The work 'Circular Death Cafe Tour Oarai' won an award of excellence at the online 'Tokyo Geidai ARTFES 2023', which aims to provide a platform for artists to present and develop artworks, and to think together about social issues at a global scale in cooperation with the A7 (ARTs7) universities. https://tgaf.geidai.ac.jp/candidates/0061/
On 3 September 2023, I talked about 'The significance of studying abroad in an artist's career' at an online talk event, organised by the current scholars of the Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation. A report on the event (in Japanese) can be found below. https://www.recruit-foundation.org/news/post-23845/
Shikioriori picnic was featured in TOKYO GEIDAI I love you project. https://iloveyou.geidai.ac.jp/project30/ Photo by Xiotai
I was interviewed in ART LIVES TORIDE. URL:https://artlivestoride.com/artist/nagisa-mizuno.html
"Dream Come Tree" is featured in Mainichi Newspaper on 21 September, 2021. 『ヤギに夢ぇ～託して 食べられる絵馬で地球に還元 取手で作品展 ／茨城』
I like to visit Japanese local places. I visited Masuda in Shimane in April, 2021. The cover photo is a Miyagajima island, which looks like Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. He stands in front of Grand Toit, the Shimane Arts Center. It uses Sekishu tiles that inherit the traditions and culture of the Iwami area. [caption id="attachment_5166" align="alignnone" width="3264"] In front of Grand Toit, the
I went to a Christmas party at high school in Aljestrel. Students brought a lot of cakes, snacks and drinks for the party. It was the last day before the Christmas holidays. Full of excitement and joy.
Each element is simple, but still, has a real presence. Each colour is vivid, but still, harmonizes with each other. Each object is independent, but still, supports each other. [caption id="attachment_5106" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photo by Nagisa Mizuno[/caption]
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I started an artist in residence in a small town called Messejana, Portugal. One thing that I was surprised to discover is that cafes and restaurants here are reservation only. It’s unbelievable if you come from a big city, isn’t it? But it makes sense and is actually efficient. They don’t have to throw away surplus food. It’s interesting to know about “common senses” or