The human mind is solitary by definition, but as nature includes us in its infinite cycle of reincarnation, we begin to discover we are not alone. Absolute solitude as individuals and shared peace as a consequence of our connection with nature constitute the key duality of my art. M.K.
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Masako Kano is a poet and photographer. Born into a traditional Japanese family, upon finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Tokyo, Masako left both her country and an arranged marriage at the age of 21.
She then completed her Master of Arts in New York. In the summer of 1980 she met writer Richard Brautigan while on an exchange program at Colorado University. Brautigan made a strong impact on the style of her poems. In 1982 she returned to Tokyo where her father had recently been diagnosed with cancer, eventually passing away after a six-month battle with the illness.Masako worked for five years as a financial analyst for Motorola in Chicago, Tokyo and Phoenix (Arizona).
In 1988 she moved to London where she worked for twelve years as Director of Capital Markets for Swiss Bank Corporation and NatWest. In Europe Masako discovered her passion for contemporary photography and began to study the disciplines at Christie’s. In 2000 Masako moved with her family to Argentina, where her English husband was pursuing his career and where she would immediately fall in love withthe cultural and artistic diversity of Buenos Aires.
She continued her studies in photography with Diego Ortíz Mugica and Professor Piroska Csúri in Argentina, returning to New York City in 2013 to attend the International Center of Photography. She also produced her first documentary in 2014, "Voices of Latin America” which aims to present the ecological situation in Central America. She is currently producing “Silence of El Impenetrable”,a documentary about Gran Chaco’s National Park, located in Argentina.Since 2009 she has been an active board member of Asociación de Amigos de Villa
Ocampo, where she was the president in 2015-2017, while a special adviser for education in the arts.