Emily Hanako Momohara grew up outside of Seattle, Washington. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Washington, as well as her Master of Fine Arts in Expanded Media from the University of Kansas. She now serves as associate professor of Art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where she heads the photography major.
In 2015, Momohara’s two person exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles was titled Sugar Islands. She has exhibited nationally including at 21c Museum Hotel, the Changjiang Museum (China) and others. She was awarded many artist residencies including the Center for Photography at Woodstock, Headlands Center for the Arts in California, and the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle.
For Freedoms is excited to present artworks initially revealed as part of their fall 2018 50 State Initiative.
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