Akihiko Miyoshi

Media: Photography

Currently: Associate professor of art, Reed College, Portland

Background: Miyoshi received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tokyo-based Keio University, and earned two master's degrees, a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 and a Master in Fine Arts in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. Miyoshi has exhibited work in solo and group shows in museums and galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Japan, and also showed his work in the 2012 Oregon Biennial of Contemporary Art. He has served as a guest lecturer and has received numerous awards, including the Fellowship 12 International Award Winner from the Silver Eye Center for Photography, and Reed College's Mellon Research and Stillman Drake Research grants. Miyoshi's science and technology background lends an unusual perspective to his work, grounding him in the process as well as the subject of photography.