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