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Tokyo Alumni Podcast: Episode 65: Frankie Cihi (Seisen 2006) - Artist, Gunma, Murals, Terrace House, SVA
Frankie Sihi (Seisen 2006)
Visual Artist
Born in 1988, Frankie is a half-Japanese half-American artist from Tokyo. After receiving her BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts NY in 2010, she returned to Tokyo where she currently resides. Her work ranges from painting on canvas to darumas to large scale murals — blending her multicultural roots and social commentary through a synthesis of freehanded patterns and lively palette. She is widely experienced in corporate collaborations including projects with Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Adobe and Instagram, and is also known for her role in the hit Japanese reality tv series Terrace House.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/furpuff/
Homepage https://www.frankie-cihi.com/-Paintings
TIMESTAMPS
1:51 - Introduction
3:14 - When did you know you wanted to become an artist?
5:12 - School of Visual Arts (SVA)
8:13 - Experience at Seisen International School (K-12)
12:14 - Making a living as an artist
17:38 - Terrace House - a turning point
26:38 - The transition from Terrace House to full-time artwork
28:25 - Detaching from "lifestyle" posts to "artwork" a changeover
31:13 - Engaging in artwork around the world, from California to the Philippines, to Gunma. The dangerous business of painting murals.
35:34 - Corporate art work collaborations with Adobe, Google, Starbucks / Takasaki Daruma's
47:00 - Artists and NFT's
54:42 - An original Cihi
59:09 - What is to come
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By Nickolas Harris
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Frankie Sihi (Seisen 2006)
Visual Artist
Born in 1988, Frankie is a half-Japanese half-American artist from Tokyo. After receiving her BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts NY in 2010, she returned to Tokyo where she currently resides. Her work ranges from painting on canvas to darumas to large scale murals — blending her multicultural roots and social commentary through a synthesis of freehanded patterns and lively palette. She is widely experienced in corporate collaborations including projects with Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Adobe and Instagram, and is also known for her role in the hit Japanese reality tv series Terrace House.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/furpuff/
Homepage https://www.frankie-cihi.com/-Paintings
TIMESTAMPS
1:51 - Introduction
3:14 - When did you know you wanted to become an artist?
5:12 - School of Visual Arts (SVA)
8:13 - Experience at Seisen International School (K-12)
12:14 - Making a living as an artist
17:38 - Terrace House - a turning point
26:38 - The transition from Terrace House to full-time artwork
28:25 - Detaching from "lifestyle" posts to "artwork" a changeover
31:13 - Engaging in artwork around the world, from California to the Philippines, to Gunma. The dangerous business of painting murals.
35:34 - Corporate art work collaborations with Adobe, Google, Starbucks / Takasaki Daruma's
47:00 - Artists and NFT's
54:42 - An original Cihi
59:09 - What is to come