Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2020 January “ Charles H Taylor Art Center Open Member’s Show” “First place “ 2019 October “ Virginia Artist juried exhibition at CHTAC “award of Distinction” 2019 September “ Bio Diversity “ Chroma Projects 2019 August. “ Goddess project “ at Gallery 21 2019 May “ Earth Devised “ 3 place at D’Art center 2019 April. “Fire, Form, and Function” The Ceramic Designers Association Exhibit at Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts . “Second place” 2019. March. “Horizons as above so below “ Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center 2019 January Charles H. Taylor Art Center Open Members Exhibition “Award of Merit “ 2018 October Suffolk Art League “3D award” 2018 August Virginia Artist Juried Exhibition. “Memorial Award “ At Charles H . Taylor Art Center 2018 May Charles H. Taylor Art Center "The Lives of Artists" Retrospective Exhibition 2018 January Charles H. Taylor Art Center Open Member Exhibition “Award of Merit” 2017 November Gallery 21 Norfolk VA “Quartet” four person exhibition 2017 February Hampton University Museum Solo Exhibition “Akiko Tanaka: Hello Japan” 2017 March Ceramic Designers Association “From the Earth” Best in Show 2017 January Charles H. Taylor Open Members Exhibition Best in Show 2017 November Tidewater Artists Alliance “Portfolio” Exhibition Suffolk VA Second Place 2017 September Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center International Women’s Exhibition 2016 “Tidewater Artist Alliance Exhibition “. Portsmouth Arts and Cultural Center Best in Show 2016 “Open Member Exhibition “HAL Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton Virginia 2016 Peninsula Fine Arts Center “Biennale 2016” 2015 “The Forest “ Offsite Gallery World Trade Center Norfolk VA 2015 “Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, “Charles H. Taylor Art Center Award of Distinction 2015 “Earth, Ware, and Fire “ Artists Gallery Virginia Beach VA Honorable Mention 2015 “Virginia Earth, “ Portsmouth Arts and Cultural Center 2015 Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition 2015 Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition 2015 Nine Waves, Hampton University 2015 “Super Bowls “ Virginia Wesleyan College 2015 Small Favors Clay Studio Philadelphia PA 2015 Tiny Treasures Hermitage Museum TAA 2015 Suffolk Art Museum Fahrenheit 451 Suffolk Art League 3rd Place 2014 Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition 2014 Hampton Arts League Open Members 3rd Place Award 2014 Hampton Roads Artists Group Charles H Taylor Art Center 2014 Black and White Exhibition Charles Taylor 2014 Barbara Kobilynska Student Exhibition Blue Skies Gallery 2014 Small Works Exhibition Charles H Taylor Art Center 2013 “New Waves 2013” Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 “New Artist Unit Exhibition “The National Art Center Tokyo 2013 “Grisaille” Charles Taylor Art Center Virginia 2013 “Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition” Charles H. Taylor Art Center 2013 “Creative Variations” Portsmouth Arts and Cultural Center 2nd Place Award 2013 Hampton Arts League Members Exhibition Charles Taylor Art Center 2013 “Restless” Cavin Morris Gallery New York NY 2013 “The Forest” with (Jean Peacock) Chroma Projects Art Laboratory Charlottesville VA
“Hampton art league “open member’s exhibition “ “Award of Distinction “ 2011 “New Waves 2011” Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 2011 “ Hampton Art league “ exhibition 2010 “Seeds of Tomorrow”: Solo Exhibition, Falk Gallery of Art Christopher Newport University Newport News Virginia 2010 “Hampton Arts League Members Exhibition” Honorable Mention 2009 “Fired Up” Blue Skies Gallery 3rd Place Award 2009 New Artist Unit Exhibition” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum 2009 “Nuno and Tuchi” Exhibition, Cafe' de White, Tokyo 2008 “Fired Up” Blue Skies Gallery Hampton Virginia 1st Place Award 2008 Ahaha Exhibition No 13 Kakushichi, Tokyo 2008 New Artist Unit Exhibition Tokyo Metropolitan Museum 2007 “Ahaha Exhibition No 12 Harajyuku Tokyo 2006 “Ahaha Exhibition No 11 Charles Taylor Art Center Hampton VA Awards of merit |