About the Artist
"Longo looks for the inner spirit present in her surroundings and in herself. The paintings mark the path of her exploration, and function in this way as maps of the previously uncharted journey." Debra Koppman, Artweek, March 2007,
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 2 Person Exhibition, Sebastopol Library, Sebastopol, CA
2011 “Symphonic Nature”, Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Side by Side” two artist solo exhibition, Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 "The Silence Between Lines”, ADC Contemporary Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 “Whispers and Utterances”, a retrospective, CEARTE (Central Estate De Las Artes), Ensenada, Mexico
2009 “White Passage V Inner Journey”, Institute of Noetic Sciences, sponsored by the Lucid Art Foundation, Petaluma, CA
2009 “Primordian”, Exhibition of New Paintings, Cervini Haas Gallery Scottsdale,AZ
2008 “Kokoro No Tobigi”, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2008 “Gradations of Sumi Ink & Mixed media”, Quicksilver Mine Co. Gallery; Forestville,
2007 “New Paintings”, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2007 Sonoma Two Women Art Exhibition, Healdsburg Library, Healdsburg, CA
2007 “White Passage”, Evolving Art Gallery @ Inja, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Seed of the Mind”, Marion Meyer Contemporary Art; Laguna Beach, CA
2005 “New Paintings”, Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Buddha Lounge, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “New Paintings”, Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2003 “Doublecounterpoint” Quicksilver Mine Co. Gallery; Forestville, CA
2002 “Paintings by Chiyomi Longo”, Ren Brown Collection Gallery; Bodega Bay, CA
2002 “Works on Paper”, Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2000 “New Paintings”, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 “Of Now and Future Dreams, A quartet of Voices in Clay and Paint”, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
2000 “Accumulations”, curated by Sandy Thompson, Elle Lui, Santa Rosa, CA
1999 “Resonance & Dissonance”, New Media Gallery; Ventura College, Ventura, CA
1999 “Resonance & Dissonance, Phase 2”, Renshaw Gallery; Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
1998 “White Passage”, Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1997 “Connections”, Archbishop Alemany Library Gallery; Dominican College, San Rafael, CA,
1997 “Inner Passage”, Three Palms Gallery; Sterling Winery, St. Helena, CA
1995 “Inside/Outside”, San Bernadino County Museum; Redlands, CA
1992 “Chiyomi”, Aioli, San Francisco, CA
“Human Figures”, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Harmony”, Phantom IV Gallery, Windsor, CA
2012 “A Culture Within-The Japanese Experience Through Art”, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2012 “Five Elements/One World”, LELA 19th Annual International Art Festival, Featured Artist, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdale Park, LA
2011 “4 Artists-4 Countries-4 Life Passages”, Visual Art Center, Doha, Qatar
2011 “Boxed In-A Small Works Show”, Quicksilver Mine Co, Forsetville, CA
2010 “Bakers Dozen”, Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville, CA
2009 “Exploration and Celebration”, 3 person exhibition, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 “En-Laces”, Grand Opening Exhibition, ADC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 “Building Bridges”, International traveling group exhibition, Cultural Arts Center, Mexicali, Mexico
2009 “Building Bridges”, International traveling group exhibition, Cultural Arts Center, Tijuana, Mexico
2009 “Sacred Rites of Passage”, 3 women exhibition, Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Building Bridges”, International traveling group exhibition, CEARTE (Centro Estatal de las Artes), Ensenada, Mexico
2008 “Above and Beyond, Gensler, Santa Monica, CA
2007 “East Meets West”; Frame It Up, Medford, NJ
2007 “Holiday Group Show”, Marion Meyer Contemporary Art Gallery,Laguna Beach, CA
2006 “Grand Opening Exhibition”, Evolving Art Gallery @ Inja, San Francisco, CA
2006 “2nd Arte Contemporare Internationale 2006”,Museo Del Historico Regionale, Ensenada, Mexico
2006 “Sacred Passages”, Two person exhibition. C1D Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2006 “Paintings by 3 West Coast Artists”, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 “A” Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2006 “Homage to Julius Hatofsky”, Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2006 “The Silence of Space”, Andrewshire Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Enchanting Spring Exhibition”, Evolving Art Gallery; Vallejo, CA
2006 “Los Angeles Art Show 2006”, Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA
2005 “1st Arte Contemporare Internationale 2005”, Museo Del Puerto; Ensenada, Mexico
2005 “1st Arte Contemporare Internationale 2005”, Museo Del Historico Regionale; Ensenada, Mexico
2005 “2nd Inauguration” International Art Exhibition, Gallery AH, Ensenada, Mexico
2005 “Peace Exhibition”, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
2005 “Abstract Works of Four Female Painters”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco,
2005 “Painting by West Coast Artists”, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 “Conversations”, Sonoma County Cultural Arts Gallery; Santa Rosa, CA
2005 “LELA 3rd International Art Exhibition, ASTO Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Black & White Show”, Sebastopol Library, Sebastopol, CA
