オスティン若尾藍子 写真家・翻訳者 ニューヨーク在住
Aiko Wakao Austin is a Japanese photographer and translator based in New York.
Born in Tokyo, she spent five years of her childhood in Italy and studied International Relations at Brown University. Earlier in her career, she worked in Japan as a journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters, and in finance at Goldman Sachs. She moved to New York in 2016 and began photographing professionally. Reflecting her multicultural upbringing, her personal work explores the concept of identity, family and culture. She is Up Next Member with Diversify Photo.
For inquiries, please email: info@aikoaustin.com
- LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards 2025, Top 10 Winner, 2025
- Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, 2025
- Fresh Photo Award by Klompching Gallery, Finalist, 2025
- Rhonda Wilson Award Shortlist, 2025
- Lucie Foundation Fine Art Emerging Scholarship Award, Honorable Mention, 2025
- 25th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 1st in Digital Manipulation & Collage, 2024
- 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award, 1st in the Culture & Daily life
EXHIBITIONS
- Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, NY, USA, 2025
- Griffin Museum of Photography, Vision(ary) Public Art Exhibition, Winchester, MA, USA, 2025
- FEARLESS: LACP’s Annual Members’ Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2025
- "Whispering Shadows" Online Exhibition for Float Magazine, Curated by Dana Stirling, 2025
- 21st JMCA Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain, 2024
- “Poetry of the Ordinary” Juried Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, USA, 2024
- Kino Saito Annual Community Art Benefit, Verplanck, NY, USA, 2024
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
- Bronx Documentary Center, 12th Annual BDC Portfolio Review, New York, 2024
- Diversify Photo Portfolio Review, Online, 2024
FEATURES & PUBLICATIONS
- ‘A tour de force!: LensCulture Critics’ Choice awards - in pictures, The Guardian, August 13, 2025
- Vision(ary) Zine Vol. I: Home & Heritage, Griffin Museum, 2025
- Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 17, Kanyer Publishing LLC, August 2025,
CLIENTS & PARTNERS
The Acceleration Project, Acumen Fund, The American Cancer Society, Aozora Community, Aya Tajimi Ballet Studio, Baea, Broad River, Broadview, Brooklyn Museum, Create Dinnersᐧ New York Dance Gallery, Edgemont School District, Impact100 - Westchester, Junior League of Bronxville, Neighbors Together, Westchester County Youth Bureauᐧ Westchester School of Dramaᐧ Women's Enterprise Development Centerᐧ Yellow Studio