EDUCATION
2006 Graduated from Kyoto Seika University B.A Fine Art Oil Painting Major , Kyoto
2004 Exchange Program at California College of the Arts , San Francisco
RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOP
2012 Workshop LES RENCONTRES ARLES PHOTOGRAPHIE by Claudine DOURY ,France
2012 Masterclass Hellen Van Meene ISSP , Latvia
2011 Masterclass Claudine DOURY ISSP , Latvia
2009 Estonian Artist Association ,Tallinn
Solo Exhibition
2012 "Nous n'irons plus au bois " CAP STUDIO Y3 , Kobe
2010 "あなたはわたしのもの 永遠はあなたのもの" KuKu Club / Cafe ,Tallinn ,Estonia
Group Exihibition
2012 "No found photo fair" Paris, France
2012 "TOKYO PHOTO" Tokyo
2012 "ISSP FINAL Exhibition" Kuldiga ,Latvia
2011 "Gala Exhibition" Goethe Institute ,Riga
2011 "tri-angle" Kimura corporation ,Osaka
2011 "Higashikawa International Photo Festival Independent Exhibition ,Hokkaido
2010 "Beyond the image" Gallery Fleur ,Kyoto
2007 "New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition 2006" ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2006 New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition 2006 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2004 California College of the Arts student show East Galleries , San Francisco
Books
2012 "amnion" Published from Libro Arte (Tokyo)
Prizes
2012 The Co-Grand Prize , Portfolio Audition / Higashikawa Photo Festival
2006 Honorable mention selected by ARAKI Nobuyoshi / New Cosmos of Photography
Other
Les 12 et 13 avril, à Niort sera le inaugurée la Villa Pérochon, lors des 19e Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale. Cet évênement marque l'ouverture du 6e Centre photographique labellisé par le ministère de la culture en France,
Hébergé dans l'ancienne demeure d' Ernest Pérochon, lieu permanent d’expositions de photographies,la Villa Pérochon articulera sa programmation autour de la photographie contemporaine tout en mettant l’accent sur les artistes émergents.
Deux évènements rythmeront cette programmation annuelle:
• Les rencontres de la jeune Photographie Internationale, réuniront chaque printemps, la premi&egr...
Since the 1990s, after half a century of chasing after the West in the post-war period, Japan began to globally disseminate its own cultural expression. Japan’s unique cultural output has been particularly noteworthy in architecture, animation, comic and fashion. Japanese photography too has become established as a unique cultural product.
The Western art world has passionately embraced the works of Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama since the early 1990s. Soon after, younger star photographers, such as HIROMIX, who is intimately connected to Tokyo’s subculture, also gained wide recognition. In the 2000s, a number of photographers including Rinko Kawauchi, Tomoko Sawada and Lieko Shiga received strong acclaim one after another. On the other hand, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Yasumasa Morimura, whose work are u...