Masako Miki is a mixed media artist whose work is inspired by nature, animals, and their relationship. She explores themes of metamorphosis, evolution, and transformation through animal motifs using their behaviors as metaphors for human psyche. Miki has exhibited throughout the Bay area at venues including Headlands Center for the Arts, the Berkeley Art Museum, Kala Art Institute, and Root Division Gallery. She has been a resident artist at The Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Project 387 (Gualala, CA), Kamiyama Artists in Residency (Tokushima, Japan), Facebook Artist in Residence (Menlo Park, CA). Miki is scheduled for the Artist in Residence Program at the de Young Museum in 2016. She was a nominee for the 2010 and 2012 SECA Art Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Miki is a native of Japan, now living and working in Berkeley, California. She received her MFA from San Jose State University, and is an adjunct faculty at University of California, Berkeley. Miki is represented by CULT | Aimee Friberg Exhibitions in San Francisco.