Email Address: joanne@joannehashitani.com

 

 

 

 

 

Born in Washington D.C.

Lives and works in Oakland, CA

Education

Masters of Fine Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA

B.F.A. with high distinction, Painting/Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

B.A., Art History, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Group Exhibitions

MFA Selections Biennial, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA 2010

Museum of Pocket Art Retrospective, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, December 2009

APAture, Kearney Street Workshop, Goforaloop Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September 2009

Pocket Landscapes, Museum of Pocket Art, Traveling and Online Show, www.mopaonline.com,

Sp, 2009

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, March 2009

Sweet Sixteen, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, August 2008

Cream - from the Top, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, July 2008

Mills College M.F.A Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, May 2008

B.F.A. Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, May 2005

Honors/Awards

Jay DeFeo Merit Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2008

Headlands Center for the Arts, MFA Studio Arts Award Nominee, 2008

Sara Lewis Fellowship, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2007

Trustees’ Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2003, 2004

Reviews of Exhibition

Freedman, Rich, “Exhibit Showcases Best in the Bay Area Arts:  Top Art Students’ Work in ‘Cream’,” Vallejo Herald, August 8, 2008

Modenessi, Jennifer, “Cream of the Crop,” Oakland Tribune, August 6, 2008

Warner, Tonya, “Mills MFA Degree Show,” Percolator Magazine, Summer 2008