Osamu KANEMURA
金村修
Born in Tokyo in 1964. Photographer. In 1992, while a student at the Tokyo College of Photography, he was invited to participate in the Rotterdam Biennale of Photography, and since then has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad. In 2000, he was awarded the Ken Domon Award at the second youngest age in history.
Chronology
1964 - Born in Tokyo, Japan.
1993 - Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Yokohama, Japan.
1993 - Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Yokohama, Japan.
Publications
2023 -“Medeia 2.0 ISSUE N°03 Osamu Kanemura” INDIGO CO., LTD.
2023 -“Tombstone Pile Driver” LibroArte
2023 -“Total Multimedia Life” KILLER AGENT
2022 -“Vanish Point Death” KILLER AGENT
2022 -“God Only Speed Knows” KILLER AGENT
2021 -“Lead-palsy Terminal” paper company
2020 -“Shrimp Cocktail President” KILLER AGENT
2020 -“MARSHMALLOW BRAIN WASH” KILLER AGENT
2019 -“Beta Exercise: The Theory and Practice of Osamu Kanemura” punctum books, New York(Essay)
2017 - “CONCRETE OCTOPUS” Pierre von Kleist Editions, Osiris
2017 - “Life is a Gift” Osiris(DVD)
2017 - “A History of Photography that Provokes” (co-authored with Kenji Takazawa), Heibonsha
2016 - “Dead-Stock Landing” Osiris(DVD)
2016 - “Successive Sliding of Pleasure” Only Photography, Berlin
2015 - “Come to Life Again” LampLighters’Label
2014 - “ECTOPLASM PROFILING” LibroArte
2014 - “Elvis the Positive Thinking Pelvis” Osiris(DVD)
2012 - “Suzy Cream Oil Cheese” Superlab
2010 - “Stravinsky Overdrive” Superlab
2009 - “Zenshinkairakusyashinka” Doyukan(Essay)
2008 - “German Suplex” Osiris
2007 - “My Name is Shockhammer” Osiris
2005 - “In-between 12 Osamu Kanemura: Germany, Finland” EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee
2001 - “I Can Tell” Haga Shoten
2001 - “Spider′s Strategy” Osiris
2000 - “Happiness is a Red before Exploding” Wides Shuppan
1999 - “Osamu Kanemura” Yumiko Chiba Associates
1995 - “Mole Unit No.4 Crash landing” Mole
2023 -“Tombstone Pile Driver” LibroArte
2023 -“Total Multimedia Life” KILLER AGENT
2022 -“Vanish Point Death” KILLER AGENT
2022 -“God Only Speed Knows” KILLER AGENT
2021 -“Lead-palsy Terminal” paper company
2020 -“Shrimp Cocktail President” KILLER AGENT
2020 -“MARSHMALLOW BRAIN WASH” KILLER AGENT
2019 -“Beta Exercise: The Theory and Practice of Osamu Kanemura” punctum books, New York(Essay)
2017 - “CONCRETE OCTOPUS” Pierre von Kleist Editions, Osiris
2017 - “Life is a Gift” Osiris(DVD)
2017 - “A History of Photography that Provokes” (co-authored with Kenji Takazawa), Heibonsha
2016 - “Dead-Stock Landing” Osiris(DVD)
2016 - “Successive Sliding of Pleasure” Only Photography, Berlin
2015 - “Come to Life Again” LampLighters’Label
2014 - “ECTOPLASM PROFILING” LibroArte
2014 - “Elvis the Positive Thinking Pelvis” Osiris(DVD)
2012 - “Suzy Cream Oil Cheese” Superlab
2010 - “Stravinsky Overdrive” Superlab
2009 - “Zenshinkairakusyashinka” Doyukan(Essay)
2008 - “German Suplex” Osiris
2007 - “My Name is Shockhammer” Osiris
2005 - “In-between 12 Osamu Kanemura: Germany, Finland” EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee
2001 - “I Can Tell” Haga Shoten
2001 - “Spider′s Strategy” Osiris
2000 - “Happiness is a Red before Exploding” Wides Shuppan
1999 - “Osamu Kanemura” Yumiko Chiba Associates
1995 - “Mole Unit No.4 Crash landing” Mole
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 - ‘Can I Help Me?’ MEM, Tokyo, Japan.
2022 - ‘Sold Out Artist,’ CAVE-AYUMIGALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.
2022 - ‘God Only Speed Knows,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2021 - ‘Looper Syndicate,’ dieFirma, New York, the USA.
2021 - ‘Lead-palsy Terminal,’ Alt_Medium, Tokyo, Japan.
2020 - ‘Copyright Liberation Front,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 - ‘Voodoo Doughnut,’ gallery 176, Osaka.
2019 - ‘Suck Social Stomach,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo.
2018 - ‘Marshmallow Brain Wash,’ ‘Killing Agent,’ HIJU GALLERY, Osaka.
2018 - ‘Shrimp Cocktail President,’ The White, Tokyo.
2018 - ‘Do not resuscitate,’ MUNO, Aichi.
2018 - ‘Living Dead Suside,’ RAINROOTS, Aichi.
2013 - “Hindenburg Omen” photographers' gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2012 - “Howling Smack Wolf” photographers' gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2012 - “HUMAN NOISE AMPLIFIER” BLD Gallery,Tokyo.
2011 - “Kawasaki Brötzmann 2002-2007” Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino,Kanagawa.
2011 - “Alice In Butcher Land” photographers” gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2011 - “White Rabbit Opium Dream” Broiler Space,Tokyo.
