M I S A T O P A N G

**B I O G R A P H Y**

Born and raised in Hong Kong to Japanese and Chinese parents, Misato migrated to the United States during late adolescence. Up until recently, she lived in New York City and relocated to St. Louis in the past year. Misato's works overlap personal narrative and cultural events, some of which allude to current social phenomenon and political discourse in Asia. She has participated in various residencies and exhibitions in the United States and Japan. Her most recent solo exhibition, "Breakdown", was a two-part exhibition that guides viewers through phases of the artist's creative process using verbal and visual languages. The synthesis of visual and auditory cues recreate spaces and moments in time, hence inviting the viewers to reflect and enter these intimate spaces that happened in isolation and solitude.
**E D U C A T I O N**
**2019,** New York Studio School, New York - MFA in Painting

**2016,** Brookyln College, New York - BFA in Studio Art

**2013,** UniART Institute, Hong Kong - Fashion Design and Merchandising Diploma

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A R T W O R K S

A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T

Leaning into abstraction as poetry, I seek to find beautiful ways to express my internalized restlessness and melancholy. Rhythm, temperature, picture plane, geometry, and colors all work together in creating drama and tension within each painting, and these formal concerns are also subject matters in and of themselves.While the images are made from imagination, some of them are inspired by biblical narratives that often involve tragedies followed by characters’ transformation. This body of work intends to create a space of intrigue that encourages further discovery─ both visually and imaginatively.

R E S I D E N C I E S

2020 Rosemarie Beck Foundation residency, NY
2019 Transform Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
2017 Shiro Oni Residency, Japan
2016 Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA

E X H I B I T I O N S

2021 Breakdown solo exhibition, 150w83 Gallery, NY
2020 Founder’s exhibition , Space Scribbles
Fallout Group Show Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
466 Living Room Gallery Exhibition, Upper West side, NY
2019 X-mas Elf group show, Brooklyn, NY
Transform Capstone Residency Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Art of the Ordinary, Sheen Center, NY
2018 New(er) Works, New York Studio School, NY
Group show, Right Behind the New Museum, NY
Chautauqua Student Group Show, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, NY
Observations and Imaginations, New York Studio School, NY
2017 Hidden Beauty Art Exhibition, Hamarikyu Asahi Small Hall, Tsukiji, Japan
Shiro Oni Group Exhibition, Onishi, Gunma, Japan
Anniversary Group Show, New Women Space, Brooklyn, NY
Memories of Summer Group Show, New York Studio School, NY
2016 Tribeca Art Factory Live painting performance and exhibition, NY
2015 Pancake and Booze art show, Space Ibiza, NY
Gay Pride art show, The Alchemical Studio, NY