Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.ayanohisaphoto.com
Education:
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, May 2009
GPA: 3.94 / 4.0
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Photographic Illustration, November 2006
Dokkyo University, Saitama, Japan
Bachelor of Arts in English, March 2004
Courses Related: International Education and Cultural Studies
Award / Grant:
New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship
2013 Fellow in Photography
Grant to support the Great East Japan Earthquake related Art
Association for Corporate Support for the Arts
公益社団法人企業メセナ協議会
Grantee in 2012
Architectural Photographer of the Year, 2012
Photographer of the Year, Finalist, 2012
International Photography Awards
Camera Club of New York Annual Juried Competition
Honorable Mention, 2014
16th Annual “No Dead Artists”, Juried Exhibition
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
(Juror: Eric Shiner – Director of The Andy Warhol Museum)
August 28th to September 28th 2012
Soho Photo National Competition, Juried Exhibition
Soho Photo Gallery
July to August 2012
Arles Photography Open Salon, Juried Exhibition
Galerie Huit
July to September 2012
Combined Honors Scholarship
Savannah College of Art and Design,
June 2007 to May 2009
The Photo Review Competition 2009
Honorable Mention
Skills:
Camera Formats; Large / Medium Format, 35mm (Film/ Digital), Adobe Photoshop (Windows/ MAC), Adobe Dreamweaver (Windows/MAC), Photographic Printing (Inkjet/ Black & White & Color Darkroom), Color Management, Film Scanning (Imacon/ Epson), MS Word (English Typing/ Japanese Typing)
Work Experiences:
(As a Photo editor / Retoucher / Printer)
Newport Jazz Festival 60th Anniversary Program Book (2014)
Book Designer
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 25 Years Anniversary Book Project (2012)
"In the Spirit of Swing - The First 25 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center"
Co - Photography Editor / Scanning and Retouching
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Photography Exhibition (2012)
Office of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Retoucher / Printer
Traveling Full Circle (2011)
Photography Exhibition by Frank Stewart
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Retoucher / Printer
(As a Photographer)
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Photography Intern/ (Occasional) Staff Photographer Following Internship
March 2006 to May 2006, May 2006 to Present (Freelance)
-Photograph concerts for their brochures and website
Newport Festivals Foundation, New York NY
(Occasional) Staff Photographer
August 2010 to Present
-Photograph concerts for various publications
Tectonic Theater Project, New York NY
-Photograph Shows
June 2013
El Museo Del Barrio, New York NY
-Photograph Events
November 2010 to Present
New York City Ballet, New York, NY
-Photograph Events
October 2009 to Present
Urban Bush Women, New York, NY
-Photograph Shows and Events
August 2009 to Present
Ballet Hispanico, New York, NY
-Photograph Shows and Events
2007
Photographer / Retoucher / Printer, New York, NY
July 2007 to Present
Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA
Photography Internship, January 2008 to March 2008
-Various photograph assignment
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA
Internship / (Occasional) Staff Photographer, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013
Wynton Marsalis Presents Celebrate Jazz!
Benefiting the Rebuild of the Soul of America, New Orleans, LA
Photographer, 2006
Teaching Experiences:
Teaching Assistant
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
June 2014 to December 2014
Senior Seminar II (Photography),
Teaching Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2009
General Education,
Private Tutor, Saitama, Japan
2000 to 2003
Solo Exhibitions:
"Schools in Tohoku" Sponsored by Nikon
Gallery Civic (Bunkyo Civic Hall), Tokyo, JAPAN
March 2016
“CM (centimeters) to Japan”
Naomi Silva Gallery (Tula Art Center), Atlanta, GA
May 22, 2009 to June 13, 2009
“Music and Dance”
Seasons of Japan, Bistro, Savannah, GA
March 2008 to March 2010
Group Exhibitions:
NYFA Group Exhibition at McKinsey & Company New York Office
October 18th, 2015 to March 18th, 2016
Savannah College of Art and Design Open Studio, Atlanta, GA
November 13, 2008
“Earthly Objects”
Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
February 5, 2009 to March 7, 2009
“Street Shots / NYC”
South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
December, 2012 to April, 2013
Private Collections:
“Seagulls Following Shrimp Boat”
Judy Lampert, Atlanta, GA
“Congo Square”
“Hank Jones and Joe Lovano at Dizzy’s”
“Todo Tango with ALJO”
“Grand Reunion”
“Harlem Boys Choir”
“Jeff and Wynton”
“Vincent Gardner and Cuban Student”
“Essentially Ellington”
“Wynton Dancing”
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY