AYA FUJIOKA  

藤岡亜弥

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Born 1972, Hiroshima, Japan

Lives and works in Hiroshima, Japan                                                         

Aya Fujioka studied photography at the College of Art, Nihon University. From 2007 to 2013, Fujioka lived in New York with support from the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan. Her photobook of her hometown Hiroshima, Here Goes River (Akaaka, 2017) earned multiple major awards including the Kimura Ihei Award. Her work has been widely exhibited, including at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa and the Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography in Nara. Her publications include Comment te dire adieu (Ricochet) and I Don’t Sleep Public (Akaaka). Fujioka’s work is held in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works in Kyoto, Japan.