Please come join us for Shodo-Ka: A Calligraphy Demonstration, which will be presented by Kihachiro Nishiura! 

"I believe that my calligraphy, flower arts, and incense each constitute one such ray of light....If contact with my works makes the viewer breathe a sigh of relief, then that's enough for me."  - Kihachiro Nishiura - Creator of the Nishiura Style 

About Kihachiro Nishiura: 
Kihachiro Nishiura was born in 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Gelogical Sciences and his Master's Degree in Geophysics from Ohio University. He is currently the Chief Director of Non-Profit Organization Washinbunnkakouryuukai and is also a Board member of the Japan-Bulgaria Society. 

He has won many awards including the Fine Work Prize for Calligraphy in the CHUUNICHI Newspaper Tournament and the Excellent Prize for Calligraphy in the annual DAITOUBUNNKA university tournament. Some of his main collections are displayed at the National Ethnographic Museum in Budapest, Hungary and in the Japanese Embassy in the Republic of Hungary. 

For more information about his work, please visit his website 

For more information about the event, please contact Kayo Nonaka at kayo.nonaka@nyu.edu.