Naoki HONJO
本城直季
1978 Born in Tokyo, Japan
Chronology
2002 - B.A. Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
2004 - MFA, Tokyo Polytechnic University Graduate School of Arts,
Media Art Course
2004 - MFA, Tokyo Polytechnic University Graduate School of Arts,
Media Art Course
Publications
2006 - “Small Planet” Little More, Japan
2010 - “Treasure Box” Kodansha Ltd. Japan
2013 - “SHINKIROU” Little More, Japan
2016 - “TOKYO” Little More, Japan
2016 - “KYOTO” TANKOSHA, Japan
2020 - “(un)real utopia” The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
2010 - “Treasure Box” Kodansha Ltd. Japan
2013 - “SHINKIROU” Little More, Japan
2016 - “TOKYO” Little More, Japan
2016 - “KYOTO” TANKOSHA, Japan
2020 - “(un)real utopia” The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 - “travelogue” art complex MONAIZO (Chiba, Japan)
2005 - “small garden” superstore Inc (Tokyo, Japan)
2006 - “Play Room” Mito contemporary art center /
2006 - Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki, Japan)
2006 - “Small Planet” gallery (g) (Tokyo, Japan)
2007 - “Small Planet” TAI Gallery (Santafe, NM)
2008 - “Small Planet” Gallery by the Harbour (HongKong)
2009 - “Scripted Las Vegas” epSITE (Tokyo, Japan)
2009 - “Scripted Las Vegas” Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM (Fukuoka, Japan)
2010 - “TREASURE BOX” gallery dojunkai (Tokyo, Japan)
2011 - “Light House Skane” nap gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2011 - “Light House Tokyo” Takuro Someya Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2012 - “diorama” SHADAI Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - “p” America-Bashi Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - “SHINKIROU” Yokkaichi Municipal Museum (Mie, Japan)
2015 - “plastic nature” nap gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - “tokyo” CANON GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - TOKYO/KYOTO 1/2, 1/2 GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - “KYOTO in KYOTO” Paul Smith (Kyoto, Japan)
2020 - “(un)real utopia” Ichihara Lakeside Museum (Chiba, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” Iwate Museum of Art (Iwate, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (Miyazaki, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” The Museum of Art, Kochi (Kochi, Japan)
2022 - “(un)real utopia” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2005 - “small garden” superstore Inc (Tokyo, Japan)
2006 - “Play Room” Mito contemporary art center /
2006 - Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki, Japan)
2006 - “Small Planet” gallery (g) (Tokyo, Japan)
2007 - “Small Planet” TAI Gallery (Santafe, NM)
2008 - “Small Planet” Gallery by the Harbour (HongKong)
2009 - “Scripted Las Vegas” epSITE (Tokyo, Japan)
2009 - “Scripted Las Vegas” Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM (Fukuoka, Japan)
2010 - “TREASURE BOX” gallery dojunkai (Tokyo, Japan)
2011 - “Light House Skane” nap gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2011 - “Light House Tokyo” Takuro Someya Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2012 - “diorama” SHADAI Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - “p” America-Bashi Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - “SHINKIROU” Yokkaichi Municipal Museum (Mie, Japan)
2015 - “plastic nature” nap gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - “tokyo” CANON GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - TOKYO/KYOTO 1/2, 1/2 GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - “KYOTO in KYOTO” Paul Smith (Kyoto, Japan)
2020 - “(un)real utopia” Ichihara Lakeside Museum (Chiba, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” Iwate Museum of Art (Iwate, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (Miyazaki, Japan)
2021 - “(un)real utopia” The Museum of Art, Kochi (Kochi, Japan)
2022 - “(un)real utopia” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 - Osaka Art Kaleidoscope, Osaka Contemporary Art Center (Osaka, Japan)
2008 - “Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography” The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
2008 - “Faithful Documents–Japanese Contemporary Photography” Aki Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)
2009 - “Visual Deception” Nagoya City Art Museum (Aichi, Japan)
2011 - “Café in Mito 2011–Relationships in Color–” ART TOWER MITO (Ibaraki, Japan)
2012 - “Waiting for the First Train” TOKYO STATION GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - “VOCA Exhibition” The Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - “A Bird’s-eye View of the World” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima, Japan)
2017 - “Metropolitan Highway Exhibition” O Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - “The Superlative Artistry of Japan” The Japan Foundation
2017 - “Tokyo Tokyo and TOKYO” Tokyo photographic art museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - RT PHOTO EXHIBITION 2017, Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - “Where’s Wally? 30th Anniversary” Matsuya Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 - “#005 PHOTO Playground” Ginza Sony Park (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 - “TOKYO CURIOSITY 2020 SHIBUYA” The Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 - “Relay to Tokyo- Inheriting and Gathering” The Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens,Greece)
2021 - “The Chiba City Festival of Arts CHIBA FOTO” Chiba City Museum of Art (Chiba, Japan)
2021 - “CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1985－2015” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2022 - “Art and Railway –150th Anniversary of Railway in Japan” Tokyo Station Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2023 - “Serendipity Wondrous Discoveries in Daily Life” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2008 - “Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography” The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
2008 - “Faithful Documents–Japanese Contemporary Photography” Aki Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)
2009 - “Visual Deception” Nagoya City Art Museum (Aichi, Japan)
2011 - “Café in Mito 2011–Relationships in Color–” ART TOWER MITO (Ibaraki, Japan)
2012 - “Waiting for the First Train” TOKYO STATION GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - “VOCA Exhibition” The Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - “A Bird’s-eye View of the World” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima, Japan)
2017 - “Metropolitan Highway Exhibition” O Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - “The Superlative Artistry of Japan” The Japan Foundation
2017 - “Tokyo Tokyo and TOKYO” Tokyo photographic art museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - RT PHOTO EXHIBITION 2017, Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - “Where’s Wally? 30th Anniversary” Matsuya Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 - “#005 PHOTO Playground” Ginza Sony Park (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 - “TOKYO CURIOSITY 2020 SHIBUYA” The Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 - “Relay to Tokyo- Inheriting and Gathering” The Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens,Greece)
2021 - “The Chiba City Festival of Arts CHIBA FOTO” Chiba City Museum of Art (Chiba, Japan)
2021 - “CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1985－2015” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2022 - “Art and Railway –150th Anniversary of Railway in Japan” Tokyo Station Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2023 - “Serendipity Wondrous Discoveries in Daily Life” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Awards
2006 - The Kimura Ihei Photography Award, Japan
Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Yokkaichi, Japan
Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan
Top Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Station Gallery , Tokyo, Japan
Chiba City Museum of Art ,Chiba, Japan
The Museum of Art, Kochi ,Kochi, Japan
Ichihara City Hall, Chiba, Japan
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts,Yamanashi,Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Yokkaichi, Japan
Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan
Top Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Station Gallery , Tokyo, Japan
Chiba City Museum of Art ,Chiba, Japan
The Museum of Art, Kochi ,Kochi, Japan
Ichihara City Hall, Chiba, Japan
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts,Yamanashi,Japan
