Education
1963 Born in Tokyo, Japan
MFA - Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2022. Ehagaki - Picture Postcard - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2018 JUST LOVE - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2015 1800 Millimètres - In Camera Galerie, Paris
1800 Millimètres - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2013 O MAPA - Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama
O MAPA - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2012 A Decent Life - Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama
2011 A Decent Life - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2010 CHASM – Sakeme - Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama, Japan
2009 CHASM - Sakeme - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2008 Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama, Japan
Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007 MU Project, Washington D.C.,
Gallery Past Rays, Tokyo, Japan
EPSITE, Tokyo, Japan
2006 EASE - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
A Selection from HMMT? - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York
2005 TOADSTOOL - BanKART, Yokohama, Japan
HMMT? - Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama, Japan
Gallery Imago, Curated by Kotaro Iizawa, Japan
2004 White Cube Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
White Cube Osaka, Osaka
Group Exhibitions
2019 Japan Museum Sieboldhuis, Leiden, the Netherlands
2016 Aquí y Ahora fifth edition - Blanca Soto Arte, Spain
2015 Shikijo: eroticism in Japanese photography - Blidspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 Intimacy - In Camera Galerie, Paris
2013 Japanese Art Photographers 107, a special exhibition - Art Fair Tokyo
2008 Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 - South Korea
2008 Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama, Japan
2005 Video Screening by Toshiharu Ito, Japan
2004 Yokohama Photo Studio, BanKART, Yokohama, Japan
2002-04 Exhibitions at Gatwick Airport, London
2002 Inside Space Gallery on Selfrige's, London
2002 Christie's, London
Awards
2006 |
The 22nd Higashikawa New Photography Prize, Japan |
2003 |
A Chairman’s Prize, The Japan Alliance of Printing Industry, The 57th All Japan Calendar Competition, Japan |
1st Place, the Fine Art Abstract Category and Fine Art, Photographer of the Year, International Photography Award, USA |
|
Grand Prize, Albion Art Museum Photography Award, Japan |
|
Excellence Awards, Visual Category, Little More, Japan |
|
2002 |
Humming Bird Awards, Hirama Itaru Photographic Awards, Japan |
Excellence Award, Niigata Tomioka White Musem, Japan |
|
2001 |
Grand Prix, Yoshikazu Ueno Photography Award, Japan |
Excellence Award, London Photographic Awards, UK |
Publications
2008 | ipy - Nazraeli Press, USA |
2007 | e hagaki (One Picture Book #40) - Nazraeli Press, USA |
Witness #2, edited by Daido Moriyama - Nazraeli Press, USA | |
2006 | Anrakuji - Nazraeli Press, USA |
2005 | HMMT? - Yu-Time Shuppan, Japan |
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, USA (Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. Collection)
Joy of Giving Something, Inc. USA
Higashikawa Awards Collection, Hokkaido, Japan