SEIKO TACHIBANA was born in Japan and completed her Masters of Art Education at Kobe University, Japan. She received an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, and has since received many awards including Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Award. She has been living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her distinctive work balances Asian tradition with minimalist modernity. Tachibana’s work has shown internationally also can be found in the Los Angeles County Museum, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco the Legion of the Honor, Portland Art Museum as well as a number of other museums, institutios and individual collections throughout USA, Europe and Japan.


The Piano Connection

In descending chronological order

Description Generation to Steinway 338662 Date Place People
Art on Piano Unveiling 1st 5/16/2022 Treasure Island Museum Seiko Tachibana, Kendall Ross Bean, Karen Earle Lile
“Complementary Skills” Decal installed on Steinway 338662 1st ?/?/2022 Treasure Island Museum Seiko Tachibana
4 Art concepts, colored pencil on paper n/a 03/21/2021 Berkeley Seiko Tachibana
“Complementary Skills” art commissioned by Karen Earle Lile n/a 02/01/2020 Piano Finders West & Berkeley Karen Earle Lile
Piano rebuilt through “Hands Preserving History Project” 1st 1/10/2017 to 9/18/2018 Piano Finders East Kendall Ross Bean
Piano entrusted with Karen Lile Productions for Provenance Development 1st 1/9/2017 Piano Finders East Karen Earle Lile
Piano purchased by private family trust. 1st 1/9/2017 Piano Finders East Undisclosed
Piano donated to Building Bridges 1st 1/1/2017 San Francisco Sally and Michael Cahill
Relationships Integral to this Unveiling Event Only
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