Artist

Last Update : January 16, 2013

Profile

1977
Born in Tokyo
2002
Waseda University, Tokyo, B.F.A.
2005
Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A.
2008
Tokyo University of the Arts, P.h.D.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003
"for circumpolar stars", EPSON Imaging Gallery epSITE, Tokyo
2005
"THE VOID", Nikon Salon , Tokyo
2007
"POLAR", KONICA MINOLTA Plaza, Tokyo
"NEW DIMENSION", Nikon Salon, Tokyo / Nikon Salon, Osaka
"POLAR", SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2008
"VERNACULAR", INAX Gallery, Tokyo
"Mt.Fuji", Nikon Salon , Tokyo
"VERNACULAR", Place M, Tokyo
2009
“TRAVELOGUE 2000 – 2009”, Fukuoka Camera Museum, Toyoma
“Mt.Fuji”, Osaka Nikon Salon , Osaka
“ARCHIPELAGO”, Chukyo University Art Gallery C.Square , Aichi
“CHRISTMAS ISLAND”, Place M, Tokyo
“ARCHIPELAGO”, CANON GALLERY S, Tokyo
2010
“ARCHIPELAGO”, Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa
“ARCHIPELAGO”, Niki Club, Tochigi / Gallery Satsu, Tokyo
“CORONA”, Place M, Tokyo
2011
Ken Domon Award-winning works Exhibition “CORONA” ,
Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo / Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka / Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata
"8848" , SCAI THE BATHHOUSE , Tokyo
"Halluci Mountain" , EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo
2012
"Remembrance 3.11" , Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo / Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
"the stranger”, Tohoku University of Arts & Design, Yamagata
"Remembrance 3.11”, Yamagata Institute of The Arts, Yamagata
"Manaslu” SLANT, Ishikawa

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004
"On The Edge of Nowhere", kuspace wien, Vienna
2005
"Project the Projectors", former Sakamoto Elementary School, Tokyo
"SKY HIGH", KPO Kirin Plaza, Osaka
2006
"THE EXPOSED of the art", CASO, Osaka
"New Visions of Japanese Photography", Yachao Gallery, Shanghai
"epSITE retrospective 1998-2006", EPSON Imaging Gallery epSITE, Tokyo
2007
"Emerging Artists In Meguro - Seven Artists, Seven Aspects", Meguro Museum Of Art, Tokyo
"The Doctoral Program Final Exhibitions", Tokyo University of the Arts The University Art Museum , Tokyo
2008
"Towards a game of Photography", Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
"Ecosophy in Practice 1", EYE OF GYRE , Tokyo
"Whispered Prayers", 21_21 Design Sight , Tokyo
"Five Photographers Show", Gallery ILLUM , Seoul
"Nam June Paik Art Center Inaugural Festival", Nam June Paik Art Center , Korea
2009
“Artist File 2009 The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art”, The National Art Center, Tokyo
“From Nearby to Far Away”, Gunma Museum of Art Tatebayashi, Gunma
“The 25 th Higashikawa Prize”, Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido
“Voyages”, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris
“Sakhalin”, Hokkaido Museum of Literature, Hokkaido
“Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol.8”,Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
2010
“Crossing Chaos 1999-2009”, Nikon Salon , Tokyo
“VOCA The Vision of Contemporary Art ”, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
“Setouchi International Art Festival Fukutake House 2010”, Megi Elementary School, Kagawa
“126 POLAROID”, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama
“Transformation”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2012
“Daido Moriyama x Naoki Ishikawa To Nirvana and Back",Shibuya Hikarie 8/CUBE 1,2,3, Tokyo
"Water and Land-Niigata Art festival 2012", the old Sasagawa residence, Niigata
"Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012", Niigata

Photograph Collections

2003
"POLE TO POLE", published by Chuo koron Shinsha, Tokyo
2005
"THE VOID", published by Knee High Media Japan, Tokyo
2007
"NEW DIMENSION", published by AKAAKA, Tokyo
"POLAR", published by LittleMore, Tokyo
2008
"VERNACULAR", published by AKAAKA, Tokyo
"Mt.Fuji", published by LittleMore, Tokyo
2009
"ARCHIPELAGO", published by Shueisha, Tokyo
2010
"CORONA", published by Seidosha, Tokyo

Public Collections

Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai, China
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido, Japan
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan

Awards

2006
Sagamihara Emerging Photographer  Incentive Award
The Annual Miki Jun Award
2008
The Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
The Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography.
The Kaiko Takeshi Non-Fiction Award
2009
The Higashikawa Award, New Photographer Prize
2010
Sagamihara Award
2011
The Ken Domon Award