Miya Masaoka?is an American composer and sound artist. Her work explores bodily perception of vibration, movement and time while foregrounding complex timbre relationships. In 2018 she joined the Columbia University Visual Arts Department as an Associate Professor, where she is the director of the Sound Art Program, a joint program with the Computer Music Center.?A 2019 Studio Artist for the Park Avenue Armory, Masaoka has also received the Doris Duke Artist Award in 2013, a Fulbright Fellowship to Japan in 2016, and an Alpert Award in 2003. Her work has been presented at the Venice Biennale, MoMA PS1, Kunstmuseum Bonn, and the Park Avenue Armory.??She has been commissioned by and collaborated with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Glasgow Choir, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Bang on a Can, Jack Quartet, Del Sol, Momenta and the S.E.M. Ensemble. She has a 2019 commission for an outdoor installation at the Caramoor, Katonah, New York.
'Vaginated Chairs' by Miya Masaoka at the Kunst Museum Bonn, Germany, December 2017
News
Sound ArtProfessor Miya Masaoka Wins Rome Prize
Associate Professor and Director Sound Art Miya Masaoka has been announced as one of the winners of the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.?
Interdisciplinary
Several Columbia Alumni and Faculty Named 2021 Guggenheim Fellows
Yesterday, the 2021 Guggenheim fellowships were announced, and several Columbia Faculty and Alumni are among the recipients.
Events
Associate Professor Miya Masaoka Performs in Bang on a Can's Virtual 2021 Marathon Concert
Associate Professor Miya Masaoka was among the featured artists in this year’s virtual Bang on a Can Marathon Concert.
Sound Art
Professor Miya Masaoka Receives 2020 EMPAC Commission and Residency
Associate Professor?Miya Masaoka, Director of the Sound Art MFA program, has been awarded a prestigious new Music Commission and residency from EMPAC, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Sound Art
Head of Sound Art, Professor Miya Masaoka in Multiple Exhibits This Fall
Professor Miya Masaoka, Head of Sound Art, has been invited to the Inaugural Toronto Biennial, which is a new international contemporary visual arts event that stretches across Toronto’s waterfront. She also had a recent exhibition at the Gutenberg Sound Art Academy, located in Mainz, Germany.
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Sound Art
On Leave 2022-2023 Academic Year