Rinko Kawauchi
Born 1972, Shiga, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Education
1993
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Graduated Seian University of Art and Design (ex Seian Women’s College)
Solo Exhibitions
2019
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Days about Atelier Yamanami, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO (GALLERY 9.5), Kyoto / Gallery TUTUMU, Shiga
When I was seven., agnès b. galerie boutique, Tokyo
2018
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Someday for Sure, Gallery TUTUMU, Shiga
A New Day, POST, Tokyo / Orange, Kumamoto
Halo, foto-forum, Italy
2017
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Halo, POST, Tokyo / Morioka Shoten, Tokyo
Halo, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich
2016
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The river embraced me, Meessen De Clercq, Belgium
The rain of blessing, Gallery 916, Tokyo
The river embraced me, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
Someday for sure, Orange, Kumamoto / gallery trax, Yamanashi
Till The Day, NOMA t.d. store, Tokyo
2015
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Let's sing a song our bodies know, Gucci, Tokyo
Rinko Kawauchi - Illuminance, KUNST HAUS WIEN GmbH, Vienna
2014
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New Pictures 9: Rinko Kawauchi, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Rinko Kawauchi, FoMu- FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
2013
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Ametsuchi, Galerie Priska Parquer, Cologne
Light and Shadow, KAGIYA Building 4F Gallery, Hamamatsu
Ametsuchi, Aperture Gallery, New York / Lesley University College of Art and Design (2014)
Light and Shadow, msc Gallery, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto
Ametsuchi, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica
Illuminance, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich
2012
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Light and Shadow, Silencio, Paris
Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Light and Shadow, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo
2011
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Illuminance, Ilan Gallery, Paris
A Glimmer in Silence, FO.KU.S Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Germany
Illuminance, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo
Illuminance, Gallery at Hermès, New York
murmuration, Rose Gallery, California
2010
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the eyes, the ears, Kunstverein Augsburg e.V., Augsburg
A Glimmer in Silence, Galeria Priska Pasquer, Cologne
AILA, Seian University of Art and Design, Shiga
Iridescence, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels
Rinko Kawauchi: Transient Wonders, Everyday Bliss – Photography, Video and Slides, ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels
2009
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Condensation, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York
a pause, GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi
2008
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Rinko Kawauchi presente par Antoine de Vilmorin 77 rue des Archives. Paris. 75003, Paris
Semear, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo
UTATANE, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid
Cui Cui, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2007
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Rinko Kawauchi, Cohan and Leslie, New York
Semear, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Hasselblad Centre, Göteborg
2006
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AILA + the eyes, the ears, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, Copenhagen
AILA, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan
Rinko Kawauchi, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2005
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AILA + Cui Cui + the eyes, the ears, Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris
AILA, Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui
AILA, Cohan and Leslie, New York
Cui Cui, QUATRE Florence
2004
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AILA, California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside
UTATANE, Cohan and Leslie, New York
AILA, Little More Gallery, Tokyo
2003
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HANABI, white cube, Kyoto
HANABI, Little More Gallery, Tokyo
Blue, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo
Rinko Kawauchi, 4F Gallery, Los Angels
Wacall photo exhibition, SPIRAL GARDEN, Tokyo
UTATANE, vonrot gallery, Berlin
2002
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HANABI, Little More Gallery, Tokyo
UTATANE, Colette, Paris
2001
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UTATANE, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
HANABI, Gray, Tokyo
HANAKO, Little More Gallery, Tokyo
HIBI, Aki-Ex Gallery, Tokyo
1999
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HITOIKI, Light Works, Kanagawa
1998
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UTATANE, Guardian Garden, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2019
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CAMK Collection Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
Miffy's Field of Flowers: The World of Dick Bruna Picture Books, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
TOP Collection
Reading Images: The Time of Photography, TOP MUSEUM, TokyoLianzhou Foto Festival 15th Edition, China
2018
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Forever (and again), IZU PHOTO MUSEUM, Shizuoka
A Matter of Light, PALAZZO REALE, Milan
Asama International Photo Festival, Nagano
A Beautiful Moment, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
25th Anniversary in Gallery Trax vol.I, gallery trax, Yamanashi
Incognito: The Eye in Search, The 6th SIPF 2018 Festival, Singapore
TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2018, National Portrait Gallery, London
2017
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Prix Pictet, V&A Museum, London / CAMERA, Torino
Seize the Uncertain Day, Chinretsukan Gallery (The University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts), Tokyo
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, URANO, Tokyo
Japanorama. A new vision on art since 1970" Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
2016
