IWALANI KALUHIOKALANI
Lives and works in Boston, MA, USA, and Marseille, France
EDUCATION
2003 BFA Painting with Distinction and Departmental Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies, Lesley College, Cambridge, MA
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING DECEMBER: Mère Sea Beaucoup, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Archipels Again and Again, Kingston Gallery Project Space, Boston MA
2020 UNBOUND, Gallery 1832 at Lab Central and Pfizer Building, MIT, Cambridge, MA
2020 M A G I C, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2018 I See a Landscape In You, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2016 I Felt Your Presence, Brickbottom Studios, Somerville, MA
2016 GATHERINGS, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING JANUARY 2025 M/Otherhood with FeministFuturist, Parish Center for the Arts, Westford MA
2024 300 by Design, Gallery at Atlantic Wharf, Boston MA
2024 BCA 27TH DRAWING SHOW Yušká: Uncoil curated by Erin Genia, Mills Gallery Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA
2024 Visions of Trane, New Art Center curated by Terry Jenoure, Newton, MA
2024 Tin Soldier, Villa Paradis at LaTraverse /Catherine Bastide Projects, Marseille France
2022 Celebrate Renewal, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2021 Women in Abstraction, curated by Destiny Palmer, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2020 Leaps of Imagination, curated by art_works, Artfare app (digital show)
2020 SIZZLE, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2020 Songs of Innocence, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2020 Hello World (TransCultural Exchange), Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA
2020 Modern Love, Assemblage Gallery, 70a Sleeper St, Boston, MA
2019 WET!, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 GIMME SHELTER, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2017 Fresh Forward, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2017 UNVEILED/Hallspace Drawing Project, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Makers Love Company, Island Copper Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2017 Bodies In Motion, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
2017 TIME, Brickbottom Studios, Somerville, MA
2017 Myth and Magic, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2016 ONE NIGHT ONLY, Wareham St., Boston, MA
2016 Fun A Day Boston, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2015 ReSearch, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Hallspace Drawing Project, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 CRFT SHW, Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2010 Welcome to My House, MyHouse Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Recollect, Repeat, Retrieve then Reapply, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
PROJECTS
UPCOMING SEPTEMBER Scenography for BEAUTY with Soulskin Dance, Mark Morris Dance Center
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/GRANTS
2023 Vermont Studio Center Residency
2023 Mass Cultural Council Grant
2021 ACTivate Residency, Boston Center for the Arts: Cyclorama Building, Boston MA
2021 The Denis Diderot Artist-in-Residence Award, Château D' Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2002 Lawrence Kupferman Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2001 Lawrence Kupferman Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
COLLECTIONS
Private Corporate Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michelle L. Morby Collection, San Francisco, California
Elizabeth D. Rowe Collection, Boston, Massachusetts