MINAKO YOSHINO ART & MONUMENT

2018:

Commission of The Holocaust Memorial in Englewood, NJ

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 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)

Public Collections:

Japanese Red Cross Society

Toyama prefecture, Japan

Tarrytown, NY

Edgewater, NJ

The Englewood synagogue, 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 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