Masumi Hayashi
Biography
"Masumi Hayashi's work has been exhibited and represented in many respected museums and galleries, including the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Tokyo Museum of Photography, and the Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England. Ms. Hayashi was a Professor in the Art Department at Cleveland State University.'
Ms. Hayashi was born in the Gila River Relocation camp in Arizona in 1945, and her early work focused on this setting. Other series of work using her panoramic photo collages include the "post industrial sites" in the Midwest,(1986-1991), "E.P.A .Superfund Sites" (1989-1993), abandoned "prisons series" (1987-1996), and "CityWorks" (1987-1994)."
