b. 1996, Japan
Email: info@daiasano.com
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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.
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EDUCATION

2024 MFA in Photography
Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA

2020 B.A. in Business Ethics
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

RESIDENCY/Fellowship
2025 NYFA Immigrant Artist Program
2024 International Summer Program,
The Watermill Center, NY

GROUP SHOW

2024
Wink, Nudge, Microscope Gallery, NY USA
Embodied 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

AWARD
2022-24 RISD Fellowship
2022-24 RISD Graduate Assistantship
2021 Portrait of Japan, Shortlist, Tokyo, Japan
2021 IMA next STORY, Shortlist, Tokyo, Japan

Work

Essay

CV