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 © Hiroyo Kaneko, Sentimental Education #22, 2007. Sentimental Education series. C-print, 24x20"  © Hiroyo Kaneko, Sentimental Education #23, 2007. Sentimental Education series. C-print, 24x20"  © Hiroyo Kaneko, Sentimental Education #11, 2005. Sentimental Education series. C-print, 24x20" |
Hiroyo Kaneko Born: Japan Resides: San Francisco, CA Heritage: Japanese Selected Exhibitions: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 2009 Nagasaki City Library, Nagasaki, Japan 2009 Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA 2009 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 2009 Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco, CA 2006 San Francisco Arts Commision Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008, 2007 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2004 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 2002 Education: M.F.A. in Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2005 Diploma in Photography with Distinction, Blake College of Art, London, UK 1994 B.A. French Literature, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo 1987 Awards: People/Places/Things: an International Photo Competition Celebrating En Foco's 35th Anniversary, 2009 (Honorable Mention) Santa Fe Prize for Photography, 2009 Paul Sack Photo Award, Third Prize, 2005 Publications: Lay Flat, Vol.1 Remain in Light, 2009 Artist Statement: Sentimental Education portrays my family in bathing. I use a 4 x 5 camera for the series because it imparts formality and distance to the subject matter in such intimate settings. Bathing in hot tubs is one of the most ordinary daily rituals in Japan. Because our modern society is highly competitive and reserved, we tend to be uptight. However, once soaked in hot water, we emerge relaxed, revitalized, and perhaps relieved through exchanges of unspoken emotions with others and nature. We bathe with family, friends, strangers and sometimes with the opposite sex showing subtle impressions which waver between vulnerability and flexibility, openness and hesitancy, and intimacy and loneliness. I focus on these impressions as I believe that they represent a fundamental form of humanity. Website: |
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