Biography

Miwako Nishizawa was born in Kyoto, Japan, and now lives in Berkeley, California.

She creates artwork that adapts traditional Japanese Woodblock techniques to today's landscape.

She received a commission from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA to create a series of Japanese woodblock prints, in conjunction with the exhibition, Hasui: Water & Shadow. The exhibition celebrated the Museum's impressive collection of Kawase Hasui donated by René and Carolyn Balcer.

She was awarded an Artist-In-Residence package through Kala Art Institute.

Publications and Media

Style Weekly

Artist Miwako Nishizawa@VMFA

Eastern Impressions: Blog

Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society, Number 34, 2013, pp 120-121

Choice: An Art Exhibition of Women's Reproductive Rights, published by Northern California Women's Caucus for Art

ASIAN ART: The newspaper for collectors, dealers, museums and galleries, November 2014

Style Weekly: Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion, Feb 3-23, 2015, Vol. 33, No. 8

Need Supply Co, Blog

Artist Miwako Nishizawa@VMFA, Youtube video

Education

MA Studio Art, New York University, majored in Printmaking

BA Education, Kyoto University of Education, majored in Art Education

Exhibitions

Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan, 1984

Gallery Sai, Kyoto, Japan, 1987

NYU Kimmel Student Center, New York, NY, 1990

80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY, 1991

Japan Society, New York, NY, 1995

Freundorfer Gallery at the Kitano, New York, NY, 2001

Princeton University Art Museum, 2004

Online exhibition on the homepage of Women's Caucus for Art, May 2013

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Art Gallery, Berkeley CA, August 2013

Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, September 2013

Arc Studios & Gallery, "Choice," San Francisco CA, December 2013

First Street Gallery, New York NY, January 2014

Transmission Gallery, Oakland CA, June 2014

Arc Studios & Gallery, "FourSquare," San Francisco CA, August-September 2014

2014-2015 Civic Center Art Exhibition, Berkeley CA, June 2014- May 2015

Berkeley Art Center, "HERE," Berkeley CA, November 15- December 14, 2014

Reynolds Gallery, Richmond VA, January 16-February 28, 2015

Solo Exhibition

Twelve Views of Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA, November 15, 2014 to March 29, 2015

Demonstration/Educational Outreach

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, New York, NY 1993-1995

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 1994 and 1995

The Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY 1994, 1997

Japan Society, New York, NY, 1995, 2000 and 2001

Japan Society, Seminar for NY Public High School Students, New York, NY 1998

Princeton University Art Museum, New York, NY 2004

City and Country School, New York, NY 2010

Virginia Museum of Fine Art Studio School, Richmond, VA 2014

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 2014

California State University, Chico, Chico, CA, 2015

Miscellaneous

Served as the juror for the exhibition "Beauty of Imperfection: Wabi Sabi" at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts at Mill Valley, CA

Serve as Vice President on the board of Northern California Chapter of Women's Caucus for Art

Served as the juror for the exhibition "Ink/Clay" at California State University, Chico.