John SYPAL
ジョン・サイパル
Born in Nebraska, USA in 1979. After graduating from the University of Nebraska he moved to Japan in 2004 and began exhibiting his photography in 2005. He has held over twenty-five solo exhibitions over the past 13 years. Select exhibitions include Nebraska, The Good Life (Nikon Salon, 2005), The Difference Between (Konica Minolta Plaza, 2007), Gaijin Like Me (Nikon Salon, 2008), 195 (Kaido Ribbon, 2010), John Sypal Photographs (Yokohama Sogo Leica Shop, 2015). In 2010 he accepted an invitation to join Totem Pole Photo Gallery, where he has been exhibiting his ongoing Zuisha series in successive volumes since 2012. He also reports on Tokyo photographic culture through his blog Tokyo Camera Style. Content from this project was compiled and published as a photobook by Thames & Hudson in 2015.
Publications
2015 - "Tokyo Camera Style" Thames & Hudson (London)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 - 随写 select / Zuisha select Place M, Tokyo
2020 - The Tokyo Crowd Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - 随写 vol. 20 / Zuisha vol.20 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - DATE STAMPED Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - A Straight Line of Vision Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - 随写 vol. 19 / Zuisha vol.19 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - 随写 vol. 18 / Zuisha vol.18 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - Photo Spot 駐写場 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2017 - 随写 vol. 17 / Zuisha vol.17 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2017 - 随写 vol. 16 / Zuisha vol.16 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2017 - 随写 vol. 15 / Zuisha vol.15 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2016 - 随写 Zuisha vol.14 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2016 - 随写 Zuisha vol.13 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2016 - 随写 Zuisha vol.12 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2015 - 随写 Zuisha vol.11 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2015 - 随写 Zuisha vol.10 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2015 - Gaijin Like Me Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2015 - 随写 Zuisha vol.9 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2014 - 随写 Zuisha vol.8 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2014 - 随写 Zuisha vol.7 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - 随写 Zuisha vol.6 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - 随写 Zuisha vol.5 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - On The Spot Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - 随写 Zuisha vol.4 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - 随写 Zuisha vol.3 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - Nebraska Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - 随写 Zuisha vol.2 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - 随写 Zuisha vol.1 Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2011 - an endless attraction Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2010 - One Nine Five Gallery Kaido Ribon, Tokyo
2009 - a straight line of visio, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2008 - Gaijin Like Me, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2007 - The Difference Between, Konica Minolta Plaza (Foto Premio), Shinjuku, Tokyo
2005 - Nebraska, The Good Life, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2003 - Nihonjin, The Japanese University of Nebraska, Rotunda gallery, Lincoln
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 - Photo Beachcombing: Found Photo Association, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2020 - 緊急企画展「東京2020 コロナの春」写真家が切り取る緊急事態宣言下の日本 / Tokyo 2020: Corona Spring, Fugensha, Tokyo
2016 - 同猫棲時代 / Co – Nekotation Era, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2016 - 一枚の写真を飾る部屋 / A Room With Single Photographs, 306 Project, Oku Bld, Ginza, Tokyo
2014 - Nebraska / Aksarben , Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2014 - Snap , Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Landscape Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Portraits, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2008 - August Urayasu Backstreet Photo Festival, Hana-dori, Urayasu, Chiba
