Michiko KON
今道子
Photographer
She held her first solo exhibit in 1985 with Still Life, and has focused on creating peculiar still life assemblages using anything from fish and vegetables to flowers and insects ever since. Her wildly artistic works, beautifully captured using a complex monochromatic process, exist on a plane somewhere between the real and the imagined.
©Michiko Kon, courtesy of PGI
Chronology
1955 Born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
1978 Graduated from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design
1978-80 Studied at Tokyo Photographic College
1978 Graduated from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design
1978-80 Studied at Tokyo Photographic College
Publications
2021 philia — KON Michiko, Kokushokankokai Inc.
IMPACT, M/Light
1997 Michiko Kon, Korinsha Press
Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Aperture
1996 KON BOX, P.G.I. & Nazraeli Press
1991 EAT, Shogakukan
1987 EAT, Art Works Committee
IMPACT, M/Light
1997 Michiko Kon, Korinsha Press
Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Aperture
1996 KON BOX, P.G.I. & Nazraeli Press
1991 EAT, Shogakukan
1987 EAT, Art Works Committee
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Michiko Kon 2024, PGI, Tokyo
2021 philia —KON Michiko, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura Annex, Kanagawa
Michiko Kon, iGallery, Tokyo
2019 Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Reviving Objects, FUJIFILM SQUARE, Photo History Museum, Tokyo
Cannibal Feast, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
2018 Recent Works 2018, PGI, Tokyo
2017 Naturaleza Muerta, Fototeca Nacional Sinafo. INAH, Mexico
Michiko Kon, Michel Soskine Gallery, Madrid
2016 Exposición fotográfica de Michiko Kon, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
2014 Recent Works, Photo Gallery International (P.G.I.), Tokyo
2012 IMPACT, B Gallery, Tokyo
2011 Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
2010 Kon Michiko Exhibit of Platinum Photograph, Timeless Gallery, China
2009 Michiko Kon, Michel Soskine Inc., Spain
2008 Platinum Prints Collection, P.G.I., Tokyo
2002 Michiko Kon, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1999 Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Burden Gallery, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1998 Michiko Kon: Photographs 1998, P.G.I., Tokyo
Michiko Kon : Still Life, Gallery Raku, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
1997 Michiko Kon, P.G.I. Shibaura, Tokyo
1996 Michiko Kon Exhibition by Polaroid Color 8x10, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
1995 Michiko Kon, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Still Lives, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto
Still Lives, Picture Photo Space, Osaka
Still Lives, Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan
1994 Still Lives, P.G.I., Tokyo
1993 Michiko Kon: Still Lives, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA
1992 Michiko Kon: Still Lives, MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1991 EAT, Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
New Japanese Photography Vol.2 Michiko Kon, EXPOSURE PARCO Shibuya Part II, Tokyo
1990 EAT: Recent Works, P.G.I., Tokyo
1987 EAT, Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo
1985 Still Life, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2021 philia —KON Michiko, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura Annex, Kanagawa
Michiko Kon, iGallery, Tokyo
2019 Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Reviving Objects, FUJIFILM SQUARE, Photo History Museum, Tokyo
Cannibal Feast, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
2018 Recent Works 2018, PGI, Tokyo
2017 Naturaleza Muerta, Fototeca Nacional Sinafo. INAH, Mexico
Michiko Kon, Michel Soskine Gallery, Madrid
2016 Exposición fotográfica de Michiko Kon, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
2014 Recent Works, Photo Gallery International (P.G.I.), Tokyo
2012 IMPACT, B Gallery, Tokyo
2011 Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
2010 Kon Michiko Exhibit of Platinum Photograph, Timeless Gallery, China
2009 Michiko Kon, Michel Soskine Inc., Spain
2008 Platinum Prints Collection, P.G.I., Tokyo
2002 Michiko Kon, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1999 Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Burden Gallery, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1998 Michiko Kon: Photographs 1998, P.G.I., Tokyo
Michiko Kon : Still Life, Gallery Raku, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
1997 Michiko Kon, P.G.I. Shibaura, Tokyo
1996 Michiko Kon Exhibition by Polaroid Color 8x10, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
1995 Michiko Kon, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Still Lives, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto
Still Lives, Picture Photo Space, Osaka
Still Lives, Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan
1994 Still Lives, P.G.I., Tokyo
1993 Michiko Kon: Still Lives, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA
1992 Michiko Kon: Still Lives, MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Michiko Kon, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
