Miwa YANAGI
やなぎみわ
Born in Kobe City. Education : Kyoto City University of Arts. Lives in Kyoto.
Create The "My Grandmothers" series which visualize the self-perceived notions of several young women when asked to imagine what type of woman they themselves might become fifty years later.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 - “Miwa Yanagi-Sammlung Deutsche Bank” Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
2005 - “The Incredible Tale of the Innocent Old Lady and the Heartless Young Girl” Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2005 - “Madame Comet” Yurinso,Ohara museum of Art, Okayama
2007 - “Miwa Yanagi” Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2008 - “Miwa Yanagi” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2009 - “My Grandmothers” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum f Photography, Tokyo
2009 - “Windswept Women-The Old Girls' Troupe” 53rd Venezia Biennale, Japan pavilion, Italy
2009 - “Po-Po Nyang-Nyang!” The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2005 - “The Incredible Tale of the Innocent Old Lady and the Heartless Young Girl” Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2005 - “Madame Comet” Yurinso,Ohara museum of Art, Okayama
2007 - “Miwa Yanagi” Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2008 - “Miwa Yanagi” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2009 - “My Grandmothers” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum f Photography, Tokyo
2009 - “Windswept Women-The Old Girls' Troupe” 53rd Venezia Biennale, Japan pavilion, Italy
2009 - “Po-Po Nyang-Nyang!” The National Museum of Art, Osaka
