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Wendy Maruyama
Dreamland, 1999
Polychromed jelutong, glass & paper
48 x 68 x 4 inches
Wendy Maruyama
K. O. M. (wall cabinet), 2002
Polychromed jelutong, digital imagery, godzilla toy
60 x 8 x 9 inches
detail of K.
O. M. open
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Wendy Maruyama
Born
1952 La Junta, Colorado
Education
Master of Fine Arts - 1980
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester , NY
Bachelor of Arts - 1975
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Selected
Solo Exhibitions
2002 "The Inside Story", Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
IN
2000 In the Eye of the Beholder, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah GA
1999 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Wendy Maruyama: New Work Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale
AZ
1997 Hako NUNO Inc., one-person traveling exhibition,
JAPAN
1995 Wendy Maruyama: Simple Pleasures and Indulgences: Peter
Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Peter Joseph Gallery, New York NY
1991 Gallery NAGA, Boston MA
1990 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2002 "Functional Fine Art", curated by Marna Braunstein
Clark, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Painted Furniture, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Kristina Madsen and Wendy Maruyama: Pritam and Eames Gallery, East
Hampton, NY
"Sam Maloof, John Cedarquist, Wendy Maruyama", Arizona
State University Art Gallery, Tempe AZ
"20th Anniversary Exhibition" Pritam and Eames Gallery,
Easthampton, NY
"Talking to Myself: Culture, Fantasy and the Domestic Condition"
group exhibition, Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego CA
2000 Women Designers in the USA, The Bard Graduate Center
for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, NY
"Women Furniture Makers", Leo Kaplan Modern, New York,
NY
1999 Furniture Redefined San Diego State University
Faculty, Alumni, and Student Exhibition, Oceanside Art Museum, Oceanside,
CA
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1997 Interiors Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Inaugural Exhibition John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
Centennial Furniture Exhibition Society of Arts and
Crafts, Boston MA
Narratives in Wood Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
1996 World Urushi Culture Council Exhibition Fujita
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Points of Light Menorah Exhibition, Margolis Gallery,
Houston, TX
1995 Breaking Barriers: Recent American Craft American
Craft Museum, touring exhibition
1994 Inaugural Group Show, Donald Brecker Gallery, Miami
Beach, FL
Masterworks Two Peter Joseph Gallery, New York NY
1993 Functional Sculpture Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton
FL
Hybridization: Contemporary Northern California Craft, 1975
- Present Oliver Art
Center at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA
New Art Forms Chicago Navy Pier, Peter Joseph Gallery,
Chicago IL
Pacific Rim: Japan California Crafts Museum, San Francisco
CA
Conservation By Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island
School of Design, Providence RI
Silver/Wood/Clay/Gold, San Diego Museum of Art, San
Diego CA
1992 "California Dreaming", Franklin Parrasch Gallery,
New York NY
1991 "Masterworks", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York NY
1991
Chicago International New Art Forms, Chicago IL
"10 X 14 ten-year Anniversary Exhibition Pritam and Eames
Gallery, East Hampton NY
1990 "130 Height + Girth: 15 American Furniture Makers"
U.C.S.D. Grove Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Explorations II" American Craft Museum, New York, NY
"The Ingrained Image Riverside Art Museum, Riverside,
CA
"Signs of Support John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,
WI
"Artists Design Furniture Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta,
GA
Public Collections
American Craft Museum, NY
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
University Art Museum, Arizona State University at Tempe
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