Resume
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Robert Ogata/2020. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2017 9066 Japanese American Voices From the Inside. Henry Madden Library, CSUF
2016 Robert Ogata/Jane Grimm. SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2014 Robert Ogata: New Work. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2013 Robert Ogata. SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 Splice. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2011 New Paintings: Haiku Series. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2010 Haiku. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2009 Micro Survey. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2009 Robert Katsusuke Ogata: Between Figure and Ground, a twenty-five-year survey
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
2008 Hana, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2007 Paintings: Robert Katsusuke Ogata. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2006 Core. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
2004 Robert Ogata: Nara, Kabuto and Beyond. Galerie Dionisi, West Hollywood, California
Robert Ogata: Abstractions. Lobby, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, California
2003 New Works by Robert Ogata. J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco. California
Robert Ogata. University of California Center, Fresno, California
2001 Robert Ogata. Museum West, Palo Alto, California
1999-2002 Robert Ogata. J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 Experience, Legacy and Memory: A Personal Journey. Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
The Art of Semi-Abstract Painting. Pence Gallery, Davis, California
Guest Artist and Exhibition. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Hedges and Mounds. Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
1994 Recent Paintings. Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
1991 Siberica & Other Forms. Artspace Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, California
1986 Robert Ogata. Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Special 3-Day Show in honor of the return of the San Francisco Fine Art Show.
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 Alumni Show. California State University, Fresno, 100-year Anniversary, Fresno, California
Hanamatsu Tako. Hamamatsu City, Japan
Hamamatsu Tako. Chandler Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
Three Person Show. SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Survey Show. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2007 Art Basel. Miami Beach, Florida. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
Twenty-Twenty. Artes America. 20th Anniversary Exhibition. Fresno, California
Affordable Art Fair. New York City. Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2003-11 Chandler Fine Art. San Francisco, California.
2003-04 Gallery 1212. Burlingame, California.
1997 San Joaquin River Impressions. Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California.
2002-2009 Victoria Boyce Gallery. Scottsdale, Arizona
2001 Five From Fresno. SFMOMA Artists Gallery. San Francisco, California
1999-2009 Ira Wolk Gallery. St. Helena, California
1997 San Joaquin National Exhibition. Awarded First Place. Fresno Art Council Fresno City Hall, Fresno, California
1996-97 Susan Street Gallery. Solano Beach, California
1991 Next Wave: Artists to Watch in the 90’s. Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
1986 The Way of Tea: Inspirations. The Gallery at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
1978-82 M.M. Shinno Gallery. Los Angeles, California
1975 New Faces. Malvina Miller Gallery. San Francisco, California
California Asian Artists. Governor’s Office, Sacramento, California
1973 Contemporary American Paintings. Leland House, Taipei, Taiwan
1971-73 Ward Nasse Gallery. New York, New York
1972 American Art in Austria. California Arts Commission Show, Linz, Austria
1970 Kingsley Art Club 46th Annual Exhibition. Sacramento, California
1964 35th Kunstaustellung. Regensberg, Germany
Amerikahaus. Munich, Germany
Awards and Recognition
1997 San Joaquin National Juried Exhibition. Fresno Arts Council. Fresno City Hall. Awarded First Place
1993 Art of California: 1993 Discovery Awards Competition. Gold Award
1992 Art of California: 1992 Discovery Awards Competition. Silver Award
1990 Japanese American Citizens League, Committee for Redress.
Awarded commission to make presentation plates given to selected members of the United States Congress.
1975 San Joaquin Annual Juried exhibition. Awarded First Place
1971 Stockton Art League. Juried exhibition. Awarded Honorable Mention
Selected Articles and Publications
Maureen Davidson, “The Exhibitionist: Robert Ogata,” Santa Cruz News, January 26, 2011.
Donald Munro, “Don’t Miss Robert Ogata’s Fig Tree Show,” Fresno Bee, Fresnobeehive.com, September 3, 2010.
“Bay Area Embrace” Architectural Digest, April, 2010, featuring a painting by Robert Ogata.
100 Artists of the West Coast. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. PA, Douglas Bullis, editor, 2003
Jacquelin Pilar, “Robert Katsusuke Ogata: Between Figure and Ground, a twenty-five year survey.” The Fresno Art Museum.
Lisa M. Hansen, “Ogata’s Vision: Abstract, Large-Scale and Stunning” Visalia Times Delta, January, 1997.
Robert Barrett, “Next Wave: Fresno Artists to Watch in the 90’s” Fresno Art Museum 1991.
“Contemporary American Paintings from Fresno, California” Leland House, Taipei and Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, California
“Robert Ogata...Fresno Nisei Art Teacher Invited to exchange exhibit with Austria Gallery,” Nichi Bei Times, 1971