Biography of Motosuke Ohtake
Education
Professional Experience
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Shows
Public art projects
Published Art Work
Reviews
Special Projects
Public Collections
Private Collections
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 |
| Summer 2003 Summer 2004 |
Instructor, Three Dimensional Design, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
| Fall 2001- Spring 2002 |
Instructor, Sculpture, 3-D Design, Metal Casting, Mission College, Santa Clara, California |
| Summer 2001 Summer 2000 Summer 1999 |
Instructor, Sculpture, Bronze Casting, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
| Summer 2002 Summer 1999 Summer 1997 |
Instructor, Sculpture, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California |
| Spring 1992- Spring 2001 |
Instructor, Beginning Design, Three-Dimensional Form, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| April 1992- present |
Art Lab Technician III, Creative Arts Division, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
| October 1990- January 1992 |
Art Lab Technician, Visual Arts Division, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California |
| Winter 1991 Spring 1990 |
Lecturer, Visual Fundamentals - Three Dimensional, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, |
| June 1988- August 1989 |
Instructor,Ceramic Sculpture, Art School Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California |
Selected Exhibitions
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
| 2008 | Sculpture in Motion, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Rosa, California | |
| 2007 | Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, 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 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 |
| Stillman Gallery, San Francisco, 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 |
| Guilty Bystander Gallery, San Anselmo, California | |
| Wall Drawings, Jet Wave, Inc., San Francisco, California |
Public art projects
| 2008 | Airborne, Kojimachi Gakuen High School, Tokyo, Japan |
| Orbiter 2006, Furze Road Project, Q-House, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2002 | Stellar Motion, De Anza College, Cupertino, California |
Published Art Work
| 2008 | Sculpture in Motion, Exhibition Catalog, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1996 | Good Times, January 4, 1996, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1995 | Birds in Paradise, Exhibition Catalog, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1993 | Unwrapping Japan: A Contemporary View, Exhibition Catalog, Works Gallery, San Jose, California |
| 1991 | Dissident Song: A Contemporary Asian American Anthology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991 |
| Benefit Auction and Exhibition, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, California (1991 Exhibition Catalog) | |
| 1989 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 29, 1989, Santa Cruz, California |
| West Art, September 8, 1989, Davis, California | |
| Good Times, July 20, 1989, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California | |
| Painted Sculpture/Seven Artists from the Santa Cruz Area, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (Exhibition Catalog) 1989 | |
| Exemplary Contempry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (Exhibition Catalog) 1989 | |
| 1983 | 39th Ceramic Invitational, poster, Scripps College, Claremont, California |
| 1982 | M.F.A. Show Catalog, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California |
| 1981 | Westwood Clay National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California (Exhibition Catalog) |
| San Francisco Art Institute School Catalog, 1981- 1983, San Francisco, California | |
| 1978 | Academy of Art College School Catalog, , San Francisco, California |
Reviews
| 2006 | Moto Ohtake's kinetic sculptures mesmerize with movement, Santa Cruz Sentinel, by Terri Morgan, Sentinel correspondent, September 24, 2006 |
| 1997 | Metro, Santa Cruz, California, October,1997 |
| 1996 | Spiraling Sculptures, Seductive Sketches, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California, January 19, 1996 |
| 1995 | Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California September 1, 1995 |
| 1990 | Nichi Bei Times, San Francisco, California, May 3, 1990 |
| Hokubei Mainichi, San Francisco, California, May 3, 1990 | |
| Hokubei Mainichi, San Francisco, California, April 28, 1990 | |
| 1989 | 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 | |
| 1984 | Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan, August 13, 1984 |
Special Projects
Participated in three week Marble Carving Workshop, Rossi Studio, Pietrasanta, Italy, Summer 2006
Selected as one of four finalists to propose a piece of outdoor sculpture for the Advanced Technology Center at De Anza College, Cupertino, California January, 1996
Guest Lecturer, Art Department, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois April 1994
Selected as one of three finalists to propose a site specific sculpture for Willow brook Park in Aptos, California
Sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission, December 1991
State of the Arts, Radio Interview, KUSP, Santa Cruz, California July 1989
Space and Time: Transcending Images, Art Lecture Series: Varied Views of Contemporary Art, Art School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 1989
Internal/External Suspension for Obsolete Body, 80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Assisted performance artist Stelark with installation and body suspension event.
Flight of Fancy, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, August, 1979.
Assisted visiting artist Alice Aycock in constructing large scale installation piece.
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan March 1984
Public Collections
Santa Cruz County Arts Commission, Santa Cruz, California
De Anza College, Cupertino, California
Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, California
Private Collections
Dr. Sally Woelfel, Aptos, California
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Craig, Martinez, California
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Goldstine, Berkeley, California
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Wortz, Pasadena, California
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Edwards, San Francisco, California
Mr. Gabrio Rossi, Munich, Germany
Dr. & Mrs. Keigo Okonogi, Tokyo, Japan
Ms. Madeline Kahn, Mill Valley, Caliofornia
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Donovan, Santa Cruz, California
Mr. Stewart Sunness, Del Ray Beach, Florida