1991 EAT, Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
New Japanese Photography Vol.2 Michiko Kon, EXPOSURE PARCO Shibuya Part II, Tokyo
1990 EAT: Recent Works, P.G.I., Tokyo
1987 EAT, Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo
1985 Still Life, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 FUJIFILM Photo Collection Special Exhibition: Part 2 The Crystallization of Photographic Expression and Technique, FUJIFILM Square, Tokyo
2022 The amana Collection Exhibition, Miyota Museum of Photography, Nagano, Japan
The Photographic Society of Japan Awards, Winner’s Exhibition, FUJIFILM Photo Salon, Tokyo
México Mágico, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
2020 瞬く皮膚、死から発光する生, Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Ginza Okuno Building Room 306, Ginza, Tokyo
2019 Sleep with Fishes, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
Summer Exhibition, Michel Soskine Gallery, Spain
Inmigrantes, Kyoto-ba, Kyoto
In One Drop of Water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
2017 Birds in the Hand, PGI, Tokyo
The here in there, Salon de Vert, Nagano, Japan
Eternal Fantasy, Beauty Illusion, Roppongi Stripe’s Space, Tokyo
Birds of a Feather, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
2016 Take In, PGI, Tokyo
A Room Hanging One Picture, Morioka Book Shop, Tokyo
2015 What is Naked?, Gallery Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
ARTS & FOODS, La Triennale di Milano, Expo Milano 2015, Italy
2014 Tanemura Suehiro, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
12 visual points, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
A Table! -Art Feast-, Mie Prefectual Art Museum, Mie, Japan
“Single Photo” Exhibition A collection of single photographs from some of the leading photographers in the history of Japanese photography, FUJIFILM Square, Tokyo
2013 Chasing Japan’s Youkai, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2011 Iizawa Kotaro + Kon Michiko, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Homage to Yukio Akatsuka, Ai Gallery Tokyo
BIYOU, 306 Ginza Okuno Building, Tokyo, Japan
Beauty, Humor and Social Justice: Gift from Joan Morgenstern, The Museum of Fine Art, Huston, USA
2010 The Letter from X, Salon de Vert, Nagano, Japan
Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo
Human Images of 20th Century: All Photographs are Portraits, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Homage - Suehiro Tanemura, Span Art Gallery, Tokyo
2009 Special Exhibition: Michiko Kon, at the Modern Japanese Art from Museum Collection, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
4 person exhibition, Gallery Soyo, Kanagawa
2008 Texas Collects Asia: Contemporary Art, Crow Museum of Asian Art, USA
2007 Japan Caught by Camera–Works from the Photographic Art in Japan, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Between Reality and Illusion, Marty Walker Gallery, USA
2006 Fish and our Lives, The Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2004 Imaging the West, Sheldon Art Galleries, USA
04 Summer, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Homage to Hideo Nakai, Gallery Oculus, Tokyo
2003 Beyond the Surface – Japanese Style of Making Things, Singapore Art Museum, toured Philippine Cultural Center
History of Japanese Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Contemporary Print from Bulgaria/Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
Japanese Photography 1970’s-1980’s, SK Josefsberg Studio, USA
2002 The World of Platinum Print, Photo Gallery International（P.G.I.）, Tokyo
Metamorphosis in Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
The 50th Anniversary - The Growth of the Museum Collection: 1952, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2001 Illusion: Japanese Photography, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Sweden
Exploring Photography Ⅱ: From the Museum Collection, National Film Center, The National Muse of Modern Art, Tokyo
01 Summer, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists & Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, USA
2000 FALL | 00, University of North Texas Art Gallery, USA
P.G.I. Gallery Artists, P.G.I., Tokyo
Reading Works, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
Made You Look! 19th Annual Family Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art, USA
Hommage a Van Gogh, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo
1999 An Incomplete History: Women Photographers from Japan 1864- , Houston Center for Photography, USA
Internationale Fototage Herten, Germany
The History of Ihei Kimura Photography Award, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki
Desert from Contemporary Cultural Theory, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
10 years, Center for Photographic Art, USA
Eleven Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
1998 Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Presentation, MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Still Life by Woman Photographers, P.G.I. Shibaura, Tokyo
Waterproof, Expo ’98, Portugal
An Incomplete History: Women Photographers from Japan, 1864- , Visual Studies Workshop, USA
