Eiji Sumi CV

Exhibition
Invisible Dog Art Center / Brooklyn, New York 2011
Installation
Nuit Blanche New York / Bring To Light Art Festival / Brooklyn, New York 2011
Installation
Salomon Arts Gallery / Limited Editions Unlimited Design/ Tribeca, New York 2010
2 Designer’s Exhibition- Lighting Design / Lighting Installation Videography / Photography
Zakka NYC/Decob - Group Show / Dumbo Brooklyn 2009
Conceptional Design
Salomon Arts Gallery/ Light it up - Group Show / Tribeca, New York 2009
Installation / Painting
Salomon Arts Gallery / Toast Tribeca  - Group Show / Tribeca, New York 2009
Painting
Keep six contemporary /Decob - Kool Magazine - Group Show / Tronto, Canada 2008
Conceptional Art Design
Art Complex Center of Tokyo / Decob - Kool Magazine Group Show/ Tokyo, Japan 2008
Conceptional Art Design
Gallery at Hyatt, Decob - Kool Magazkine Group Show / Osaka, Japan 2008
Conceptional Design
Store front Art and Architecture/ Chinatowns - Group Show /Soho, New York 2007
Art Direction / Photography
Onishi Gallery /Land(e)scape - Group Show / Curated by Eric Shiner(Director of Andy Wahol Museum) / Chelsea New York 2007
Painting
Private Collection - Group Show / Curated by Eric Shiner(Director of Andy Wahol Museum)/ Upper East side, New York 2004
Painting
Williamsburg Publik House - Group Show / Williamsburg New York 2003
Painting
Williamsburg Publik House - Group Show / Williamsburg New York 2002
Painting
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Education
Rikkyo University ( St Paul’s University) , Tokyo, Japan. B.A. in Liberal Art / Industrial Relation.
Humboldt state University, CA- Fine Art / English.  
Art Student League of America / Fine Art.
Persons The New School for Design, New York, USA / Guest Lecturer.

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Experience in Lighting Design 
Limited Editions / Unlimited Design - ICFF Show Case 2010 at Salomon Arts Gallery
Designed and show cased original Pendant Light / Chandelier / Table Lamp / Lighting Installation
Light It Up / ICFF 2009 Show Case 2009 at Salomon Arts Gallery
Designed and show cased original Pendant Light Design / Lighting Installation
Kawahara Design 2008
Conceptional Chandelier Design for Markt Restaurant New York Meat Packing District.
Matsuri Restauant / The Maritime hotel
Lighting Fixture 2007
Washi Chandelier 2008 Aug - Sep / New York
Created Large Scale paper made chandeliers with graphics in the high end Japanese
restaurant in the hip boutique hotel in Meat Packing District.
La Botega
Lighting Fixture 2003 Feb
Created decorative Lighting Fixture for Italian Restaurant.
Commissioned by Hotel Owner.
Client requested bracket light with vintage italian graphics images
Club HIRO
Lighting / Visual Art 2003-2004 Mar
Created Various Interior Art and Graphics. Commissioned by Hotel Owner.
Graphics images on the Mirrors, Mural Art - Japanese Ukiyoe on the wooden
board, DJ booth Graphics and decoration, Table design, Interior Graphic for the
walls, and panels, and lights.
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Experience in Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration
Greenwich Hotel - Locanda Verde
Graphic Design
Created Logo and Exterior Decorative Works commissioned by Robert Deniro and Several Partners.
Sungari Tokyo
Graphic Design - 2008 Dec - 2009 Jan / New York
Create Website for Russian Restaurant in Tokyo
Matsuri / The Maritime Hotel
Graphic Design2008 Nov / New York
Create New Year Holiday Card for High end japanese Restaurant in Boutique
Hotel in Meat packing district
Asahi Beer USA
Graphic Art 2008 Oct / New York
Create Graphic art for ART and ASAHI campaign in Asashi Beer USA’s website
Happy Few Production
Illustartion- 2008 July /New York
Create Illustration for Movie “rebirth of teutonic lobster”
Kawahara Design
Graphic Design - 2008 Mar- Jun / New York
Create Advertisement, Interior and Exterior Graphics, Logo Design, etc, for Kawahara Design
Cool Magazine
Illustration / Graphic Designer - 2008 Mar / New York
Create magazine column design and illustration. One theme was for Music
and other theme was Diary from Berlin Art Scenes.
