Taishi HIROKAWA
広川泰士
Taishi HIROKAWA was born in 1950 in Kanagawa. Current activities in Tokyo.
Searches his own artistic world, in parallel with commercial photography. Outstanding series are, among others, "Sono mama sono mama (as they are)", The series of people living in country side clothed in designers' brands, "Wakusei no oto (the sound of planet)" the series of mysterious harmony of galaxy, "Still crazy", the series of several nuclear power stations in Japan, "Timescapes" & "Whimsical Forces", both under the theme of eternal time. Took photographic direction of the movie "Tony TAKITANI", directed by Jun Ichikawa and shown in 30 countries in 2005. Received the grand prix at the film festival of Locarno, Switzerland.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1987 - 'Taishi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition' Il Diaframma Gallery, Milan
1987 - 'Taishi Hirokawa Photograph Exhibition' Fnac Forum, Paris
1987 - “Sonomama Sonomama” Shibuya Seibu Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1987 - “Sonomama Sonomama”, Club Cinefotografico, Fiorenzola, Italy
1990 - “Taishi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition” Japanese Embassy Cultural Center, Seoul
1990 - 'Taishi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition' Sablon Gallery, Paris
1994 - “Still Crazy Nuclear Power Plants as seen in Japanese Landscapes
1994 -P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo
2002 - “TIMESCAPES - Infinite Melody -” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2003 - “TIMESCAPES”, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 - “Whimsical Forces: The Shape of Time” AXIS Gallery, Tokyo
2005 “Planet Plants” AXIS Gallery Annex, Tokyo, Japan
2006 - “As time is - Age -” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 “Blink of an Unconnected Mind” Galerie sur-mur, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Time and tide -Month and Day-” Wakita Museum, Nagano, Japan
2011 - “STILL CRAZY nuclear power plants as seen in japanese landscapes” Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo
2011 - “STILL CRAZY nuclear power plants as seen in japanese landscapes”, Polepoleza, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - Time Tunnel Series VOL.30, Yasushi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition, “On the way - on the journey
2012 - Creation Gallery G8, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Mana Mikan Photo Exhibition” Ehime Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2013 - “Nanto”, Hibiya Library, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - “MIKAN MANANA Photograph Exhibition,” Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery 1953, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - “TIME SCAPES,” 1839 Contemporary Gallery, Taipei
2015 - “BABEL ordinary landscapes,” Canon Gallery S, Tokyo
2016 - “TIMESCAPES Infinite Melody 2016”, ESPASE KUU, Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - “Images of Light, Suspended in Time” Tokyo arts gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - “Fuji Sun,” Gallery 5610, Tokyo
2018 - “BABEL, Fuji Sun,” PAM, Shizuoka, Japan
2018 - “Portraits,” Shadai Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - “Landscapes,” WAKO WORKS OF ART, Tokyo
2019 - “BABEL,” Park tower gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - “Sonnet 60,” DMY Gallery, Tokyo
1987 - 'Taishi Hirokawa Photograph Exhibition' Fnac Forum, Paris
1987 - “Sonomama Sonomama” Shibuya Seibu Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1987 - “Sonomama Sonomama”, Club Cinefotografico, Fiorenzola, Italy
1990 - “Taishi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition” Japanese Embassy Cultural Center, Seoul
1990 - 'Taishi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition' Sablon Gallery, Paris
1994 - “Still Crazy Nuclear Power Plants as seen in Japanese Landscapes
1994 -P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo
2002 - “TIMESCAPES - Infinite Melody -” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2003 - “TIMESCAPES”, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 - “Whimsical Forces: The Shape of Time” AXIS Gallery, Tokyo
2005 “Planet Plants” AXIS Gallery Annex, Tokyo, Japan
2006 - “As time is - Age -” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 “Blink of an Unconnected Mind” Galerie sur-mur, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Time and tide -Month and Day-” Wakita Museum, Nagano, Japan
2011 - “STILL CRAZY nuclear power plants as seen in japanese landscapes” Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo
2011 - “STILL CRAZY nuclear power plants as seen in japanese landscapes”, Polepoleza, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - Time Tunnel Series VOL.30, Yasushi Hirokawa Photo Exhibition, “On the way - on the journey
2012 - Creation Gallery G8, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Mana Mikan Photo Exhibition” Ehime Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2013 - “Nanto”, Hibiya Library, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - “MIKAN MANANA Photograph Exhibition,” Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery 1953, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - “TIME SCAPES,” 1839 Contemporary Gallery, Taipei
2015 - “BABEL ordinary landscapes,” Canon Gallery S, Tokyo
2016 - “TIMESCAPES Infinite Melody 2016”, ESPASE KUU, Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - “Images of Light, Suspended in Time” Tokyo arts gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - “Fuji Sun,” Gallery 5610, Tokyo
2018 - “BABEL, Fuji Sun,” PAM, Shizuoka, Japan
2018 - “Portraits,” Shadai Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - “Landscapes,” WAKO WORKS OF ART, Tokyo
2019 - “BABEL,” Park tower gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - “Sonnet 60,” DMY Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
