SOPHIA CHIZUCO
Sophia Chizuco is a multidisciplinary artist, art educator, and curator based in Brooklyn, originally from Japan. She received her B.A. in Art and Education from Tokyo Gakugei University and moved to New York in 2000 to study abstract paintings at the Art Students League of NY, where she earned a certificate in painting. She also funder for froggiesvillage.
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As an artist, Chizuco has been selected as a leader for various community art projects, including ArtBridge public art project, the “Hospital-Based Community Murals Project” at NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine program, projectart art and social practice in Cypress Hills library, and SU-CASA artist-in-residence in Young Israel Senior Center. She has also conducted workshops at Non-profit organizations such as the NARS Foundation, Lewis Latimer House Museum, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
She has been also a mentor at the Immigrant Artists Program in the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has curated shows for immigrant artists. Her curatorial projects have been featured by various publications, including White Hot Magazine, World Journal (Chinese newspaper), Yomitime (Japanese paper), and ConEdison Newsletter. Her latest curatorial project, “Self-Reflection:Rehash/Practicing Uncertainty” was selected by Bronx Council on the Arts.
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Chizuco received the grand prize from ArtNetwork and a merit scholarship from the Art Students League of NY. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Staten Island Museum, New York Hall of Science, ChaShaMa, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Japan), Affordable Art Fair in Brussels (Belgium), and Makati Shangri-La Hotel (Philippines).
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PROGRAMS | PROJECTS | RESIDENCIES
2024
2023
2022
Centrum Artist Residencies, Port Worden, Washington
Panelist, Brooklyn Arts Fund Multidisciplinary Panel, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
Artist talk “Art and Hate”, at Hiroshima Jogakuin, Hiroshima, Japan
Origami workshop, shadow box workshop for young adult, Longwood Art gallery, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York
Family Program, NARS Foundation, New York
Juneteenth Festival family program, Lewis Latimer House Museum, New York
The Flag Project 2022, Rockefeller Center collaboration with the Climate Museum and United Nations Environment Programme, Rockefeller Center, New York
CounterPointe 9, Women Choreographers and their collaborations with artists, Norte Maar, New York
Re-Discoveries Project, NARS Foundation, New York
2020
SU-CASA, artist-in-residence, Brooklyn Arts Councils, New York
2019
Leading Artist, Hospital-based community mural project, NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine, New York
Panelist, East Asian Art in New York Now, El Clemente, New York
The Immigrant Artist Biennial: A Soft Launch Fundraising Event, Radiator Gallery, New York
Panelist, Grant Makers in the Arts, Pre conference, Denver, Colorado
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2018
A Free Bird Gala Center Piece, New York
2018 Projectart, “Art and Social Practice” Resident, New York
Immigrant Artist Program Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
2017
Immigrant Artist Program Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Origami workshop, “Amerike: The Golden land”, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New York
Origami workshop, Professional Leaning for Teachers, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
Painting workshop, I AM AN IMMIGRANT: Pop-Up - Free Event, Immigrant Heritage month in June, New York
Origami workshop, Immigration Museum, Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, New York
FORMS OF PUBLIC ART, Wagner Collage, New York
2016
2015
2014
2013
2010
Mural Project, Brooklyn Brush Studios, New York
Immigrant Art Show, The office for New Americans, New York
Immigrant Artist Program Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
5th Avenue Bay Ridge SAW, 7th annual storefront art walk, Bay Ridge, New York

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Mini Maker Faire workshop - Little Nature in Shadow Box, Barns and Noble Forest Hills, New York
Reading Performance - One Million Years by On Kawara, Guggenheim museum, New York
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Immigrant Artist Program Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
ArtWalk Paterson 2014, New Jersey
Artists Summer Institute, Lower Manhattan Cultural Center & Creative Capital, New York
Immigrant Artist Program Mentor New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Artist talk at Pratt Institute, New York
Artist talk at studio 26 gallery, New York
Yellow Door Project, Bushwick, New York

