Fumi Ishino

Fumi Ishino (b. Hyogo, Japan) holds an MFA from Yale University where he
was awarded the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship. He is currently living and working in Los Angeles.

His work has been exhibited at The Flag Art Foundation, Fraenkel Gallery, and Tokyo Photographic
Art Museum.

Awards include the Japan Photo Award, 2015, and the Honorable Mention Award from New Cosmos of Photography, 2015.

His first book, Rowing a Tetrapod, was published by MACK in 2017.

For Freedoms

We believe citizenship is defined by participation, not by ideology. Through non-partisan nationwide programming, we use art as as vehicle for participation to deepen public discussions on civic issues and core values. We are a hub for artists, arts institutions, and citizens who want to be more engaged in public life.

Founded in 2016 by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, For Freedoms is a platform for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action. Inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941)—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—For Freedoms’ exhibitions, installations, and public programs use art to deepen public discussions on civic issues and core values, and to advocate for equality, dialogue, and civic participation. As a nexus between art, politics, commerce, and education, For Freedoms aims to inject anti-partisan, critical thinking that fine art requires into the political landscape through programming, exhibitions, and public artworks. In 2018, For Freedoms launched the 50 State Initiative: the largest creative collaboration in U.S. history.