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	MAHO LAPLANTE Art has always been a part of my life and my family. The story of the Tokyo art community in the late pre-war years, including my grandfather, Tsugio Nara, became the subject of the Japanese book, Ikebukuro Montparnasse My mother used to give sketching classes in our home when I was young and she taught me how to sketch and paint when I was a child. I have been painting ever since. ラプランテ麻帆 宇佐美承「池袋モンパルナス」で登場する奈良次雄の孫。 幼い頃に母から絵を教わる。ＮＹに行くまで自己流で書き続ける。 ９８年からアートスチューデントリーグオブニューヨークに４年通い、 東京をへて、現在NY、Brooklynのスタジオで制作。 The Art Students League of New York Merit Scholarship, 2002 Lloyd Sherwood Grant, 2003 Group show at the Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, 2005 Dance Performed in “Convulsions of Mr. K 2”, a dance performance work shop by the dance group OM-2 in Yokohama, Japan, 2001 Magazine Keiko and Manabu  -- August 2006 issue NPO Polaris Project Japan