Kiriko Shirobayashi was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. After graduating with a B.F.A. in photography from Osaka University of Arts she moved to the United States, going on to graduate from the School of Visual Arts with a M.F.A. in photography and related media. She has since lived and worked in New York and Hong Kong. She has been exhibiting her work in the U.S. and abroad including Allentown Art Museum, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, The Houston Center for Photography, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Allentown Art Museum, Onoma Center (Finland), the 5th Pingyao International Festival (Shaanxi, China), and The National Museum of Belarus (Belarus). She has received awards from GEN ART, and LMCC and has completed residencies at the MacDowell, Art Farm, Kala Art Institute, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Santa Fe Art Institute. Images from the series “Lines” were selected for Photography 21. Kiriko photographed for the popular book KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects from Knitting's New Wave which was widely written-up in many publications including The New York Times and People magazine.
Kiriko Shirobayashi
Studios
Heinz
Kiriko Shirobayashi worked in the Heinz studio.
The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…