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Consciousness Only, Buddhist memorial service at Shoko-ji temple, Japan
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2009
NY Arts Residency, Beijing, China
Immigrant Artist Program Mentee, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Shifting Landscape Echoes at ChaShaMa lobby exhibition, Durst Organization building 675 Third Avenue, New York
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2022
froggiesvillage, ChaShaMa, 266 West 37Street, New York
froggiesvillage, SFA projects, New York
froggiesvillage, FLATFILE gallery, New York
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2019
Dreamscapes, HIRAYA gallery + The Globe Gallery, Bonifacio Global City, Manila Philippines
Flakes of Dream, RESOBOX, Long Island City, New York
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2018
2017
2016
Brooklyn Vibes, Gallery OLYM, Tokyo Japan
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waterfall, Hampton Art Hub, New York
stardust, 2 cities travel exhibition, Makati Shangri-la Manila, Philippines
stardust, 2 cities travel exhibition, Radison Blu Cebu, Philippines
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Twine 0116, Parenthesis Art Space, New York
flow, Terra Firma, New York
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2014
Ten-Ku-Chi (Earth to Sky), Ayzart art space, New York

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2013
elemental, chashama 461 gallery, New York
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2012
2011
Chizuco Sophia Yw Solo show, Select Office Suites presents, New York
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Be loved Chizuco Works, Ho-No-Den, Shoko-ji temple, Nagano, Japan
Roots, Maruya, Suwa, Japan

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
森羅万象Shinrabansho, Yant Art Space, New York
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2023
Self-Reflection/Rehash: Practicing Uncertainty, Longwood gallery, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York
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2022
Between Lines, SFA Projects, New York
2021
Salon 2021 by EAFA, Yant Art Studio, New York
Sentiment, SFA Projects, New York
2020
2017
Tracing Lines, Walter Wichiser Gallery, New York
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2016
2015
Kodama – spirit of the tree, The Cluster gallery New York
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Here Where We Are, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, New York
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2015 Archimedes’ Bathtub, (Co-organizer), lorimoto gallery, New York

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
South Brooklyn Salon, Thomas VanDyke. Gallery, New York
froggie and Yana, Two person’s show, Yant Studio Chelsea, New York
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2022
2021
2020
Museum workers’ group exhibition, King Manor Museum, New York
DOUBLE TROUBLE, VillageoneArt gallery, New York
Waves, NARS Foundation, New York
Reconcile: Begin Anew, Flushing Town Hall, New York
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froggiesvillage, ART FOR NYC, The Market Line, New York
We Become Present, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York
USPS Art Project, Greenly Art Space, CA
Unprecedented, Gallery Gary Giordano, Artsy
Artists for #StopAsianHate, Yi-Gallery, New York
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A Degree of Uncertainly, Stand4 Gallery, New York
ART ON THE WALL, FLATFILE gallery, New York
The USPS Art Project, Traveling exhibition, Pelham Art Center in New York, Ely Center of Contemporary Art in Connecticut, InLiquid in Pennsylvania, Greenly Art Space, California
Women 8 Artists, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines
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2019
Confluence Of Colors, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York
projectart, resident artist exhibition, The gallery at 200 Lex in New York Design Center, New York
Divide and Multiply, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York
The Square Fair, White Space Chelsea, New York
Ondate / Wave, Traveling exhibition from Officina 15, Bologna, Italy to Centotto, New York
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2018
2017
2016
SMALL WORKS, The Cluster Gallery, New York
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PAPERWORKS The September 8 show, Gallery Gary Giordano, New York
SALON ART MORA 2016, ART MORA, New York
Keeping Distance, Hiraya gallery, Manila, Philippines
THRU THE RABBIT HOLE, shideshow gallery, New York

2015
Boundary-less, Pleiades Gallery, New York
newcollectorbk, Ground Floor Gallery, New York
flight, the ANNEX Salon, New York
Making History Exhibition, Storefront Ten Eyke, New York
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2014
gifted, Sugarlift, New York

Wish You Were Here 13 group show, A.I.R. Gallery, New York

6th Annual Paterson Art Walk, The Art Factory, New Jersey
2013
2012
SALON ART MORA 2016, ART MORA, New York
Keeping Distance, Hiraya gallery, Manila, Philippines
THRU THE RABBIT HOLE, shideshow gallery, New York

Vital Sign 2012, New York Hall of Science, New York

Juried Art Exhibition 2012, Staten Island Museum, New York

Art Comes Alive 2012, art design consultants inc., Ohio
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2011
2010
We are One, Benefit show for Japan Disaster Relief, Camel Art Space, New York

Award-Winning exhibition, Pen and Brush Inc., New York

International Juried Peace Art Competition, Harmony for Peace Foundation, Chelsea Museum, New York
UBS Asian Exhibition, UBS, Connecticut
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Boxed In & Out, BETA Spaces 2010, New York

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2009
The map is not the territory, 13th Annual Dumbo, Art Under the Bridge Festival, New York
Interlacing, NYArts, Beijing, China