2011 - “Korean Route” Place M + Mini Gallery, Tokyo.
2011 - “Uncle Zyanose Meat” GALLERY mestalla, Tokyo.
2010 - “Butterfly Sandwich” Ogu Mag, Tokyo.
2010 - “Sunny Side of Suicide” Broiler Space, Tokyo.
2009 - “China White” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo.
2008 - “Spider’s Strategy” GunGallery, Stockholm.
2007 - “Dante Lobster” void+, Tokyo.
2007 - “My Name is Shockhammer” Port Gallery T, Osaka.
2007 - “Spider’s Strategy” Cohen Amador Gallery, New York.
2005 - “Chinese Rocks” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo.
2004 - “13th Floor Elevator over the Hill” Chukyo University Art Gallery C-Square, Nagoya, Japan.
2003 - “Suzy Cream Oil Cheese” White Cube Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
2002 - “Stravinsky Overdrive” Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2000 - “Black Parachute Ears 1999” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo (The 19th Ken Domon Prize Exhibition)
2022 - ‘Sold Out Artist,’ CAVE-AYUMIGALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.
2022 - ‘God Only Speed Knows,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2021 - ‘Looper Syndicate,’ dieFirma, New York, the USA.
2021 - ‘Lead-palsy Terminal,’ Alt_Medium, Tokyo, Japan.
2020 - ‘Copyright Liberation Front,’ The White, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 - ‘Voodoo Doughnut,’ gallery 176, Osaka.
2019 - ‘Suck Social Stomach,’ IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo.
2018 - ‘Marshmallow Brain Wash,’ ‘Killing Agent,’ HIJU GALLERY, Osaka.
2018 - ‘Shrimp Cocktail President,’ The White, Tokyo.
2018 - ‘Do not resuscitate,’ MUNO, Aichi.
2018 - ‘Living Dead Suside,’ RAINROOTS, Aichi.
2013 - “Hindenburg Omen” photographers' gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2012 - “Howling Smack Wolf” photographers' gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2012 - “HUMAN NOISE AMPLIFIER” BLD Gallery,Tokyo.
2011 - “Kawasaki Brötzmann 2002-2007” Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino,Kanagawa.
2011 - “Alice In Butcher Land” photographers” gallery,KULA PHOTO GALLERY,Tokyo.
2011 - “White Rabbit Opium Dream” Broiler Space,Tokyo.
2011 - “Korean Route” Place M + Mini Gallery, Tokyo.
2011 - “Uncle Zyanose Meat” GALLERY mestalla, Tokyo.
2010 - “Butterfly Sandwich” Ogu Mag, Tokyo.
2010 - “Sunny Side of Suicide” Broiler Space, Tokyo.
2009 - “China White” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo.
2008 - “Spider’s Strategy” GunGallery, Stockholm.
2007 - “Dante Lobster” void+, Tokyo.
2007 - “My Name is Shockhammer” Port Gallery T, Osaka.
2007 - “Spider’s Strategy” Cohen Amador Gallery, New York.
2005 - “Chinese Rocks” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo.
2004 - “13th Floor Elevator over the Hill” Chukyo University Art Gallery C-Square, Nagoya, Japan.
2003 - “Suzy Cream Oil Cheese” White Cube Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
2002 - “Stravinsky Overdrive” Hippolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2000 - “Black Parachute Ears 1999” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo (The 19th Ken Domon Prize Exhibition)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - ‘Photography Mine,’ Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan.
2023 - ‘MOVING IMAGES,’ IG PHOTO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.
2023 - ‘The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023,’ Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2020 - ‘imshow,’ Kanzan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 - ‘DECODE / Events & Materials, The Work of Art in the Age of Post-Industrial Society,’ The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
2019 - ‘Hanran: 20th-Century Japanese Photography,’ National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
2018 - ‘Asama International Photo Festival,’ PHOTO MIYOTA, Japan.
2018 - ‘Yokohama Museum of Art Collection,’ ARTS MAEBASHI, Japan.
2018 - ‘Modern Art Recisited: from the Collection of Fukuoka Art Museum,’ Tottori Prefectural Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Japan.
2017 - ‘The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art : Collection 2016 Part3,’ Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan.
2016 - ‘Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now,’ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S.
2023 - ‘MOVING IMAGES,’ IG PHOTO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.
2023 - ‘The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023,’ Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2020 - ‘imshow,’ Kanzan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 - ‘DECODE / Events & Materials, The Work of Art in the Age of Post-Industrial Society,’ The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
2019 - ‘Hanran: 20th-Century Japanese Photography,’ National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
2018 - ‘Asama International Photo Festival,’ PHOTO MIYOTA, Japan.
2018 - ‘Yokohama Museum of Art Collection,’ ARTS MAEBASHI, Japan.
2018 - ‘Modern Art Recisited: from the Collection of Fukuoka Art Museum,’ Tottori Prefectural Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Japan.
2017 - ‘The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art : Collection 2016 Part3,’ Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan.
2016 - ‘Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now,’ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S.
Awards
1997 - Received the New Photographer Prize, the Photographic Society of Japan Award.
1997 - Received the New Photographer Prize, the 13th Higashikawa International Photography Festival.
2000 - Received the 19th Ken Domon Prize.
1997 - Received the New Photographer Prize, the 13th Higashikawa International Photography Festival.
2000 - Received the 19th Ken Domon Prize.
Collections
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama. Japan; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo; Higashikawa Cultural Gallery, Higashikawa; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Domon Ken Photography Museum, Sakata; Benesse Corporation, Naoshima; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
