assistant Houston, TX.

• 2018-19      Boot Award artist for M.D. Anderson’s fundraising, “Boot Walk to End Cancer”, Houston, TX.

• 2018-19      Teaching assistant for watercolor painting classes at The Women’s Home, Houston, TX.

 

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