Hiroko KOMATSU
小松浩子
Tokyo based Artist / Photographer, Film maker
Chronology
1969 - Born in Kanagawa, Japan
2018 – Received the 43rd Ihei Kimura award
2021 – Program of overseas study for upcoming artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan (New York)
2023 – Received Society of Photography Award
2018 – Received the 43rd Ihei Kimura award
2021 – Program of overseas study for upcoming artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan (New York)
2023 – Received Society of Photography Award
Publications
2024 - "I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now" Aperture
2023 - "Medeia 2.0 Issue 04: Hiroko Komatsu" Indigo
2022 - “Channeled Drawing” MAN CAVE
2021 - “Silent Sound” MEM
2021 - “Exhibition History vol.1” paper company
2021 - “Self-Poisoning Enlightenment” paper company
2012 - “Son nom de Broiler Space dans Calcutta désert” Privately printed book
2023 - "Medeia 2.0 Issue 04: Hiroko Komatsu" Indigo
2022 - “Channeled Drawing” MAN CAVE
2021 - “Silent Sound” MEM
2021 - “Exhibition History vol.1” paper company
2021 - “Self-Poisoning Enlightenment” paper company
2012 - “Son nom de Broiler Space dans Calcutta désert” Privately printed book
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 - ‘Channeled Drawing,’ KANA KAWANISHI PHOTOGRAPHY, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - ‘Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade,’ Joseloff Gallery at the University of Hartford, Connecticut, the USA
2022 - ‘Channeled Drawing,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - ‘CREATIVE DESTRUCTION,’ the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, the USA
2021 - ‘Sincerity Department Loyal Division,’ die Firma, New York, the USA
2021 - ‘SILENT SOUND,’ MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - ‘Self-Poisoning Enlightenment,’ Alt_Medium, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘Bio Price Guarantee,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘Third Party Remote Authentication,’ HIJU GALLERY, Osaka, Japan
2018 - ‘The 43rd Ihei Kimura award winner’s exhibition,’ Nikon Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2018 - ‘The 43rd Ihei Kimura award winner’s exhibition,’ Nikon / THE GALLERY Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - ‘Non-marginal utility,’ RAINROOTS & MUNO, Aichi, Japan
2017 - ‘Mirror Behind Hole – Photography into Sculpture Vol.4 Hiroko Komatsu,’ Exhibited Work:‘The Execution of Personal Autonomy,’ gallery αM, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - ‘Existence Artist,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - ‘The Ingredients for Families,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - ‘Disclosed Self-consciousness,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Double Constraint,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Welding of Memories,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Qualitative Multitude,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - ‘Poisoned Dish Principle,’ photographers’ gallery / Kura Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - ‘Embodiment of Public Nature,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Inquiries of a Concerned Party,’ photographers’ gallery / Kura Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Parallel Ruler,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2012.02 - ‘Son nom de Broiler Space dans Calcutta désert,’ Citizen’s Gallery, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - ‘Suicide Diathesis,’ Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan
2011 - ‘Expansion Slot,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - ‘Organic Contexture of Capital,’ Gallery Q Tokyo, Japan
2010 - ‘Speed-meter,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - ‘Titanium’s Heart,’ Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - ‘Komatsu Hiroko: Second Decade,’ Joseloff Gallery at the University of Hartford, Connecticut, the USA
2022 - ‘Channeled Drawing,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - ‘CREATIVE DESTRUCTION,’ the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, the USA
2021 - ‘Sincerity Department Loyal Division,’ die Firma, New York, the USA
2021 - ‘SILENT SOUND,’ MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - ‘Self-Poisoning Enlightenment,’ Alt_Medium, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘Bio Price Guarantee,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘Third Party Remote Authentication,’ HIJU GALLERY, Osaka, Japan
2018 - ‘The 43rd Ihei Kimura award winner’s exhibition,’ Nikon Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2018 - ‘The 43rd Ihei Kimura award winner’s exhibition,’ Nikon / THE GALLERY Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - ‘Non-marginal utility,’ RAINROOTS & MUNO, Aichi, Japan
2017 - ‘Mirror Behind Hole – Photography into Sculpture Vol.4 Hiroko Komatsu,’ Exhibited Work:‘The Execution of Personal Autonomy,’ gallery αM, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - ‘Existence Artist,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - ‘The Ingredients for Families,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - ‘Disclosed Self-consciousness,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Double Constraint,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Welding of Memories,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - ‘Qualitative Multitude,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - ‘Poisoned Dish Principle,’ photographers’ gallery / Kura Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - ‘Embodiment of Public Nature,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Inquiries of a Concerned Party,’ photographers’ gallery / Kura Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Parallel Ruler,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2012.02 - ‘Son nom de Broiler Space dans Calcutta désert,’ Citizen’s Gallery, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - ‘Suicide Diathesis,’ Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan
2011 - ‘Expansion Slot,’ Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - ‘Organic Contexture of Capital,’ Gallery Q Tokyo, Japan
2010 - ‘Speed-meter,’ Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - ‘Titanium’s Heart,’ Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 – ‘I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now,’ Les Rencontres d’Arles, Palais de L’Archevêché, France, Exhibited Work:‘Propagation Imitator’
2023 - ‘Photography Mine,’ Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - ‘The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023,’ TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - ‘MOVING IMAGES,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - ‘Ocular Inverse Transgression,’ MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘DECODE / Events & Materials, The Work of Art in the Age of Post-Industrial Society,’ The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, Exhibited Work:‘Internal Impregnation’
2017 - ‘SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK,’ Gallery LeDeco, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - ‘THE POWER OF IMAGES,’ MAST, Bologna, Italy, Exhibited Work:‘The Wall, from Sanitary Bio-Preservation, 2015’
2016 - ‘RESET II AND FUTURISM,’ Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany, Exhibited Work:‘A Series of Unusual Visits.’
2015 - ‘6th Fotofestival – Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg,’ ZEPHYR, Mannheim, Germany, Exhibited Work:‘Sanitary Bio-Preservation’
2012 - ‘Exhibition of Osamu Kanemura Workshop, Repeat after me vol.2,’ The Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Exhibition of Osamu Kanemura Workshop, Repeat after me vol.1,’ The Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - ‘Photography Mine,’ Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - ‘The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023,’ TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - ‘MOVING IMAGES,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - ‘Ocular Inverse Transgression,’ MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - ‘DECODE / Events & Materials, The Work of Art in the Age of Post-Industrial Society,’ The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, Exhibited Work:‘Internal Impregnation’
2017 - ‘SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK,’ Gallery LeDeco, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - ‘THE POWER OF IMAGES,’ MAST, Bologna, Italy, Exhibited Work:‘The Wall, from Sanitary Bio-Preservation, 2015’
2016 - ‘RESET II AND FUTURISM,’ Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany, Exhibited Work:‘A Series of Unusual Visits.’
2015 - ‘6th Fotofestival – Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg,’ ZEPHYR, Mannheim, Germany, Exhibited Work:‘Sanitary Bio-Preservation’
2012 - ‘Exhibition of Osamu Kanemura Workshop, Repeat after me vol.2,’ The Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ‘Exhibition of Osamu Kanemura Workshop, Repeat after me vol.1,’ The Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Collections
MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy
Tate Modern, London, UK
KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM, Kanagawa, Japan
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Illinois, the USA
The New York Public Library, New York, the USA
The University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, the USA
Tate Modern, London, UK
KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM, Kanagawa, Japan
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Illinois, the USA
The New York Public Library, New York, the USA
The University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, the USA