1978 - Riverside Studios, London
1979 - Olympus Gallery, Tokyo
1984 - Lightwork Syracuse, New York
1984 - C.E.P.A. Buffalo, New York
1985 - Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1985 Turin Photo Graphia '85 National Library of Turin, Turin
1986 - Houston Photo Fest '86 “Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition
1986 - The CG Jung Educational Center, Houston
1986 - Amsterdam Photo '86
1986 - Coopmans Bijlsbreen, Amsterdam
1987 - Athens International Month of Photography, Athens Municipal Museum of Art, Athens
1988 - The Biennial of Sydney “A View of World Art
1988 - Art Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney
1988 - Australian Biennial of Contemporary Art “A View of World Art
1988 - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 - The Portrait in Contemporary Photography
1989 - Mainz Cultural Center, Mainz
1989 - Gallery Photohof, Salzburg
1989 - Kunstmuseum Oberösterreich, Linz
1989 - Forum for Contemporary Art, Innsbruck
1989 - Municipal Museum of Lombardy Culture, Ravenna
1990 - “Reorienting Looking East” Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1990 - “Reorienting Looking East”, Nicolas Jacobs Gallery, London
1990 - Paris Month of Photography, Grand d'Arche, Paris
1994 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1997 - “Drifting Heavy Oil Exchange Exhibition” Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama
2008 - “Esprit de Paris” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Who has seen the beauty” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Foundation for Contemporary Arts” Chelsea Gallery Cohan & Leslie, New York
2008 - “Cafe Endlager” (Endlager: Final Nuclear Waste Storage), Stuttgart, Germany
2010 - “The Power of Photography” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “2013 TAIWAN PHOTO” Shin Kwang Mitsukoshi Taipei Xinyi Xintiandi, Taipei
2014 - “2nd KYOTO GRAPHIE”, Shimogamo Jinja Hosoden, Kyoto, Japan
2014 - “A Fete Worse Than Death” Red Gallery, London
2017-2018 - “Some Things About Water,” FOCUS ROCK Gallery Nagoya, gallery Main Kyoto, Yamamoto Photography Machine Shop Yamaguchi, MARUNOUCHI WINDOW GALLERY Tokyo, tokyoarts gallery Tokyo
1979 - Olympus Gallery, Tokyo
1984 - Lightwork Syracuse, New York
1984 - C.E.P.A. Buffalo, New York
1985 - Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1985 Turin Photo Graphia '85 National Library of Turin, Turin
1986 - Houston Photo Fest '86 “Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition
1986 - The CG Jung Educational Center, Houston
1986 - Amsterdam Photo '86
1986 - Coopmans Bijlsbreen, Amsterdam
1987 - Athens International Month of Photography, Athens Municipal Museum of Art, Athens
1988 - The Biennial of Sydney “A View of World Art
1988 - Art Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney
1988 - Australian Biennial of Contemporary Art “A View of World Art
1988 - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 - The Portrait in Contemporary Photography
1989 - Mainz Cultural Center, Mainz
1989 - Gallery Photohof, Salzburg
1989 - Kunstmuseum Oberösterreich, Linz
1989 - Forum for Contemporary Art, Innsbruck
1989 - Municipal Museum of Lombardy Culture, Ravenna
1990 - “Reorienting Looking East” Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1990 - “Reorienting Looking East”, Nicolas Jacobs Gallery, London
1990 - Paris Month of Photography, Grand d'Arche, Paris
1994 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1997 - “Drifting Heavy Oil Exchange Exhibition” Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama
2008 - “Esprit de Paris” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Who has seen the beauty” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “Foundation for Contemporary Arts” Chelsea Gallery Cohan & Leslie, New York
2008 - “Cafe Endlager” (Endlager: Final Nuclear Waste Storage), Stuttgart, Germany
2010 - “The Power of Photography” GALLERY21, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “2013 TAIWAN PHOTO” Shin Kwang Mitsukoshi Taipei Xinyi Xintiandi, Taipei
2014 - “2nd KYOTO GRAPHIE”, Shimogamo Jinja Hosoden, Kyoto, Japan
2014 - “A Fete Worse Than Death” Red Gallery, London
2017-2018 - “Some Things About Water,” FOCUS ROCK Gallery Nagoya, gallery Main Kyoto, Yamamoto Photography Machine Shop Yamaguchi, MARUNOUCHI WINDOW GALLERY Tokyo, tokyoarts gallery Tokyo
Awards
1986 - Kodansha Publishing Culture Award, Photography Award
1990 - A.P.A. Award
1996 - Best Cinematography Award, Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan
1996 - New York A.D.C. Award,
2002 - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2003 - Photographic Society of Japan Award, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
2005 - JCD Design Award, Excellence Award
2009 - ACC Special Award, Best Photography Award
2010 - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2016 - Photography Town Higashikawa Award, Domestic Artist Prize
1990 - A.P.A. Award
1996 - Best Cinematography Award, Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan
1996 - New York A.D.C. Award,
2002 - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2003 - Photographic Society of Japan Award, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
2005 - JCD Design Award, Excellence Award
2009 - ACC Special Award, Best Photography Award
2010 - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2016 - Photography Town Higashikawa Award, Domestic Artist Prize
Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Princeton University Art Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Lenbach House Museum Munich
Kobe Fashion Museum
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Princeton University Art Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Lenbach House Museum Munich
Kobe Fashion Museum
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
