Education
2020 Fashion Institute of Technology; State University of New York, NY
Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts
2018 Kingsborough Community College; City University of New York, NY
Associate of Art in Fine Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2023 “Interferences” Group Show, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Virtual Gallery on Spatial
“Atlantic Art Walk 2023” Art Fair by Arts Gowanus on Atlantic Avenue, New York
2022 “Art Hug You” Group Show, 有楽町マルイ＆新宿マルイ/Marui, Yurakucho&Shinjyuku, Japan
“Atlantic Art Walk 2022” Art Fair by Arts Gowanus on Atlantic Avenue, New York
2021 “In Silence”, Solo Exhibition, SEN SALON, New York
“過呼きゅん展/”Kakokyun” Group Show”, 表現食堂カケルシー/ KakeruC, Ueno, Japan
“ポートレートで繋がろう展/ Portrait Group Show”, 有楽町マルイ＆新宿マルイ/Marui, Yurakucho&Shinjyuku, Japan
“ポートレートで繋がろう展/ Portrait Group Show”, 表現食堂カケルシー/ KakeruC, Ueno, Japan
“Artist Ranking Nov. 2021”, DiGARO, 有楽町マルイ/ Marui, Yurakucho, Japan
2020 “Dialogue”, Social Distance Gallery curated by Benjamin Cook, Online Gallery
“Portrait of Ipseity”, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, Online Gallery
“Reflection” curated by Camryn Ramirez, New York
2019 “Homegrown”, the Museum of FIT, New York
“Woman in the Glow”, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
“Iridescence”, The Alpha Workshop, New York
“Ideanomics” curated by Urban Studio, New York
“Deferred Dream”, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, Ongoing Exhibition
2018 The Annual Student Exhibition, Kingsborough Art Museum, New York
SUNY Art Exhibition, New York
“Future Human” -Year 3020-, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Commission Projects
2022 Illustrations and posters for fan-based NiziU 2nd Anniversary Project
2020 Illustration for online graphic for miss circle contest
2017 circle3.nyc, illustration for shoe designer
Bibliography
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-Blasco, Kenneth, “Meet Miku Sekimoto.” Voyage ATL, 7 Oct. 2019, voyageatl.com/interview/meet-miku-sekimoto-na-individual-artist-nyc/.
-Camastro, Savannah, and Savannah Camastro Savannah Camastro is a writer based in Brooklyn focusing on the relationship between art and society. “Quarantine Forces Art Students to Get Creative at Home.” Fine Art Globe, 28 Apr. 2020, fineartglobe.com/artists/quarantine-forces-art-students-to-get-creative-at-home/.
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-Fine Arts Website Team. Portraits of Ipseity, 25 May 2020, www.fitfineart.com/.
-Kawabata, Hiromi. “検索しても出てこない「留学」の細かすぎる話（Detailed Story of ‘Studying Abroad’ That Does Not Show Even If You Look It up).” JJ, 23 Aug. 2019.
-Kondo, Reona, and GQ Japan. ギャラリー：コロナ禍綺譚──卒業制作の発表の場を失った学生たち（COVID-19 Story -Students Who Lost the Place to Exhibit Their Thesis Projects). 16 Sept. 2020, http://www.gqjapan.jp/culture/gallery/20200916-art-graduation-production-4?image=5f5dd5c4dcc0a1d3d73ab644.
-Nishimura, Jun. “関本美空 作品展示会 Miku Sekimoto Exhibition.” 週刊NY生活(Shukan NY Seikatsu), 13 Feb. 2021, p. 2.
–Meet Miku Sekimoto – canvasrebel magazine. (2022, October 24). Retrieved from https://canvasrebel.com/meet-miku-sekimoto/
Award
2022 GENSEKI, honorable mention, GENSEKI contests
2019 Woman In the Glow, painting of the semester, Fashion Institute of Technology
2018 The 1st place of the Annual Student Exhibition, Kingsborough Art Museum
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