NIKO MITSUKO PHOTOGRAPHER, PAINTER, MIXED MEDIA ARTIST
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​Niko Mitsuko is an award winning American photographer, painter, and mixed media artist. She began her artistic career at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, graduating in 2007 with a BFA in Fine Art and Photography and a BA in Film. She started out learning photography with a Canon AE-1 and printing in a darkroom. She has used various cameras but her favorite's are her Pinhole camera,  trusty Canon DSLR, and Smart phone camera.
​ In the past ten years she has established herself as a professional artist, working primarily with galleries in her long time home of Portland, Oregon as well as across the US, but also exhibiting internationally in Paris, London, and most recently Berlin, where she is now based. 

            

EXHIBITIONS:
2020
Metamorphosis, The Holy Art, London, UK
Berlin Mafia: Under the surface, EMOP. 
​48 Stunden Neukölln Boom
FaB Fringe Arts Bath,  Non Place Exhibition, Bath UK
Intersectional 2.0 a Pride Art Exhibition at Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, DE
100 Photos Azucar Gallery Berlin, DE
2019
100 under 100 Studio Bausteele Berlin, DE
Take Part  Institute Alles Mögliche Berlin, DE
Der Sinn des Lebens ist, dass es aufhört. Galerie Unter der Treppe Berlin, DE
ARTBOX GALLERY, Switzerland
Sympoion “Zukunftsgestaltung” by Trafo Transit Berlin, De
Lanzarote Art Festival,  Lanzarote, LAS PALMAS, ES
Glitches and Defects, Loosen Art Gallery Rome, IT
​'YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH OF 2018 EXHIBITION' Lenscratch online exhibtion
Abstration Einah ein-fach, Berlin, DE
'YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH OF 2018 EXHIBITION' Lenscratch online exhibtion
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2018
Das Universum in den Träumen/ The Universe inside a Dream at Galerie Unter der Treppe  Berlin, DE
2017 
The Universe inside a Dream at Hooten Street Project Nottingham, UK
Femm Fest by Sweet’art London, England
Pop Exhibition The Ballery Berlin, DE
The Wrong Biennale  by The Quickest via Pavilion online
2015
Solo Exhibition, White Space Gallery Portland, OR
Portland Photo Month, White Space Gallery, Portland, OR  
2014
Common Click May Exhibitions, Pomona, CA
May Exhibition White Space Gallery Portland, OR
'Deep Roots' Old Pico House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
'Round Hole Square Peg'  Artist's Corner Hollywood, CA
Photo LA 'Round Hole Square Peg' at Artist Corner and Emerging Focus
Group Exhibition January White Space Gallery, Portland, OR
2013
'Les Amoureux' Solo Exhibition, White Space Gallery, Portland, OR
'LenZLess' Plates to Pixels Online Exhibition
'The Sea Consume thee' Solo Exhibition, Brickwall Photographic Gallery, Spokane, WA
Mysterious, Dreams, and Other Worlds, Lenscratch 
Musing 18th Annual Photo Compettion NW Photo Center, Seattle, WA
Open Show LA #17 The Icon
Emerging Focus Photo L.A.

2012
Juried Exhibition “Enchantment” Plates to Pixels Online Exhibition
Featured Artist Community Support Arts Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition "Best Shot" OCCCA Santa Ana, CA
Open Portfolio Exhibition Lens Culture Fotofest Speos, Paris, France
Group Exhibition “Sight Unseen- New Works by Women” Siren Nation Albina Press
Portland,OR
Group Exhibition ‘Color shift’ Billboard exhibition Atlanta, GA curator Katerina Lanfranco
Solo Exhibition “Les Amoureux” The Flaneur Art Gallery, Android app, UK
Group exhibition November Show The Gallery Zero, Portland, OR
Filter Photo Festival: Unfiltered Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibit “Les Amoureux” Consortium Gallery, Seattle, WA
Solo exhibit 'Trees Dancing in your Mind' Prophoto Supply Lab Gallery,  Portland, OR
Group exhibit ‘Not Afraid of Beauty’ Gallery Zero, Portland, OR
Group exhibit ‘The surrealist Influence on contemporary photography’ Hideout Theatre Austin, TX
Group Exhibit 'Then.Now.Here' Blue Sky Gallery and around the city or Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition “Trees dancing in the mind” Seven Virtues, Portland, OR
Group Show  “PDX Photo Month Exhibit” Light Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Group Show “Her love made Visible” Arts East New York, Brooklyn, NY
“Online Focus” Brighton Photo Fringe, England
Solo Exhibition “Land moves”  Keybank, Portland, OR
Group Show Tyson Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Show “Food Exhibit” West Linn Library, West Linn, OR
Threshold 2012's Silent Auction, a benefit for the Portland Artists Clinic
“Printmaking & Photography Show” Splendorporium Art Gallery, Portland,OR         
2011
Group Show “Time through Lens” Nirvana Café, Portland, OR
Group Show The Billboard Art Project, Baton Rouge, LA
Group Show The Billboard Art Project, New Orleans, LA
Juried Show “International Juried Photography Exhibition” 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Group Show The Billboard Art Project, Chicago, IL
Group Show The Gallery Zero, Portland, OR
Group Show  Crows Art Manor, Portland, OR
Group Show Square life in Portland Poster Garden, Portland, OR
Solo Show Fairy Tales Little Fiat Gallery, Portland, OR            
Group Show “Call & Response” CODA Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Show “PXL” Anka Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Show “February Group Show” Gallery Zero, Portland, OR

