Education

Lives and works in New York City

1983     Born in Hiroshima, Japan

2007     BFA in Photography, Nihon University College of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2010     MFA in Photography, Pratt Institute Fine Arts Department, New York

                                       

Solo Exhibitions

2020     Correspondence, MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY  

2019     ATLAS, Nowhere, New York, NY

2018     Trade Winds, MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY

2016     Blue Bayou, MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY

2014     Sleeping Beauty, from, Untitled Scapes of America, MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY

2011     Landscape 2011, -Project Room- MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY

2010     UPFRONT –two-person show-, Chelsea West Gallery, New York, NY

              New Works, Steuben South Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

              Perspectives –two-person show-, Onishi Gallery, New York, NY

2009     Wandering, FOUR 11 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

Group Exhibitions 

2018     Blurred Horizons, Art Projects International, New York, NY

2017     In Organic -Emerging Japanese Artists, Resident of Ambassador/Consul General of Japan, NY

2016     A Group Exhibition, mhPROJECTnyc, New York, NY

2015     100+: A Photograph for Every Year of the MIA, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

              Untitled, Ozasahayashi Gallery, Kyoto Japan

              Terrada Art Award Exhibition, T-Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014     Kurashiki Photo-mural contemporary photography exhibition, Okayama, Japan

              Axis Photo Marche -Art Photography Fair-, Tokyo, Japan

              Jerseyscapes NJCU New Jersey City University Gallery, NJ

              Infocus -juried exhibition of self-published photo books-, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ

              Artwork on Skateboards, DeBuck Gallery, New York, NY

              Nocturnal Labyrinth, MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York, NY

2012     Asia Society of Arts –Photography & Animation-, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

              A Vision Across Boundaries-A Group exhibition of Asian Photographers-, VT Artslaon, Taipei, Taiwan

              Beyond 1 lens and Over 100 eyes, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY

              The Art Show in NYU Business School, New York University, Stern, New York, NY

2011     Plain, Gymnasia Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

              Portfolio Project, Recycleart, Brussels, Belgium

2010     Kings of Impossible, Kleio Projects, New, York NY

              Duration, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY

              MCAF 2010, Marie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2009     Young Artists ISE Cultural Foundation Supports, Tamada Projects, Tokyo, Japan

              MCAF, Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan

2008     Mutsuki-ten, Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan

2006     ISE Art Student Exhibition 2006, ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY

              JPS Exhibition 2006, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2005     International Talent Support-ITS Four photo for mini-, DIESEL, Trieste, Italy

2004     APA Exhibition 2004, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

  

Art Fairs

2020     “Paris Photo”, Grand Palais, Paris, France

                 “ZONAMACO”, Mexico City, Mexico

              “Paris Photo New York”, New York (postponed)

               “Photo London”, London, United Kingdom (postponed)

2019        “PGH Photo Fair”, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2018     “Paris Photo”, Grand Palais, Paris, France

2017     “Paris Photo”, Grand Palais, Paris, France

              “PGH Photo Fair”, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Awards

2014     Prize Winner Terrada Art Award, Tokyo Japan

2007     First Prize, Nihon University College of Art, Photography Department Final Thesis

2006     Prize Winner, JPS-Japan Photographers Society- Photo Competition

              Jury’s Prize, ISE Cultural Foundation Art Student Competition, New York

2005     Finalist, International Talent Support, ITS FOUR, Trieste, Italy

2004     Konica-Minolta Award, Hassel Blad School Photo Competition, Tokyo, Japan

              Prize Winner, APA photo competition, Tokyo, Japan

 

Publications

Trade Winds, a monography with an essay by Rory Padeken, 2018

Blue Bayou, an exhibition catalog with an essay by Edward Gomez, 2016

USA -Untitled Scapes of America, a monograph with an essay by Russet Lederman, 201

 

Collections

 

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, U.S.A.

Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. U.S.A.

 

Scholarships

2007     Scholarship Winner, Pratt Institute Fine Art Department

2004     Scholarship Winner, Konica Image Scholarship Foundation