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b. 1996, Japan

NY, 10013
info@daiasano.com


    Statement

    OCT 12, 2025
      1. My work functions as a record of everyday.
      2. I do not alter my actions for record.
      3. Life is art, art is life. 


      Education

      2024 
        
      2020
      M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design

      B.A.   Keio University, Tokyo, Japan


      Awards

      2025  

      2024


      2023



      2021  
      NYFA Immigrant Artist Program, NY

      International Summer Program,       
      The Watermill Center, NY

      RISD Fellowship
      Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

      Shortlist
      Portrait of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

      Shortlist
      IMA next “Story”, Tokyo, Japan


      Selected Show

      2025 In/Between
      New York Live Arts, NY
      2024 The Annual Summer Benefit
      The Watermill Center, NY

      Wink, Nudge
      Microscope Gallery, NY

      Embodied Collection
      The Dye House Providence, RI

      Home/World
      Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

      2022 


      2021
      Im Nebel
      Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI

      Portrait of Japan
      Shibuya Bus Stop, Shibuya, Tokyo



      2025

      OCT 09仮題(否定から始まる肯定、そして否定も肯定もなくなる):序文OCT 02僕という境界線SEP 25ワシントン・スクエア・パークSEP 17デイトリッパーSEP 11服という言葉SEP 09規律というシェルターAUG 31走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること」を語るときに僕の語ることAUG 30はじめに
      APRLayer 1 MARMorning Shower

      Art as an Experience

      2024 JUN I am becoming.


      Passage Piece
      The Watermill Center, NY 
      The Annual Summer Benefit
      July 27, 2024
      Performance
      20 choirs
      An installation performed by twenty vocalists chanting in unison creates an immersive, enveloping soundscape that the audience pass through one at a time.

      Presented as part of the Watermill Center’s Annual Summer Benefit, the work functioned as a transitional space, situated between everyday life and the realm of art. I referenced the Japanese tea ceremony's "Roji," in between an entrance and a tea room. To reach the main event area, guests walked through the piece, their senses immersed in layered vocal tones. The soundscape served to wash away the residue of daily life, preparing them for the heightened experience of the evening.

      Photo by 
      Maria Baranova 
      and 
      Lindsay Morris




      Ma, in between.

      2024 
      Video Installation,
      Two LCD Displays,
      48 minutes
      Loop
      This was my thesis work presented in the 10 x 10 feet room with a directional speaker. I walked toward and away from camera untilll I disappear from the image. 




      Galileo Galilei
      2024
      Video Performance

      I walked for six hours, from one point to another, in synchronization with the sun’s movement.


      Prince St
      2024
      Video Performance
      13min


      Prince St - 2
      2024 
      Video Performance
      13min


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