residency | projects | program
2023
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
2022
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 program, Brooklyn, NY
USPS Art project, collaborating with Kay Sirikul Pattachote, Pelham Art Center, NY
2019
resident artist exhibition, New York Design Center gallery, New York
East Asian Art in New York Now, Panelist, arTALK@LATEA Presents, New York
2018
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
A Free Bird Gala Center Piece, New York
2017
Origami Workshop for teachers, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Workshop "I AM AN IMMIGRNAT", New York
FORMS OF PUBLIC ART, Wagner Collage, NY
2016
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
2015
Mini Maker Faire, workshop “Little Nature in Shadow Box” at Barns and Noble Forest Hills, New York
2014
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Ten-Ku-Chi (Earth to Sky)”, Ayzart art space, New York
2013
Artists Summer Institute, LMCC, Creative Capital, NY
Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Artist talk at Pratt Institute
Artist talk at studio 26 gallery
Street art “Yellow Door Project”, New York
2012
“Chizuco Sophia Yw” show, Select Office Suites presents, New York
2010
“Consciousness Only” Buddhist memorial service at Shoko-ji temple, Japan
2009
Residency, NY Arts, Beijing, China
Immigrant Artist Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
2010 - present
Solo Show
2022
froggiesvillage, ChaShaMa, 266 West 37Street, New York
froggiesvillage, SFA projects, New York
froggiesvillage, FLATFILE gallery, New York
2019
"Dreamscapes", Globe gallery + Hiraya gallaery , BGC Manila, Philippines
"Flakes of Dream", RESOBOX LIC, New York
2018
"Brooklyn Vibes", Gallery OLYM, Tokyo
2017
"stardust", 2 cities travel exhibition, Makati Shangri-la Manila, Philippines
"stardust", 2 cities travel exhibition, Radison Blu Cebu, Philippines
2016
“Twine 0116”, Parenthesis Art Space, New York
“Sophia Chizuco Solo”, Terra Firma, New York
2014
“Ten-Ku-Chi (Earth to Sky)”, Ayzart art space, New York
2013
“elemental”, chashama 461gallery, New York
2012
“Chizuco Sophia Yw” Solo show, Select Office Suites presents, New York
2011
“Be loved Chizuco Works” Ho-No-Den, Shoko-ji temple, Nagano, Japan
“Roots” Maruya, Suwa, Japan
“Solo” Art Expo New York 2011, New York
1998
“Non-titled” Ishigami Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan
“Non-titled” Tsuchidorobou, Shizuoka, Japan
1997
“Ecoute” Shizuoka Art Gallery, Japan
2010 - present
Curatorial project
2023
Self-Reflection/Rehash: Practicing Uncertainty, Longwood gallery, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York
2022
Between Lines, SFA Projects, New York
2021
Salon 2021 by EAFA, Yant Art Studio, New York
"sentiment", SFA Projects, New York,
2020
"Tracing Lines", Walter Wichiser Gallery, New York
2017
"KODAMA -Sprit of The Tree-" The Cluster gallery, Brooklyn New York
2016
"Here Where We Are", hpgrp NEW YORK GALLERY, New York
Group Shows
2022
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
2021
froggiesvillage, ART FOR NYC, The Market Line, New York
We Become Present, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York
USPS Art Project, Greenly Art Space, CA
Painters for Painting, Gallery Gary Giordano, Artsy
Unprecedented, Gallery Gary Giordano, Artsy
Artists for #StopAsianHate, Yi-Gallery, New York
2020
A Degree of Uncertainty, Stand4 Gallery, New York
8X8 Art on Paper, FLATFILE, New York
USPS Art Project, traveling exhibition, NY, CA, PA
2019
Confluence Of Colors, Walter Wichiser Gallery, New York
Divide and Multiply, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York
The Square Fair, White Space Chelsea, New York
2018
SMALL WORKS, The Cluster Gallery, New York
2017
PAPERWORKS The September 8 show, Gallery Gary Giordano, New York
2016
SALON ART MORA 2016, ART MORA, New York
Open Call ll, lorimoto gallery, New York
Keeping Distance, Hiraya gallery, Manila, Philippines
THRU THE RABBIT HOLE, shideshow gallery, New York
Buy what you love! benefit show for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, CARA gallery, New York
2015
KUNSTKAMMER, Parenthesis Art Space, New York Open Call, lorimoto gallery, New York
Boundary-less, Pleiades Gallery, New York
newcollectorbk, Ground Floor Gallery, New York
flight, the ANNEX Salon, New York
Archimedes’ Bathtub, lorimoto gallery, New York
Last Dance @ the Old Gem: A benefit show for Arts@Renaissance, the Old Gem, New York
Making History Exhibition, Storefront Ten Eyke, New York
Nation III CIRCLE THE WAGON, sideshow gallery, New York
2014
gifted, Sugarlift, New York
BPF Creative’s Holiday Pop-Up, Temporary Storage Gallery, New York
back in Situ or Turn, A simposio exhibition, Centotto, New York
Buy what you love! benefit show for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Bosi Contemporary, 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
NATION II AT THE ALAMO, Sideshow gallery, New York
2013
Pangaea, New York Foundation of Arts, New York
Wish You Were Here 12, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
Curate NYC 2013, http://www.curatenyc.org/2013/author/ebecker, New York
2012
Holiday small works group Artshow, Greenpoint Gallery, New York
