Mitsu's bio

Exhibitions 

2018    Grant Winners' Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York City, NY

2018    PUSHING WATER, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

2018    MERIT SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York City, NY

2017    Conference Board Show, Western Publishing Building (845 Third Ave), New York City, NY

2016    States of Water, States of Mind, Art345 Gallery, Harlem, New York City, NY

2015    Works on Paper, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, NY

2015    STROKES, Art345 Gallery, East Harlem, New York City, NY

2015    From Color to Light, Art345 Gallery, East Harlem, New York City, NY

Accomplishments

2017    Merit Scholarship, The Art Student League of New York

2016    Fantasy Fountain Found Scholarship (six weeks of residency in Aix-en-Provence, France)

2012    Red Dot recipient (best in the show), The Art Student League of New York

1996    Department Award, Craft Awards in Directing, Editing, Cinematography, Best Film in Experimental Form at NYU First Run Festival, awarded short film “Stranger in the World.”  The film was also shown at several film festivals in the US.

1991　Hiroshima City Board of Education Award at Hiroshima International Video and Film Festival, awarded animation “ Synchronization” ("Synchronization" was also screened at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Academic background

2003 – 2018 Art Student League of New York (instructor: Paul Ching-Bor)

1996    Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at New York University

1991　Master of Science in Biochemistry at University of Tsukuba, Japan

1989    Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science at University of Tsukuba, Japan