とし田美津夫 [ トシダミツオ ]
アーティスト、キュレーター。文筆活動も行う。
スクール．オブ．ビジュアル．アーツで学士号、修士号取得。
ロイ・リキテンシュタイン賞受賞。
個展の他、全米巡回展「アジア/アメリカ」など数々の展覧会に出展。
キュレーターとして着手した「Empire Within」展がニューヨーク．タイムズの展評に載る。
独立系メディアNPOジパングの一員としてアメリカ主要メディアによる日本報道を批判的に
分析した
「笑われる日本人：ニューヨーク・タイムズが描く不可思議な日本」を日米バイリンガル
（英語のタイトルは、Japan Made in U.S.A.）で出版。
1998年よりスクール・オブ・ビジュアル・アーツの国際学生プログラム準ディレクター兼講師を経て、
2005年日本に帰国。
アーティスト活動を続ける傍ら、横浜ザイムでの国際巡廻展「パスポートお願いします」の
実行委員長,及び法政大学国際文化学部非常勤講師などを務めた。
現在は芸術社交空間“studio Ｍ”の執行ディレクター。
Mitsuo Toshida is an artist/curator. He also writes articles on the arts.
He received a BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts. In later he became a faculty member and co-director of the International Students Program at School of Visual Art.
He has exhibited his artwork at various individual and group exhibitions in US and Japan including “Asia/America” a national travelling exhibition. In 1998, as a member of independent media NPO “Zipangu” edited and published a bilingual book entitled Japan Made in U.S.A., a critique of the U.S. media coverage of Japan. His curatorial exhibition “Empire Within” was reviewed in New York Times. In 2005 he has returned to Japan, continued his artistic activities while taught at the Hosei University as a part-time faculty of intercultural communication. Currently, he is the executive director of an alternative art space, studio Ｍ.
He received a BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts. In later he became a faculty member and co-director of the International Students Program at School of Visual Art.
He has exhibited his artwork at various individual and group exhibitions in US and Japan including “Asia/America” a national travelling exhibition. In 1998, as a member of independent media NPO “Zipangu” edited and published a bilingual book entitled Japan Made in U.S.A., a critique of the U.S. media coverage of Japan. His curatorial exhibition “Empire Within” was reviewed in New York Times. In 2005 he has returned to Japan, continued his artistic activities while taught at the Hosei University as a part-time faculty of intercultural communication. Currently, he is the executive director of an alternative art space, studio Ｍ.
