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The Art

The art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani is in the collections of these institutions:

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Selected Exhibitions


February 19 – June 28, 2026

Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani. The Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence KS.


January 17 – April , 2026

The Art of Jimmy Mirikitani. Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site, Powell, WY.


July 16 – September 5, 2021

POCORART World Exhibition – Chance and Necessity. 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.


June 11 – 19, 2019

Homage to Mirikitani Exhibition: The Power of Art – The Cat’s Gaze, Jimmy Mirikitani and Twelve Artists. Lobby Gallery, Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.


April 2 – 12, 2019

Mirikitani is a Cat – Continuing to Draw Cats, Internment Camps, and Home: Jimmy Mirikitani Exhibition. Zenrosai Hall / Space Zero, Tokyo, Japan.


February 8 – 15, 2019

Exhibition of Drawings by Jimmy Mirikitani, a New York Street Artist Who Lived Through War and Peace. OGU MAG, Tokyo, Japan.


August 25 – November 17, 2018

The Cats of Mirikitani: The World Left by a Street Artist, Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani Exhibition. Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Plaza, Tokyo, Japan.


February 2 – 18, 2017

The Funky Street Master Loves Cats: Jimmy Mirikitani’s Drawing and Photography Exhibition – Living, Drawing and Thinking on the Streets of New York. Zenrosai Hall/Space Zero, Tokyo, Japan


May 3 – August 20, 2017

Atomic Communications. Tomonotsu Museum, Fukuyama, Japan


July 22 – September 2, 2017

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani Exhibition: The World Viewed by the Street Artist: 9/11, Japanese American Incarceration, and Atomic Bomb. Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, Saitama, Japan


October 21 – November 12, 2016

A Street Grandmaster Who Lived with Cats, Jimmy Mirikitani Exhibition: Ask Me – What is Freedom? What is Art? Bakurochō ART + EAT, Tokyo, Japan 


August 1 – 31, 2014

The Cats of Mirikitani: The Indomitable Artist Who Continued to Draw in New York. Hatsukaichi Art Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan.


May 14 – July 20, 2013

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani. Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan


July 12 – August 5, 2012

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani: Drawings. 8 Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


March 5, 2010 – January 30, 2011

The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942 – 1946. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery. Washington, DC


July 6 – December 6, 2006

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani. Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA.