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Riko Mizuno
Gallerist

Riko Mizuno at the Mizuno Gallery, 1971. Courtesy Mizuno Gallery. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Riko Mizuno arrived in Los Angeles in the mid 1950s to study ceramics at the Chouinard Art Institute, where she became friends with Stephan von Huene and other artists. In 1967, she took over the space on La Cienega Boulevard formerly occupied by the Rolf Nelson Gallery and opened Gallery 669, with an inaugural exhibition of Henry Miller’s works on paper. After a brief collaboration with Eugenia Butler, Mizuno gave the gallery her own name. During the 10 years Mizuno occupied the space, she showed established figures associated with the Ferus Gallery, such as Ken Price, Ed Moses, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, and Billy Al Bengston, and also younger and lesser-known artists, among them Ay-O, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Jack Goldstein, Alexis Smith, and Doug Wheeler. She later moved to a smaller space in Little Tokyo, where she showed Sam Francis, Frank Gehry, and a young artist named Mike Kelley.

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Video: Making the Scene—find out about the L.A. gallery scene during the postwar years
Video: Riko Mizuno, Vija Celmins, and Ed Moses speak about the Mizuno Gallery, 2009–11
Announcement for the exhibition Grup Shrow at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1972. © Riko Mizuno. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.3
Announcement for Tom Wudl exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1974. © Tom Wudl. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.2
Poster for Ed Moses exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1969. Courtesy Mizuno Gallery. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher , 2009.M.30
Announcement for Dead Man performance by Chris Burden at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 12, 1972. © Chris Burden. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.4
Announcement for Jack Goldstein exhibition at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 1972. © Jack Goldstein Estate. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.1