Tokiko Planning/ Universal Record Japan
Illustration -2008 Feb Tokyo / New York
Create Album Jacket Illustration for Nobutaka Tsugei / Guitarist- Tokiko Kato’s
current guitarist. Guitarist for Mariya Takeuchi, etc, One Line Drawing illustration for
his album cover.
Sound Walk
Illustration / 2008 Jan - New York
Create the Band Cold Plays Album Jacket sketch illustrations. Illustrations from
various Art Director’s ideas to black and white sketchs.
Chinatown Film Festival
Art Direction / Graphic Designer - 2007 Feb - Present / New York
Create and develop concepts in collaboration with the creative team. Participate in
meetings with directors in order to approve concepts and design pieces. Create
graphics, Graphic and Web design from idea and concept to finished product for
both online and print medium. Photography and illustration, art direction, Identity
development, Business Card, Magazine Advertisement, Marketing Brochure,
Posters, Flayers.
The Maritime Hotel
Graphic Design 2004 - Present / New York
Create Graphics, Graphic design from idea and concept to finished product.
Business Card, Posters, Menu, Promotional graphics, and interior graphics.
Green Apple Group
Graphic Design 2006 Nov - Present / New York
Create Graphics for High end Restaurant Group - Graphic Design from idea and
concept to finished product. Poster, Postcard, Menu, Delivery Menu, Check
Presenter, Sign, Card and interior graphics. ( Green Apple Group - Chinatown
Brasserie, Lure, Lever House )
Duncan Quinn
Graphic Design 2006 / New York
3 months freelance work for Duncan Quinn Create Graphics for designer’s clothe.
Partipating in the meetings with designer to discuss concepts and design. T-shirts
Teddington Research
Graphic Design 2006 / London UK
Create Logo & Identity for marketing research company. Create Logo & identity.
Business card, letter head.
Nike Japan
Graphic Design 2005 / Tokyo Japan Nike Japan
Create Graphics, T-shirts apparel design for Nike Japan. Along with marketing
director’s direction, create famous Japanese baseball player Kazumi Kiyohara’s illustration and
Graphics.
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Experience in Space Design / Interior Decorative Art
Bubble Lounge
Space Design 2010 / Tribeca, New York
Designed Event Lighting Installation for high scale champaign bar in Tribeca.
Musette 
Space Design 2010 / Soho, New York
Designed show window at West Broadway Fashion District.
Greenwich Hotel - Locanda Verde
Graphic Design / Exterior Decorative Works 2009
Created Logo and Exterior Decorative Works commissioned by Robert Deniro and Several Partners.
Triad Theatre
Visual Art - 2009 Present
Created Mural Paintings of 1930’s New York’s Theatre District Scene.
The Bowery Hotel
Visual Art 2006 / New York
Created Lobby Mural Commissioned by Hotel Owner. Oil Paint. Client requested
mural images as Bowery New York Area and Scenes of 1920’s with style of
American Primitive style. Landscape, Seascape, Portrait.
Lafayette House
Visual Art 2006 / 2007 New York
Created Room paintings. Commissioned by Hotel Owner. Client requested to make
various imitation paintings of Famous Artists, such as, Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt,
Henry Darger, Egon Schile, Joan Miro. Sizes are different from original paingtings.
Chinatown Brasserie
Visual Art 2006 May New York
Created Mirror Graphics and Letters. Commissioned by Restaurant. Client
requested to have Graphics and lettering on the mirror at bar
The Park
Visual Art 2005 Mar New York
Created Japanese Edo period mural for the bar lounge garden. Commissioned by
Restaurant Owner
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