Kaneko Hiroyo
WORKS
Dr. Dreame’s Mouth Music from Appearance
Killing Me Softly with His Song from Appearance
Muema’s House Music from Appearance
ABC’s from Appearance
Biography
| Born in Aomori Precture, Japan and lives in Oakland, CA.,US. | |
| 1987 | BA French Literature, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo |
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| 2005 | MFA Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco |
Awards
| 2022 | Awarded the 32th Society of Photography Award |
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| 2017 | 1st place, 21st Juried Exhibition, Photographic Center North West (Juror: Sandra Philips) |
| 2012 | Winner, Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition (Jurors: Peter Barberie, Andrea Modica, Vince Aletti) |
| 2009 | Santa Fe Prize for Photography (Juror: Charlotte Cotton) |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | The 32th Society of Photography Award Exhibition. Poetic Scape, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2020 | Appearance. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan Appearance. Poetic Scape, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2019 | Garden Project. Social Art Lab, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Garden Project. Gallery Mestalla, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 | Appearance. KU REN BOH, Chohouin Buddhist Temple Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | Appearance. Nikon Salon Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka |
| 2013 | Comes to the Light. Gallery Ishi, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | Steam and Ice. Red Poppy Art Center, San Francisco, CA Unfolding Lives in Tohoku. Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 2009 | Selections from Three Series. Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA Nagasaki Dialog. Nagasaki City Library, Nagasaki, Japan Sentimental Education. MIAD Perspectives Photography Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI Nature/Nurture. Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 2008 | Each Sun; Two persons show with Chris McCaw. Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | The Three Cornered World. Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | fountains. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Nagasaki Dialog. Photographers’ Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001 | Bushes and Palace. Gallery La Camera, Tokyo, Japan Bushes and Palace. The Foreign Correspondent Club of Japan, Tokyo, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Disrance of Mind. Kurenboh, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2022 | Hibiya Okuroji Photo Fair. Hibiya Okuroji, Tokyo, Japan Alternative Roman. Sakaguchi-Rou and other venues in Osaka, Japan Recovery. Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art |
| 2019 | Ancestral Journeys. Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA |
| 2018 | Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography Curated by Susan Bright and Denise Wolff. Louisiana Museum of Art and Science, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2017 | THERE IS NO ALAS WHERE I LIVE Curated by Ann Jastrab. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 21st Juried Photography Exhibition. Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA |
| 2016 | Zones of Representation. SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
| 2015 | Voices. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Heat. SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA 3@6x6 face/people/action, three persons show with John Harding and Michael Jang curated by Hiroyo Kaneko. PHOTO, Oakland, CA |
| 2014 | Local Treasures Bay Area Photography. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 2013 | Nature as Muse. Murray Circle, Cavallo Point, CA |
| 2011 | Fukushima - Opening Doors with Compassion. Lutherkirche, Cologne, Germany LOST WORLDS > < MAKING WORLDS. Murata & Friends, Berlin, Germany |
| 2010 | THINGS ARE EXPANDING. Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2009 | PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: China, Japan, Korea. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 2008 | Eighteen Months: Taking the Pulse of Bay Area Photography. San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 | Elusive Subjects; James Welling, Jun Shiraoka, Sanna Kannisto, Hiroyo Kaneko Curated by Hiroyo Kaneko. Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA Close Calls 2007. Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. |
| 2005 | Conversation with the Wall. Rood Division Artist Space, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY 2 – [sait] site / sight. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2023 | HIBIYA OKUROJI PHOTO FAIR 2023. Hibiya OKUROJI, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2022 | HIBIYA OKUROJI PHOTO FAIR 2022. Hibiya OKUROJI, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2021 | ART OSAKA 2021. Osaka City Central Hall, Osaka, Japan Paris Photo 2021. Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France |
Publications
| 2020 | Appearance. Kyoto: Seigensha |
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Public Collections
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |