MINAKO YOSHINO ART & MONUMENT

Public Collections:

Japanese Red Cross Society​

Tarrytown, NY

Edgewater, NJ

Holocaust Memorial Garden, Englewood, NJ

Award:

M2M public art fellowship by NYC x ASL(2013)

Edward G McDowell Europe Travel Study Grant by ASL(2009)

Sculpture Award by NPO P&B International Women's Artist Organization(2006)

The Best Young Artist Scholarship by the National Sculpture Society(2004)

Merit Scholarship by ASL(2003)

Musashino Award by Musashino Art University(1999)

Endorsements:

The Metropolitan Museum of New York

The National Sculpture Society

The United Nation

The City of New York

Harvard University

2018:

- Commission of The Holocaust Memorial in Englewood, NJ

- Lectures at Musashino Art University, Okayama University,

Hyogo Education University, Toyama International University, Toyama College of Foreign Languages, and 9 other schools.

2017:

- Exhibit at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NYC

- Lectures for 4600 students at 10 High Schools in Toyama, and Okayama University in Japan.

2016:

- Commission of 13 feet long bluestone monument “Hudson River Spirit” in Tarrytown NY.

- Lectures at Okayama University, Yokohama SOGO Museum in Japan, Holiday Inn Midtown Manhattan in NYC, Koshi Hall, Hotel Grand Terrace Toyama in Japan.

- Document show on Yomiuri TV in Japan.

2005-2015:

- Commissioned the 15-ton bluestone monument “The Sleeping Mermaid” for Edgewater NJ. This work is distinguished for being the first classically sculpted bluestone monument in the world (2015)

- Commissioned 12 feet high "Lovers" monument in the Riverside Park NYC featured in The Wall Street Journal and the NY Daily News (2014)

- Study the works of Michelangelo in Florence Italy by the grant (2009-2010)

- Landmark Hearst Tower sculpture restoration feature by The New York Times (2005)

- 7 feet painting and poem show "Earth & Humanity" at the UN Plaza Hotel in NYC (2005)