Lives and works in Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Skyfish” AKAAKA, Tokyo, Japan
2004 “hinterland” art & riverbank, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 “EAST WEST” THERME GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2005 “CHAUSU1 : Chapters of the Chosen”, CASO, Osaka, Japan
2002 “New Cosmos of Photography”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2001 “Young Portfolios” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
Project "Salvage Memory"
2011 Yamamoto, Miyagi, Japan
Project "LOST & FOUND"
2014
NORMAL, A Coruña, Spain
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, the Republic of Korea
2012
AKAAKA, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Watanabe Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
The Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan
Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Hokkaido, Japan
Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura, Australia
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italy
Awards
2008 LittlemoreBCCKS Photo Award [littlemore prize]
2002 Canon New Cosmos of Photography 2002 [Superior prize]
Book
2014 “Tsunami, Photographs, and then” AKAAKA Art Publishing, Inc.
2010 “Skyfish” AKAAKA Art Publishing, Inc.
Education
2001 Nippon Photography Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Utilizing salvaged photographs found in the wreckage of the 2011 Japanese tsunami disaster, this unique catalogue conveys the power of the personal snapshot to humanize tragedy. One of our favorite catalogues from 2014.
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