Ricardo Nagaoka is a 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 (BFA Photography 2015), then drove across 

the country to live in Portland, OR. 

Born in the inescapable entanglement of globalization, he is constantly 

searching for boundaries, observing how spaces are delineated and finding 

ways to crumble arbitrary borders. 

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

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

2011    Appleby College Centennial Art Show, Oakville, ON

2010    WOW Photo Contest, Second place & honorary mention, Calgary, AB

 

Online Publications

2016    Fotofilmic Summer Shortlist '16, Shortlisted, Print Shop Feature

2016    Mutant Space, Feature

2016    Float Photo Magazine, Portfolio feature

2016    Fotografía Magazine, Web highlight

2016    PhotoArtMag, Interview 

2016    Thisispaper, Feature

2015    Dispatches from Latin America, Interview and feature

2015    Bird In Flight, Feature

2014    Aint-Bad Magazine, Feature

2014    HyperAllergic, Feature

2014    FeatureShoot, Feature

2014    The Center for Fine Art Photography, Online gallery feature for “OPEN”

2014    Onward, Forward, Feature

2014    Dispatches from Latin America, DFLA Reader Spotlight

2013    Photography Served, Feature

 

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