2005 Giri Exhibition, “Celebrating Japanese Style & Culture”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol; CA
2005 “LELA 14th Annual International Art Show”, Srinakarintarawinot University, Bangkok & Burapha Museum, Burapha University,Chounburi Thailand
2004 “1st International Free Art Festival”, Jei Ju Municipal Museum; Jei Ju, Korea Don O’Melveny Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2004 “2nd Annual LELA Exhibition”, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “Annual Invitational Exhibition & Sale”, Sonoma State University; Rohnert Park, CA
2003 “1st LELA International Art Exhibition”, Modern Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA,
2003 “International Art Exhibition”, Pyong Teak City Museum; Pyong Teak, Korea
2003 “Annual Invitational Exhibition & Sale”, Sonoma State University; Rohnert Park, CA
2003 “Past, Present, Future”, DoubleVision Gallery, Studio Blue Promotions & Gallery Domingo, Los Angeles, CA
2003 “Santa Fe Art Expo”, Santa Fe, NM, Represented by Cervini Haas Gallery
2002 “10th International Art Festival”, George J. Doizaki Gallery; Los Angeles, CA,
2002 “Works on Paper”, Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2002 “Layers & Layers”, Three person show, Matrix Gallery; Sacramento, CA
2002 “Annual Invitational Exhibition & Sale”, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts; Santa Rosa, CA
2001 “Small Paintings”, Cervini Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2001 “New Wave from the East”, Modern Art Gallery; Los Angeles
2000 “Large Paintings”, Cervini-Haas Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
2000 “Annual Invitational Exhibition & Sale”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery; San Francisco, CA
2000 “Of Now and Future Dreams”, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts; Santa Rosa, CA
1999 “7th Pyong Teak International Arts Festival, Invitational Exhibit”, Pyong Teak City Museum; Pyong Teak, Korea
1999 “Annual Invitational Exhibition & Sale”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1998 “Seven International Artists”, Modern Art Gallery; Los Angeles
1999 “Reflections”, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “Eastern Influence” 3 person exhibition Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco CA
1998 “Abstraction Redefined”, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 “Abstraction Redefined”, Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco
1997 “Kaleidoscope of the Color Blue”, Downtown LA Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1997 “55 to Lifetime”, Bedford Gallery; Dean Lescher Art Center, Walnut Creek CA
1996 “SFAI 125th Anniversary Alumni Show”, Olga Dollar Gallery San Francisco CA
1996 “Annual Invitational California small Works Exhibition”, California Museum of Art; Santa Rosa, CA
1995 “Sun & Moon Reciprocal Influence of East & West”, Student Art Center Gallery; San Francisco State University, San Francisco
1995 “New Artist Inaugural Exhibition”, Olga Dollar Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1995 “14th Invitational Peace Art Exhibition”, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum; Nagasaki, Japan
1995 “Unity Transcending Boundaries”, Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, curated by Mark Mace, SIOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 “Life Line 95”, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition Mendocino Art Center; Mendocino, CA
Education
1995 MFA, Painting& Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1992 BFA, Painting & Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2007 Nominated for Fleishacker Foundation Fellowship
1992 Best of Show, Mixed Media, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
1992 Honor Studio, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1991/92 Sobel Memorial Scholarship, Merit Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1990 Gamblin Artist’s Color Award for Painting, San Francisco, CA
1986 First Prize for Drawing, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Press
Peter Frank HuffPostReviews-“Haiku Reviews”; June 10, 2011
Connie Ellig Review “Whispers & Utterances, Ensenada Gazette, February 2010
Debra Koppman Preview “Gradations of Sumi Ink”, ArtWeek, Vol. 39, Issue 4,
pg 6, 2008
Debra Koppman Preview “White Passage”, ArtWeek, Vol. 38, Issue 2, image pg 1,
pg 25, 2007
Bobbie Allen Texture of Intuition” Los Angeles Times-Coast Pilot, May 12, 2006
Debra Koppman Preview “Homage to Julius Hatofsky”, ArtWeek, Vol. 37, Issue 5,
pg 6June 2006
Peter Frank “Art Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, 2004
Sandy Thompson “Chiyomi Taneike Longo at Quicksilver Mine Co.”, ArtWeek,
Dec/Jan, 2003-04
Gretchen Giles The Bohemian, pg 21, September 2003
Glen R. Brown “Chiyomi Longo’s Metaphorical Journey”, Feature article, Asian Art
News, Vol.12, Issue 1, 2002
Pat Ikeda Nash “Resonance in the Body of “Now and Future Dreams-4 Women
Artists”, Art Muse, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pgs 1 & 6 2000
Pam Clark “Of Now and Future Dreams, Art Muse, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pg 7, 2000
Jeff Woodard “Resonance and Dissonance, Los Angeles Times, September, 1999
James Basolo “Abstract Paintings Draw Interest”, Ventura College Press,
September 1999
Connie Ellig “LELA-Ensenada International Exposition of Contemporary Art”, Ensenada Gazette, September 2005
KQED-TV “KQED Arts & Culture; Gallery Crawl” Highlights of the “Abstract
Works" of Four Female Painters, September 7, 2005
Connie Ellig “Arte Praxia International Art Exposition 2006”, Ensenada Gazette,
Ensenada, Mexico