MIZUE SAWANO
241 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Tel/Fax:1-212-925-0648
Biography
Born in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture. Due to Father’s work and the war, family moved frequently
Moved to Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture
Moved to Tokyo
Due to regulation technicality, graduated from both Hiratsuka Municipal Konan High School and Tokyo Metropolitan Mita High School
B.A. in Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Studied with Ren Ito
Instutute of Contemporary Art (Gendai Bijutsu Kenkyujo), Tokyo
Graduate studies, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Studied with KaoruYamaguchi
Received a French Government scholarship and began studying with Maurice Brianchon at L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Moved to New York. Thereafter, based in New York and traveled to many places in Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, Mexico, and the U.S.
Studied at Art Students League, New York. Made a Lifetime Member
Invited by Assilah Forum Foundation in Morocco (President: Mohamed Benaïssa, Morocco’s Foreign Minister), held solo exhibitions and visited Assilah many times to sketch. In 2000-03, created a 6x20-meter mural (extended to 45 meters in 2002), in 2007 created a 4x8-meter mural, in 2008 created a 6x30-meter in conjunction with Assilah International Culture Festival
Contributed her paintings as main visual for promotions of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossam Festival)
Selected Grants and Awards
Gold prize, Contemporary Students Oil Painting Exhibition, sponsored by Mainichi Newspaper and held at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
French-government scholarship to study in Paris
Silver Prize, L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts’ exhibition, Paris
Merit scholarship, The Art Students League, New York; made a Lifetime Member
Gold Prize and “Artist of the Year,” ’74 Selected Emerging Artists Exhibition, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo and Osaka
Selected by stage designer Oliver Smith in the competition for the backdrop of Grand Ballroom at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York
Invited to Assilah International Cultural Festival by Assilah Forum Foundation in Morocco
Invited as Artist-in-Residence at Assilah Cultural Palace
27 oil paintings, first shown at Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Library, Assilah, entered the collection of Assilah Forum Foundation as “Art Collection by His Royal Highness Prince Bander Bin Sultan”
Selected Solo Exhibitions
[* and ** indicate the publication of an accompanying catalogue and brochure respectively.]
Bungei Shunju Gallery, Tokyo**
Yoshii Gallery (held at Yogasho Hall), Tokyo* (also 1980*, 1987*)
Dedication of Water Lilies (completed 1976) at Grand Ballroom of The Waldorf-Astoria, New York
Viridian Gallery, New York (also 1982, 1984, 1988**)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gallery, New York
East Hills Gallery, East Hills, New York
Steinhardt Conservatory Exhibition Gallery, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York* (also 2006*)
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo* (also 1997*, 2002*, 2006*,2010*)
International House Gallery, New York*
Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York (also 2003)
Casa Lamm Centro de Cultura, Mexico City*
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, Florida.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.*
International Art Placement in the Shorenstein Realty and Yale University Building, New York.*
Hassan Center. Assilah Forum Foundation, Morocco*
Executed mural painting at Assilah International Cultural Festival, Morocco*
(also 2001*, 2002*, 2003*)
Espace Amphytriun Casablanca, Morocco*
Marrakech Museum Morocco*
Rockefeller State Park Preserve, New York**
Radio House Gallery , New York**
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Library, Assilah, Morocco*
Became permanent exhibition
The Gerald Peters Gallery, New York**
Takashimaya Art Gallery,Tokyo*
Gerald Peters Gallery Northeastern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund Charity
Art at CGIS Buildng, Harvard University
Art at CGIS South First Floor Gallery. Harvard University
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo *
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Steinhardt Conservatory Exhibition Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo (April-May 2018)*
Selected Group Exhibitions
[* and ** indicate the publication of an accompanying catalogue and brochure respectively.]
Contemporary Students Oil Painting Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum*
Néo Forme, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo (annually)**
Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum*Exhibition of Works by Graduating Students [from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music], Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
[Exhibition of L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts], Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Exhibition of the Best Student Works [selected by the Art Students League faculty], B. Altman Gallery, New York
74Selected Emerging Artists Exhibition, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo and Osaka*
Nippon-Ten 79:The First Art Show of Japanese Artists in Greater New York, The Japanese American Artists of New York, New York Windows on the East: A Survey of Contemporary Japanese Art, Mezzanine at One World Trade Center, New York*
Exhibition of Contemporary Women Painters, Takashimaya, Tokyo and others (annually)*
In memory of the Master Ren Ito, Nichido Gallery, Nagoya*
Contemporary Images: Flowers by Seven Realist Painters, Prudential and Mendik Company, New York** International Exhibition, North Gallery, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York.
Contemporary Japanese Art Created in Other Lands, Gallery International 52, New York*
Exhibition of Women Painters, Takashimaya, Tokyo and others (annually)*
9 Japanese Artists, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, New York* Nature in Art: Paintings by Forty-Four Women, Contemporary Art at One Penn Plaza, New York**
Eleven from Japan, Maria Feliz Gallery, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Aspects of Flowers, Lever House, New York [Exhibition of the Japanese American Artists of New York], Lowenstein Library Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York
Meguro Art Annual, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (annually)*
JAA Art Exhibition of Japanase and Japanese American Artists in New York, Annual show
Après Monet: The Water Lily in Contemporary Painting, Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, New York**
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.**
Artists From Postwar Japan, The Nippon Gallery, New York
Tokyo University of the Arts “A & M” Art and Music Collaboration, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City
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