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Mashiko Nakashima (Professional name: Mashiko)

Mashiko was born in Manchuria in 1941, educated in Japan, and moved to the United States in 1961. Since 1964, she has resided and worked in New York City, where she exhibits sculpture, prints, book-art and medallic sculpture. She has received numerous awards, as well as invitations to international exhibitions and competitions, and her work can be found in numerous public collections*. Her commissions have been in stone sculpture, medallic art, silkscreen printing, and magazine illustrations. They include the memorial stone for Betty Friedan and the US Mint. She has organized and curated countless international sculpture exhibitions including one comprised of one hundred international sculptors for the Meguro Museum in Tokyo, Japan.

Mashiko is the Founder and Director of Medialia ... Rack and Hamper Gallery in NYC, and New Approach, Inc. (a nonprofit organization that promotes emerging artists and curators). She has been appointed to selection committees for various medallic art awards by both national and international organizations.

She is a Master Lecturer at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, where she teaches stone carving, as well as medallic sculpture courses – which she founded in 2006.

She is the current US Delegate for the organization, Fédération Internationale de la Médaile d’Art (FIDEM).

*Mashiko’s sculpture, print, drawing or medallic sculpture can be found in various public collections, including:
United States Information Service, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
The British Museum, London, UK
National Museum of Taiwan
City of Hamburg, Germany
Office of the Mayor, Kyoto City Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain
American Numismatic Society, New York, NY
American Numismatic Association, Colorado Springs, CO
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