Otis College Master of Fine Arts candidate Mika Yokota will present her MFA thesis exhibition, February 20–25, at the Bolsky Gallery on the Otis campus in Los Angeles. The reception will be held February 23, 6:00–8:30 p.m.
Her collection of work is created in collaboration with the spirits. The goal of this exhibition is to create a space where the matrilineal ancestors reveal themselves and offer antidotal wisdom through music, ritual, embodiment practices and community care. By connecting pathways to one’s ancestors, the hope is to bring viewers a sense of belonging after generations of displacement, oppression, colonialism and the ongoing rippling consequences of cultural wounding. This work is devoted to the ways in which Asians and Asian Americans can be made more legible as human outside of tragedy and acts of service.
Legibility of a Human, MFA Thesis Exhibition by Mika Yokota
February 20–25, 2023
Reception: February 23, 6:00–8:30 p.m.
The Bolsky Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Mika Yokota (b. 1985 Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese-American immigrant living and working in Los Angeles. She studied illustration and painting at Art Center College of Design and is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design. Mika has worked experimentally across genres including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, music, and performance art.
Previously, Mika studied for two years as a printmaking artist-in-residence at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. Her work has been shown at the Residency: Project Space, Nucleus Portland Gallery, Venice Family Clinic Exhibition, Kala Art Gallery, Judson Gallery, Athens B Gallery, The Gallalery, Proxy Place Gallery, Berkeley Civic Arts Center. She has produced and painted permanent murals, which reside at the Meta Headquarters in Menlo Park, as well as the Starbucks Headquarters in Seattle.
Contact: Mika Yokota
mikayokota25@gmail.com
IG: @_mikayokota
