hirokoshimizu
Hiroko Shimizu  photo by Chihiro Suzuki  zuan-ka

2009

Started lettercutting

Workshop “Talismans and Positive Quotes” hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, at SLA

Workshop “Refining Your Sense of Writing” hosted by Calligraphy Cube, in Sapporo

Workshop “Refining Your Sense of Writing” at SLA

Art direction of a collaborative work by J-LAF full members on Japan – Belgium Letter Arts Exhibition “Line and Spirit” hosted by J-LAF, and held at BandART Studio NYK in Yokohama. Also one of the jurors for the Japanese side of the selection.

Group exhibition hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, in Kobe

2008

“East Writes West” traveling exhibition at the International Calligraphy Conference at North Central College in Chicago.

Opened Studio Letter Arts, and started regular lessons

Selected for Letter Arts Review Annual Vol. 23 No.2
IT
Ying an Yang

Lobby exhibition at Ashiya City Library
Triptych of Creation and Embodiment — Foundation, Development, and Execution

2007

Group exhibition “East Writes West” at Manna Art Center in Bruges, Belgium

Group exhibition hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, in Kobe

2006

Group exhibition hosted by Alpha Club, in Tokyo

Selected for Letter Arts Review Annual Vol. 21 No.2
Role of Arts III
Role of Arts IV
Every Moment Instructs

2005

Group exhibition hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, in Kobe

2003

Group exhibition hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, in Kobe

2002

Group exhibition hosted by Alpha Club, in Tokyo

Selected for Letter Arts Review Annual Vol. 17 No.3
Concord Hymn

2001

Group exhibition hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum, in Ashiya

Workshop “Making Texture with Acrylics” hosted by Kobe Calligraphy Forum

2000

Group exhibition “Calligraphy Collection” by Shimizu and her students at Hankyu Department store in Osaka

1998

Group exhibition at Boston Symphony Hall in Massachusetts

– 2008 Teaching at some schools of Sankei Living Culture Club

1997

Returned to Japan

Group exhibition of Masscribes in Boston, Massachusetts

Works selected for “ABC the Letter Arts” exhibition in New Hampshire

1994

– 1997 Learned calligraphy in Boston, Massachusetts