Taro KARIBE
苅部太郎
Born 1988 in Aichi. Tokyo-based Artist/ Photographer.
His research in ‘general systems theory’ led him to an interest in the "invisible pattern structure" that surrounds our lives, and after crossing the fields of psychology, HIV/AIDS eradication (UK/South Africa), finance, and IT, he began expressing himself in photography. His photographic skills were acquired through working as an assistant to several photographers, including Harry Gruyaert/Magnum Photos.
His work takes the complex aspects of today's reality back to the roots of media technology and perceptual systems to re-grasp them. His methods have been applied to journalism in disaster-stricken and conflict areas and documentaries that capture people's relationship with artifacts, and now to the subjective visual world of Holos (Planetary Intelligence), which is formed through the interaction of technology and people, and his works on the "experience of seeing things" from different angles.
Chronology
2020-2023 - RAM Association/ Graduate school of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts (Non-degree program)
2018 - Eddie Adams WorkshopXXX, NY, USA
2016 - RPS Photobook Masterclass w/ Heijdens Karwei and Yumi Goto
2007-2012 - BA Psychology, Nanzan University, Aichi, Japan
2010 - College for International Cooperation and Development, UK/ South Africa
2018 - Eddie Adams WorkshopXXX, NY, USA
2016 - RPS Photobook Masterclass w/ Heijdens Karwei and Yumi Goto
2007-2012 - BA Psychology, Nanzan University, Aichi, Japan
2010 - College for International Cooperation and Development, UK/ South Africa
Publications
2024 - Typical World, bookshop M, Japan
2023 - Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, Troublemakers Publishing, Japan
2019 - Saori, Artist book, Japan
2018 - Life-Forms, Artist book, Japan,
2017 - Plastic Reincarnation, Artist book, Japan
2023 - Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, Troublemakers Publishing, Japan
2019 - Saori, Artist book, Japan
2018 - Life-Forms, Artist book, Japan,
2017 - Plastic Reincarnation, Artist book, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, Mynavi Art Square, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - 電子的穴居人 Electric Caveman, PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan
2023 - Electric Caveman, HECTARE, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - 沙織 Saori, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival/ KG+ SELECT, 2021 - Sanjo Ryogaecho Building, Kyoto, Japan
2020 - Age of Photon/ INCIDENTS, IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Regarding the Shadows of Others, Libris Kobaco, Fukuoka, Japan
2019 - Saori, Hyakunen, Tokyo, Japan.
2018 - Saori, Head On Photofestival, Paddington town hall, Sydney, Australia
2018 - Letters To You, Yakushima International Photo Festival, Yakushima Island, Japan
2017 - Plastic Reincarnation, &Lounge Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - 電子的穴居人 Electric Caveman, PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan
2023 - Electric Caveman, HECTARE, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - 沙織 Saori, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival/ KG+ SELECT, 2021 - Sanjo Ryogaecho Building, Kyoto, Japan
2020 - Age of Photon/ INCIDENTS, IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Regarding the Shadows of Others, Libris Kobaco, Fukuoka, Japan
2019 - Saori, Hyakunen, Tokyo, Japan.
2018 - Saori, Head On Photofestival, Paddington town hall, Sydney, Australia
2018 - Letters To You, Yakushima International Photo Festival, Yakushima Island, Japan
2017 - Plastic Reincarnation, &Lounge Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - Rui YAMAGATA + Taro KARIBE, 暗箱間航行術 Inter Black Box Navigation/ Measure, Draw, Map, Code, 229, Tokyo, Japan
2024 - Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, Newzealand
2023 - ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2023 PHOTO MIYOTA, Nagano, Japan
2023 - Kathleen Reilly + Taro Karibe "Through the Garden Window, The Dew on the Grass", Cale, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - 'ANB Open Studio vol.3', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - 'Platform 29.8', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - RAM PRACTICE 2021, Tokyo University of the Arts, Yokohama, Japan (As collective "AdMornings" )
2018 - 1_WALL Finalist Exhibition, Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - 'LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6' Exhibition, Unseen, Amsterdam/
2018 - Photo Saint Germain, Paris/ IMA Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photo Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 - Month of photography Denver, Colorado
2017 - Mt.Rokko International Photography Festival, KIITO, Kobe, Japan
2017 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paris, France
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 - Tempus/Locus, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2015 - SWPA exhibition, SONY imaging gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - SWPA exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK
2024 - Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, Newzealand
2023 - ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2023 PHOTO MIYOTA, Nagano, Japan
2023 - Kathleen Reilly + Taro Karibe "Through the Garden Window, The Dew on the Grass", Cale, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - 'ANB Open Studio vol.3', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - 'Platform 29.8', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - RAM PRACTICE 2021, Tokyo University of the Arts, Yokohama, Japan (As collective "AdMornings" )
2018 - 1_WALL Finalist Exhibition, Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - 'LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6' Exhibition, Unseen, Amsterdam/
2018 - Photo Saint Germain, Paris/ IMA Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photo Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 - Month of photography Denver, Colorado
2017 - Mt.Rokko International Photography Festival, KIITO, Kobe, Japan
2017 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paris, France
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 - Tempus/Locus, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2015 - SWPA exhibition, SONY imaging gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - SWPA exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK
Awards
2024 - Japan Photo Award Elisa Medde Prize, Japan
2024 - MAST Photography Grant, nominated, Italy
2023 - 'Favorite Photobooks 2023', Lensculture, US
2022 - Tokyo Frontline Photo Award, Takashi Kawashima Jury Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - IMA next, Erik Kessels Prize, Short Listed, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee, Amsterdam, Netherland
2019 - Photobook in Progress 3rd place, Czech
2018 - 1_Wall Finalist, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - Kolga Photo Award Finalist, Georgia
2018 - Associated Press Award/ Eddie Adams Workshop, NY
2017 - PDN Photo Annual Photojournalism/Photo documentary category, NY
2017 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris People category Bronze prize, Paris, France
2016 - Critical Mass 2016 Top50, NY
2016 - Poland Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Finalist, Poland
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Shortlisted, Japan
2015 - Fuji Award/ Magnum WS, Tokyo
2014 - Sony World Photography Awards National Award second place, NY
2024 - MAST Photography Grant, nominated, Italy
2023 - 'Favorite Photobooks 2023', Lensculture, US
2022 - Tokyo Frontline Photo Award, Takashi Kawashima Jury Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - IMA next, Erik Kessels Prize, Short Listed, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee, Amsterdam, Netherland
2019 - Photobook in Progress 3rd place, Czech
2018 - 1_Wall Finalist, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - Kolga Photo Award Finalist, Georgia
2018 - Associated Press Award/ Eddie Adams Workshop, NY
2017 - PDN Photo Annual Photojournalism/Photo documentary category, NY
2017 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris People category Bronze prize, Paris, France
2016 - Critical Mass 2016 Top50, NY
2016 - Poland Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Finalist, Poland
2016 - Ueno Hikoma Award Shortlisted, Japan
2015 - Fuji Award/ Magnum WS, Tokyo
2014 - Sony World Photography Awards National Award second place, NY
Collections
2020 - Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan
2019 - Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Library, Tokyo
2018 - Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 - MoMA Library, NY
2017 - International Center of Photography Library, NY
2016 - Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2019 - Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Library, Tokyo
2018 - Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 - MoMA Library, NY
2017 - International Center of Photography Library, NY
2016 - Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