Women Photographs 1945- , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1997 Art is Fun 8: Ways of (Re)Production, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Gunma
Contemporary Art: How Can They Possibly Understand It, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
The 4th Kitakyushu Biennale, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Japan Today: Kunst Fotografie Design, MAK Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, Austria
Some Assembly Required, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
The Enigmatic Object, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
1996 100 Wristwatches by the Artist & Original Images, Gallery Seira, Tokyo
New Japanese Photography in ’s: The Resonance of Unconsciousness, Yokohama City Art Gallery, Yokohama
Japanese Photography from in/out Part 3: Contemporary Scenery 1980-95,
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Kanagawa Art Annual 96, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery, Yokohama
History of Japanese Contemporary Photography in The Ihei Kimura Photography Award,
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Nobuyoshi Araki & Michiko Kon, Center for Photographic Art, USA
Eight Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Japan Today, Kunstnernes Hus, Norway (Traveling to Finland)
1995 Texture & Touch, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Rituals and Transformations, National Gallery of Canada, Canada
JAPAN TODAY, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
10/10/10, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
The Ihei Kimura Photography Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo
Unique Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Photographic Artists, A.O.I. Gallery, USA
Beyond Recognition: Contemporary International Photography, Logan Art Gallery, Australia
1994 When the Body Becomes Art, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
Youth of the Photograph -Anthology of Newcomer Award, Higashikawa International
Photography Festival, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
Seven Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
1993 Beyond Recognition: Contemporary International Photography, National Gallery of Australia,
Australia (Traveling in Australia - )
Photographs Vol.3, ai gallery, Tokyo
Michiko Kon: Still Lives, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascapes and Theaters, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Fabricated Realities, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
1992 Representatives: Women Photographers from the Permanent Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, USA
1991 Make Believe: Contemporary Photography from JAPAN, The Photographers' Gallery, UK
Art is Fun, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Gunma
1990 The Imprinted Ideas, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
TOKYO, Seibu Art Forum, Yurakucho, Tokyo
Japanese Contemporary Photography: Twelve Viewpoints, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of
Photography, Tokyo
Japanese Contemporary Photography, Pavillon des Arts, France
Beyond the Photographic Frame-11 recent works, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito
The Silent Dialogue: Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
Fotofest / The International Month of Photography, Houston Convention Center, USA
High-Tech Plants Photo Exhibition, The Hanshin Department Store, Japan
1989 The 151st Year of Photography, Heineken Village, Tokyo
The Hitachi Collection of Contemporary Japanese Photography, Center for Creative
Photography, University of Arizona, USA
TORINO PHOTOGRAFIA, Torino, Italy
New・Age・New・Art Exhibition, Isetan Shinjuku Store, Tokyo
1988 Speaking Through Photography, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts
Peace By Peace, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
1987 Japanese Women Photographers from the ‘50s to the ‘80s, Lehigh University Art Gallery, USA
New Age Photography, Store Days, Roppongi WAVE, Tokyo
1984 Japan Graphic Exhibition, PARCO Gallery, Tokyo
ELEVEN PLUS ONE Exhibition, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
The 20th Kanagawa Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery, Yokohama
1983 Aspects of Fifteen Individuals-Winter 1983, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
Aspects of Fifteen Individuals-Summer 1983, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
1982 ELEVEN Exhibition, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
1979 Art as Photography, Photography as Art, Gallery Shiba, Tokyo
2022 The amana Collection Exhibition, Miyota Museum of Photography, Nagano, Japan
The Photographic Society of Japan Awards, Winner’s Exhibition, FUJIFILM Photo Salon, Tokyo
México Mágico, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
2020 瞬く皮膚、死から発光する生, Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Ginza Okuno Building Room 306, Ginza, Tokyo
2019 Sleep with Fishes, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
Summer Exhibition, Michel Soskine Gallery, Spain
Inmigrantes, Kyoto-ba, Kyoto
In One Drop of Water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
