- RESIDENCY DATES : Jan 8th 2011 to Feb 7th 2011
- FROM : USA
Tao Urban (from Walnut Creek, Calfornia) investigates the space between art and design by creating objects and installations that directly engage the viewer and how they imbue products with meaning, both cultural and personal, concrete and abstract. He received his BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1993 and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2000.
Urban has had solo exhibitions at the Swarm Gallery in Oakland, California; the Big Biscuit Gallery in Detroit; and the Acuna-Hansen Gallery in Los Angeles. His work has been featured in group shows across the United States, including Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Austin Design Center, Austin, Texas; New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California; High Desert Test Sites 2, Joshua Tree, California; and the Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, Calfornia.
Urban has lectured and been a visiting artist at a number of institutions including Carnegie Mellon University, Southern California Institute of Architecture and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He currently teaches furniture design at California State University at Long Beach and lives in Los Angeles.