Solo Exhibitions
2015
- CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), New York, NY; “Home and Home; New York in My Life”
2012
- Heiner Contemporary, Washington, D.C; “Home and Home”
2011
- Micheko Galerie, Munich, Germany; “Home and Home”
2010
- Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan; “Making Believe”
2010
- TOPAZ Arts, Queens, NY; “Home and Home”
2003
- Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; “Second Stage at GG #5; Satomi Shirai”
1996
- Konica Minolta Plaza; “Emerging Photographer Prize”, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
- "BredaPhoto International Photo Festival", Breda, Netherlands
2015
- Elga Wimmer PPC, New York, NY ; “60 American Artist”
2014
- Tibet House US, New York, NY; “Charity Auction: Art For Tibet 5”
- Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; “Asiafest 2014”
2013
- Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY; “SHOOT”
- Columbia University Lerner Hall, New York: “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2013”
- International Center of Photography The Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, New York; “Transition – An ICP Staff Exhibition”
- Japanese American National Museum, Los Angels, CA; “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter”
2012-2013
- Asia Society, Houston, TX; “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter”
2011
- Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY; “Don’t Fence Me In…Or Out ”
- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C; “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter”
- MIYAKO YOSHINAGA art prospects, New York, NY; “Interior”
- Micheko Galerie, Munich, Germany; “SAKURA (cherry blossoms)”
- RINGCUBE, Tokyo; “Overseas”
2010
- Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York; “CUNY Hunter College MFA exhibition”
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; “Contemporary Japanese Photography #9 - New Snap Shot”
- Arario Gallery, New York, NY; “IRRELEVANT”
- Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA; “Hunter MFA in Crane Arts”
- Korus House, the Embassy of Korea, Washington, D.C; “Desirable Fairy Tale”
2009
- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C; “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009 exhibition”
- Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA; “Public/Private”
2008
- National Portrait Gallery, London; “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008”
- Motus Fort, Tokyo; “Spectral Analysis”
- The School of International Center of Photography, New York; “2 Amerika”
- The Bobby Fisher Memorial Building, Washington, D.C; “Girlish Ways”
2007
- The School of International Center of Photography, New York; “Full-Time Program Final Exhibition”
2003
- Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo; “GOING 1992 – 2002 : 10th Anniversary of Guardian Garden ‘3.3 square-meter Exhibition’ ”
2001
- Gallery SPEAK FOR, Tokyo, Japan; ”Tokyo Youth”
2000
- Mitsumura Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan; “11+1”
1999
- Mito Contemporary Art Center, Ibaragi, Japan; “Private Room II – Photography by New Generation of Women in Japan”
1998
- Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan; “Artist in Residence Exhibition: Inside-out”
- Shinjuku Park Tower Atrium, Tokyo, Japan; “The Month of Photography Tokyo: ‘Kaleidoscope - The Female Photographers in 1990s’ ”
1997
- Kiyosato Museum of Photography Art, Yamanashi, Japan; “K’MoPA Young Portfolio”
1995
- Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; “The 6th Hitotsubo/3.3 sq.m Exhibition”
Awards/ Grants
2010
• “The CCNY 2010 National Photography Competition” by the Camera Club of New York - Honorable Mentions
2009
• “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009 ” by National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. – selected for the Exhibition
2008
• “New York Photo Awards ‘08”- Nominee
•“Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008” by National Portrait Gallery in London - selected for the Exhibition
2007
•“2007 Scholarship Award” by International Center of Photography
2006-2007
• "Fellowship of Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists" by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan
1998
• “Artist in Residence” –Associate Artist; selected by Nan Goldin Akiyoshidai International Art
Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
Gallery talks/ Lecture/ Symposium
2012
• “Satomi Shirai in Conversation with David C. Ward” at Heiner Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
• “Edogar P. Richardson Symposium, Asian American Portraits of Encounter Between Image and Word” at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery: contributed to the symposium with my work
2011
• “Gallery 360 Talk” series at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
• “Artist Talk”at Ricoh Photo Gallery RING CUBE, Tokyo
• “Gallery Talk/Discussion” at Motus Fort gallery, Tokyo
• “Gallery Talk” at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2002
• lecture/discussion “On Photographing women ~ beauty of individual woman and self-expression with her body” at Wacoal Co., Ltd (Japanese underwear company), Kyoto, Japan
Selected press coverages/ Publications
• Trycycle (US), Winter Issue. 2013. Print: p.86
• Discover Nikkei (US), “Satomi Shirai : Finding Beauty in Dislocation.” by Darryl Mori. 15 Nov. 2013.Web.
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2013/11/15/satomi-shirai/
• Discover Nikkei (US), “Readings of Identity.” by Patricia Wakida. 9 Apr. 2013. Web.