Benefit show for Arts in Bushwick, Grace Exhibition space, 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
2011
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
2010
Boxed In & Out, BETA Spaces 2010, New York
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
Inaugural Exhibit, Art Raw Gallery, New York
World of Imagination Vol. 2, APW Gallery, New York
2006
Group Show, Nayako Gallery Present, New York
Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Omori-Bellport-atrium, Tokyo, Japan
Art Kudos International, Online Exhibition, www.artkudos.com
2005
Winter Salon, JAVA Studio, New York
ORIGINATE, London, England
Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Omori-Bellport-atrium, Tokyo, Japan
5th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition, Bertoni Galley, New York
Color III International Exhibition, Period Gallery, Nebraska
Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Du Salon Du Blanc, Chikyu-do Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
4th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition, Bertoni Gallery, New York
Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Omori-Bellport-atrium, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Abstraction 03, International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Nebraska
The 2-3-4-Dimentional, 5th International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Nebraska
Color.... It’s universal, 14th Open Juried Art Exhibition, Nassau University Medical Center, New York
54th Annual Art of the Northeast USA Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Connecticut
U.S.A...Visual Connection...Perception, 12th Open Juried Art Exhibition, Nassau University Medical Center, NY
The Healing Power of Art, National Art Competition, Manhattan Arts International, New York
2002
27th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, New York
Not ashamed to be beautiful, 450 Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Works by Merit Scholarship Winners, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York
2001
12th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York
2000
AAWAA 2000, Phoenix Gallery, New York
1998
Shizuoka Prefecture Water Color League Open Juried Exhibition, Shizuoka, Japan
1997
Shizuoka Prefecture Fine Artists League Open Juried Exhibition, Shizuoka, Japan
1991-1996
5th –10th National Open Juried Exhibition, Nichiho-ten, Tokyo, Japan
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
2011
“Tomorrow Stars”, Verge art miamibeach, Miami, Florida
Artexpo 2011 New York, New York
awards
2009
Honorable mention, The Pen and Brush Inc., New York
2005
Honorable mention, Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Salon du Blanc, Japan
2004
Honorable mention, Exposition D’Artistes Contemporains Franco-Japonais, Salon du Blanc, Japa
Grand prize “Living Artists,” 14th Edition Front Cover Competition, ArtNetwork, California
2003
Director’s Recognition Award, Period Gallery, Nebraska
Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International, New York
2002
Honorable mention, Smithtown township arts council, New York
Merit scholarship, The Art Students League of New York, NY
permanent collection
ITeconomy Advisors, Inc.
Komeya Food Service Co. Ltd
Osaka International Cancer Center
Shoko-ji temple
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd
Catalogue / published / reviews
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
2019 El lugar de la artista japonesa Sophia Chizuco, review by Jonathan Goodman, fronterad, Spain
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
2022
Between Lines, White Hot Magazine, New York
CounterPointe9, CBS 2 News, New York
CounterPointe9, ABC 7 News, New York
Reconcile: Begin Anew, CBS 2 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
El lugar de la artista japonesa Sophia Chizuco, review by Jonahtan Goodman, fronterad, Spain
Dreamscapes, Manila Shinbun, Philippines
2018
Angel Wings, Weekly NY Seikatsu, New York
Heroine’s journey, Online Magazine
2017
Con Edison video featuring Sophia Chizuco
"Stardust" Sunstar Cebu, Philippines
"Stardust" Cebu Daily News Philippines
"Star Dust" Manila Shinbun, Philippine
IAP Newsletter #94 New York
"KODAMA" Yomitime, New York
2013
“landscape 0609”, Weekly NY seikatsu, New York
2013
“Featured Artist”, “Yellow Door Project”, “Precarious 1 & 2”,
“Regenerative Powers” Positive Instincts, New York
“Featured Artist - interview”, The artist catalogue, New York
2012
“melodically”, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, Japion, New York
2011
“Seeds10”, pen and ink, watercolor onpaper, Nagano-Nippou, Nagano Japan
“Joan of Art-Interview with Chizuco Sophia Yw”, Nuovo Magazine, New York“Purified”, pen and ink, watercolor on paper, US Weekly Biz, New York
2009
“Its world,” pen and ink, watercolor on paper, Weekly New York Seikatsu, New York
“Small world,” pen and ink, watercolor on paper, New York Daily Sun, New York
2005
“In,” oil on canvas, front cover, Living Artists, 14th edition, USA
“Into the sky,” acrylic on canvas, Shin Bijutsu-Shinbun, Japan
1998
“Untitled”, abstract painting, Shizuoka Newspaper, Japan
Education
2000-2004 The Art Students League of New York, New York
1989-1993 Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan