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[ photography • painting • mixed media • digital illustration ]

Mika was born and raised in Orange County, California. As a Laguna Beach Festival of Arts scholarship recipient she attended Cal State Fullerton and studied fine art, photography, design and illustration. After college, Mika had a successful design career for over 12 years, starting out as a graphic designer and working her way up to the creative director position for an award-winning in-house art department for a publishing company in Laguna Beach. Trips to Japan and neighborin...

: : m i k a w o r k s : :

[ photography • painting • mixed media • digital illustration ]

Mika was born and raised in Orange County, California. As a Laguna Beach Festival of Arts scholarship recipient she attended Cal State Fullerton and studied fine art, photography, design and illustration. After college, Mika had a successful design career for over 12 years, starting out as a graphic designer and working her way up to the creative director position for an award-winning in-house art department for a publishing company in Laguna Beach. Trips to Japan and neighboring Okinawa in 2007 inspired some of her current paintings, photos and contemporary collage pieces.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design - Cal State Fullerton 1988

Awards:
4 Year Scholarship from Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts

Shows:

City of Laguna Beach “Art That’s Small at the City Hall”— April 2010

City of Laguna Beach 3rd Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition — October 2009
“Master Gardener” painting selected, juried by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Laguna Art Museum

Solo Exhibition at The Tranquil Tea Lounge, Fullerton — August 2009

City of Laguna Beach “Art That’s Small at the City Hall”— March 2009

City of Laguna Beach 2nd Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition — October 2008
“Night Cook in Kyoto” photo selected, juried by Perin Mahler, LCAD

City of Laguna Beach “Art That’s Small at the City Hall” — March 2008

City of Laguna Beach First Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition — October 2007
“Flowers for Morgan” painting selected, juried by Peter Blake, Peter Blake Gallery

City of Laguna Beach “Art That’s Small at the City Hall — March 2007

Photos of the Year.com Monthly Contest Honorable Mention — August 2006

Photos of the Year.com Monthly Contest Honorable Mention — September 2006