About Hiroshi Hayakawa
Education
1997 Cranbrook Academy of Art
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2004 Columbus College of Art & Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
1995 Columbus College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Columbus, OH
1988 Asagaya Art Academy, Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
1987 Keio University, Bachelor of Art in French literature, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
2002 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio Arts Council Photography Award
2002 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2001 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 3rd Best of Show
1999 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery V Award
1996 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1995–97 Teaching Assistantship Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1994 Merit Scholarship, Columbus College of Art and Design
Experience
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture & workshop. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Portfolio reviewer at National Society of Photographic Education Conference, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist Lecture for Photomedia Center at Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
2004 Faculty Lecture at Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2003 Assistant Professor at Columbus College of Art and Design
Juror for Celebrate Summer Art Festival, Ohio State University, Marion, OH
2000 Juror for Governors Youth Art Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1998–present Photography and Drawing Instructor at Columbus College of Art and Design
1997–present Adjunct photography Instructor at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
1996~00 Studio Assistant for Sculptor, Stephen Canneto
1994 Installation Assistant for Sandy Skoglund, Columbus Museum of Art Exhibitions
Solo / 2 person shows
2008 Solo show. Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2007 3D Paper Animal Sculpture Exhibit, Asian Festival, Columbus, OH
“Nudes”, Synapse Gallery and Center of Photography, Benton Harbor, MI
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
3D Paper Animal Sculpture exhibit, Bexley Main Library, Bexley, OH
3D Paper Animal Sculpture exhibit, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
3D Paper Animal Sculpture Exhibit, Columbus Zoo, Columbus, OH
2005 3D Paper animal Sculpture Exhibit & Demo, Asian Festival, Columbus, OH
“Material, Time, Photography”, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
2-person show, Gallery V, Columbus, OH
3D Paper Animal Sculpture exhibit, Asian Festival, Columbus, OH
“Body And Soul”, Gallery V, Columbus, OH
“Body Language”, Gallery V, Columbus, OH
Pastel Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pastel Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pastel Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group / Juried Shows
2007 Charles Herndon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
“One Night Suite’r”, Ohio Art League Show, Columbus, OH
Faculty Show at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
2006 “One Night Suite”, Ohio Art League Show, Columbus, OH
Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty Show, Columbus, OH
“Au Revoir”, Gallery V, Columbus, OH
“Art for Life”, Columbus Aids Task Force Show, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2005 “Art For Life”, Columbus Aids Task Force show, Columbus, OH
“Raw Material”, Ohio Art League Show, Columbus, OH
Faculty Show at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
Photomedia Center “Photography of The Figure”, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
2004 “One Night A Go Go”, Ohio Art League Show, Columbus, OH
Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty Show, Columbus, OH
2003 “One Night Stand”, Ohio Art League Group Show, Columbus, OH
Faculty and Student Show at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
Charles Herndon Gallery, Kelleys Island, OH
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Columbus, OH
“Photography 2003”, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
2002 Columbus College of Art & Design Media Studies Faculty Show
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Faculty and Student Show at Ohio Dominican College, Columbus, OH
2001 Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty Show, Columbus, OH
Featured on Rockland Colloid Corp. On-line Gallery: www.rockaloid.com
Summer Salon at Gallery V, Columbus, OH
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Fireland Association of Visual Arts “6-State Photography Show”, Oberlin, OH
2000 Faculty and Student Show at Ohio Dominican College, Columbus, OH
1999 Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty Show, Columbus, OH
Ohio Dominican College Fine Arts Faculty Show, Columbus, OH
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Cultural Art Center, Columbus OH
“Image Ohio 1”, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Fireland Association of Visual Arts “6-State Photography Show”, Oberlin, OH
1997 Summer Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Group show, “Forget Death”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1996 Group show, “What You Might See”, Xhedos Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Group Show, “Exquisite Corpse”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
International Student Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Department Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1995 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Degree Show, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
1994 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1990 “In search of New Forms of Creation”, AZ Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1989 Group Show, “S.E.4”, Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1988 “A Message for The King of Bhutan”, Isogaya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Reviews/Publication
2005 Erie Times on the Photomedia Center group show
ColumbusAlive, Columbus Lantern on the show at Gallery V
On Line Magazine “Moon dance”
2002 Columbus Lantern on the show at Gallery V
2001 The Other Paper, ColumbusAlive, Columbus Dispatch on the Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty Show
2001 Rockland Colloid Corp. Web Site Gallery
2001 Columbus Dispatch on the show at Ohio State Fair
2000 Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Lantern, ColumbusAlive, Outlook,
Dayton Daily News on the show at Gallery V
Columbus Dispatch, ColumbusAlive on the show at Roy G Biv Gallery
Artist's Statement
My photographic work deals with the transformation of the physical and conceptual properties of the medium by means of time. My images are printed on oxidized sheet metal through the application of photographic emulsion onto the surface. In this process the rust on the metal penetrates the image from underneath and surfaces to become part of the image. The time represented by a photographic image, which belongs to the past, is physically shifted and relocated by the decay of the material, which is the manifestation of on-going time. The senses of permanence and timelessness conventionally associated with photographic prints are re-examined by the impermanence implied by the material. In a literal and symbolic sense, my main subject-matters: female nudes provide the ground where these 2 opposite points in time meet and the figures work as a catalyst to accelerate this transformation of the medium due to the transient nature of beauty with which female nudes are viewed. By juxtaposing oxidation against the figure or by blending the oxidation with the figure, I try to create visual and psychological tension. I would like to continue exploring a new possibility of dialogue which would bridge images, materials and time.
