Background
Janice was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Koto Jack and Lily Yuviko (Yamate) Tanaka.
Janice was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Koto Jack and Lily Yuviko (Yamate) Tanaka.
Janice studied with B. Stone and R. Cameron in Stone-Cameron Ballet from 1954 to 1956. In this year she was a studied with R. Lunnon and D. Tempest in Allegro American Ballet. From 1962 to 1964 she was a student of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico. In 1978 Janice became a Bachelor of Fine Arts of the School of The Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, United States. In three years she received a degree of the Master of Fine Arts.
Janice worked as a studio, field producer of the University of California in Los Angeles, California, United States from 1981 to 1982. Lecturer at the Columbia College in Chicago, United States from 1982 to 1983. Associate professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, United States from 1985 to 1989. Visiting associate professor of visual communications design at the University of California in Los Angeles, United States, since 1990. Visiting artist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States in 1983, University of California in San Diego, United Staes in 1982, 1985, University of Illinois in Chicago, United States, 1983, University of Wisconsin in Madison, United States, 1983, University of Maryland in Baltimore, United States, 1984, University of Michigan in Mount Pleasant, United States, 1984, University of Missouri in Kansas City, United States, 1984, University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point, United States, 1985, University of California in Los Angeles, United States, 1988, University of Arizona in Tucson, United States, 1989, University of Hawaii in Manoa, United States, 1990, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, United States, 1991, California Institute of Arts in Valencia, United States, 1991, University of California in Riverside, United States, 1991, Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, United States, 1992, University of California, Irvine, United States, 1992, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States, 1992, School Art Institute of Chicago, United States, 1993.
Freelance producer/director. One-woman shows include Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1991, 93, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992, Biennale, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1991, 93. Exhibited in group shows at Los Angeles Municipal Art Theater, 1994, Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, 1994, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1994, National Museum Contemporary Art, Korea.Represented in permanent collections at Carnegie Museum Art, Pittsburgh, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, Long Beach (California) Museum Art.
Janice has two children: Rebecca Eiko Gallardo, David Eitaro Gallardo.