Yoko Naito has graduated from Nihon University College of Art with BFA in Tokyo. She was based in New York for 6 years since 2009. She received the Sony World Photography Awards 2015, 3rd Prize in ‘Travel’ and Shortlist in ‘Lifestyle’ of the Professional category. Also, she was selected by the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts -Young Portfolio in 2014 & 2015, Japan. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Education
2007
BFA: Photography. Nihon University College of Art / Tokyo. Japan
Solo exhibition
2016
Unbeknown-Traveling Exhibition/ Pinkcomma gallery, Boston. Massachusetts.
Unbeknown/ Outside Gallery, North Adams. Massachusetts.
2015
In between/ Sony Imaging Galeery, Tokyo. Japan
2011
Silence of breath/ graphite Gallery, Brooklyn. NY
Selected exhibitions & Fair
2016
EWAAC- The 7th East-West Art Award Competition Exhibition/ La Galleria, London, UK
Sony World Photography Awards- Traveling Exhibition-/ Tonnara di Marzamemi, Sicily, Italy
EWAEE- East West Artists Exchange Exhibition/ SomoS gallery, Berlin, Germany
Young Portfolio/ Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
2015
Sony World Photography Award 2015- Traveling Exhibitions-/ the Norma, Catania, Italy
Sony World Photography Award 2015/ Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
5 different landscapes/ EPICENTRO, Berlin, Germany
Tokyo art crossing Berlin/ Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Opening Project/ OLYMPUS Gallery, Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
Montparnasse/ TOBU Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Sony World Photography Award 2015/ Somerset House, London, UK
Young Portfolio/ Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
J-ART 5th/ Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2014
NY ART BOOK FAIR/ MOMA P.S.1 Queens NY
NATIVE/ SHINJUKU ISETAN Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
J-ART 4th/ Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2013
NY ART BOOK FAIR/ MOMA P.S.1. Queens, NY
Lotus Photography/ hpgrp GALLERY, Chelsea, NY
Montparnasse/ C-DEPOT terminal, Tokyo, Japan
J-ART§RD7 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence
2016
GlogauAIR/ Berlin
2013
Dionysia/ Iceland