Sophia Chizuco
25.4 x 25.4 x 3.8 cm
Born in Japan, Sophia Chizuco is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her B.A. in art and education from Tokyo Gakugei University. In 2000, she moved to New York to study abstract paintings at the Art Students League of New York and earned a certificate in painting for her studies. In 2019, she was selected as a leader for the “Hospital-Based Community Murals Project“ at NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine program, New York. She was selected for projectart, art and social practice, artists in residence in Cypress Hills library and SU-CASA, artist-in-residence in Young Israel Senior Services Neighborhood Senior Center. Since 2013, Chizuco has been a part of the Immigrant Artist Program, acting as a mentor at the New York Foundation for the Arts. She held origami workshops for immigrants at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the National Yiddish Theatre and painting workshop at the I am an Immigrant event. Also, she organized and curated shows for immigrant artists.