Takayo Noda. The Habitat for the Yellow Bird. Copyright Takayo Noda, 2008

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1 Design: Barbara Tanis Design Takayo Noda The Habitat for the Yellow Bird Copyright Takayo Noda, 2008

2 In her recent installation for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, artist Takayo Noda brings an oasis to our everyday urban experience. Her imaginative compositions are beautifully conceived and handsome in detail. The viewer takes pleasure as organic arrangements of flowers, bees, and butterflies transform themselves into interludes of form, color and playfulness. The fact that they are installed in an elevated station make them even more open and refreshing. Takayo Noda has ed an exciting and transforming experience for commuters. The Habitat for the Yellow Bird Six Faceted Glass Windows Designed by Takayo Noda for MTA Arts for Transit Sutter Avenue Station L Will Barnet, January 2008 Fabricator: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass Photographs: Edward Lee

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4 The butterflies are welcoming the yellow bird.

5 The dragonflies are bringing good news to the yellow bird.

6 Shh..., the bumblebees are daydreaming with the yellow bird.

7 The yellow bird is traveling on the white cloud.

8 The stars are singing a lullaby for the yellow birds sweet dreams.

9 Everyone is happy the subway train is passing.

10 B IOGRAPHY Takayo Noda, a collage artist and printmaker, was born in Tokyo, Japan and has lived in New York City most of her adult life. She studied with Michael Ponce de Leon, Seong Moy and Leo Manso at the Art Students League. Noda has received numerous awards and exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her solo exhibitions include Zimmerli Art Museum, Brunswick, NJ; National Arts Club, NYC; Pen and Brush Club, NYC; Tiffany & Co. windows, NYC; Interchurch Center, NYC; Donnell Library, NYC; Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY; Austin Public Library, Austin, TX; Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD; Wolcott Public Library, Wolcott, CT; and Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA. Group shows include National Academy of Design, NYC; National Arts Club, NYC; Lotos Club, NYC; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Boston University, Boston, MA; Museum of American Illustration, NYC; UBS Paine Webber Art Gallery, NYC; Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI; United Nations, New York, NY; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Art Complex Museum, Brockton, MA; Roopanker Museum of Fine Arts, Bhopal, India; Taller Galleria Fort, Barcelona, Spain, and Galleriet Elva, Stockholm, Sweden. Her work is part of many private and public collections including Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Portland Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, MTA Arts for Transit, Lotos Club, National Arts Club, Honolulu Academy of Art, and Art Students League. She is also the author and the illustrator of two picture books, Dear World and Song of the Flowers. Both books received acclaimed reviews in Kirkus Review, School Library Journal and others. In 1998, MTA Arts for Transit selected one of her works for the subway poster program for NYC subway stations. In 2006, MTA commissioned her to design six faceted glass windows for the platform of Sutter Avenue Station L in Brooklyn, New York. They were installed in August For more information, visit In 1993, she was a guest artist in the national series program Creative Living produced by KENW-TV. In 2005, she was featured in the program, Act II by WLIW21-TV. In 2006, she was featured on Minnesota public radio. She is a member of Boston Printmakers, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, Lotos Club, National Arts Club, National Association of Women Artists, Society of American Graphic Artists, Art Students League, Artists Fellowship, NY Artists Equity Association, Academy of American Poets and Authors Guild. She is listed in Who s Who in America, Who s Who in American Art and Who s Who of American Women. Now the earth with many flowers put on her spring embroidery Sappho (C 600 B.C.)