Miho Aikawa’s Profile

Chaw Ei Thein By Miho Aikawa: 20Aug; Ms. Chaw Ei, is a Burmese artist who came to New York at the beginning of this year. She struggles with her identity as a Burmese - what she can do, or must do, living away from home. The Burmese artist, Chaw Ei Thein came to New York in February 2009 through the one-year fellowship support of Asian Cultural Council, a foundation supporting cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and Asia. She currently lives in an apartment in...; Tags: Artist, Burma, Documentary, Myanmar, New York

Born in Japan, Miho Aikawa is a photographer, currently based in both Tokyo and NY. Since her graduation from the 2010 Masters in Digital Photography program at the School of Visual Arts, she has been residing in the New York state.

Miho entered the Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, majoring in journalism. During her junior year, she attended the University of Miami to study photojournalism in a one-year exchange program. The experience in Miami broadened her view and made her desire to become a photographer stronger than ever.

Miho became a freelance photographer and won The Best Award for Corporate and Commodity Advertisement from Japan Advertising Photographers' Association Competition in 2006. Miho's works have been exhibited at museums and public spaces such as Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, World Bank Tokyo, Konika Minolta Plaza Tokyo and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts collects her photography.

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Solo Exhibitions
2009
“Still Moment”
・Kamishima Chinami Aoyama Showroom, Tokyo, Japan

2008
"UGANDA - The Pearl of Africa"
・Konika Minolta Plaza, Tokyo (Selected Solo Exhibition)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
"African AIDS Orphan” supported by NGO PLAS
・The World Bank Tokyo
・Japan Global Plaza, Japan International Cooperation Agency

2006
Exhibition of Japan Advertising Photographers' Association Competition
・Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
・Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

Public Collections
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan

Awards
2009
KMOPA Young Portfolio, Japan

2006
Japan Advertising Photographers' Association Competition
・The Best Award for Corporate and Commodity Advertisement

Education
2009 to 2010
the Masters in Digital Photography program, the School of Visual Arts, New York

2005 to 2006
Tokyo School of Photography, Tokyo - Professional Photography Regular Course

2001 to 2005
Sophia University, Tokyo - Bachelor of Journalism, in Humanities
Selected as an exchange student to University of Miami, and attended Dep. of Visual Communication, School of Communication, UM for one year

www.mihophoto.com