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Yasutaka Kojima (b.1977, Tokyo, Japan) lives and works in Berlin. He graduated from Kokugakuin University Department of Literature and in 2006 moved to the US. Graduated from the ICP (International Center of Photography), General Studies Program, NY. Received the ICP Director’s Scholarship Award. 2011 recipient of the overseas study program for upcoming artists of the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs. In 2012 he was chosen for Photo Espana “Descubrimiento photoespaña” Participated in Künstlerhaus Bethanien International Residency Program in Berlin in 2015. Awarded Hariban Award 2022 Grand Prize. Selected recent solo exhibitions include Naka-ima | Berlin (Daitokuji, Kyoto 2023), Naka-ima | Berlin (Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo,2021) Unconscious | Berlin (Place M, 2020), Berlin (Ginza Nikon Salon, 2017), Tokyo (Ginza Nikon Salon, 2016), Tokyo | Berlin (Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2016), and selected recent group exhibitions include Tokyo Curiosity (Bunkamura The Museum, 2020), Reading Images: The Time of Photography (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2019), Tokyo Tokyo and TOKYO Contemporary Japanese Photography, vol.13(Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2016). His work is permanent collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. He is the author of three books including by Super Labo and Sokyu-sha.