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2013/4/9/portraits-of-encounter/
• ZHI JAPAN (China), #07. Jan. 2013. Print: p.154-163
• The Asian American Literary Review (US), Volume 3, Issue 2: Fall/Winter 2012. Print:
--p.17-19 “On Satomi Shirai’s Itch” by Garrett Hongo
--p.39-43 “Dorsal Portraiture in Satomi Shirai’s Home and Home” by Joseph Jonghyun Jeon
--p.82 “After Satomi Shirai’s Itch” by Brian Komei Dempster
--p.83-84 “A Desperate Contortion: On Satomi Shirai’s Itch” by Roy Osamu Kamada
--p.85 “On Itch” by Molly Gaudry
• The Washington Post, “Satomi Shirai”, by Jenkins, Mark, 11 Oct, 2012. Print: C8, and Web.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/at-dan-tague-exhibition-follow-the-money-to-provocative-themes-on-power/2012/10/11/7de63e06-12fc-11e2-a16b-2c110031514a_story.html
• INSIGHT (by PHOTOMEDIA Center, US), Volume 6. Dec. 2012. Print: p.10-19 (with the poem by David C. Ward)
• DISTURBER –TODAY’S PHOTOGRAPHY (Italy), #2 The Spatial Practice Issue Curated by Tatiana Leshkina. June 2012. Print: p.24-25
• Fotoritim (Turky) "Satomi Shirai : Home and Home." interview by Hasan SÖNMEZ May 2012. Web.
http://www.arsivfotoritim.com/yazi/satomi-shirai-evim-evim/
• Photographers’ Companion (China), #259. May 2012. Print: p.74-79
• BLINK Magazine (Korea), #10. Feb. 2012. Print: p.74-81
• Zoom Magazine (Italy), #105. Jan. 2012. Print: p.106-110
• The Wall Street Journal “Satomi Shirai’s in-Between Portraits.” by Rebecca Horne. 9 Dec. 2011. Web.
http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2011/12/09/satomi-shirais-in-between-portraits/
• The Washington Post “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter –Identity that goes beyond
stereotypes.” by Michael O’Sullivan. 2 Sept. 2011. Print: p.16. and Web.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/portraiture-now-asian-american-portraits-of-encounter,1211263/critic-review.html
• BBC News “Artists explore the Asian-American experience.” 12 Aug. 2011. Web.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14500419
• European Photography (Germany), No.89, June 2011. Print: p.42-46
• Art World (China) “Satomi Shirai: Home and Home - Review of New Snapshot at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.” by Hitomi Oyama. March 2011 (No.250). Print: p.102
• Photography Jounal Asahicamera (Japan) “Japanese Phtography of Today: Conversation between Takashi Honma: photographer and Noi Sawaragi: art critic. ” by Asahi Shimbun Publications. Feb 2011. Print: p.179-183.
• Tokyo Shimbun News (Japan) “Satomi Shirai: Home and Home.” by Yoshiko Suzuki. Evening Issue,14 Jan. 2011. Print: P.8
• The Japan Times (US) ‘Snapshots Cast Their Spell'; ‘Radiant Moments: The New Snapshot’ by Mark Thompson. 24 Dec. 2010. Web.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/24/arts/snapshots-cast-their-spell-radiant-moments-the-new-snapshot/#.VtXnmYyLTAc
• Radiant Moments, The New Snapshot: Contemporary Japanese Photography, Vol.9. (Japan) Ed. By Yoshiko Suzuki, Tetsuro Ishida, and Rumiko Ishida at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. 2010. Print:p.78-95.
• Queens Chronicle (US) “Eastern eyes westernized: A Japanese view of American life/ Satomi Shirai, New York in My Life.” by Elizabeth Daley. 27 May (No.21), 2010. Print: p.27, 31, 33.
• Queens Buzz.com (US) "Illusion Or Reality? : Home and Home - Photography by Satomi Shirai." 27 May, 2010. Web.
http://www.queensbuzz.com/topaz-arts---woodside-queens-cms-581
• Photo District News /PDN (US) “The Digital Curator.” by Conor Risch. The Fine Art Issue, July 2009. Print: p.34-38.
• Portrait of an Artist (online journals of the featured artists) by Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. 2009. Web.
• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008 (UK). by National Portrait Gallery Publications. London, 2008. Print: p.28
• Asahi Shinbun News (Japan), Evening Issue. "What is beauty of a body and breasts?" June 22, 2002. Print: p.3
• Photography Journal Asahicamera (Japan). July Issue, 2001. "When mind gets naked in the affairs of life." Interview by Rika Shinoda. Print: p.235.
• Koi no Uta – Collaboration book of Manyoshu waka (Japanese traditional short poems) and Photography (Japan). Edited by Katsuyuki Mieda. Kadokawa Shoten Publishing. 2001. Print.
• Girly Photo. (Japan) Vol.1 March 2000
- “Girly Photo - Japanese Photography by young women after 1990 : conversation with Kotaro Iizawa, photography critic.” Print: p.118
- “Satomi Shirai – Photographing with female sensibility and leverage like male.” Interview by Naoki Saitoh. Print: p.123-125
• Girly Photo. (Japan) Vol.2 “Feature stories of the three photographers.” Interview by Yasuko Sano. October 2000 Print: p.114-115
• ASIA WEEK (Hong Kong) “Different Views – Japan’s derided women photographers are earning new recognition.” August 13, 1999. Print: p.36-37
• Deja-vu Bis (Japan). Issue 18. May 25, 1999. "the reason why Satomi Shirai photographs him" by Yoko Sawada. Print: front cover and p.3
• Photography Journal Asahicamera (Japan). July Issue, 1998. Print:p.19-22
Education
2010 --M.F.A. The City University of New York Hunter College
2006-2007 --International Center of Photography: the Full-Time Certificate Program, New York
1996 --B.A. Visual Communication Design Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Public Collections
• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
• Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Yamanashi, Japan