Kazuhiko WASHIO
鷲尾和彦
Born in Hyogo, Japan.
Washio studied social science at Waseda university, After graduation, Washio have begun a self-taught photographic career.
Through long-term projects, Washio have continued to photograph the relationship between people and places. Especially both “cities” and “coastlines (oceans)” are key themes that Washio focusing on as a lifelong commitment. In the age of globalization, They can connect people , but also can isolate them at the same time and create boundaries.
As one of projects, “To the Sea” a collection of photographs taken along the coastline of Japan over 20 years, including the disaster situation after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), was published as a photo book in 2014 , with a foreword by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, a Nobel laureates in Literature. Works from this project has also been selected as one of the programs of the “Cultural Cities of East Asia” by ministers of culture from Japan, China, and Republic of Korea.
Most recently, Washio have published a photo book “Station” in 2020, portraits of refugees and migrants flooding into European cities. This project was exhibited at UK, Germany, Austria and Japan.
Publications
2017 - “Ars Electronica and the City of Linz” (Gakugei shuppan Sha)
2016 - “The Fishery” (Self publishing)
2014 - “To the Sea” (AKAAKA art publishing)
2012 - “On the Horizon” (Self Publishing)
2009 - “Hotel Fareast” (AKAAKA art publishing)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 - “Station/Moving Photographies” (Tokyo,Kyoto,Osaka,Tsukuba etc）
2018 - “Station/Station ” (Site-A Gallery Beneath the Railways, Yokohama）
2016 - “Hotel Fareast” (Gallery722,Okayama）
2016 - “A la Mer” (Espace KUU, Taisho University, Tokyo）
2015 - “Zushi” (Totora-do, Kanagawa）
2015 - “To the Sea (2014-2015)” (Gallery Seyagaya 233, Tokyo）
2015 - “High Water” (Totora-do, Kanagawa）
2015 - “To the Sea” (Gallery Coal Pit, Fukushima)
2014 - “To the Sea” (Roonee 247photography, Tokyo)
2013 - “Journey in to the Life” (Nishiwaki Hospital, Hyogo)
2012 - “On the Horizon ~ Remembrance3.11 ” (Nikon Salon, Shinjuku & Osaka)
2012 - “Wandering Souls” (Gallery TantoTempo, Kobe)
2010 - “Hotel Fareast” (Gallery AKAAKA, Tokyo)
2008 - “Hotel Fareast” (Nikon Salon, Ginza & Osaka)
2006 - “Passengers in the fareast” (Guardian Garden, Tokyo)
2005 - “Passengers in the fareast” (Roonee 247 photography, Tokyo)
2004 - “Head to the sky” (Gallery Seyagaya 233, Tokyo)
2001 - “Indian Summer” (Gallery Kowa, Tokyo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 - “Station and Circus – Intersecting Sounds and Images” (with Daiho Soga/ CINEMA dub MONKS, CINEMA AMIGO, Zushi)
2021 - “Days are woven” (SOU JR=Sojiji Station Art Project,Osaka）
2020 - “Tokyo Curiosity 2020 Shibuya” (Bunkamura The Museum, Tokyo）
2019 - “Culture City of East Asia 2019/ Incheon Asia Maritime Media Festival” (Incheon, Korea）
2018 - “Transit” exhibition for European Premiere of “#JeSuis” by Aakash Odedra Company (Birmingham Hippodrome, UK)
2018 - “Shibuya – Tokyo Curiosity” (Shibuya Hikarie 8/Cube, Tokyo)
2017 - “Seize the Uncertain Day” (Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo）
2016 - “Transit” (Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria）
2016 - “The Fishery” (rengoDMS, Tokyo, and Toba city area street exhibition）
2015 - “Athens Photo Festival Photobook exhibition” (Athens, Greece）
2014 - “La Librairie imaginaire TOKYO-GA at Paris” (GALERIE-T, Paris）
2014 - “Photographies and words” (Setagaya Life Style Design Center, Tokyo）
2013 - “Emerging Photographer’s Show” (Mt.Rokko International Photography Festival, Hyogo)
2011 - “Portraits” (Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo)
2009 - “Ulsan International Photography Festival” (Ulsan, Korea)
2008 - “5 Photographers Show” (Gallery illum, Seoul, Korea)
2006 - “The Exposed ” (CASO, Osaka)
Awards
2021 - DFA 2021 Finalist
2013 - The Galaxy Awards (commercial film category)
2006 - Photo Documentary Nippon 2006
2003 - TPCC Award (Tokyo Photographic Culture Center)
2002 - Young Portfolio Award (Kiyosato Photo Art Musium)
