Background
Miyamoto, Wayne Akira was born on September 6, 1947 in Honolulu. Son of James Masato and Thelma Kimiko (Ito) Miyamoto.
Miyamoto, Wayne Akira was born on September 6, 1947 in Honolulu. Son of James Masato and Thelma Kimiko (Ito) Miyamoto.
Student, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1968. Bachelor, Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Hawaii, 1970. Master of Fine Arts, 1974.
Assistant professor department art Florida Technology U. (U. Central Florida), Orlando, 1976-1978. Assistant professor art California State University, Sacramento, 1980-1981. Professor art department U. Hawaii, Hilo, 1981, chair, 1983-1985, 86-92, 94, director printmaking seminar, 1982, 84.
Member of national painting jury Scholastic Magazine, Incorporated., New York City, 1977.
Guest artist The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1978. Member selection committee State Foundation for Culture and Arts, Hilo, 1981.
Member of advisory panel, Honolulu. Consultant East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, 1981-1982.
Director Pacific States Exhibition Series, 1982, Pacific Rim International Series, 1993.
Artist-in-residence Fellowship 11th Asilah International Festival, Morocco, 1988. Group shows include Pacific State Regional, 1984 (purchase award), 30th Annual Ball State Small Sculpture and Drawing Exhibit, Muncie, Indiana, 1984, 9th Kansas National, 1984 (purchase award), 7th Hawaii National, 1984, Boston Printmakers 34th National, 1985, 17th Dulin National, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1985, 19th Dixie Annual, Montgomery, Alabama, 1985, Pacific States Regional Juror"s award1985, Art-United States of America, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1986, 1st Internat Bienniel, Somers, New York, 1986, Pacific Coastline Drawing Competition, Salem, Oregon, 1986, 58th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibit, 1986, 14th Boston Printmakers Members Show, 1986., 37th Artists fo Hawaii, 1987, 19th Dulin National, Knoxville, 1987, 15th Boston Printmakers, 1987, 13th Kansas National, Hays, 1988, 21st Bradley National, Peoria, Illinois, 1988, 17th Boston Printermakers, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1989, Northwest Print Council Print Biennial, Portland, Oregon, 1989, The Art Institute of Chicago of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Tex, 1989, Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, 1989, 22nd Bradley National, 1989, Print Club of Philadelphia, Princeton, New Jersey, 1989, 64th International Competition, Philadelphia, 1989, 2nd International Biennial, Somers, New York, 1989, 16th Boston Printmakers, 1989, Baylor University, Texas, 1990, Hui Number"eau Visual Arts Center Maui, Hawaii, 1990, 3rd International, Somer, 1990, 18th Annual Boston Printmakers, 1990, Washington State University, Spokane, 1990, Morehead State University, Kentucky, 1990, North Dakota Annual, Grand Forks, 1990, Thirty-Fourth Hunterdon National, Clinton, New Jersey, 1990, 62nd Annual Honolulu Printmakers, Hawaii, 1990, Silvermine International, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1990, National Museum of Fine Arts, Veitnam, 1991, 2nd Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India, 1991, 23rd Bradley National, 1991, University of Center Arks., 1991, National Museum, Hanoi, 1991, 34th North Dakota Annual, Grand Forks, 1992, Silvermine International Exhibit, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1992, North America Print Exhibit, Boston, 1993, 7th Parkside National, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1993, 65th Society American Graphic Artists National, New York City, 1993, Silvermine Art Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1994, International Print Triennial, Kracow, Poland, 1994, Dakotas International, Vermillion, South Dakot, 1994, Hui Number"eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Hawaii, 1994, Gallery 206, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 1994, University Art Galleries, U. South Dakot, Vermillion, 1994, Consumenta "95, International Triennial Krakow-Nuremburg (Germany) "95, 45th Northern American Print Exhibition, BostonPrintmakers, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1995, Inter-Kontakt-Grafik "95, Prague (Czechoslovakian Republic)-Cracow, International Triennial Graphic Art, 1995, 39th National Juried Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey, 1995, Contemporary Prints "95, Beasley Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 3rdBharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Roopankar, Museum Fine Arts, Bhopal, India, 1995, Missouri Western State College, Saint Joseph, 1996, Northwest Print Council Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1996, 97, The Art Institute of Chicago Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, 1996, Arkansas State University, 1996, University Museum-Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996, Honolulu Academy Arts, 1997, Columbia College, Missouri, 1997, Portland Art Museum, 1997, College New Jersey, Trenton, 1997, Maryland. Federation Art, Annapolis, 1997, Massachusetts College Art, Boston, 1997, Society American Graphic Artists, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1997.
Member Northwest Print Council, College Art Association American, Society of America Graphic Artists, Boston Printmakers, Print Club Philadelphia, Southern Graphics Council.
Children: Tyler Iolani, Akira Oakaokalani, Yasuo Iomaka.