Faculty: Asako Shimazaki

Asako Shimazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 1984, Shimazaki left Japan and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and in 1991 completed her BFA in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. Shimazaki exhibits her work in both the US and Japan, among others, her work is represented in the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Met Museum and more.

Shimazaki lives in San Francisco and has taught at the Montessori Children's House of the West Coast 1998 to 2024.

Notable among Shimazaki’s collections are Marcus’ Single Digits, a series documenting the first ten years of her son’s life, and Untitled, an intimate and moving glimpse into a family in mourning. Shimazaki’s work, through spontaneous and intimate portraits and shifting cityscapes and landscapes, seeks to capture light.