Chika Aruga
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Biography
1975 born in Nagano, Japan, based in Hamburg, Germany
1993-1997 Musashino Art University Tokyo with Keiji Usami, Bachelor of Arts (JP)
1999-2005 University of the Arts Bremen, with Peter W. Schäfer, Diploma (DE)
2005/2006 Master Class Student with Peter W. Schäfer University of the Arts Bremen (DE)
Grants, Awards
2004 DAAD-Matching Funds Scholarship (DE)
2005 Art Promotion Prize of the Lodge "Zum Silbernen Schlüssel," Bremen (DE)
2009 Art Promotion by Sparkasse Bremen (DE)
2015 Vater Art Prize, 2nd Prize (DE)
2019 Willi-Oltmanns-Prize for Painting 2019 (DE)
2021 Hamburg Future Scholarship (DE)
2022 Working Scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds NEUSTART KULTUR (DE)