Ricardo Nagaoka is a Latino-Japanese photographer born in Asunción, Paraguay. 

He moved to Ontario, Canada in 2005, found himself in Rhode Island to attend the 

Rhode Island School of Design, then drove across the country to live in Portland, OR. 

Education

2015    BFA - Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

Solo Exhibitions

2015    The Allegory of a Heritage, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI

2015    A Distant Land, Manzana de la Rivera, Asunción, Paraguay

 

Group Exhibitions

2018    The Work Continues, PCC North View Gallery, Portland, OR

2017    How to Build a Nest, C3: Initiative, Portland, OR

2017    Self-Assertion, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

2017    Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

2017    Designing Paraguay: Emerging from the Heart of South America, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.

2016    3rd Suwon International Photo Festival, Suwon, Korea 

2016    Fotofilmic 16 Traveling Exhibition, LA, Vancouver, Melbourne 

2015    The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2015, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, ID

2015    Not So Simple, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI

2014    OPEN, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO

2014    Le Salon d'Exposé, Exposé, Providence, RI

2014    Latin American Fotografía 3, 3rd issue launch party catalogue, New York, NY

2014    RISD Photography Triennial, Woods-Gerry, Providence, RI

2013    Clerestory Journal Winter Launch Event, Providence, RI

2012    /alt Graduate Student Conference, Northeastern University in Boston, MA

 

Online Publications

2018    British Journal of Photography

2018    Rocket Science Magazine

2018    It's Nice That

2018    The New York Times Lens

2018    FGUK Magazine

2018    FotoRoom

2017    iGNANT

2016    Fotofilmic Summer Shortlist '16, Shortlisted

2016    Mutant Space

2016    Float Photo Magazine

2016    Fotografía Magazine

2016    PhotoArtMag 

2016    Thisispaper

2015    Dispatches from Latin America

2015    Bird In Flight

2014    Aint-Bad Magazine

2014    HyperAllergic

2014    FeatureShoot

2014    The Center for Fine Art Photography

2014    Onward, Forward

2013    Photography Served

 

Print Publications

2016    Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 5, Issue #5, New York City, NY

2015    Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographers , Magenta Foundation, Toronto, ON

2015    American Photography 31 , Issue #31, New York City, NY

2015    Diario ABC Color, Newspaper feature on solo show, Asunción, Paraguay

2015    Revista Chic, Interview and full page magazine feature, Asunción, Paraguay

2015    La Nación, Newspaper feature on solo show, Asunción, Paraguay

2015    Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 3, Issue #3, New York City, NY

2014    OPEN Catalogue, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, OPEN show

2014    Production Paradise, Feature for Latin American Fotografía 3 winning artists

2013    Clerestory Journal of the Arts, Winter Issue of 2013

2013    Tulane Review, Entry into the Spring Issue of 2013