Einland Empire by Sush Machida Gaikotsu
Sush Machida Gaikotsu
Photo courtesy of Eri Ishikawa
b. 1973, Maebashi City, Japan
Lives and works in Las Vegas, Nevada
Education:
2002
M.F.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
B.F.A. Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Solo Exhibitions:
2010
Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Centerpiece Gallery, Las Vegas
2009
New Wave of Turner, New School Pollock, Western Project, Culver City, California
Secret of the Quiet Garden, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008
702 Series: Sush Machida Gaikotsu, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
2006
If I Were a Zen Master, Western Project, Culver City, California
2004
Clean, Slick and Well Painted Surfaces, Western Project, Culver City, California
2001
New Paintings, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Big in Tokyo, Gant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
un/real, Little Gallery, Logan, Utah
Group Exhibitions:
2014
Japon, Abbaye Saint Andre, Meymac, France
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
2009
Cherry Pie, Western Project, Los Angeles, California
Way Out West, Donna Beam Art Gallery, University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
The First Six Years, Western Project, Culver City, California
2008
Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Here and Now, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
Reflections from the Artists Eye: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue)
Las Vegas Diaspora, The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Roseville Arts!, Roseville, California
2007
Las Vegas Diaspora, The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue)
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Eclectic Eye: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sush Machida Gaikotsu and Kaz Oshiro, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
2006
Sush Machida Gaikotsu, Dion Johnson, Kelly McCormick, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Art and Illusion, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
2005
Art and Illusion, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
2004
Ex Realm, NWBA, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan The Raw and the Cooked, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, curated by David Pagel
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby, Western Project, Culver City, California
2003
Airborne, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, curated by Jerry Schefcik
Fresh Paint, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2002
Group Show, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California
Western States, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Las Vegans, James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, curated by Dave Hickey
Unthemed, CAC Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1st Place, Juror: Libby Lumpkin
Best of Show, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas Nevada, Juror: Michael Reafsnyder
2001
National Graduate Seminar Group Show, New York University, New York, New York
1999
B.F.A. Show, Twain Tippets Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Yourakusai Festival, Maebashi, Japan
1998
ArtBox Gallery, Shinjin Senbatsu, Ginza, Tokyo
Sundance Young Contemporaries Show, Sundance, Utah
Gallery Art and Cars, Salt Lake City, Utah
1997
Utah Arts Council Art Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah
Black and White Exhibition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah
Museum Collections:
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California