IKUKO SUZUKI “untitled”

Artwork Description

  I have taken these photographs between 2008 and 2015 when I became interested in landscapes whilst traveling around Japan.  My journeys took me to Tohoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido and Okinawa, and I visited many peninsulas and islands.  I encountered many seas and rivers, many small  mountain villages, many fishing towns, as well as, of course, numerous lighthouses.

  At the beginning of each year, I forward planned my springtime trip over the Golden Week, the longest national holiday in Japan. So in this book you will see cherry blossoms in April and carp streamers lighting up the sky on Children’s Day in May.  I like waterfronts, therefore there will also be many lighthouses.

  I rented a car at my destination and travelled long distances through the land. Landscapes of mountain passes may look similar, however, my sense is that if I was able to capture something special, it was only at that place at that time that my photograph could have been taken. That is, I feel as if, each place led me to its world.

Biography

1961 Born in Osaka, Japan
2007,2008 Koji Onaka Workshop
2011- member of “gallery Kaido”,photography gallery in Tokyo

Solo exhibition:
2009 “KIDAMASAMA” gallery Lime Light
2010 “KUNPIRA” gallery Lime Light
2011”NARRATION” gallery Lime Light
2011 “AKITA・AOMORI SIYUI” gallery KAIDO
2011 “Volver” gallery Lime Light
2012 “Volver” gallery b-zero
2012 “YORON ISLAND” gallery KAIDO
2012 “NIIGATA・OTARU FUYUU” gallery KAIDO
2013 “NIIGATA・OTARU FUYUU” gallery b-zero
2013 “MINOR EVENTS” BEATS GALLERY
2013 “MINOR EBENTS” gallery KAIDO
2013 “KINOKAWA” gallery Lime Light
2013 “LALV” gallery Lime Light
2013 “HINASAKARU” gallery KAIDO
2013 “HINASAKARU” BEATSGALLERY
2014 “PORTRAIT” gallery KAIDO
2014 “EDOBORI JUNCTION” gallery KAIDO
2014 “EDOBORI JUNCTION” BEATSGALLERY
2014 “Rut in Time” BEATSGALLERY
2014 “Rut in Time” gallery KAIDO
2016 “TSU TSH URA URA”  UMIE+
2016 “Sustainable” gallery KAIDO
2017 “KATABUI” gallery KAIDO

Publication:
2011 “AKITA・AOMORI SIYUI” gallery b-zero
2012 “Volver” gallery b-zero
2013 “HINASAKARU” gallery b-zero
2014 “Rut in time” gallery b-zero
2015 “TSU TSU URA URA” KAIDOBOOKS

Artwork Detail

Size: 8×10 inch
Year: 2011-2018
Media: type C print

Nahoyo ONO “SEASIDE”

Artwork Description

There were no seas around the place I was brought up. The seas I had imagined were glittering and of a clear, blue color, like the sort of seas one would see in a resort area. “Let’s go to the sea.” I tried approaching the seas while I was bearing such a thought. The dream-like beach I had imagined wasn’t there. But one thing I found out was the chaotic streets that stood tall on the beach remained unchanged and still is connected to the distant seas of my dream.

Biography

Born in Nara, Japan
2002-2003 Studied about photograph at vocationary school in Osaka.
2017- Freelance photographer and designer in Kyoto.
2017- Member of “Wataridori Photo Club”, organize the photograph event and Exhibition “YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL” in KYOTO.

Solo exhibition:
2004 “SORA NO AIDA” Eary gallery  (Osaka, Japan)
2006 “MITSUDORI” Eary gallery (Osaka, Japan)
2008 “ABUKU SORA” Saito Media Library (Osaka, Japan)
2009 “SORATOVISION” BEATS GALLERY (Osaka, Japan)
2012 “SORA NO TSUDUKI” MIO PHOTO OSAKA 2012 photo exhibition at Tennoji MIO (Osaka, Japan)

Group exhibition:
2008 “Memorial postcard auction of the 30th  HITOTSUBO photo exhibition” Recruit Ginza Gardian Garden (Tokyo,Japan)
2017 “YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)
2018 “YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2018” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)
2019 “YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2019” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)

Awards:
2004 “The 22nd  HITOTSUBO photo exhibition” Recruit Ginza Gardian Garden (Tokyo,Japan)
2007 Grand PRIX Prize “MIO PHOTO AWARD 2007” Tennoji MIO (Osaka,Japan)
2008 “TOKYO WONDER WALL 2008” MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO (Tokyo,Japan)
2011 “TOKYO WONDER SEED 2011” Tokyo Wonder Site SHIBUYA (Tokyo,Japan)