2017 Birds in the Hand, PGI, Tokyo
The here in there, Salon de Vert, Nagano, Japan
Eternal Fantasy, Beauty Illusion, Roppongi Stripe’s Space, Tokyo
Birds of a Feather, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
2016 Take In, PGI, Tokyo
A Room Hanging One Picture, Morioka Book Shop, Tokyo
2015 What is Naked?, Gallery Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
ARTS & FOODS, La Triennale di Milano, Expo Milano 2015, Italy
2014 Tanemura Suehiro, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
12 visual points, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
A Table! -Art Feast-, Mie Prefectual Art Museum, Mie, Japan
“Single Photo” Exhibition A collection of single photographs from some of the leading photographers in the history of Japanese photography, FUJIFILM Square, Tokyo
2013 Chasing Japan’s Youkai, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2011 Iizawa Kotaro + Kon Michiko, Gallery Kobo, Tokyo
Homage to Yukio Akatsuka, Ai Gallery Tokyo
BIYOU, 306 Ginza Okuno Building, Tokyo, Japan
Beauty, Humor and Social Justice: Gift from Joan Morgenstern, The Museum of Fine Art, Huston, USA
2010 The Letter from X, Salon de Vert, Nagano, Japan
Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo
Human Images of 20th Century: All Photographs are Portraits, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Homage - Suehiro Tanemura, Span Art Gallery, Tokyo
2009 Special Exhibition: Michiko Kon, at the Modern Japanese Art from Museum Collection, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
4 person exhibition, Gallery Soyo, Kanagawa
2008 Texas Collects Asia: Contemporary Art, Crow Museum of Asian Art, USA
2007 Japan Caught by Camera–Works from the Photographic Art in Japan, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Between Reality and Illusion, Marty Walker Gallery, USA
2006 Fish and our Lives, The Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2004 Imaging the West, Sheldon Art Galleries, USA
04 Summer, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Homage to Hideo Nakai, Gallery Oculus, Tokyo
2003 Beyond the Surface – Japanese Style of Making Things, Singapore Art Museum, toured Philippine Cultural Center
History of Japanese Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Contemporary Print from Bulgaria/Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
Japanese Photography 1970’s-1980’s, SK Josefsberg Studio, USA
2002 The World of Platinum Print, Photo Gallery International（P.G.I.）, Tokyo
Metamorphosis in Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
The 50th Anniversary - The Growth of the Museum Collection: 1952, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2001 Illusion: Japanese Photography, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Sweden
Exploring Photography Ⅱ: From the Museum Collection, National Film Center, The National Muse of Modern Art, Tokyo
01 Summer, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists & Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, USA
2000 FALL | 00, University of North Texas Art Gallery, USA
P.G.I. Gallery Artists, P.G.I., Tokyo
Reading Works, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
Made You Look! 19th Annual Family Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art, USA
Hommage a Van Gogh, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo
1999 An Incomplete History: Women Photographers from Japan 1864- , Houston Center for Photography, USA
Internationale Fototage Herten, Germany
The History of Ihei Kimura Photography Award, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki
Desert from Contemporary Cultural Theory, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
10 years, Center for Photographic Art, USA
Eleven Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
1998 Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Presentation, MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Still Life by Woman Photographers, P.G.I. Shibaura, Tokyo
Waterproof, Expo ’98, Portugal
An Incomplete History: Women Photographers from Japan, 1864- , Visual Studies Workshop, USA
Women Photographs 1945- , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1997 Art is Fun 8: Ways of (Re)Production, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Gunma
Contemporary Art: How Can They Possibly Understand It, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
The 4th Kitakyushu Biennale, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Japan Today: Kunst Fotografie Design, MAK Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, Austria
Some Assembly Required, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
The Enigmatic Object, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
1996 100 Wristwatches by the Artist & Original Images, Gallery Seira, Tokyo
New Japanese Photography in ’s: The Resonance of Unconsciousness, Yokohama City Art Gallery, Yokohama
Japanese Photography from in/out Part 3: Contemporary Scenery 1980-95,
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Kanagawa Art Annual 96, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery, Yokohama
History of Japanese Contemporary Photography in The Ihei Kimura Photography Award,
