I am a BFA student who focused on making ceramic works
TL;DR I've been working in Computer Science field for 25 years, and I made tons of apps. Today, I am challenging myself to be a ceramicist at Long Island University while I am exploring my style.
Present (2021-)
I have been working on ceramics since 2021. I met an instructor/ceramicist, Johnna Woods, at Long Island University Brooklyn Campus. I learned the introduction of hand building and wheel throwing from her. In early 2022, I took private classes with Min Choi at Clay Space Brooklyn where I learned intermediate level of wheel thrown. I also finished a few online courses at Udemy.com which are taught by Daytona State College faculty, Trent Berning. Since Fine Arts Department closed on Brooklyn Campus, I start taking courses at LIU Post Campus. I'm currently enrolled in BFA Fine Arts, and Frank Olt is my instructor at Craft Center. My primary studio is LIU Post Craft Center, and I keep working in the evening and on weekends.
Past (1979-2021)
After graduating from a high school in Tokyo, I decided to continue my education in the United States. I graduated from SUNY Morrisville, and then I took a few semesters at Polytechnic University. In 2001, I transfered to Long Island University where I completed my B.S and M.S in Computer Science. Around that time, I got a fulltime position at the same University, and I started teaching as an Adjunct as well. In weekend, I work with Gavi Narra in order to pursue our startup / app ideas at ObjectGraph LLC. Between 2010 and 2013, I went back to graudate school as Earth and Environmental Science major in M.S. This subject led me to teach at the first 100% online campus which was an accredited flagship post-baccalaureate course, "Mobile GIS Programming". My recent interestes and degrees are from Coursera and EdX, such as Machine Learning (e.g. John's Hopkins & Tront University) and Quantum Computing (e.g St. Petersburg University & TU Delft). In this year, I successfully mentored two internship students.