Hello! I am Coney Ishida. I am a Brooklyn-based artist.

I am working to create my art and character design. I create art by oil, acrylic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and computer.

The biggest reason why I create my art is I love characters and create art! Also, I would like to make people smile and make a better world. I want to contribute to the education of kids, animal rights and environmental protection.

My artwork has common to make people smile. I believe smile infect for other people. I believe in the future there would be no conflict, no fighting, no war. People help each other and respect animals and nature. I believe a future filled with our happiness!

Selected group exhibition

2021

NYFA Anniversary Benefit Auction

**New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)**
NYFA presented a virtual benefit gala, *NYFA at* *50.*(100% donated to NYFA)

2021
Invincible Beings

**New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)**
**New York, NY**
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in collaboration with The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, invites you to a group exhibition of works by Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program (IAP) alumni, Invincible Beings.

**2019**
**INDEX**

**NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentor Program**
**Index Art Center Newark, NJ**
Index is a group exhibition of works in all mediums by artists participating as both mentors and mentees in NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentor Program, Newark.

Award

2020
**This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Era Comics Anthology 2020**

**Steven Walker and Greg Follender & The Art Students League of New York**
The year is 2020 and the world has changed in the face of a global health crisis. In this anthology you will find stories by 76 artists-in-quarantine from all over the world: New York, Australia, China, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, and more. This book is a snapshot of an important time in history, filtered through the lens of these artists and imbued with all of their insights, concerns, anxieties, and passions.

**2019**
**Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program**

**New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)**
This program is the mentors interact with their mentees guiding them to achieve speciﬁc goals and providing them with an exchange of ideas, resources and experiences.

2016

Character Design Competition

**Illustnote (Japanese illustration magazine)**
My work was selected of 2016 Character Design Competition. Tsuneo Aida was as a jury who is a creator of Domo-kun. Previous jury include Yuko Yamaguchi who is a creator of Hello Kitty.