Website:
http://www.ononahoyo.com/

Wataridori Photo Club
https://wataridori-photo.tumblr.com/

YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL
https://yoshitomiphoto.localinfo.jp/

Artwork Detail

Size: 265×176mm
Year: 2009-2011
Media: archival pigment print (inkjet print)

TOMONAGA Yusuke “Okinawa”

Artwork Description

When I saw Miyuki Takeda walking down the streets of Koza in Okinawa, in a black and white movie, I became aware of Okinawa for the first time.
That movie was titled “ETREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974” and was directed by Kazuo Hara.

Ten years later, I came across some photos taken in Okinawa by Shomei Tomatsu, a photographer.
Soon after that I headed there with my own camera.

On my yearly visits to Okinawa between 2002 and 2007, these photos were taken.

Biography

1972 Born in Osaka
1994 Completed Beijing Dian Ying Xue Yuan in China
1996-97 Assistant director for Movie Director Mr.Kazuo Hara in Shisso Production
2000 Completed Tokyo Polytechnic University photograph course
2000 Participated in Workshop “CORPUS ”the 16stage
2001 Completed Inter Medium Institute

SELECTED SOLD EXHIBITIONS:
2000 “Beijing Solution ”― Konica Plaza, Tokyo

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2001 “The 17 th HITOTSUBO Photo Exhibition, ”― Guardian Garden, Tokyo
2007 “ New visions of Japanese Photography ”― Refind nest gallery, Shanghai, China
2018 TAIWAN PHOTO 2018 “Cat” ShinKong Mitsukoshi (Taipei, Taiwan)
2019 “1839 Contemporary Gallery x gallery 176 Exchange Exhibition in Taipei”“Okinawa”―1839 Contemporary Gallery,Taipei, Taiwan

AWARDS:
1999 Tokyo Polytechnic University Fox-Talbot Prize Fine Work
2000 Tokyo Polytechnic University photograph course Excellent prize

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
1999 Tokyo Polytechnic University gallery, Tokyo
2000 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi 2001
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi2003
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi2006
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai

Artwork Detail

Size: 279×356mm
Year: 2002-2007
Media: gelatin silver print

Matsubara Yutaka  Local public bath “Sento”

Artwork Description

In Japan, there are unique mass culture places called “Sento (public bath)”.
I am currently taking documentary photographs of “Sento” in place where I live, Mie prefecture (known for Ise Jingu and Suzuka Circuit).
“Sento” are decreasing due to aging of facilities and managers, but there are a lot of male bath and female bath with different wall drawings, which makes the design also to be interesting and pleasant.
Also, could find historical marks in old “Sento”, expressing the passage of time and lived-in feeling, from old, long time used peculiar places (like cracked tiles lining on the wall).
Will present Japan’s mass culture, “Sento”, which soon may disappear, by detailed documentary photographs.

Shot by 4 x 5 inch camera with analog film

Biography

Born in Mie Prefecture in 1967, graduated from a photography vocational school and became freelance after photographer assistant, etc.
Currently living in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, creating photographs.

2013 record shooting person in charge of the 62nd Ise Jingu Shikinen Sengu (Gosengu Countermeasure Committee)
Nagoya Visual Arts (vocational school) part-time teacher
Member of Japan Professional Photographers Society
Member of gallery 176, Osaka
Private photo research institute chief（Mie,Tsu,Misato）
gallery0369 owner（Mie,Tsu,Misato）

Photography book, Book:
2011 photography book “MuranoKioku (Memory of the Village)” (Gettosha) publication

Joint authorship:
2012 photography book “Ikiru” – Post TSUNAMI – (Japan Professional Photographers Society/ compilation)
2015 Joint authorship with Mr. Keiji Ueshima, religious anthropologist “What is Ise Jingu” (Shueisha Visual Shinsho) publication

Solo exhibition:
2011 photography exhibition “MuranoKioku (Memory of the Village)” at Nikon Salon (Shinjuku, Tokyo, and Osaka)
2014 photography exhibition “Roji no Yu (Sento in Alley)” at HCL Nagoya Gallery (Nagoya)
2017 photography exhibition “Local public bath” at gallery 176 (Osaka)
2018 photography exhibition “Aomori” at gallery 176 (Osaka)
2019 photography exhibition “EURASIA 2004 winter”Traveling exhibition at gallery176（Osaka)and HCL Nagoya Gallery (Nagoya)

