NYAB Event - Satomi Shirai "Home and Home"

Satomi Shirai "Home and Home"

Topaz Arts

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TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program presents photography by Satomi Shirai in her first solo exhibition in New York.

Home and Home is a solo exhibition featuring a photography series by Satomi Shirai who explores duality and displacement in defining cultural identity. In these large-scale photographs, viewers peer into personal space and habitats. Whether real or imagined spaces, Shirai's images convey a portrait of home — displaying Japanese sensibilities, where the artist is originally from, within the context her life in New York. Placing herself within the photograph, there is a performative aspect to her imagery, capturing the physicality and psyche of interior space. In her latest series, Shirai reconstructs a dollhouse, placing familiar objects in a dislocated arrangement, and then enlarges the image, inviting the viewer into the realm of familiarity and uncertainty.

About the Artist:
Satomi Shirai, originally from Tokyo, Japan, has exhibited her photographs in numerous shows including “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition” at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC (2009), “Public/Private” at Arlington Art Center in Arlington, VA (2009), “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008” at National Portrait Gallery in London (2008), “Spectral Analysis” at Motus Fort in Japan (2008), and has participated in Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Yamaguchi (1998). Recent awards include a 2007 Scholarship Award from International Center of Photography, a 2006-07 Fellowship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan, and her work is included in the public collection of Kiyosato Museum of Photography Art in Yamanashi. Shirai holds a B.A. in Visual Communication Design from Musashino Art University in Tokyo, completed the full-time Certificate Program from International Center of Photography, and is currently a MFA candidate at City University of New York Hunter College. www.satomishirai.com