Miyu Isozaki

Miyu Isozaki (born 1999, Shizuoka Prefecture) is an emerging Japanese lithographer based in Tokyo, representing the youngest cohort of the 68th CWAJ Print Show 2025 selection. Her selection with 'animals 14,' a 25 × 25 cm lithograph from 2025, places her among the early-career Tokyo-area printmakers whose work is now beginning to circulate through the principal Japanese juried exhibition channels.

Isozaki received her undergraduate training at Tama Art University (Tamabi), one of the principal Japanese art universities for printmaking pedagogy, and continued through the Tama Art University graduate program. The Tama Art University printmaking program has produced a sustained line of contemporary Japanese print artists from the 1970s onward, and continues to be one of the principal entry points to contemporary Japanese print practice for the post-2020 emerging generation.

Isozaki's principal teacher is Kuniko Satake, a senior figure in Tama Art University's printmaking faculty whose teaching encompasses both technical instruction and conceptual development. Direct teaching-line affiliation with Satake places Isozaki within a documented pedagogical tradition that extends through several of the early-career printmakers selected by CWAJ in recent editions.

Isozaki is a member of the Japan Print Association (Nihon Hanga Kyokai), the principal national organization for Japanese contemporary printmakers. Membership at age 25-26 in the 2025 CWAJ Print Show is an unusually early credential for a working artist and indicates that Isozaki has progressed quickly through the senior cohort's recognition channels.

The 'animals' series numbering (animals 14 implies at least thirteen prior installments) suggests a sustained thematic project running across multiple editions — a pattern of serial work that is increasingly common in Japanese contemporary print and that suggests an artist with both compositional discipline and substantial studio output. The square 25 × 25 cm format is small-scale by CWAJ standards, but the small format is characteristic of the early-career work that begins with intimate sheet sizes before scaling up. The CWAJ catalog records the work as Print No. 052 in the 68th edition; the catalog notes the work as sold, indicating market reception.

Further biographical detail beyond the CWAJ Print Show entry — Isozaki's earlier installments in the 'animals' series, her undergraduate thesis work, gallery representation, and exhibition history outside CWAJ — is not currently surfaced through the public-facing English-language channels. Tama Art University's MFA showcase records and Tokyo-area emerging-artist exhibition databases would be the principal next-step research targets for extending this bio. As an early-career artist born in 1999, Isozaki's documented practice is still in its first decade; subsequent CWAJ Print Show editions are likely to continue including her work.