Himeka Murai / CV
Education
2023 / New York Foundation for the Arts “Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts 2023,” Selected Mentee May 2021/ AAS, Communication Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA March 2019 / BLA, Art History and Cultural Heritage, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan March 2019 / Museum Curatorship certified by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Professional Experience
2021 - PRESENT / Graphic Designer & Studio Assistant, Matsuyama Tomokazu Studio, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY 2019 / Internship, Weber Shandwick Japan, Tokyo, Japan Exhibitions
2024 / Group Exhibition, Before and After the Shift, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY2023 / Group Exhibition, Mixed Nuts, New York, NY2023 / Group Exhibition, In/Between, Chelsea, New York, NY 2023 / 2-person Exhibition, Neverending, Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan 2023 / 3-person Exhibition, Miniature Reunion, Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan 2023 / Juried Online Exhibition, Tactile Sublime, Dodomu Gallery 2022 / Open Call Exhibition, Monster Exhibition, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2022 / 10-Japanese Artists’ Group Exhibition, DECAGON, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY 2022 / 4-person Exhibition, Relief, Chelsea, New York, NY 2021 / Solo Exhibition, Nostalgic Magic, cafe MICHIKUSA, Higashi-ohmiya, Saitama, Japan Residency
2024 / ChaNorth International Writers & Artists-in-Residence ProgramAwards
2024 / Young Artist Fellowship for ChaNorth International Writers & Artists-in-Residence Program2023 / New York Foundation for the Arts “Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts 2023,” Selected Mentee 2022 / Monster Exhibition 2022, Selected Artist 2021 / New Century Scholars Workforce & Transfer Pathways scholarship, Awarded by Thi Pheta Kappa Community
2023 / Assisting social practice artist Yasuyo Tanaka in “Peace and Harmony” Origami Workshop at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY, supported by Asian American Arts Alliance’s What Can We Do? Micro grants2022 / Assisting mural designer Yukiko Izumi in “Trucks of Art 2022” project organized by Department of Sanitation New YorkMedia Coverage
Interview with CHAPTER89 Magazine (April 3 2023, online) https://chapter89magazine.com/2023/04/03/himeka-murai/ Tokyo Art Beat (January 2023, online) https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/en/events/-/Neverending/muracekai/2023-01-13 US FrontLine (June 20 2022, online) https://usfl.com/mimiyori/event/133170 Weekly NY Japion (June 24 2022, vol.1158, p.8) https://www.ejapion.com/wpEJ/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ejapion1158.pdf Shukan New York Seikatsu (June 25 2022, NO.871, p.18) https://nyseikatsu.com/editions/871/871.pdf Weekly NY Japion (July 15 2022, vol.1161, p.8) https://www.ejapion.com/wpEJ/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ejapion1161.pdf