Beyond Spheres Project Staff

Koichiro Kurita : Project Director 
Fine Art Photographer working in Nature landscapes and traditional photography process. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University majored in perceptual psychology. Received a grant from the ACC in 1990 resulting in his first solo exhibition in the US. His works are exhibited and collected internationally by numerous museums. Live and work in New York and give photography workshop since 1995.

AkemiYoneyama : Director of Program
Independent Art consultant. Formerly Research Associate, Sepia and The Alkazi Collection, New York; Curator and Head of Education, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan.

Yukito Yoneyama : Associate Director
Fine Artist/ Entrepreneur working and residing in New York. BA in Studio Art from SUNY at Stony Brook. Joined numerous art planning and events based in New York. Working Medium: Photography/ Paint. Owner: www.heritagefoto.com. Born in Yokohama, Japan

Jonathan Kline : Photo Historical Consultant
Fine art photographer and educator working in both traditional and digital forms. Winner of numerous international grants, fellowship and residencies. Faculty, Department of Photography, Bennington College, VT since 1998 and Tisch School of the Arts, NYU since 1986. He has also taught at the ICP, NY; BFA, San Francisco Art Institute; MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Anna Strickland :
As a Senior Critic in Photography at Rhode Island School of Design, Anna has taught The Antique and Alternative Process Class for over two decades. She was trained in antique processes at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester NY, and holds a graduate degree from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has also taught Antique and Alternative Classes at a number of other colleges and universities throughout the US and Europe.

Ayano Matsumae
Writer and photographer based in New York. Contribute to Japanese art, culture and lifestyle magazines since 2006. Graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Literature,B.A in Aesthetics. Born in Tokushima prefecture, Japan.

Machiko Shibata : Associate Director
Fine art photographer and instructor of photography workshop based in New York. Formerly Director of FOTOSPHERE Gallery in Chelsea New York from 2001 to 2008. Publisher of historical printing process; colotype portfolio book "Time".

Tomoaki D. Imamichi : Project Consultant
Environmental Psychologist, Lecturer at the City University of New York (General Psychology, Human Development, Cultural Psychology), Doctor of Psychology at the City University of New York, MA Psychology, Boston University.