Katsuyoshi Ueno
Co-founder of 44 Design, a photographer and graphic designer.
Born in Gunma in 1981. Currently based in Tokyo, Japan.

Education

Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo Japan. B.A., March 2004.
- School of International Politics, Economics and Business
- Web programming (PHP, Perl and MySQL) 2004 – present
- Photography, 2001 – present
- Graphic design and web development, 1999 – present

Clients / Experiences

Maruni Wood Industry Inc. – Hiroshima, Japan (2004 – present)
- Web development for their e-commerce website, “nextmaruni online shop”
- Studio Photography for nextmaruni silver miniatures
- Print design for nextmaruni marketing and advertising materials

K Inc. founded by Masayuki Kurokawa – Tokyo, Japan (2007 – present)
- Project Management and web development for their e-commerce website “K-SHOP”

Getty Images, Inc. – U.S.A. (2008 – present)
- Photography for their new stockphoto project in Japan.

Swedish Style in Tokyo hosted by the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo (2004 and 2005)
- Web development and management for their official website, www.swedishstyle.net
- Print design for flyers and magazine ads
- Coordination of their official catalog

Toshiba TEC Information and Equipment East Japan Corporation – Tokyo, Japan (2007 – 2008)
- Web development

Garden Cafe Branscombe – Saitama, Japan (2003 – 2007)
- Print design for all marketing materials
- Photography for their official website and publication.
- Project Management and web development

Cafe Milestone – Saitama, Japan (2008 – present)
- Print design for all marketing materials
- Photography for their official website and publication.
- Project Management and web development

702 East – Tokyo, Japan (2006 – present)
- Web development for their e-commerce website

Le vent de vert – Saitama, Japan (2006 – present)
- Photography for their official website and publication.
- Project Management and web development

Exhibitions

2009
Naked Tokyo 2009 at Super Deluxe in Tokyo, Japan
- Group exhibition curated by Kanji Embutsu

2008
D-GALLERY, Designtope (www.designtope.net) produced by Masayuki Kurokawa
- Personal online photography exhibition

2006
Konica Minolta Plaza Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- Winners photography exhibition for the Konica Minolta Best Shot Contest 2006

2003
BAR JACK (Tokyo, Japan)
- The first personal graphic art and photography exhibition

2003
BAR JACK (Tokyo, Japan)
- Group exhibition produced by Createstyle

2000
Geijutsu Dojo Exhibition at Foret Harajuku (Tokyo, Japan)
- Group exhibition produced by Takashi Murakami

Awards

2009
Honorable Mention in International Photography Awards (IPA) Competition, Architecture – Cityscapes category in the Professional Division (U.S.A)
Honorable Mention in Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009 Competition, Fine Art (Still Life) Category in the Professional Division (France)

2008
Honorable Mention in International Photography Awards (IPA) Competition, Nature Category in the Professional Division (U.S.A)

2007
Selected as a finalist in Photographers Forum 87th Spring Annual Competition (U.S.A)

2006
Special Award in the Konica Minolta Best Shot Contest (Japan)

2006
Special Award in the Kawaguchi Image Contest hosted by Kawaguchi city ( Japan)

2003
Grand Prize for the Aoyama Gakuin 130th Anniversary Logomark Design Competition (Japan)

2002
Winner in Asia Digital Art Award Competition in Digital Design Category (Japan)

2001
Grand Prize for the “Excite Circle (Website) Design Contest” hosted by excite.co.jp (Japan)

2000
Selected as a special exhibitior for the Geijutsu Dojo and Geijutsu Dojo Exhibition produced by Takashi Murakami (Japan)

Publication

2007
Best of Photography Annual 2007, Serbin Communications, Inc. (U.S.A)

2006

“This Week’s Photograph” in Metropolis magazine #624 and #645 (Japan)
Featured Photography in “Netizen” magazine #1 (France)
Featured in the Konica Minolta Photo Square magazine for winning the Konica Minolta best shot contest 2006 (Japan)