Lani Tanaka

I paint to figure out what I think about the world; to discover the things I do not have words for. I am interested in the tension between abstraction and realism.

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, MFA Painting, 1990; California State University of Long Beach, Long Beach, BA Art, 1984

Exhibits
Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, California
Wonderland Gallery, San Francisco, California
Art For Aids, San Francisco, California
USF Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco, California
Roll Up Gallery/Public Works, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Museum Of Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, California
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Nashville, Tennessee
National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, New York
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, California
Arts Commission Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Awards and Collections
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York
Washington State Art Commission
Roselyne and Richard Swig