2010
Solo Show Abandoning Time Hosted by Beard’s Faming Gallery Portland, OR
Solo Show Abandoning Time Hosted by the Academy Theater Solo Exhibit Portland, OR
Juried Show 4th Annual Juried Show 100th Monkey Studio Portland, OR
Solo Show Capturing Time Hosted by U.S. Bank Solo Exhibit Portland, OR
Auction Midwest Center for Photography benefit Center Gallery Wichita, KS

2009
Juried Show Hot New Pics Center Gallery Wichita, KS
Group Show NEVER THINK small! climate/gallery Long Island City, NY
Juried Show 3rd Annual Juried Show 100th Monkey Studio Portland, OR
Juried Show Your Best Shot National Juried showRoHo Photo Gallery Cincinnati, OH
Juried Show Crossing the Blues Regional Juried Exhibition, Satellite Gallery La Grand, OR
Juried Show National Juried Show Acci Gallery Berkeley, CA
Juried Show 4th Annual Photography Show Sixth Street Gallery Vancouver, WA
Juried Show Self Portraits Utrecht Gallery Portland, OR

2008
Group Show Cycling: Family, Friends, and Pets New Seasons Portland, OR
Group Show Bikes to Rwanda Stumptown Café Portland, OR
Solo Show Spaces Neighborhood Pizzeria N. Portland, OR
Group Show Snap to Grid LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

2007            Group Show Snap to Grid LACDA, Los Angeles, CA 
2002            Juried Show 14th Annual Juried Show Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV 
AWARDS:
Nominee in 12th Annual International Color Awards
Honorable mention 11th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for WomenPhotographers
Honorable mention in 2016 international photography awards
Honorable mention in 2015 international photography awards
Honorable mention in the Moscow Foto Awards
Honorable mention in 2014 international photography awards
Honorable mention 7th Photography Masters Cup International Color Awards
Honorable mention in 2013 International Photography Awards 
Honorable mention in 2012 International Photography Awards 10th annual competition
Honorable mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 4th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Official Selection Prix De La Photographi Paris
Award of Excellence from Photographer’s Forum
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People’s Choice Award 4th Annual Photography Show Vancouver, WA
 
Art in films:
2010 D.O.A music video by Titarius
2009 “After the Party”

 COLLECTIONS:
Private collection of Life Works Northwest, Portland, OR
 Private collection of Jean Hunt, Alameda, CA
 Private collection of Jamie Lawson and Joe R. Media, Portland, OR
 Private collection of Eric Haddan, Portland, OR
 Private collection of Shara Edwards, Las Vegas, NV


    PUBLICATIONS:
2014 'Round Hole Square Peg' Catalogue 
2013 Plates to Pixels catalogue  'LenZLess' 
2012 F-Stop Magazine "Landscape" Issue
2012 F-Stop Magazine Issue #51- The Portrait February/March 2012
2011 Inspiration Hut Feature artist
2011 Escape Into Life Feature artist
2011 Light & Composition Magazine "Photo of the Day" 12/14/11
2011 Light & Composition Magazine "Photo of the Day" 12/8/11
2011 Catapult Art Magazine 1211.v4
2011 Photo Technique Magazine “Underexposed”
2010 Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2010 (Book)
2009 Honey Land Review Volume 2 Issue 1
2009 Perceptions Magazine May/June Issue
2008 Farmhouse Magazine May/June Issue
2007 Vagus Nerve 
2006 Vagus Nerve      
2005 Vagus Nerve      
2004 Vagus Nerve 
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  • Home
  • Abstract Photography
  • Paintings
  • The Universe within Dreams (painted photographs)
  • On memory and forgetting
  • Vanishing Souls
  • The tragedy of beauty
  • CV
  • Awards