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Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now, SF MOMA, San Francisco
Genius loci – The Higashikawa Awards –, Towada Art Center, Aomori
2015
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The Younger Generation: Contemporary Japanese Photography, The Getty Center, Los Angeles
In the Wake Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2014
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INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, SHERRICK & PAUL, BIWAKO Biennal, Shiga
Paraty en Foco en festa, Brazil
Landskrona Fotofestival 2014, Landskrona, Sweden
Photography will be, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
Gift, Exhibition with Terri Weifenbach, IMA gallery, Tokyo
“Rinko Kawauchi×NOMA t.d. ” gallery trax, Yamanashi / TRAUMARIS, Tokyo / rizm, Hyogo
VIVID MEMORIES, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
2013
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Exhibition of the 29th Higashikawa Award Winners, Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido
The Aesthetics of Photography - Five Elements Collection Exhibition 2013, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2012
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Daegu Photo Biennale 2012, Daegu, Korea
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
To Wander a Garden, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Visible / Invisible, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2011
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4th Fotofestival, Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
FotoGrafia - Festival Internazionale di Roma, Roma
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal Inward Views, Montréal, Canada
Colloquy and Soliloquy, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York
Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art curated by David Elliott Japan Society, New York
2010
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The 6th Lianzhou Photography Festival, Lianzhou, China
Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 New Documents curated by Martin Parr (Upcoming)
Summer Loves Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Kassel Fotobook Festival 2010, Documenta Halle, Kassel
2009
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Touch the World Borderless Art Museum NO-MA, Shiga, Japan
Photography Now China, Japan, Korea San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Parrworld (touring), Jeu de Paume, Paris, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
FotoGrafia Festival International in Roma Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Verdure! New Acquisitions and Related Works of the Collection Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2008
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Blooming: Brazil-Japan Where You Are Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Parrworld Haus der Kunst, Munich
2007
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Curator’s Choice ’07: Museum Dialogues Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
2006
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A to Z by Yoshitomo Nara + graf Yoshii Brick House, Aomori
PHotoEspaña 2006 Madrid
Collection of the Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain Museum Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Whisper not!, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
2004
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Lonely Planet Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center, Mito
AILA & UTATANE Recontres d’Arles Photographie, France
2003
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Love Planet The 41st Okayama City Arts Festival Program, (with Janet Carfiff & George Bures Miller, Jeanne Dunning, Tatsuo Miyajima and Rikrit Tiravanija et al), Okayama
HOPE Laforet Museum, Tokyo
FOIL Litte More Gallery, Tokyo
2002
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Kimura Iehei Award Winners Exhibition Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo
2000
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Hinata Kanata Landmark Tower Gallery, Kanagawa
Awards
The 29th Higashikawa Award, Domestic Photographer Award (2013)
Art Encourage Prize for New Artist from the Ministry of Education (2013)
The Royal Photographic Society: Honorary Fellowship (2012)
ICP 25th Annual Infinity Award, Art Category (2009)
Winner of the 27th Kimura Ihei Award (2002)
The Photographic Society of Japan, the Rookie of the Year Award (2002)
Grand Prix Prize, The Guardian Garden’s 9th Hitotsubo Award (1997)
Publications
2019
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When I was seven., HeHe
2018
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A New Day, Kyuryudo
2017
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Halo (Aperture, NY / HeHe, Tokyo / Editions Xavier Barral, Paris)
2016
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The river embraced me (torch press)
2014
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kirakira ( with Leiko Ikemura, NOHARA)
Gift ( with Terri Wifenback, IMA Photobooks)
2013
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SHEETS (kominek)
Ametsuchi (Aperture, NY / Seigensha, Tokyo)
2012
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Light and Shadow (Rinko Kawauchi Office, Tokyo)
Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow (Seigensha, Tokyo)
2011
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Illuminance (Aperture, NY / kehrer verlag, Germany / Editions Xavier Barral, Paris / POSTCART, Italy/ FOIL, Tokyo)
2010
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Murmuration (Photoworks, UK)
2007
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Semear (FOIL, Tokyo)
Majun (FOIL, Tokyo)
2006
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Rinko Diary Ⅱ (FOIL, Tokyo)
Rinko Diary (FOIL, Tokyo)
2005
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Cui Cui (FOIL + Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaim + Actes Sud)
the eyes, the ears, (FOIL, Tokyo)
2004
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AILA (FOIL, Tokyo)
2003
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blue (Petit Grand Publishing, Tokyo)
2001
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UTATANE (Little More, Tokyo)
HANABI (Little More, Tokyo)
HANAKO (Little More, Tokyo)
Collection
The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Montréal Museum, Montréal