ARTIST PROFILE

1970     Shinjuku Tokyo Gallery, Exhibition by four artists
1971     Graduated from Tama University of Art, Nihonga course
         studying under Misao Yokoyama, Matazo Kayama and Yasuo Ueno.
1971-73  Special seminar study under Professor Otsuro Sakazaki
         at Waseda University
1973     Solo Exhibition at Shinjuku Kinokuniya Gallery
         Solo Exhibition at Sendai Maruzen Gallery
1974     Exhibition at Shinjuku Kinokuniya Gallery by two artists
1975     Solo Exhibition at Sendai Maruzen Gallery
1976     Exhibitor in Fall Sogaten
1977     Exhibitor in Kinokuniya Gallery Group Exhibition
         Exhibitor in Spring Sogaten
         Exhibitor in first Group Ariake Exhibition(Teiji Yoshimura)
         at Kyobashi Gallery-Yaesu and Tawaraya Gallery, Kyoto
1978     Exhibitor in Kinokuniya Gallery Spring Show for
         Contemporary Female Artists
         Exhibitor in 2nd Ariake Group Exhibition
1979     Exhibitor in 3rd Ariake Group Exhibition
1980     Exhibitor in Tokyo Central Gallery(Ginza)Annual,
         Nihonga Taishoten
1981     Tawaraya Gallery, Kyoto, exhibition by three artists
1982     Exhibitor in First Shigenten Invitational
         Tokyo Central Annex Gallery(Ginza) Solo Exhibition
1983     Exhibitor in 2nd Shigenten Invitational
         Nihonbashi Gallery Mido, Exhibition by two artists
1984     Ginza Shinseido Gallery, Solo Exhibition
1985     Sendai Mitsukoshi, Solo Exhibition
1986     Sendai Honda Clio Gallery, Solo Exhibition
1989     Tokyo Central Annex Gallery(Ginza), Solo Exhibition
1995     Tokyo Central Annex Gallery(Ginza), Solo Exhibition
1996     First copper-plate etching work
1997     Sendai Fujisaki Gallery Exhibition by two artists
         Exhibitor, 33rd Nihon Jitsuzaihaten, Invitational
         Exhibitor, Tama Public Art Exhibition
         Exhibitor, 33rd Modern Asian Art Exhibition, Ueno
         Ginza Renga Gallery, Solo Exhibition of etchings and nihonga
1998     Exhibitor, 34th Nihon Jitsuzaihaten, Invitational
         Solo Exhibition, The Earth Museum(Machida)
         Art Space Mirage(Shibuya) Group Exhibition
Apr.1999 Selection of work displayed at Foreign Correspondents Club,Tokyo
MAY 1999 Exhibitor, 35th Nihon Jitsuzaihaten
         Solo Exhibition, Ginza Renga Gallery
Oct.1999 44th CWAJ Print Show (Tokyo American Club)
Dec.1999 Solo Exhibition - The Earth Museum(Machida)
Feb.2000 Solo Exhibition - Art Cafe 1107, Ebisu Tokyo
Oct.2000 45th CWAJ Print Show (Tokyo American Club) 
Feb.2000 Solo Exhibition Shinseido Gallery, Aoyama Tokyo


"Hiromi Miura excels in the the creation of space and depth,
drawing strength from line alone, whether in large abstract 
compositions or in the ultra fine detail and simplicity of 
flowers to the point of abstraction in ink on large "washi" 
(heavy handmade Japanese paper) canvases that come alive with 
erotic overtones. Working in ink on Japanese paper allows 
little margin for error or corrections. Having studied under 
both Kayama Matazo and Yokoyama Misao at Tama University of 
Art (both of whom have had retrospectives at Tokyo's National 
Museum of Modern Art), her work reflects the revitalization 
of "nihonga" they represent and her own strong direction going 
to the basics of the art of ink on paper and away from the 
impressionist cliches of much current Japanese painting.

Her goal is an original and dramatic form of sumie (ink on 
heavy paper) on a large scale -- non-traditional, but requiring 
traditional skills and discipline. Many of the current paintings 
focus on the microcosm of power and passion revealed in flower 
forms at their most elemental."