Hiroyo Kaneko

www.hiroyokaneko.com

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Education:

MFA Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 2005

BA French Literature, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, 1987

Professional Experience:

1996 – Freelance Photographer and Writer

Solo Exhibitions:

2006 The Three Cornered World, Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco

2004 fountains, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

2002 Nagasaki Dialog, Photographers's Gallery, Tokyo

2001 Bushes and Palace, Gallery La Camera, Tokyo

2001 Bushes and Palace, The Foreign Correspondent Club Of Japan, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions (Selected):

2008 EIGHTEEN MONTHS:TAKING THE PULSE OF BAY AREA PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco Art Commission GallerySan Francisco

2008 Each Sun ; Hiroyo Kaneko and Chris McCaw, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco

2007 Elusive Subjects ; James Welling, Sanna Kannisto, Jun Shiraoka, Hiroyo Kaneko, curated by Hiroyo Kaneko, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco

2007 Small Ambitions ; A Perspective, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco

2007 Close Calls 2007, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco

2005 Conversation With The Wall, Root Division Artists Space, San Francisco

2005 Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion, Fort Mason, San Francisco

2005 MFA (Maestras of Foto Art) Exhibit, Focus Gallery, San Francisco

2004 image, object, back, forth, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,

2002 PHTOGRAPHY TODAY 2 – [sait] site / sight, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1999 Corps, Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo

Awards:

2005 Paul Sack Photo Award

2004 MFA Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute

2003-2004 International Student Grant, San Francisco Art Institute

Lectures:

2007              Introductory presentation at 3rd Annual Pacific Rim Lecture Series, PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA

2005 Guest Lecture at Advanced Photography instructed by James Welling, UCLA, Los Angeles CA

2002 Artist Talk at "Photography Today 2 – [sait] site / sight", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2001              Guest Lecture at Senior Seminar instructed by Miyabi Taniguchi, Tokyo College of Photography, Tokyo

Catalogues:

2002 "Photography Today 2 – [sait] site / sight"

2001 "Bushes and Palace"

1999 "Along Leaves"

Reviews:

"site / sight", Atsushi Sugita, BT, August 2002, Bijutsu Techou

"Nagasaki dialog" Koutarou Iizawa, Asahi Camera, June 2002, Asahi Shinbunsha

"Bushes and Palace" Miyabi Taniguch, Nihon Camera, June 2001, Nihon Camera sha

Publications (selected):

Monthly Reviews of Photography Exhibitions, Nihon Camera, 2000, January – 2001, December

Reportage of Contemporary German Photography, Asahi Camera, 2000, June

Reportage of the Workshop by Magnum Photographers, Abbas, Chris Steel-Perkins and Susan Meiselas in Tokyo, Asahi Camera, 2000, March

Interview Article of Thomas Struth, Esquire Japan, 1999, May

Interview Article of Beat Streuli, Asahi Camera, Tokyo-Jin, 1999, March

Interview Article of Jean-Marc Bustamante, Asahi Camera, Ryuko-Tsushin, 1998, December