Norio Azuma Biography
Mie-Ken, Japan, 1928- New York, 2004
Japanese-American Norio Azuma is a master artist whose ABSTRACT, GEOMETRIC works tend to be full of color.
Azuma studied at the Kanazawa Art College of Japan and the Chouinard Art Institute. Azuma received awards from the American Color Print Society and the Boston Printmaker for her acrylic and oil based paintings. The White House, the Library of Congress, and many other buildings feature Azuma's artwork.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"30 Contemporary American Artists" USIA
"28th Corcoran Biennial Exhibition" Washington, DC
"3rd International Triennial of Original Graphics"
"Contemporary American Artists" The White House
"Sculpture and Prints" Whitney Museum of American Art
"Kagai Sakka Ten" Tokyo Modern Museum of Art
"American Art Today" New York World's Fair
SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of Art
University of Nebraska
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Butler Institute of American Art
Seattle Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
State University of Potsdam, New York
Smithsonian Institute
The Free Library of Philadelphia
Library of Congress
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art
National Academy of Science
St. Louis Art Museum
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California
Art Institute of Chicago
University of Wisconsin
I.B.M.
New Jersey State Museum
Princeton University
Des Moines Art Center
Rosenwald Collection
Hirshhorn Museum
American Republic Insurance Co. Collection
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
Boston Public Library
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Chouinard Art Institute
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Kanazawa Art College, Japan