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Mayuko Ono Gray is Santa Clara University's fifth Lucas Artist Fellow of the Montalvo Artist Residency Program in collaboration between SCU’s Department of Art and Art History and the Montalvo Arts Center. Her exhibition 諸行無常_this too, shall pass will be on display from January 4 to February 19, 2027 in the Art and Art History Gallery in the Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building at Santa Clara University. Meet the artist at closing reception on February 18, 2027, 5-6 p.m., Dowd Lobby.

Gray is an artist based in Houston, TX whose primary medium is graphite drawing. Born in Japan, she trained in traditional Japanese calligraphy in her youth and later studied classical Western drawing. Ono Gray moved to the United States following high school and went on to receive her MFA in Painting from the University of Houston in 2007. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including exhibitions in Japan, Mexico, Germany, Italy, UK, Greece, and Canada. Her works are represented by Hooks-Epstein galleries in Houston, TX and by Galería 910 in Oaxaca, Mexico.