Background
Ihara, Michio was born on November 17, 1928 in Paris, France. Naturalized, United States, 2001. Son of Usaburo and Shigeko (Shinkai) Ihara.
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Michio Ihara
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Michio Ihara, French, American Sculptor. JDR 3d Fund grantee, 1970-1971; recipient award Massachusetts Council Arts and Humanities, 1974, National Institute Arts and Letters/American Academy Arts and Letters award in art, 1973; Graham Foundation fellow, 1963-1964; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center forAdvanced Visual Studies fellow, 1970-1973. Trustee The Artists Foundation Massachusetts; Member Japan Artists Association.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tokyo University Fine Arts, 1953.
Career
Fulbright fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961-1962; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1964; instructor, Musashino U. Fine Arts, Tokyo, 1966-1969.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee The Artists Foundation Massachusetts. Member Japan Artists Association.
Connections
Married Doreen Joyce Kaplan, July 7, 1966. 1 child, Akeo.
Awards
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JDR 3d Fund grantee, 1970-1971. Recipient award Massachusetts Council Arts and Humanities, 1974, National Institute Arts and Letters/American Academy Arts and Letters award in art, 1973, award Foreign Minister of Japanese Government, 1999. Graham Foundation fellow, 1963-1964. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies fellow, 1970-1973.JDR 3d Fund grantee, 1970-1971. Recipient award Massachusetts Council Arts and Humanities, 1974, National Institute Arts and Letters/American Academy Arts and Letters award in art, 1973, award Foreign Minister of Japanese Government, 1999. Graham Foundation fellow, 1963-1964.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies fellow, 1970-1973.