Kazuyoshi USUI
薄井一議
1975 Born in Tokyo. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Chronology
1975 - Born in Tokyo, Japan
1998 - Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
1998 - Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
Publications
2006 - "MACARONI CHRISTIAN" Bijutsu Shuppansha, Tokyo Japan
2011 - "SHOWA 88" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2015 - "Showa92" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2019 - "Showa96" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2024 - "Showa99" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2011 - "SHOWA 88" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2015 - "Showa92" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2019 - "Showa96" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2024 - "Showa99" ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1999 - MACARONI CHRISTIAN, Konica Minolta Plaza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - SHOWA 88, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - Showa88, SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2015 - Showa92, ZEN FOTO GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2018 - Showa88-95, KKAG , Tokyo Japan
2019 - Showa96, ZEN FOTO GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2011 - SHOWA 88, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - Showa88, SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2015 - Showa92, ZEN FOTO GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2018 - Showa88-95, KKAG , Tokyo Japan
2019 - Showa96, ZEN FOTO GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
Film
2015 THE 14TH DALAI LAMASelected Group Exhibitions
1997 - Sun Marino International Photomeeting, San Marino
2000 - HUMANSCAPE, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
2003 - IN&OUT, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - EDITOR’S CHOICE Magazine editors select the most promising young photographers, RICOH RING CUBE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - SNAPS, RICOH RING CUBE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - TOKYO PHOTO, Roppongi Hills Academyhills 40, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS, THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY, London, UK
2012 - TOKYO PHOTO, Tokyo Midtown Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - 10×10 JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS,ICP-Bard MFA Studio Space, New York, USA
2013 - THE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY ARTIST, INSTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - CREATIVE©ITIES : Mapping creativity in Asia-Pacific’s cities today, P2 Warehouse , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2014 - JAPON, Abbaye St André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
2015 - The 8th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Regards Croisés < JAPON / PROVENCE > Phot'Aix 2015, Festival photographique d’Aix en Provence ,France
2015 - 40×40 , SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2016 - The 8th Gelatin Silver Session, Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, Japan
2016 - Flowers, SHADAI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - A Vision of Japan, galleri BALDER, Oslo, Norway
2017 - The 9th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - COLORS, SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2019 - The 10th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - GSS FUJIFILM ACROS × 39 Photographers, Fujifilm Square, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - HUMANSCAPE, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
2003 - IN&OUT, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - EDITOR’S CHOICE Magazine editors select the most promising young photographers, RICOH RING CUBE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - SNAPS, RICOH RING CUBE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - TOKYO PHOTO, Roppongi Hills Academyhills 40, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS, THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY, London, UK
2012 - TOKYO PHOTO, Tokyo Midtown Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - 10×10 JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS,ICP-Bard MFA Studio Space, New York, USA
2013 - THE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY ARTIST, INSTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - CREATIVE©ITIES : Mapping creativity in Asia-Pacific’s cities today, P2 Warehouse , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2014 - JAPON, Abbaye St André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
2015 - The 8th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Regards Croisés < JAPON / PROVENCE > Phot'Aix 2015, Festival photographique d’Aix en Provence ,France
2015 - 40×40 , SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2016 - The 8th Gelatin Silver Session, Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, Japan
2016 - Flowers, SHADAI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - A Vision of Japan, galleri BALDER, Oslo, Norway
2017 - The 9th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - COLORS, SHADAI GALLERY , Tokyo Japan
2019 - The 10th Gelatin Silver Session, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - GSS FUJIFILM ACROS × 39 Photographers, Fujifilm Square, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
1996 - The 18 th Fox Talbot Awards
1999 - Encouraging prize. Fuji Photo Salon New Face Prize.
2006 - Advertising photography in Japan 2006, Grand Prize. (Japan Advertising Photographer’s Association)
2011 - Advertising photography in Japan 2011, Grand Prize. (Japan Advertising Photographer’s Association)
2012 - Kassel International Photobook Festival ,Nomination/ Le Bal, Paris, France
2016 - 41st Kimura Ihei Award, Nomination/ Asahi Shimbun Company, Japan
1999 - Encouraging prize. Fuji Photo Salon New Face Prize.
2006 - Advertising photography in Japan 2006, Grand Prize. (Japan Advertising Photographer’s Association)
2011 - Advertising photography in Japan 2011, Grand Prize. (Japan Advertising Photographer’s Association)
2012 - Kassel International Photobook Festival ,Nomination/ Le Bal, Paris, France
2016 - 41st Kimura Ihei Award, Nomination/ Asahi Shimbun Company, Japan
Collections
Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
The Amana Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
The Amana Collection, Tokyo, Japan
