Naoki ISHIKAWA
石川直樹
Born in Tokyo in 1977. A photographer. Ph.D. in Fine Art, Tokyo University of the Arts. He has been publishing his works of his creation, traveling all corners of the globe from rural areas to megacities. He was awarded with The Domon Ken Award in 2011 for “CORONA” (Seidosha) and with Lifetime Achievement Award of The Photographic Society Award in 2020 for his “EVEREST” (CCC Media House) and “Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes” (Shogakukan).
Chronology
1977 - Born in Tokyo, Japan
2002 - Waseda University, Tokyo, B.F.A.
2005 - Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A.
2008 - Tokyo University of the Arts, Ph.D.
Lives and works in Tokyo
2002 - Waseda University, Tokyo, B.F.A.
2005 - Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A.
2008 - Tokyo University of the Arts, Ph.D.
Lives and works in Tokyo
Publications
2003 - "POLE TO POLE" Chuokoron-shinsha, Japan
2005 - "THE VOID" knee high media japan, Japan
2007 - "NEW DIMENSION" AKAAKA Art Publishing, Japan
2007 - "POLAR" Little More, Japan
2008 - "VERNACULAR" AKAAKA Art Publishing, Japan
2008 - "Mt. Fuji" Little More, Japan
2009 - "ARCHIPELAGO" Shueisha, Japan
2010 - "CORONA" Seidosha, Japan
2013 - "Lhotse" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Qomolangma" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Manaslu" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Makalu" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Kunisaki Peninsula" Seidosha, Japan
2014 - "HAIR" Seidosha, Japan
2015 - "SAKHALIN" amana, Japan
2015 - "KATA and SATOYAMA" Seidosha, Japan
2015 - "K2" SLANT, Japan
2016 - "DENALI" SLANT, Japan
2017 - "Shiretoko Peninsula" The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Japan
2017 - "Svalbard" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "Ryusei no Shima" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Hokkaido" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Akita" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Niigata" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Tokyo" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Oita" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "NIPPON Yamaguchi" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "NIPPON Ishikawa" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "Ama Dablam" SLANT, Japan
2019 - "Naoki Ishikawa – The Himalayas" TOO MUCH Magazine, Japan
2019 - "Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet" Little More, Japan
2019 - "Gasherbrum II" SLANT, Japan
2019 - "Kagoshima Archipelago" FCR, Japan
2019 - "MAREBITO" SHOGAKUKAN, Japan
2019 - "EVEREST" CCC Media House, Japan
2019 - "EVEREST / K2" CCC Artlab, Japan
2020 - "SHERPA" TOO MUCH Magazine＋THE NORTH FACE, Japan
2020 - "TOKYO The City Where I Was Born" Errand Press, Japan
2021 - "OKUNOTO PENINSULA" Seidosha, Japan
2022 - "MOMENTUM" Seidosha, Japan
2022 - "STREETS ARE MINE" DAIWASHOBO, Japan
2022 - "Kangchenjunga" POST-FAKE, Japan
2022 - "Manaslu 2022 edition" SLANT, Japan
2005 - "THE VOID" knee high media japan, Japan
2007 - "NEW DIMENSION" AKAAKA Art Publishing, Japan
2007 - "POLAR" Little More, Japan
2008 - "VERNACULAR" AKAAKA Art Publishing, Japan
2008 - "Mt. Fuji" Little More, Japan
2009 - "ARCHIPELAGO" Shueisha, Japan
2010 - "CORONA" Seidosha, Japan
2013 - "Lhotse" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Qomolangma" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Manaslu" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Makalu" SLANT, Japan
2014 - "Kunisaki Peninsula" Seidosha, Japan
2014 - "HAIR" Seidosha, Japan
2015 - "SAKHALIN" amana, Japan
2015 - "KATA and SATOYAMA" Seidosha, Japan
2015 - "K2" SLANT, Japan
2016 - "DENALI" SLANT, Japan
2017 - "Shiretoko Peninsula" The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Japan
2017 - "Svalbard" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "Ryusei no Shima" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Hokkaido" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Akita" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Niigata" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Tokyo" SUPER LABO, Japan
2018 - "NIPPON Oita" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "NIPPON Yamaguchi" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "NIPPON Ishikawa" SUPER LABO, Japan
2019 - "Ama Dablam" SLANT, Japan
2019 - "Naoki Ishikawa – The Himalayas" TOO MUCH Magazine, Japan
