Japanese artist Akiko Mashima (born 1952 in Saga, Japan) received her BFA in sculpture from the Musashino Art University in 1976, before transitioning to the Brooklyn Museum Art School in 1978 - 1979, and to the Art Students League (1979 - 1980). (roberthenrycontemporary.com)
(Beckmann was leading art classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School at the time.) (artnews.com)
Kota Ezawa Displays Stolen Artwork in Mead's Rotherwas Room The Amherst Student, March Art Movements Hyperallergic, February Artist Recreates 13 Stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Masterpieces in New Show Artnet News, February Museum to Feature Artist's Take on Stolen Gardner Works Associated Press, February Thirteen Stolen artworks from the Gardner Museum and video on view at the Mead Art Museum Art Daily, February (amherst.edu)