Ayumi Tanaka is a Japanese-born artist, living and working in New York City. Tanaka has been working on collage work by using found images from private snapshot and the Internet to explore theme of memories. She received a BFA from Osaka University of Arts in Japan in 2002, and studied at International Center of Photography in 2010.
Her work has been shown internationally at exhibitions including United Photo Industries Gallery in New York, Tokyo Institute of Photography in Tokyo Japan, 25 CPW Gallery in New York, Pictura Gallery in Bloomington IN, Dumbo Arts Festival 2011 in NY, and LOOK3 festival of the Photographs 2012 in Charlottesville VA. Her work has been published at "PHat Photo (Tokyo, Japan), Lettre International (Beriln, Germany), LensCulture, GUP Magazine and Feature Shoot. Tanaka was awarded International Center of Photography Director Fellowship in 2010 (New York), Grand prix at Tokyo International Photography Competition 2013 (Tokyo, New York), Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 and Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award 2014 (New York).
Three Emerging Photographers presents the work of photographers Jiehao Su, Sebastian Collett, and Ayumi Tanaka – winners of the inaugural Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Contest.
© Jiehao Su – Borderland
An esteemed jury (convened by Feature Shoot) chose Jiehao Su’s Borderland to receive the Grand Prize; Sebastian Collett was selected for his Vanishing Point series, and Ayumi Tanaka was chosen for her series Wish You Were Here.
The three exhibiting photographers were chosen from over 2,000 submitted entries from all over the world. Each photographer will be presenting 10 works from their selected projects.
We hope you will join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition with our Feature Shoot Friends on Thursday March 5, from 6-9PM - United Photo Industries Gallery (111 F...