Haruna Kawanishi was born in Tokyo in 1979 and got interested in photography when she was a high school student. She got her bachelor’s degree in broadcasting at Nihon University College of Art in 2002, and officially started her carrier in 2005. She learned photography skills under Kenji Eno, a game creator, between 2006 and 2013. Today living in Onomichi Hiroshima, She delves deeper into body movements in Aikido and analyses how people interpret her photographs.
＜Selected Exhibitions＞
2017
Association International Photographic Art Dealers, New York, USA
2016
“TOKYO-GA meets,” Miami international Airport, Miami, USA
2015
“Stapari International Arts Summer Festival,” Stapari, Serbia
2014
“La Librairie imaginaire TOKYO-GA,” GALERIE-T, Paris, France
“TOKYO-GA meets Roppongi/Daikanyama presented by Time Out Tokyo,” Tokyo, Japan
2013
“The Athen Photo Festival satellite rogram,” anamesa art space, Athen, Greece - Solo
“TOKYO-GA meets OSAKA,” Umeda Hankyu department store art stage, Osaka, Japan
2012
Gallery Entre Deux, Tokyo, Japan
“TOKYO-GA meets NYPH,” New York Photo Festival, New York, USA
“Internasjonal Fotografiutstilling,” Sunnhordland Museum, Halsnøy Kloster, Norway
“Yokohama Rendez-vous Project,” Yokohama, Japan
"Tokyo-Ga," GALLERY 21, Tokyo, Japan
2011
GALLERY 21 bis, Tokyo, Japan
“TOKYO PHOTO,” Tokyo, Japan
“Alpilles-Provence'art,” St.Remy, France
"BREEZELESS," Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, USA
2010
"10 selected up and coming artists by PHaTPHOTO," 72 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“TOKYO PHOTO,” Tokyo, Japan
"Power of Photography," GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
“Alpillles-Provence’art,” St.Remy, France
2009
Gallary21, Tokyo, Japan
Gallary21 bis, Tokyo, Japan
“TOKYO PHOTO,” Tokyo, Japan
2008
“promenadesphotographiques,” Vandome, France
＜Awards＞
International Photography Awards 2009-2011, 2014, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, USA
13th Yasujiro Ozu memorial tateshina film festival 2010, nomination for the independent film "Invalid address," Tateshina, Japan
Photography award 2006 wining by Kimono week in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan
2014
Deshima AIR, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Sunnhordland museum Artist-in-residence program supported by Japan Foundation, Halsnoy Kloster, Norway
