BFA Otis College of Art and Design Fine Arts Painting & A.C.T. (Artists, Community, and Teaching)
2012 Eco Arts Awards “Tohorā He Waiata (The Whale Song)” Honorable Mention
2011 Eco Arts Awards “All We Gotta Give” Winner for Music Video
2007 Honors, Otis College of Art and Design
Outstanding Service Award, Otis College of Art and Design
Ebell of Los Angeles Scholarship
The Group Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design
2004-2007 Merit-Based Scholarships from Otis College of Art and Design
2005 William Randolph Hearst Scholarship
Harry Milton Foster Scholarship
2004 Beverly Gordon Memorial Scholarship from Ventura College
1989 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Art Award
2018 Asia/LA ← → LA/Asia, Ara Art Center, Seoul, Korea, curated by Marlena Donohue
2015 The Hud, Ventura California, curated by Yessica Torres
2014 The Hud, Ventura California, curated by Yessica Torres
2012 Fear, Imperial Valley Artist Collective, curated by Elizabeth M Lopez and Minerva Torres
2008-2007 The Circus Comes to Town, Palos Verdes Art Center, curated by Scott Canty
2007 Exit Vision, Otis College of Art and Design, curated by Linda Burnham
2006 Pretty/Dirty, Otis College of Art and Design, curated by Loyola Marymount University
Something Hidden, Something Shown
Anxiety of the Moment, curated by Sue Spaid
2005 Detours to Resonance, Otis College of Art and Design, curated by Meg Linton
2020 “Habitat Umbrellas," School Arts Magazine
https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=60985&i=638767&p=34&pp=1&ver=html5
2019 “Mayuka Thais, Otis College Alum and Instructor, Teaches Drawing Classes for Teens and Adults Through Otis Extension," Otis College of Art and Design
https://www.otis.edu/news/mayuka-thais-otis-college-alum-instructor-drawing
2017 "Into the Next Stage: Learning Japanese and the Shimajiro Connection," Rafu Shimpo Japanese Daily News
https://rafu.com/2017/06/into-the-next-stage-learning-japanese-and-the-shimajiro-connection/
2016 "Artist Mayuka Thais: Remember to Look at Every-thing with Wonder," The Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/11/12/people/artist-mayuka-thais-remember-look-everything-wonder/#.XvKjiZNKjjA
2015 "Beyond the Zoo Gates," The International
https://isshinternational.org/3897/showcase/mayuka-thais/
Employment History:
2018-Current, Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design
2018-Current , Humanities Instructor, Stanford OHS (Online High School)
2019, Figure Drawing Instructor, Loyola Marymount University
2014-Current, Extension Instructor & Summer or Art Instructor, Otis College of Art and Design
2010-2013, Art Specialist, International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan
2009-2010, Co-lead Instructor, Willowbrook International School, Tokyo, Japan
2008-2009, Lead Instructor, Happy Days International School, Tokyo, Japan
2004-2007, Teaching Assistant, Otis College of Art and Design
2002-2003, Teaching Assistant, International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan
2000-2002, Teaching Assistant, Willowbrook International School, Tokyo, Japan
Clients
- Columbia Music Entertainment Japan
- Polygon Records
- Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai/NHK)
- NHK Educational
- NHK Software
- SkyPerfect TV
- Benesse
- SONY Music Entertainment
- Familiar
- Utabako
- Yamaha
- Mainichi Shogakusei Shinbun
- Image Science
- EGG
- ALC
- Iwasaki Shoten
- Skip inc.