Hirokazu Kosaka (born 1948 in Wakayama)[1] is a Japanese-born American artist, ordained Shingon Buddhist priest, and the Visual Arts Director at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
[2][3] Eventually moving back to Japan, he then traveled to Europe and South America before returning to Los Angeles to live in 1976.
he also holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Columbia University.
In 2004, Kosaka performed “In Between The Heartbeat” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, using Kyūdō, electric blankets, and copier machines to comment critically on technology.
[6] Kosaka has been the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Brody Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust Fund and the California Arts Council.