Work    
                                             
      Essay


b. 1996, Japan

NY, 10013
info@daiasano.com


Concept
(I am still writing.)

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, NxY

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




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



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