Biographical Information for emiko oye:

Residence: California

EDUCATION

Syracuse University, NY BFA Metalsmithing/Fashion Design, Magna Cum Laude 1997


INVITATIONAL EXHIBTIONS

2007-2010 Museum of Arts & Design, NY, Traveling Exhibitions, GlassWear
2010 Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, Celebrating 70
2010 Miami Art Museum, Miami, OH, Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century
2009-10 National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, Re-make/Re-Model
2009-10 Luke & Elloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper or Plastic?
2009 Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA, From Minimal to Bling
2009 18k Gold Tone at Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, So Fake They'll Think It's Real
2009 African American Art & Culture Complex, SF, CA, Repurposed
2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, Jewelry in Motion
2009 Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, The Long and Short of It
2008 Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME, Bay Area Jewelers
2008 Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA, Jewelry_cycle Critique Collective Exhibition
2008 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Recollections: Celebrating 30 years of SCRAP
2008 Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, Radical Jewelry Makeover
2008 Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, Wearable Art
2008 Florida Society of Craftsmen, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, Necklust and the Chocolatier
2007-2008 The Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR, And How! Celebrating Art and Soul in Contemporary Metelwork
2007-08 Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, SPAIN; Schmuckmuseum, GlassWear
2007 Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, The Earrings Show
2006 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, MAG 2006 User Friendly
2006 Velvet Da Vinci, San Franicsco, CA, 500 Necklaces Exhibition
2006 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, MAG On Going Exhibition
2006 Daniel Macchiarini and Metalworks Gallery, San Francisco, CA, A Valentines Invitational
2005 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, MAG 2005
2005 National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, Ghosts of Little Boy, 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima
2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH, Exhibition In Motion
2004 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, MAG 2004
2004 The Historic Sweets Ballroom, Oakland, CA, Particles: Articles of Party Art
2003 National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, Asian Roots, Western Soil
2003 Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA, Jewelry Hard & Soft
2002 OXOXO, Baltimore, MD, un-expectations
2001 OXOXO, Baltimore, MD, Once and Again
2000 Conference of the Association of Contemporary Jewelry, Attitude and Action! North American Figurative Jewelry
2000 Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA, Drawing the Lines: Selections from Artists' Sketchbooks


JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2009-10 reMake Lounge, The SF Eco-Center, SF, CA, Revisions: New Creations from scrap
2009 Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, Reclaim, Reuse, Renew
2009 Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ, Decorative Resurgance
2008 Ethical Metalsmiths at SNAG Conference, Savannah, GA, Composting Good and Evil: Redesign for Sanctimonious Sinners
2008 Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, Touching Warms the Art
2008 Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, New West Coast Design
2007 San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, Funky Junk? The Art of Recycling
2007 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, ReArt: The Art of Re-Use
2005 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA, California Art Metal Now
2004 Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL, Metal & Otherwise: Varied Media Connections
2003-04 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Current Directions: Studio Art Jewelry
2003 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 'snag
2002 Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, Material Explorations
2001-03 Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Ohio Craft Museum, Transformation Into the 21st Century
2001 Society for Midwest Metalsmiths @Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Metal Departures
2001 California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, California Works Juror's Award 1st place Recycled Art
2001 Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Full Circle
2000-01 Velvet da Vinci, CA; Sam Shaw Gallery,ME; Thomas Mann Gallery, LA, Tiaras Will Be Worn
2000 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, New Metal: Emerging Views


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Craft's Teaching Collection, Portland, OR


AWARDS

Juror's Award: JD Beltran, 2009. ReVisions: New Creations from SCRAP, remake Lounge, SF CA
1st Place Juror's Choice Award, 2009, Decorative Resurgance, Rowan Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Finalist for Raphael Founder's Prize, 2001, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Juror's Award, 1st Place Recycled Art, 2001, California State Fair



PUBLICATIONS

500 Plastic Jewelry Designs. New York: Lark Books.
Jewellery from Recycled Materials. London: A&C Black Publishers, Ltd.
The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin. New York: Lark Books.
Adorn: New Jewellery. Laurence King Publishing, United Kingdom
Art Jewelry Today 2, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin. New York: Lark Books
Glass Wear. Germany: Arnoldsche
500 Earrings. New York: Lark Books
500 Necklaces. New York: Lark Books
Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects. New York: Lark Books
Art Jewelry Today. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd