Yuta Shimoyama

Visiting Student (he/him)
yuta.shimoyama@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Photography
  • North American
  • Modern/Contemporary
  • East Asian
  • Diaspora

Biography

Honours, Awards & Grants

  • 2025 Research Fellowship in Photography, National Gallery of Canada
  • 2024 Audience Prize (for achievement in presentation), 19th Research Showcase, Historians' Workshop
  • 2023 School of Art and Design Excellence Award (for achievement in graduation thesis), University of Tsukuba
  • 2021–22 Advancing Researcher Experience, University of Tsukuba
     

Education

BA, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2023

Presentations

"Roy Kiyooka and Hiroshima: Representation of the Atomic Bomb in Wheels," (presented in Japanese), The 49th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Canadian Studies, Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 2024.
"Representing "Canada": Japanese Diasporic Photographers and the National Film Board," (presented in English), 19th Research Showcase of Historians' Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2024.
"The Concept of North: Photography in N.E. Thing Co.’s Art Practices," (presented in Japanese), Annual Conference of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, May 17, 2024.

Cohort

  • 2024-2025