In Your Dreams, The Pen and Brush Inc., New York
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AWARDS
2024
Winner, Public Art, Environmental Stewardship, “Illuminating Energy Flow”, ArtBridge x Con Edision, at Con Edison Headquarters, New York
2015
2009
2005
Winner, ARTslant 5th 2015 showcase, New York
Honorable mention, The Pen and Brush Inc., New York

Honorable mention, Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Salon du Blanc, Japan
Grand prize, Living Artists -14th Edition Front Cover Competition, ArtNetwork, California
Director’s Recognition Award, Period Gallery, Nebraska
Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International, New York
2004
2003
Honorable mention, Smithtown township arts council, New York
Merit scholarship, The Art Students League of New York, New York
2002
ART FAIRS
2013
Art Monaco 13, Monaco

Artexpo 2013 New York, New York
Affordable Art Fair in Brussels, Belgium
LA Art Show 2013, Los Angels
2012
Red Dot Art Fair Miami, Florida
Parallax Art Fair New York, New York
Tomorrow Stars, Verge art miamibeach, Miami, Florida
Artexpo 2011 New York, New York
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2011
COMMISSIONS
2021
Landscape 0121, Ambassador’s private home, Japan
2014
2003
Landscape 20, Private home, Manhattan, New York
Under the water, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Japan
2020
Landscape 0121, Ambassador’s private home, Japan
REVIEW
2019
El lugar de la artista japonesa Sophia Chizuco, review by Jonathan Goodman, fronterad, Spain
CATALOGUE| PUBLISHED
2022
Healing Walls, New York City Health + Hospitals Community Mural Project 2019-2021
The Flag Project 2022, Rockefeller Center collaboration with the Climate Museum and United Nations Environment Programme, Rockefeller Center, New York
Front cover, Shoko-ji temple 50th anniversary catalogue, Japan

2015
Making History Bushwick, New York

2013
The Artist Catalogue 2013, New York
2010
new world, pen and ink, watercolor on paper and essay, Yuishiki – consciousness only, Shoko-ji temple prayer for 40 years, Japan
PRESS | MEDIA
2022
Between Lines, White Hot Magazine, New York
CounterPointe9, CBS 2 News, New York
CounterPointe9, ABC 7 News, New York
2021
Sentiment, World Journal
Sentiment, Artforum
Sentiment, Yomitime, New York
2020
ART connects People to People, interview by Yomitime, New York
2019
Dreamscapes, Manila Shinbun, Philippines
Love, Weekly NY Seikatsu, New York
2018
Angel Wings, Weekly NY Seikatsu, New York
Heroine’s journey, Online Magazine
2017
Stardust, Sunstar Cebu, Philippines
Stardust, Cebu Daily News, Philippines
Stardust, Manila Shinbun, Philippines
Interview/Japanese Artist and Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Alumna Sophia Chizuco, NYFA Current by Con Edison Newsletter
Con Edison/ New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program Commercial video, New York
2016
Flipping Scripts: Art Notes for 2017, Brooklyn Magazine, New York
keeping Distance, Inquirer.net, Manila, Philippines
Here Where We Are, US Weekly Biz, New York
Precarious 0516, Brooklyn Magazine, New York
2015
Ten-Ku-Chi (Earth to Sky), installation, ART QA Autumn Issue #2, #3 New York

Archimedes’ Bathtub, Japion, New York

Archimedes’ Bathtub, Interview, No.71 of the Con Edison Immigrant Artist Newsletter, New York
Art & Creativity: Thoughts for Posterity, The L magazine, New York
2014
Japanese Artists who call Bushwick Home Appreciate its Freedom, Bushwick Daily, New York
2013
Precarious 3, Con Edison Newsletter Issue No. 51 November, New York
Featured Artist - interview, The artist catalogue Spring Vol2 Issue 1, New York
2012
melodically, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, Japion, New York

landscape 0609, acrylic on canvas, invitation and post card, Red Dot Art fair, Miami
2011
Seeds10, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, Nagano-Nippou, Nagano, Japan
Seeds10, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, Weekly Suwa, Nagano, Japan
Joan of Art-Interview with Chizuco Sophia Yw, Nuovo Magazine, New York
Purified, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, US Weekly Biz news, New York
EDUCATION
2004
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The Art Students of New York
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Certificate in Fine Art Course
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Tokyo Gakugei University
B.A. in Art and Education
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Teaching licenses
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