EEDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., MFA in Photography 1984
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., BA in Film 1979
FILM MAKING
· Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story, 2023 feature, Executive Producer
· Tough Being Corky Lee, 2025 music video, Director & Executive Producer
· Call Me Mule, 2023 feature, Executive Producer
· SLANT: Made in America (in production) Executive Producer
· Steel City of the West: Rediscovering Pueblo Colorado (in production) Executive Producer
· Presque Perdu: Almost Lost (in production) Executive Producer
· Painting Ecological Engineers (in production) Executive Producer
· Hear, Eat, Home (in production) Executive Producer
COMMUNITY SERVICE
· JACL-NY Board of Directors, 2012-present, President 2015-2022, Interim President, 2025
· Japanese American Association of NY: Board of Directors 2012-present,
· ZAJA, (Japanese American & Japanese community network), Steering Committee, 2012-present
· LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Board of Directors 2020-present
· Children’s Magical Garden, Board of Directors 2014-present
PROFESSIONAL FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHY
· Japan Society, NY, NY 1990-2022
Documentation of Special Events, and Public Education Programs
· Noguchi Museum, NY, NY, 2009- 2022
Documentation of Artwork, Exhibition Installations and Special Events
· Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY, 1987-2022
Documentation of Artwork, Exhibition Installations, Special Events, and Public Programs
· Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY, 1984-2016
Documentation of Artwork, Exhibition Installations, Special Events, and Public Programs
· American Museum of Folk Art, New York, NY, 2014 to 2020
Documentation of Public Education Programs
FINE ART
Select Solo Exhibitions
EV Gallery “Midnight in the People’s Garden” 2024
A Gallery “New Work” Provincetown, MA 2016
Ottendorfer Library, NY, NY “Magic Gardens” 2016
Freylinghuysen Arboretum, Morris Township, NJ “Magic Gardens” 2016
14th Street Y Gallery, NY, NY “Magic Gardens”
Bloom Projects, NY, NY “Magic Gardens, Mystic Sky” 2014
Bowman Bloom Gallery, NY, NY “Night Work” 2012 & 2013
Ernden Fine Art, Provincetown, MA “New Work” yearly solo show from 2008 - 2013
Kinokuniya, “Images from Japan and New York” NY, NY 2008
Bowman / Bloom Gallery, NY, NY “Blue Nights” 2008
University of North Alabama Florence, AL “Mixed Light” 2008
Additional Solo Exhibitions 1987-2007 include Henry Street Settlement, Ramapo College,
New York University, Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama, Konica Gallery and
Wonderland Gallery (Japan)
Select Group Exhibitions
TNC Gallery, NY, NY yearly group shows 2015 - 2025
Japanese American Association, NY, NY Annual Art Show yearly 2016-2025
EV Gallery “NYC Community Gardens” 2024
Loisaida Center, NY, NY “East Village: Lens on the Lower East Side” 2024
Ottendorfer Library, NY, NY “East Village: Lens on the Lower East Side” 2020
Provincetown Art Association, “12 x 12” yearly 2011-2020
Additional Group Exhibitions 1987-2025 include Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA,
NY Historical Society, NY, NY, St. Francis College, NY, NY, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY, NY, City College of NY, Panhandle Plains Museum, Canyon, TX,
El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, Kentuck Center, Northport, AL
Selected Publications (Fine Art)
East Village: Lens on the Lower East Side, LESPI 2015
Blue Nights: Photographs by George Hirose, Provincetown Arts Press, 2008
Cave: An Evocation of the Beginnings of Art, Touchstone Publications 2003
The Bird of Imagining, Touchstone Publications 2002
Elvis & Marilyn, 2X Immortal (Exhibition Catalogue), Rizzoli Publications 1994
Art News (cover art) Sept.1991,
Exploring Color Photography (textbook illustration) 1992
Photo Design Magazine (portfolio showcase) 1990
Selected Publications (Press)
Provincetown Arts Magazine: (feature article) 2015
New York Times: Capturing the Green (Sunday magazine photo essay and online article) 2013
Feature Shoot: Magic Gardens (online) 2012
Hyland Magazine (photo essay) Sept 2012
Artscope Magazine: Blue Nights (feature article) 2008
Provincetown Magazine: “The Night Watchman” (feature article) 2008
Provincetown Banner: Headed for the Blue Side of Town (feature article) June 2008
Selected Publications (Art Documentation and Editorial)
Japan Society: Annual Reports, Monthly Calendars, and Newsletters 1991-2020
Henry Street Settlement: Newsletters, and other related publications 1990-2020
Whitney Museum: Primary photography for many catalogues, bulletins, 1984-2016
Haring/Basquiat “Crossing Lines” National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU (Exhibition Catalogue) 2019
Nam June Paik: “The Late Style” Gagosian (Exhibition Catalogue) 2015
Nam June Paik: “Global Visionary” Smithsonian (Exhibition Catalogue) 2014
Keith Haring: “The Political Line” SF MOMA (Exhibition Catalogue) 2014
Nam June Paik: “Becoming Robot” Asia Society (Exhibition Catalogue) 2014
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT: Editions (Exhibition catalogue) Desanctis Fine Art 2002
Lee Mingwei: The Living Room (Exhibition catalogue) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2000
Jean Michel Basquiat, (Exhibition catalogue) Whitney Museum 1992