BIOGRAPHY
Seiko Kamosawa was born in Tokyo and grew up in Yokohama, a port city of Japan. While growing up there, she was exposed to various international cultures. She especially engaged with Indian culture by pursuing her undergraduate degree in South Asian studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies majoring Hindi and South Asian Studies. During the stay for a year in Delhi, she visited museums and galleries and started developing an interest in contemporary Indian art.
Following her passions, she then went to study Indian art history at SOAS at the University of London and also studied drawing and painting at Royal Drawing School. Later, she decided to return to India to join Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda as an Indian Council scholar, pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. It was at this university that she also earned master’s degree in painting in May 2019. She had her first solo exhibition at the Japan Foundation in New Delhi in June 2019 to present the culmination of my six-year practice and research in India.
Since August 2019, Seiko has been living and working in the USA. After she studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia for a year, she was awarded fully funded scholarship for her MFA at the University of Delaware. She also has been teaching drawing and painting as a teaching assistance for undergraduate classes in the same university.
Seiko's interview was broadcasted in Rajya Sabha TV on my solo show at the Japan Foundation, New Delhi, June 2019. It starts from 17:20 to 22:41 of the video.
Though the interview was conducted by Hindi, the announcer explained some description in English in between the interview.
This video shows the summary of Piramal Art Residency in Mumbai I participated in August 2016. My interviews start at 3:20 and at 8:04 in the video.
CV
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 Jun-Jul “Floating Realm -The Spring and Mystical Twins-“, Japan Foundation, New Delhi, IN
GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 Jan "SEEN", Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle (PA), US
2021 Sep “Detritus: 319 Air Exhibition”, Pink Noise Project Gallery, Philadelphia, US
2021 Sep “F Squared An Expedition”, Recitation Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, US
2021 Jun “Open Theme”, The In Art Gallery, Online Exhibition
2020 Dec “Inner Lake”, Taylor Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, US
2020 Mar "Intimate Explorations", Clark Hill, Philadelphia, US
2019 Oct "Circle of Care", Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US
2019 Oct Girard Ave Street Fest and Trolley Shop, Philadelphia, US
2019 Apr Final Display of Baroda, Vadodara, IN
2018 Jun Opening Ceremony (Performance), Environmental Artist Residency, Chittorgarh, IN
2018 Mar Full On -Video Art Presentation- (Video Performance), Vadodara, IN
2018 Feb Annual Exhibition of “Drawing and Sketches Competition 2018”, Artists’ Centre, Mumbai, IN
2017 Sep Open Day of Body Workshop (Performance), Vadodara, IN
2017 May Final Display of Baroda, Vadodara, IN
2017 Mar “All India Women Artists’ Art Exhibition 2017”, Art Scapes, Chandigarh, IN
2017 Mar “Zarra”, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Vadodara, IN
2017 Feb Nasreen Mohamedi Display, of Baroda, Vadodara, IN
2016 Oct “First Take 2016”, Abir, Ahmedabad, IN
2016 Aug "Fragments”, Beatles Cafe, Piramal Art Foundation, Mumbai, IN
2016 Jan Nasreen Mohamedi Display, of Baroda, Vadodara, IN
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2021 Aug 319 AIR, Pink Noise Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, US
2018 Jun Environmental Artist Residency, Chittorgarh, IN
2018 Mar International Women Environmental Art Camp, Chittorgarh, IN
2018 Mar “6th Sowing Seeds 2018”International Rural Artists’ residency, Kaman Art Foundation, Jaisalmer, IN
2016 Aug Piramal Art Residency, Piramal Art Foundation, Mumbai, IN
AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP
2021 Jul CAS Competitive Graduate Student Research Travel Grant, University of Delaware, Newark, US
2020 Apr Fully Funded Tuition Scholarship, University of Delaware, Newark, US
2019 Feb Artistic Excellence Scholarship and Alumni Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, US
2018 Feb “Drawing and Sketches Competition 2018”, Artists’ Centre, Mumbai, IN (Selected)
2017 Mar “All India Women Artists’ Art Exhibition 2017”, Art Scapes, (Selected)
2016 Oct “First Take 2016”, Abir, Ahmedabad, IN, (Selected)
2016 Aug Piramal Art Residency, Piramal Art Foundation, Mumbai, IN (Selected)
2013-2017 General Cultural Scholarship, ICCR, IN
2010-2011 Exchange Study program (SOAS and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), JP
2008-2009 General Cultural Scholarship, ICCR, IN
INTERNSHIP AND WORKSHOP
2018 Aug Chau Mask Making by Sutradar Family, Chorida, IN
2018 Jun Pahari Miniature Painting by Vijay Sharma, Chamba, IN
2018 Feb Video Workshop by Gigi Scaria, Vadodara, IN
2017 Sep Body Workshop (Performance) by Nikhil Chopra, Madhavi Gore, Jana Pepluh, Vadodara, IN
2016 Mar Mithu Sen Studio, New Delhi, IN
EDUCATION
2020-2023 University of Delaware, Newark, US (MFA, Fine Arts)
2019-2020 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US ( MFA, Fine Arts)
2017-2019 MS University Of Baroda, Vadodara, IN ( MFA, Fine Arts, Painting)
2013-2017 MS University Of Baroda, Vadodara, IN ( BFA, Fine Arts, Painting)
2010-2011 Royal Drawing School, London, UK (Public courses, Drawing)
2010-2011 School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK (BA, History of Art, Exchange Study Program)
2008-2009 Central Institute of Hindi, Delhi, IN (Diploma, Hindi)
2006-2012 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, JP (BA, South and West Asian Studies, Hindi)
TEACHING AND WORKING EXPERIENCE
2022 Feb-May TA (Instructor for Drawing for Non-Majors), University of Delaware, Newark, US
2021 Sep-Dec. TA (Instructor for Core Drawing), University of Delaware, Newark, US
2021 Feb-May. TA (Instructor for Drawing for Non-Majors), University of Delaware, Newark, US
2020 Sep-Dec. TA for Prof. David Brinley (Core Drawing), University of Delaware, Newark, US
2020 Jan-May TA for Prof.Scott Noel, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US
2019 Sep. Gallery Assistantship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US
2019 Jul Drawing Workshop, EKMATTARA Children Home, Dhaka, BGD
2016 Aug- 2017 Apr Tutoring for Hindi language, Baroda, IN
2013 Oct – 2014 Jan Tutoring for Hindi language, Baroda, IN
2012 Jan- 2013 Jun Technical Assistantship and Interpreter (Hindi-Japanese-English), NHK World Radio Hindi Section, Tokyo, JP
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Piramal Museum, Mumbai, IN