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1. A House and Pin-Wheels (cell-Phone Miniatures), 2005,
     watercolor on ivory, wood, plastic, 3.5" x 2"
2. A frog in a well, 2004, watercolor and graphite, 9" x 12"
3. A House and Pin-Wheels, 2005, watercolor and
    graphite, 12" x 9"
4. Picture Journal, 2001,ink and water color on picture
     journal note book, 11" x 8"
5. The Sky Over Rooftops, 2004, watercolor and graphite,
     12" x 9"

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1. Candy Fishing, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30"
2. Hibachi Night, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 26" x 21"
3. Future Home Town, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30"
4. Her Laundry 2003, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 20"
5. Left Behind, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 32" x 40"
6. Tamuke (Farewell), 2003, acrylic on canvas, 17" x 17"
7. The Road to The Museum, 2001, acrylic on canvas,
     40" x 96"
8. The Sky Over Rooftops, 2003, acrylic on canvas,
     72" x 72"
9. U.S.S. New Jersey, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 22" x 22"
10. The Wind, Flower and Farewell, 2003, acrylic on
       canvas, 22" x 22"

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Contact Information
e-mail: hirothepainter@aol.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I am interested in making an object, which contains a fictional realm that is relevant to my experience as an artist and an individual in this global society.

Education
1996
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA

1993
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Painting

Professional Experience
Present
Adjunct Faculty, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

Packing and Installation Technician, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Adjunct Faculty, Painting Department, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Residencies
1999-2000
Art Futures Program Artist Residency, Education
Department, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Awards and Honors
2005
The Alumni Travel Grant, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA

2004
The Choice of Award, City Paper, Philadelphia, PA

Melbourne Art Fair, Australia, (Mizuma Art gallery, Tokyo)

1999
Awards of Merit, “ Works on Paper”, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Judith Tanenbaum

1998
Panelist for Artist Discussion, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Featuring RIKRIT TIRAVANIJA.

1993
The Ernest W. Greenfield Memorial Award for Painting

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2007
Picture Journal Project, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Collaborative project

2006
Away, The Center for Emerging Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004
ESORAGOTO (Untrue like in painting), Challenge Exhibitions 2, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2000
I paint , Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Sakaguchi’s Sampler, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Cities on the Move, T. Ozawa’s Project, Nasubi Gallery, Wiener Secession, Austria

Group

2006
Sub Terrane, The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Sean Stoops

2005
Drawing for it 2, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Since 1994, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

INHABIT, Apartment show, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Sean Stoops

2004
Answer with Yes and No, T. Ozawa Exhibit, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Kotatsu-ha 2, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan,
Curator: Makoto Aida

Alteration of Everyday life, Makoto Aida's Installation, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
Curator: Katsutoshi Taniuchi

2003
Creative Artists Network at The West Collection at SEI ,
Oaks, PA
Curator: Lee Stoetzel

Baltimore Bound, Fox 3rd Floor Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2002
Digital Art in Philadelphia, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Curator:Anne R. Fabbri

15 Exposure, US Artists, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA

Pt Cruiser Pilgrimage to Paradise, M.T. Smith’s Traveling Project from New York, NY to Key West, FL

2001
Annual Juried Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Judd Tully

1999
Cities on the Move, Nasubi Gallery, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinski, Finland

Works on Paper, Perkin’s Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Judith Tanenbaum

1998
Painted Word, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Anne Ramen

1997
Kotatsu-ism, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Curator: Makoto Aida

Travel-Sized, Compton-Goethale Gallery, The City College of New York, NY

1996
XV, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Half The Other, Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Two Up, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1994
I Can’t Tell Without Pictures, Dowa Kasai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Curator: Makoto Aida