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Born and raised in Japan, an artist and art educator, Mari Omori received a BA from Cal State University Northridge and MFA from UCLA. She is currently a Prof. of Art at Lone Star College-Kingwood, Kingwood, TX, a position she has held since 2002. She was awarded an artist-in-residencyat the Mino Cultural Village, Mino, Japan for three months in 2008 in conjunction with her Sabbatical Research Leave with the International Faculty Exploration Grant from Lone Star College Systems. Omori’s awards includethePalm Beach County Cultural Artist-in-Residency Grant in 2007 working with 25 non-profit organizations, over 5oo participants culminated to an exhibition at the Morikami Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL. Her works have been widely exhibited in solo and group shows in California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas, Japan and Taiwan. Her curatorial projects include “Kyomei: Resonance” (Poissant Gallery, 2007), “cross roads: asia/america” (Galveston Arts Center, 2006), and “affinities” (Heritage Gallery, JP Morgan Chase, 2005). Her current project of traveling exhibition, “Washi 5”, features International artists working with Washi (hand made paper) in the summer of 2009.
Mari Omori
Born and raised in Japan, an artist and art educator, Mari Omori received a BA from Cal State University Northridge and MFA from UCLA. She is currently a Prof. of Art at Lone Star College-Kingwood, Kingwood, TX, a position she has held since 2002. She was awarded an artist-in-residencyat the Mino Cultural Village, Mino, Japan for three months in 2008 in conjunction with her Sabbatical Research Leave with the International Faculty Exploration Grant from Lone Star College Systems. Omori’s awards includethePalm Beach County Cultural Artist-in-Residency Grant in 2007 working with 25 non-profit organizations, over 5oo participants culminated to an exhibition at the Morikami Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL. Her works have been widely exhibited in solo and group shows in California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas, Japan and Taiwan. Her curatorial projects include “Kyomei: Resonance” (Poissant Gallery, 2007), “cross roads: asia/america” (Galveston Arts Center, 2006), and “affinities” (Heritage Gallery, JP Morgan Chase, 2005). Her current project of traveling exhibition, “Washi 5”, features International artists working with Washi (hand made paper) in the summer of 2009.
Contact
Email: mari.omori@lonestar.edu
Phone: (281) 312-1583
Office: CLB 102A
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