Shifting Landscape Echoes
Sophia Chizuco

“Shifting Landscape Echoes” features 8 abstract landscape paintings by the Brooklyn based artist Sophia Chizuco. In the paintings presented, Chizuco transforms cherished memories, like shining sunlight and twinkling stars, into minimalistic geometric shapes, such as circles and lines. The circular forms, inspired by the Zen concept of Enso, hold deep significance for her, representing life, sunlight, spirit, peace, infinity, and continuity. These symbols encapsulate the essence of her art.

The exhibition features the two landscapes with lines in oil color and six square pieces with circles in acrylic, including representations of the four seasons, “blooming,” “waterfall,” “colored mountains,” and “falling night.” Through her works, Chizuco aspires to ignite conversations, raise awareness, and cultivate a deeper appreciation for the delicate balance between humanity and the natural world. By inviting viewers to immerse themselves in multisensory encounters and thought-provoking narratives, she strives to foster a sense of connections and inspire positive change in our collective consciousness.

About the Artist

Originally from Japan, Sophia Chizuco is a multidisciplinary artist and a founder of “froggiesvillage” based in Brooklyn, New York. Chizuco’s abstract landscape series has been selected for a Environmental Stewardship project by ArtBridge and ConEdison at ConEdison Headquarters. Chizuco has been participating in numerous public art projects; he has served as a lead artist for “Hospital-Based Community Murals Project” at NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine program. Additionally, she was selected for projectart, focusing on art and social practice in Cypress Hills library and SU-CASA, serving as an artist-in-residence in Young Israel Senior Center. Chizuco’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Staten Island Museum, New York Hall of Science, ChaShaMa, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Japan), Affordable Art Fair in Brussels (Belgium), and Makati Shangri-La Hotel (Philippines). She earned her B.A. in Art and Education from Tokyo Gakugei University. In 2000, she moved to New York and earned a certificate in Painting at the Art Students League of New York.

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