2019 - "Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet" Little More, Japan
2019 - "Gasherbrum II" SLANT, Japan
2019 - "Kagoshima Archipelago" FCR, Japan
2019 - "MAREBITO" SHOGAKUKAN, Japan
2019 - "EVEREST" CCC Media House, Japan
2019 - "EVEREST / K2" CCC Artlab, Japan
2020 - "SHERPA" TOO MUCH Magazine＋THE NORTH FACE, Japan
2020 - "TOKYO The City Where I Was Born" Errand Press, Japan
2021 - "OKUNOTO PENINSULA" Seidosha, Japan
2022 - "MOMENTUM" Seidosha, Japan
2022 - "STREETS ARE MINE" DAIWASHOBO, Japan
2022 - "Kangchenjunga" POST-FAKE, Japan
2022 - "Manaslu 2022 edition" SLANT, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 - "POLAR" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2010 - "ARCHIPELAGO" Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa
2011 - "8848" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2015 - "Across Borders:" Royal Alberta Museum, Canada / Hokkaido Museum, Hokkaido
2015 - "K2" CHANEL NEXUS HALL, Tokyo
2019 - "Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2021 - "JAPONÉSIA" Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil
2022 - "MOMENTUM" Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2010 - "ARCHIPELAGO" Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa
2011 - "8848" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2015 - "Across Borders:" Royal Alberta Museum, Canada / Hokkaido Museum, Hokkaido
2015 - "K2" CHANEL NEXUS HALL, Tokyo
2019 - "Capturing the Map of Light on This Planet" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2021 - "JAPONÉSIA" Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil
2022 - "MOMENTUM" Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - "Tokyo Art Meeting: Transformation" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2014 - "anima on photo" UNSEEN, Netherlands
2015 - "to the north, from here: naoki ishikawa+yoshitomo nara" The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017 - "Géants, le spectacle de la montagne Exposition" Librairie Volume, Paris
2017 - "Sequenza Sismica" Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy
2018 - "NEW PLANET PHOTO CITY–William Klein and Photographers Living in the 22nd Century–" 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo
2014 - "anima on photo" UNSEEN, Netherlands
2015 - "to the north, from here: naoki ishikawa+yoshitomo nara" The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017 - "Géants, le spectacle de la montagne Exposition" Librairie Volume, Paris
2017 - "Sequenza Sismica" Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy
2018 - "NEW PLANET PHOTO CITY–William Klein and Photographers Living in the 22nd Century–" 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo
Awards
2006 - Sagamihara Emerging Photographer Incentive Award
2006 - The Annual Miki Jun Award
2008 - The Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
2008 - The Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography
2008 - The Kaiko Takeshi [Non-Fiction] Award
2009 - The Higashikawa Award,New Photographer Prize
2010 - Sagamihara Award
2011 - The Domon Ken Award
2020 - Lifetime Achievement Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
2023 - The Higashikawa Award,The Special Photographer Award
2006 - The Annual Miki Jun Award
2008 - The Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
2008 - The Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography
2008 - The Kaiko Takeshi [Non-Fiction] Award
2009 - The Higashikawa Award,New Photographer Prize
2010 - Sagamihara Award
2011 - The Domon Ken Award
2020 - Lifetime Achievement Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
2023 - The Higashikawa Award,The Special Photographer Award
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Japan
Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan
Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa, Japan
Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido, Japan
East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Niigata, Japan
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai, China
Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Japan
Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan
Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa, Japan
Higashikawa bunka gallery, Hokkaido, Japan
East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Niigata, Japan
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai, China
Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
