USC Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, California 91101
Open Wednesday through Sunday 10am to 6pm


PAST EXHIBITIONS
Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia
September 11, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Visualizing Enlightenment: Decoding the Buddhist Iconography
March 20 - August 2, 2015
Ikko Style: The Graphic Art of Ikko Tanaka
April 2, 2015 - August 2, 2015
Recent Acquisitions
April 2015 - June 28, 2015
A New Way Forward: Japanese Hanga of the 20th Century
April 25, 2014 - April 19, 2015
The Rent Collection Courtyard: Fifty Years
September 26, 2014 - February 22, 2015
The First Wave: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings in the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection
September 26, 2014 - February 22, 2015
From Insight: The Path of Bodhidharma
September 19, 2014 - February 15, 2015
I Am Writing You Tomorrow
March 28 - August 24, 2014
The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America
February 7, 2014 - August 17, 2014
Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collection
April 5, 2013 - March 30, 2014
Ralli Quilts: Contemporary Textiles from Pakistan
December 20, 2013 - March 2, 2014
The Garden in Asia
November 23, 2012 - January 5, 2014
The Art of Continuity: Revering our Elders
December 14, 2012 - January 5, 2014
Constructed Visions: New Media from Korea
August 23 – November 24, 2013
Takashi Tomo-oka
April 19 – July 28, 2013
Marking Transitions: Ceremonial Art in Indonesia
November 2, 2012 through March 24, 2013
Kimono in the 20th Century
March 30, 2012 - March 10, 2013
Gajin Fujita: Ukiyo-e in Contemporary Painting
April 20 - October 7, 2012
May 18 - August 12, 2012
Masterpieces of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
November 18, 2011 - April 8, 2012
46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum
October 7, 2011 - March 25, 2012
Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting
January 13 - February 26, 2012
Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani
March 31, 2011 - February 26, 2012
Meiji: Japan Rediscovered
September 13 - October 30, 2011
Asian Influences: The California Art Club at Pacific Asia Museum
July 8 - October 9, 2011
40 Years of Building the Pacific Asia Museum Collection
February 4 - September 4, 2011
Through the Colonial Lens: Photographs from 19th and 20th Century India
May 5 - June 26, 2011
Urban Asia: Photographs by Kirk Pedersen
March 17 - May 1, 2011
Facets of Asia: Photographs by Sandra Chen Weinstein
March 4 through May 29, 2011
Visions of the Orient: Western Women Artists in Asia 1900-1940
March 2 through March 13, 2011
Annual Youth Art Month Exhibition
September 8 - October 31, 2010
'Forget Sorrow': Illustrations by Belle Yang
August 6, 2010 - February 6, 2011
China Modern: Designing Popular Culture, 1910-1970
July 8 - August 29, 2010
One Hundred Not So Famous Views of LA by Barbara Thomason
June 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Visualizing Faith: Buddhist Art in Thailand
May 6 - June 27, 2010
Japanese Character Series and Fusion Ikebana II
March 25, 2010 – March 6, 2011
Japan in Blue and White
February 24 - May 16, 2010
Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings
February 24 - March 28, 2010
L.A. Web Children Drawing Contest
February 18 - June 27, 2010
Beyond the Page: The Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan
February 8, 2009 – March 1, 2010
Recent Gifts to the Collection
January 6 – February 17, 2010
Sketches of China: Works on Paper by Hyunsook Cho
October 14, 2009 – February 8, 2010
Fashioning Domesticity, Weaving Desire: Visions of the Filipina
Sept. 17, 2009 – Jan. 17, 2010
Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art
March 18, 2009 – Sept 20, 2009
Discovering Ganesha: Remover of Obstacles
February 19, 2009 through August 9, 2009
The Samurai Re-imagined: from Ukiyo-e to Anime
February 18 – April 19, 2009
Ukiyo-e Re-mix Series: Fight or Flight
September 17, 2008 – January 11, 2009
Confucius: Shaping Values Through Art
September 10, 2008 – January 11, 2009
The Offering Table : Women Artists/ Activists from Korea
June 6, 2008 – January 6, 2009
Mingei East and West
May 1 – August 24, 2008
Pacifika: Young Perspectives on Pacific Island Art
March 6 – July 27, 2008
Chinaman's Chance: Views of the Chinese
American Experience
February 8 – May 11, 2008
Lotus Moon: the Art of Otagaki Rengetsu
December 6, 2007 – March 30, 2008
Rainbow Colors: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet
October 12, 2007 – January 27, 2008
Rank and Style :
Power Dressing in Imperial China
May 4, 2007 – January 6, 2008
The Religious Arts of Japan
June 22 – September 9, 2007
Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran
February 1 – November 11, 2007
Daily Rituals: Himalayan Art in Practice
March 9 – May 27, 2007
Jade, Silk and Porcelain: The Materials of Asian Art
September 8, 2006 – April 1, 2007
Splendor and Simplicity: An Introduction to Japanese Artistic Style
November 10, 2006 – February 4, 2007
Banquet: A Feast for the Senses
November 18, 2005 – February 5, 2006
Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art
July 16 – October 16, 2005
From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics
June 18 – August 15, 2005
Brighter than Gold: The Rich Tradition of Satsuma-Ware in Japan
March 19 – June 19, 2005
The Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition of Swordmakers
February 16 – May 15, 2005
What Stays Behind to be Remembered:
An Exhibition in Memory of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Victims
November 13, 2004 - February 13, 2005
Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life
October 17, 2004 – January 30, 2005
Landscapes of the Mind:
Chinese Paintings of Nature from the Pacific Asia Museum Collection
July 17 - October 17, 2004
The Occupations of Shôwa
Japan in Pictures:
Woodblock Prints of Wada Sanzô
July 14, 2004 through October 3, 2004
Depicting
the Royal and Divine: Indian Paintings and Sculptures
May 7 - July 4, 2004
A Modern
Pursuit of Ancient Feelings: Chinese Paintings by Zhou Ping-guang
March 5 - June 20, 2004
Kampai!: The Arts of Japanese Sake
February 15 - April 11, 2004
Recent Acquisitions of Japanese
Paintings
November 1, 2003 - February 1, 2004
Korean
Costumes through the Ages
October 22, 2003 - January 18, 2004
Tiny
Treasures: Two Hundred Snuff Bottles
from Los Angeles Collections
June 1 - October 5, 2003
Drawing the Line: Contemporary
Artists Reassess Traditional East Asian Calligraphy
June 4 - October 5, 2003
Chinese Calligraphy Showcase
February 28 September 20, 2003
The Arts of Korea from the Pacific
Asia Museum Collection
February 23 April 27, 2003
Tana Bana: The Woven Soul
of Pakistan
September 29, 2002 February 16, 2003
Sacred Stitches: Tibetan
Buddhist Images Pieced in Silk
by Leslie Rinchen Wongmo
September 29, 2002 January 12, 2003
Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism
July 3 September 15, 2002
Korea Through Western Eyes:
Prints and Paintings of Korea by Paul Jacoulet & Elizabeth Keith
June 2 August 25, 2002
Asia's Woven Wonders:
Treasures from Pacific Asia Museum's Textile Collection
March 6 June 16, 2002
Bijinga: Japanese Paintings
of Beautiful Women
February 17 April 28, 2002
Where Masks Still Dance: Photographs
of New Guinea by Chris Rainier
November 3, 2001 January 13, 2002
Bamboo Masterworks: Japanese
Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
October 3, 2001 January 6, 2002
Views of Old Japan: Landscape
Prints and Paintings by Hiroshige from the Collection of the Pacific
Asia Museum