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Nobuyoshi Araki & Michiko Kon, Center for Photographic Art, USA
Eight Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Japan Today, Kunstnernes Hus, Norway (Traveling to Finland)
1995 Texture & Touch, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Rituals and Transformations, National Gallery of Canada, Canada
JAPAN TODAY, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
10/10/10, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
The Ihei Kimura Photography Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo
Unique Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Photographic Artists, A.O.I. Gallery, USA
Beyond Recognition: Contemporary International Photography, Logan Art Gallery, Australia
1994 When the Body Becomes Art, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
Youth of the Photograph -Anthology of Newcomer Award, Higashikawa International
Photography Festival, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
Seven Artists Exhibition, JURL et MODE, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
1993 Beyond Recognition: Contemporary International Photography, National Gallery of Australia,
Australia (Traveling in Australia - )
Photographs Vol.3, ai gallery, Tokyo
Michiko Kon: Still Lives, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascapes and Theaters, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Fabricated Realities, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
1992 Representatives: Women Photographers from the Permanent Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, USA
1991 Make Believe: Contemporary Photography from JAPAN, The Photographers' Gallery, UK
Art is Fun, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Gunma
1990 The Imprinted Ideas, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
TOKYO, Seibu Art Forum, Yurakucho, Tokyo
Japanese Contemporary Photography: Twelve Viewpoints, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of
Photography, Tokyo
Japanese Contemporary Photography, Pavillon des Arts, France
Beyond the Photographic Frame-11 recent works, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito
The Silent Dialogue: Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
Fotofest / The International Month of Photography, Houston Convention Center, USA
High-Tech Plants Photo Exhibition, The Hanshin Department Store, Japan
1989 The 151st Year of Photography, Heineken Village, Tokyo
The Hitachi Collection of Contemporary Japanese Photography, Center for Creative
Photography, University of Arizona, USA
TORINO PHOTOGRAFIA, Torino, Italy
New・Age・New・Art Exhibition, Isetan Shinjuku Store, Tokyo
1988 Speaking Through Photography, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts
Peace By Peace, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
1987 Japanese Women Photographers from the ‘50s to the ‘80s, Lehigh University Art Gallery, USA
New Age Photography, Store Days, Roppongi WAVE, Tokyo
1984 Japan Graphic Exhibition, PARCO Gallery, Tokyo
ELEVEN PLUS ONE Exhibition, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
The 20th Kanagawa Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery, Yokohama
1983 Aspects of Fifteen Individuals-Winter 1983, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
Aspects of Fifteen Individuals-Summer 1983, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
1982 ELEVEN Exhibition, Kamakura Central Community Center, Kamakura
1979 Art as Photography, Photography as Art, Gallery Shiba, Tokyo
Awards
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award, Photographic Society of Japan Awards
1991 The 16th Kimura Ihei Award, The Asahi Shimbun
1987 Newcomer Award, Higashikawa International Photography Festival
1984 Art Scholar Prize, Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
1991 The 16th Kimura Ihei Award, The Asahi Shimbun
1987 Newcomer Award, Higashikawa International Photography Festival
1984 Art Scholar Prize, Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
Higashikawa The Town of Photography, Hokkaido
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa
National Gallery of Canada, Canada
The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Princeton University Art Museum, USA
George Eastman Museum, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, USA
Crow Museum of Asian Art, USA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Naturaleza Muerta, Fototeca Nacional Sinafo. INAH, Mexico
National Gallery of Australia, Australia
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, France
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
Higashikawa The Town of Photography, Hokkaido
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa
National Gallery of Canada, Canada
The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Princeton University Art Museum, USA
George Eastman Museum, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, USA
Crow Museum of Asian Art, USA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA
Naturaleza Muerta, Fototeca Nacional Sinafo. INAH, Mexico
National Gallery of Australia, Australia
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, France
