Naohiro Maeda(b.1978) is a visual artist from Japan. He studied fine art photography with honors at New England School of Photography and cognitive psychology at Keio University. With his practice, he explores memory, identity and space. He was selected for the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards 2024, Klompching Gallery’s Fresh 2023 finalist and Japan Photo Award Vol.9. His works were exhibited internationally including the Griffin Museum of Photography and The Curated Fridge and featured in Lenscratch and The Boston Globe. He is currently living in Colorado Springs.
EDUCATION
2018 Fine Art Photography (Honors), New England School of Photography, Waltham, MA
2001 B.A. (Environmental Information), Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
AWARD
2024 Feature Shoot The Emerging Photography Awards
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
2023 FRESH 2023 Finalist, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Japan Photo Award, selected by Xiaopeng Yuan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2018 Passage, Space Place, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITION
2025 Leftovers, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2024 Beyond The Scars, Art Fluent
Tactile Sublime, dodomu gallery
The Summer 2024 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
UnBound13!, Candela Books + Gallery during, Richmond, VA
Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards Exhibition, New York, NY
Art As Storytelling, Midwest Nice Art
2023 ABSTRACT 2023, New York Center for Photographic Art
The Spring 2023 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2022 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD + INTUITION 2022, Gallery 9.5, Kyoto, Japan
It’s a magic. A beyond experience, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy
The Summer 2022 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
377975？ Vol.2 Exhibition, MIDORI.so BAKUROYOKOYAMA, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Liquid ~ Sky, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Environmental Alternations, Loosen Art, Rome Italy
The Autumn 2021 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2020 The Ones That Got Away, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2019 25th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
The Summer 2019 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
Minimalist Works First Photography Exhibition, 68 Middle ST, Brighton, UK
The Winter 2019 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2018 The 2nd Annual Print Swap Holiday Exhibition, ROOT Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Still Life 2.0, N.Y. Photo Curator
COLLAGE(2), A R E A (SoWa), Boston, MA
The Abstract Image, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The Spring 2018 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Picture Berlin, Online
GlogauAIR, Online
PUBLISHED
Spotlight: Naohiro Maeda, Public Offerings Ltd. Sep 2024
Imperfect Poetry, float magazine, Sep 2024
Rising stars: winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards – in pictures, The Guardian, Aug 2024
Announcing the 15 Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards 2024, Feature Shoot, Aug 2024
Telling Stories Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 126, Aug 2024
Open Theme Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 125, Jun 2024
Naohiro Maeda: Where the Wild Things Are, lenscratch, Dec 2023
Open Theme Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 119, Jun 2023
Naohiro Maeda You Were Never Really Here, PHROOM, Oct 2021
Vacation Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 108, Aug 2021
Undisclosed Resource, Efrem Zelony-Mindell, July 2021
You Were Never Really Here, L'Oeil De La Photographie, Jun 2021
The 2020 Favorite Photo Exhibition, Lenscratch, Jan 2021
Naohiro Maeda, Gallery Photographs, Aug 2020
Quarantine, Praxis Gallery, June 2020
#LenscratchTellMeAStory, Lenscratch, May 2020
Meet the Artist | Naohiro Maeda, The Griffin Museum of Photography, April 2020
Past/Future Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 100, April 2020
Black, Blue and White, Your Daily Photograph, February 2020
Naohiro Maeda’s Blink Encapsulates The Feelings Of Otherness Experienced In A Foreign Land, iGNANT, November 2019
GUEST CURATOR: YORGOS EFTHYMIADIS, Your Daily Photograph, October 2019
Instagram Takeover, SE Center of Photography, August 2019
Open Theme Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 95, June 2019
Passages, SEEN Magazine, April 2019
Cars Are Sleeping, L’Oeil De La photographe (The Eye of Photography) , April 2019
My Instagram: Naohiro Maeda, Boston Globe, January 2019
At Night Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 91, December 2018
Instagram Takeover, Float Photo Magazine, November 2018
Naohiro Maeda, The Hidden Photo, 2018 November
Naohiro Maeda Explores The Spectrum Of Mourning, iGNANT, October 2018
Folio: Passages by Naohiro Maeda, Photo/Foto Magazine, September 2018
Passages, L’Oeil De La Photographie (The Eye of Photography), September 2018
Land Sea Air Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 90, August 2018
Altered Image Group Exhibition, F-Stop Magazine Issue 89, June 2018
Instagram Takeover, Inside The Outside, March 2018