Mika Tajima - Feb 8

Mika Tajima/New Humans
Disassociate, 2007
Performance with Vito Acconci

Born in 1975 in Los Angeles, California, Tajima is a New York based artist. Connecting geometric abstraction to the shape of our built environment, she explores activities, form, and performative roles defined by divisive spaces. Tajima received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1997. She later attended Columbia University School of the Arts and received her MFA in 2003.

Select solo exhibitions include Bass Museum, Miami (forthcoming); Seattle Art Museum (forthcoming); X Initiative, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; The Kitchen, New York; RISD Museum, Rhode Island; Circuit, Switzerland; Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York. Group exhibitions include 2008 Whitney Biennial; Uncertain States of America; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, OH; PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, NY; Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, NY; among others.

Tajima is founding member of New Humans, a moniker for collaborative music, art, and actions. New Humans collaborations include Charles Atlas, Vito Acconci, C. Spencer Yeh, Philippe Decrauzat, United Bamboo, among others. Group and Solo performances include ICA Philadelphia; Artissima, Italy; Ballroom Marfa; Swiss Institute, NY; Walker Art Center, MN; Whitney Museum, NY; etc. NH’s recordings continue a working use of physical materials, piercing drones, sheer static, and low bass frequencies. Releases include AKA (Semishigure, 2008) and Undercover (Circuit, 2006) and upcoming LP, Disallow (Planam, 2009).

http://www.newhumansnyc.com/

Sign ups will be posted Friday at 11am:

Monday Feb 8

2:00

2;45

3:30

Lunch

4:45

5:30

6:15

Talk at 7:30