Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Ian Miyamura

As part of the Tuesday Night Lecture Series (TNLS), Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents a lecture by artist Ian Miyamura, organized by the MFA Painting program.

Ian Miyamura (b. 1991 Kailua, HI; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013, and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2019. Solo exhibitions include They Learned to Look Up and Down, Bureau, NY, (2025); Chaos Spawn, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA (2024); Bureau at the Paris Internationale, Paris, France (2023); OCTOBER 31, 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago, IL, (2022). Group exhibitions include Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, Adams and Ollman, OR, (2025); My Condolences, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, (2023); A Tournament of Lies, The Wassaic Project, Wassiac, NY, (2022).

In 2021, Miyamura attended MASS MoCA’s artist residency program as a fellowship recipient. In 2022 he was awarded a FST Studio Projects Fund grant. He is a recipient of the Luminarts Cultural Foundation of Chicago Fellowship (2013), as well as the LeRoy E. Hoffberger Foundation Fellowship (2019).

Image: Ian Miyamura, fraternal painting, 2024. Oil on linen, 7.875 x 25.3125 inches.

More information: ianmiyamura.com