Photo by Sydney Howard
Dai Asano
b. 1996,Japan
Performance
Email: info@daiasano.com------------------
About
Dai Asano (b.1996, Japan) is an artist working with time and space. His work delves into the experience of time rooted in Kitaro Nishida's “Pure Experience,” Asano's theoretical approach explores the state before the separation into self and object. He is a fellow for NYFA 2025 Immigrant Artist Program. He has participated in the International Summer Residency at the Watermill Center in New York and presented his work at the Annual Summer Benefit at the Watermill Center, Microscope Gallery, the dye house, and so on. Asano received an MFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design and a B.A. in Business Ethics from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.------------------Education
2024 M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA
2020 B.A. Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Performance
2024 “Passage piece”, The Annual Summer Benefit, The Watermill Center, NY
Residency/Fellowships/Awards
2025 2025 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NY
2024 International Summer Program, The Watermill Center, NY
2022-24 RISD Fellowship2024 International Summer Program, The Watermill Center, NY
2022-24 RISD Graduate Assistantship
2021 Portrait of Japan, Shortlist, Tokyo, Japan
IMA next STORY, Shortlist, Tokyo, Japan
Group Show
2024 Wink, Nudge, Microscope Gallery, NY USAEmbodied Collection, The Dye House, Providence, RI USA
Home/World, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI USA
The Unspeakable State, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI USA
2022 Im Nebel, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI USA
2021 Portrait of Japan, Shibuya Bus Stops, Shibuya, Tokyo Japan