依田洋一朗（1972年生まれ）は生後まもなく両親の住むニューヨークに渡り、今もマンハッタンに暮らしています。
ニューヨークの壊されゆく古い劇場やホテル、その他の歴史的スポットを主題として描き、そこに色々な映画の- サイレント映画や Film Noir の時代の映画も含めて- 登場人物のイメージを重ねて描きます。
作家は Lower Manhattan の美しい場所が、時代の趨勢の中で次々と破壊される運命にあるのを保存する唯一の方法は、絵の中に留めることだとし、映画の人物達（Lillian Gish, Charlie Chaplin, Jack Nicholson, Hermione Granger 等々）に、アメリカの、いや世界を席捲する巨大パワーに対する自分の怒りや悲しみの気持ちを代弁させようとしています。
Born 1972 in Japan
Lives in New York
Education:
M.F.A. at Queens College in Painting, 1998
B.F.A. at Tyler School of Art in Painting, 1995
La Guardia High School of Music and Art, New York,1990
Group Exhibitions:
SWIPE 25CPW Gallery, New York, 2010
"Collective Clarity" Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University, 2009
Oakland Underground Film Festival, Oakland California (Screening of "Last Days of Hotel Pennsylvania" documentary by Yoichiro Yoda, 2009
"Group Show" at Windows / PSII Gallery, Curated by Kim Babcock, Long Island City, New York, 2008
"The Measure of a Few Notes" at Windows / PSII Gallery Curated by Kim Babcock, Long Island City, New York, 2007 - 2008
"Making A Home Contemporary Japanese Artists in New York" Japan Society, New York 2007 - 2008
"Ides of March" show at Abcnorio, New York, 2006
"Momenta Art Benefit" 2004 Momenta Art & White Columns, New York, 2004
"Recession 2003: $99 Show at Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, 2003
"Summer Group Show" Derek Eller Gallery, New York, 1998
"Hold it Now, Hit It" curated by Derek Eller, Brooklyn, 1997
Solo Exhibitions:
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, 2010
"It All Came True" FACIAL INDEX NEW YORK, New York, 2006
"Last Days of 42nd Street" at Queens Theatre in the Park, New York, 2004
"One Person Show" at TIXE Gallery, 42nd Street, New York, 2003
"Last Days of 42nd Street" at Gallery Te, Tokyo, 2001
"42nd Street" at HEREArt, New York, 2000
Projects:
"Last Days of Coney Island" video documentary project, 2009
"Last Days of Hotel Pennsylvania" video documentary project, 2007
"Last Days of 42nd Street" (1994-2003) video documentary, 1994-2003
Residencies:
Visiting Artist Residency at SUNY Brockport for NYSSSA (New York State Summer School for the Arts), Summer, 2006
TIXE Gallery Residency Program, 42nd Street, NY, 2004
Publications:
NYTimes: SWIPE, 2010
"Making A Home Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York" catalog, Japan Society, New York, 2007-2008
The New York Art World (M) Magazine review, November,