Group exhibition:
2012 photography exhibition “Ikiru” – Post TSUNAMI – (Tokyo, Sendai, and Germany Photokina)
2017 TAIWAN PHOTO 2017 “Local public bath” at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (Taipei, Taiwan)
2018 TAIWAN PHOTO 2018 “Local public bath” and “Osore-zan” at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (Taipei, Taiwan)
2019 1839 Contemporary Gallery x gallery 176 Exchange Exhibition in Taipei 
「Local public bath “Sento”」  1839 Contemporary Gallery (Taipei,Taiwan)

Serialization:
Murounokuni（KUMANO JOURNAL）

Award:
2012 Tsu City (Mie Prefecture) Cultural Incentive Award
2012 “MuranoKioku (Memory of the Village)”  Hayashi Tadahiko Award Nominee Finalist

Website:
https://www.matsubara-yutaka.com

Artwork Detail

Size: 20×24 inch
Year: 2006-2017
Media: Type C print (Lambda Print)

NISHIKAWA Yoshiyasu “in the garden”

Artwork Description

The English word ‘garden’ originates from the ancient Hebrew words ‘gan’ and ‘eden’, meaning ‘protection’ and ‘delight’ or ‘pleasure’ respectively. In the same vein, Sinji ISOYA, Doctor of Agriculture, said gardens should be a “safe and comfortable space” and something that evokes an “ideal world for humans”. (refer to “Nihon no Teien”).

I shoot photos while walking around gardens (mainly Japanese gardens). I just keep walking, stop sometimes, and start walking again. I do that repeatedly. My line of sight changes constantly while walking, bringing new landscapes into my sight. Trees, stones, moss, and running water come in and out of my vision. I spontaneously capture them if they inspire my aesthetic sense.

This series presents the fragments of my ideal landscape that I have captured in real gardens.

Biography

1967 Born in Fukui, Japan
1986-1990 Studied about landscape architecture at Chiba University
1990-1996 Worked at several landscape design offices in Tokyo
1996-1999 Worked at University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao, Philippines as JOCV/JICA Volunteer
2000- freelance photographer and designer in Osaka
2016- member of “gallery 176”, photography gallery in Osaka

Solo exhibition:
2017 “Kodomo Karuta” gallery 176 (Osaka, Japan)
2018 “DAVAO 1996-1999” gallery 176 (Osaka, Japan)
2019 “DAVAO 2019” gallery 176 (Osaka, Japan)

Group exhibition:
2016 176 reborn “stones” gallery 176 (Osaka, Japan)
2017 YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017 “yoshitomi – 2017.3.5” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)
2017 TAIWAN PHOTO 2017 “garden materials” ShinKong Mitsukoshi (Taipei, Taiwan)
2018 YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2018 “Kodomo Karuta” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)
2018 TAIWAN PHOTO 2018 “plants” ShinKong Mitsukoshi (Taipei, Taiwan)
2019 YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2019 “DAVAO 1996-1999” Yoshitomi-no-sho (Kyoto, Japan)
2019 1839 Contemporary Gallery x gallery 176 Exchange Exhibition in Taipei “in the garden” 1839 Contemporary Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)

Website:
https://mitikusa.net/

Artwork Detail

Size:16×16 inch, 16×24 inch
Year: 2012-2019
Media: archival pigment print (inkjet print)

HAYAKAWA Tomoyoshi “Sea of Tranquillity”

Artwork Description

A documentery of wilderness angler’s.

“Why do angler’s confront to the sea?”

I consider a human being through an angler’s act.

Biography

Angler
Photographer
Membr of The Photographic Society of Japan(2002~)
Member of gallery176

Biography

Born in 1974 
1993 Admitted to Osaka University of Arts.
1995 Staying in Israel and Palestine(in that time , I worked at Tel Aviv).
1998 Dropped out of Osaka University of Arts.
2000 Staying in South America for 1 year(Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Paraguay).
After returning from SouthAmerica, Became free-lance photographer through assistant of advertisement photographer.

2018 YOSHITOMI PHOTO FESTIVAL 2018 (Nantan KYOTO )
2018 Solo exhibition  “SIZUKANO UMI  Mare Tranquillitatis”  (gallery176 Toyonaka OSAKA, gallery2299 Susami WAKAYAMA)

Artwork Detail

Size: 420×594mm
Year: 2014-2018
Media: archival pigment print (inkjet print)