Michael Kosaburo Takahata
b. 1996
Curriculum Vitae – 2025
Contact
Website www.michaeltakahata.com
Email michael.takahata@gmail.com
Instagram michael_takahata
Education
2022 - 2024 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA in Ceramics, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 - 2022 University of Oklahoma, Post Baccalaureate in Ceramics, Norman, OK
2015 - 2020 University of Oklahoma, BFA in Studio Art, Norman, OK
Organizations
2019 - 2021 Secretary, Red Clay Faction, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2020 - present NCECA member
Group Exhibitions
2025 “17th Anniversary Show”, DNA Galleries, OKC, OK
2025 “Meaning through Materiality”, A Gallery Allen+Alan Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2025 “VDay Bash”, Factory Obscura, OKC, OK
2024 “2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition”, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 “Lake Effect”, Embrace Creatives, Hazel Park, MI
2024 “Non Linear”, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 “Meet me Halfway”, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 “Momentum”, TAP Architecture, OKC, OK (juror: Helen Opper)
2022 “Ground Floor”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 “Art 107”, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2020 “Art 106”, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK (juror: Holly Wilson)
2020 “Unified”, DNA Galleries, OKC, OK
2020 “Senior Capstone”, SOVA, Norman, OK
2020 “Momentum”, OVAC/Dead People Center, OKC, OK
2019 “35mm”, DNA Galleries, OKC, OK
2019 “Momentum”, OVAC/Factory Obscura, OKC, OK
2019 “Dreamscapes”, An urban Teahouse, OKC, OK
2017 “The Halloween show”, DNA Galleries, OKC, OK
Assistantships
2023/2024 Studio Assistant for Beth Cavener, Helena, MT
2021 Studio Assistant for Jamie Bates Slone, Helena, MT
2021 Studio Assistant for Giselle Hicks, Helena, MT
Visiting Artist
2025 Mold Making Workshop, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2024 GVSU, Allendale, MI (+Lecture)
Presentations & Lectures
2025 “Summer Artists Talks”, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Grants
2024 OVAC Education Assistance Grant, OKC, OK
Commissions
2023 “Hashioki”, Takibi, Portland, OR
Publications
2024 “2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition”, Cranbrook, MI
2022-2024 Editor, “Fountainswimming”, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Residencies
2025 Artists in Residence at Adam Chau Studio, Norwalk, CT