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Education
2017 MFA in Painting, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1999 BA in Film Production, Department of Film and Theater, University of New Orleans
2008 – 2014 New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
Select Exhibitions
2023 New Orleans: Sound of Drifting Shadows, solo show, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX
Louisiana Contemporary, juried exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Far Side of the Morning, solo show, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Second Thoughts, solo show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
Mesopic Vision, two-person show with Ben Hamburger, The Willow School, New Orleans, LA
2022 I’m a Bend in the River, solo show, Academy Gallery, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
Where We Are, group show, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2021 Louisiana Contemporary, juried exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Fugitive Kind, solo show, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Connections: Staple Goods 10th Anniversary Exhibition, group show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
2020 Tchoupitoulas, solo show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Fine Art Showcase, juried exhibition, Southeastern University, Hammond, LA
I am a Beautiful Monster, group show, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019 And Now For Something New, Vol.2, juried exhibition, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Subaquatic Homesick Blues, solo show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
Memento Mori, group show, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 Kaori Maeyama, solo show, SALON Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Talking Walls, group show, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Signal and Noise, solo show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
2017 Shuffle: An Exhibition by Painters Painting Painters, group show, The Front, New Orleans, LA
The Passenger, solo show, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
Through a Glass Darkly, thesis exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2015 Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air, juried exhibition, Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia, LA
Abita Springs En Plein Air, group show, Abita Springs Trailhead Museum, Abita Springs, LA
Longue Vue House & Gardens En Plein Air, four-person show, New Orleans, LA
2014 Abita Springs En Plein Air, group show, Abita Springs Trailhead Museum, Abita Springs, LA
2013 Three-Person Show, Hirsch-Lassen Gallery, Metairie, LA
2012 Louisiana Contemporary, juried exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Awards and Residencies
2023 Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residency, Johnson, VT
2021 National Performance Network Take Notice Fund, New Orleans, LA
2020 Joan Mitchell Center Artist in Residency, New Orleans, LA
2019 Winner, And Now For Something New, Vol.2 juried exhibition, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
2018 Canal Place SALON Artist in Residency, by the Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2018 Honorable Mention, Abita Springs En Plein Air, Abita Springs, LA
2016 School of Liberal Arts Summer Merit Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2013 Walter Stuempfig Award, for overall excellence, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
Teaching and Professional Experiences
2018 – present Faculty in Drawing and Painting, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
2017 - present Adjunct/Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing and Painting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2000 – 2015 Managing Producer and Audio Editor, public radio program American Routes
Artist’s Talk, Workshops and Demonstrations
2023 Artist Demonstration, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Talk, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX
Brayer Painting Workshop, PaintSpaceNOLA, New Orleans, LA
Articles and Exhibition Reviews
Visual Music by John R. Kemp, Louisiana Life Magazine, September/October, 2021
Haunting by Sylvie Contiguglia, Art e-Walk, June 18, 2019
Painter Kaori Maeyama reveals the visual secrets of New Orleans after dark by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, June 17, 2019
Exhibition Pick – Kaori Maeyama by Benjamin Morris, Pelican Bomb, July 6, 2018
New Orleans Art Insider: Kaori Maeyama’s Signal and Noise by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, June 18, 2018
Kaori Maeyama’s urban landscapes by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, June 26, 2017
Salon Style: Painters Painting Painters at NOCCA by Marjorie Rawle, Pelican Bomb, April 14, 2017