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Chizuru Morii Kaplan (born 1954) is a Japanese artist renowned for her diverse contributions to the world of visual arts. Born in Japan, Kaplan has demonstrated a keen artistic sensibility throughout her career, with a focus on various mediums such as painting and sculpture. Her work often delves into the exploration of emotions and experiences, showcasing a unique and thought-provoking perspective.

Biography
Chizuru Morii Kaplan is a painter based in New York City who was born in Japan. She spent 25 years working as a freelance architectural renderer in Tokyo, Chicago, and New York for well-known clients like I.M. Pei, and Edward Larrabee Barnes, after studying architecture and interior design in Tokyo.

In 2007, Chizuru Morii Kaplan studied watercolor for Paul Ching-Bor at the Art Student League of New York, and she subsequently obtained a fellowship from the League for study at the Paris American Academy. Chizuru has received numerous prizes, and her paintings have been shown in New York City at the National Arts Club Gallery, the Salmagundi Club, the Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, and the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri. She is now represented by Hubert Gallery and Eckert Fine Art in Manhattan.

Her art has appeared in numerous publications, including SPLASH, The Best of Watercolor, and The Artist's Magazine. In the October 2014 issue of Watercolor Artist Magazine, critic Sarah A. Strickley wrote, "Painting from dark to light with a nary a hard edge in sight, Chizuru Morii Kaplan breaks with tradition to bring out the best qualities of watercolor in her surprisingly detailed architectural paintings."

Exhibitions
2023 - Hugo Galerie, New York, NY- solo exhibition Museum Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati (Rome) Italy Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey Arts Annual, Atlantic City, NJ Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2022 - Hugo Galerie, Summer Collective, New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art on Paper, New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, “BY HER HAND”, North Adams, MA Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2021 - Hugo Galerie, New York, NY- solo exhibition Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art on Paper, New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, North Adams, MA Estella Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2020 - Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art on Paper, New York, NY Windsor Fine Art, French Quarter - New Orleans, LA Eckert fine Art, "Windows in Time", Kent CT Hubert Gallery - New York, NY Gallery Estella, New Orleans, LA Hugo Galerie, "Summer Collective", New York, NY

2019 - International Watercolor Festival, Lima, Peru Eckert Fine Art Gallery "Two visions Two Worlds", Kent, CT Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art on Paper, New York, NY Bracha Art Exhibition "Inside Out", New York, NY Sturgin Art Gallery, Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY

2018 - Hubert Gallery, New York, NY- solo exhibition Eckert Fine Art Gallery “ American works on paper” Kent, CT Eckert Fine Art Gallery, "Relational Sets", Kent, CT Art 345 Gallery, "Rites of Spring", New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary, West Palm Beach, Fl

 2017- Hubert Gallery, New York, NY - solo exhibition Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco,CA Art 345 Gallery, PHASES New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Connecticut Design & Antiques Show, Washington, CT

2016 - Hubert Gallery, "Paris & Venice", New York, NY - solo exhibition Anderson Contemporary, “MUSE” New York, NY Eckert Fine Art gallery, Art on Paper Art Fair, New York, NY Hubert Gallery, “The Emergent Image: Land, Sea and City”, New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery “Real world” Pine Plains, NY Art345 gallery, “State of mind, State of water” New York, NY Eckert Fine Art gallery, Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Eckert Fine Art gallery, Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY

2015 - Hubert Gallery, "The Veiled Image", New York, NY - solo exhibition Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, "works on paper" New York, NY Hubert Gallery, “American Gestural”, New York, NY Azart Gallery, New York, NY Art345 Gallery, “From Color to Light”, New York, NY Eckert Fine Art Gallery, Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, "Winter Collective" New York, NY

2014 - Hubert Gallery, New York, NY

2011 - Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Grant Winners Exhibition, New York, NY 2010 - Publicis Communications, Expression in Watercolor, New York, NY

2009 - Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Merit Scholarship Recipients Exhibition, New York, NY

Awards
2014 - Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society Exhibition, Springfield, MO Salmagundi club Gallery, Allied Artists of America Exhibition, New York, NY Ridgewood Art Institute, Regional Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ

2013 - National Arts Club Gallery, NY Allied Artists of America – 100th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY National Arts Club Gallery, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York, NY Kent Gallery, Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Kent, CT Ridgewood Art Institute, Regional Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ

2012 - The Salmagundi Club Gallery, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor USA Honor Society Exhibition, Springfield, MO National Arts Club Gallery, Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, New York, NY Ridgewood Art Institute, Regional Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ Kent Gallery, Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Kent, CT

2011 - Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society Exhibition, Springfield, MO Kent Gallery, Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Kent, CT

2010 - Ridgewood Art Institute, Regional Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor U.S.A. 2010, Springfield, MO National Arts Club Gallery, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY

2009 - National Arts Club Gallery, Allied Artists of America -96th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY

2008 - Ridgewood Art Institute, Regional Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor U.S.A. 2008, Springfield, MO National Arts Club Gallery, Allied Artists of America – 95th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY Awards

2014 - Kent Day Coes Award, Allied Artists of America Exhibition, New York, NY Watercolor Honor Society Award, Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO Jack Richenson & co. Award, Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO Cynthia Goodgal Memorial Award, Ridgewood Art Institute Ridgewood, NJ

2013 - National Arts Club Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe art Club New York, NY Winsor & Newton Award, Northeast Watercolor Society Kent, CT Blue dot winner, The Art Students League of NY New York, NY

2012 - Mary & Maxwell Desser Memorial Award, American Watercolor Society New York, NY H.K. Holbein Award, North East Watercolor Society Kent, CT American Artists Professional League Award, Ridgewood Art Institute Ridgewood, NJ

2011 - Artist Magazine International Competition Finalist Blue dot winner, The Art Students League of NY New York, NY

2010 - Pearl Appleby Memorial Award, Watercolor U.S.A. Springfield, MO Natalie A. Williams Memorial Award, Ridgewood Art Institute Ridgewood, NJ

2009 - Fantasy Fountain Fund Scholarship Award Grant, Scholarship to Paris American Academy, Paris, France Cynthia Goodgal Memorial Award, Ridgewood Art Institute Ridgewood, NJ Blue dot winner, The Art Students League of NY New York, NY

2008 - The Joan M. Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship, The Art Students League of NY New York, NY The Mary Bryan Memorial Medal Award, Allied Artists of America New York, NY Blue dot winner, The Art Students League of NY New York, NY