NAME: Keiko Miyamori
BIRTH PLACE: Japan
BIOGRAPHY
Keiko Miyamori was born in Yokohama, Japan, and currently lives in Philadelphia. She initially studied Veterinarian Science but later earned her MFA at the University of Tsukuba, specializing in Japanese traditional painting. In 1995 she won an award to study in New York, and in 1998 she won a scholarship to study at the University of Pennsylvania from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo. She has exhibited in Japan, United States, Germany and Korea. She recently won a Fellowship to participate in the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, and was also awarded a Transformation Grant by the Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia.
