Rinko Kawauchi

Born 1972, Shiga, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo.

• 1993

• Graduated Seian University of Art and Design (ex Seian Women’s College)

• 2019

• Days about Atelier Yamanami, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO (GALLERY 9.5), Kyoto / Gallery TUTUMU, Shiga

  When I was seven., agnès b. galerie boutique, Tokyo

• 2018

• Someday for Sure, Gallery TUTUMU, Shiga

  A New Day, POST, Tokyo / Orange, Kumamoto

  Halo, foto-forum, Italy

• 2017

• Halo, POST, Tokyo / Morioka Shoten, Tokyo

  Halo, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich

• 2016

• 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

• Let's sing a song our bodies know, Gucci, Tokyo

  Rinko Kawauchi - Illuminance, KUNST HAUS WIEN GmbH, Vienna

• 2014

• New Pictures 9: Rinko Kawauchi, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

  Rinko Kawauchi, FoMu- FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

• 2013

• 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

• Light and Shadow, Silencio, Paris

  Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo

  Light and Shadow, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo

• 2011

• 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

• 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

• Condensation, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York

  a pause, GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi

• 2008

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• AILA, California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside

  UTATANE, Cohan and Leslie, New York

  AILA, Little More Gallery, Tokyo

• 2003

• 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

• HANABI, Little More Gallery, Tokyo

  UTATANE, Colette, Paris

• 2001

• UTATANE, Parco Gallery, Tokyo

  HANABI, Gray, Tokyo

  HANAKO, Little More Gallery, Tokyo

  HIBI, Aki-Ex Gallery, Tokyo

• 1999

• HITOIKI, Light Works, Kanagawa

• 1998

• UTATANE, Guardian Garden, Tokyo

• 2019

• 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, Tokyo

  Lianzhou Foto Festival 15th Edition, China

• 2018

• 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

• 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

• Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now, SF MOMA, San Francisco

  Genius loci – The Higashikawa Awards –, Towada Art Center, Aomori

• 2015

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Blooming: Brazil-Japan Where You Are Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

  Parrworld Haus der Kunst, Munich

• 2007

• Curator’s Choice ’07: Museum Dialogues Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo

• 2006

• 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

• Lonely Planet Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center, Mito

  AILA & UTATANE Recontres d’Arles Photographie, France

• 2003

• 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

• Kimura Iehei Award Winners Exhibition Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo

• 2000

• Hinata Kanata Landmark Tower Gallery, Kanagawa

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)

 

 

• 2019

• When I was seven., HeHe

• 2018

• A New Day, Kyuryudo

• 2017

• Halo (Aperture, NY / HeHe, Tokyo / Editions Xavier Barral, Paris)

• 2016

• The river embraced me (torch press)

• 2014

• kirakira ( with Leiko Ikemura, NOHARA)

  Gift ( with Terri Wifenback, IMA Photobooks)

• 2013

• SHEETS (kominek)

  Ametsuchi (Aperture, NY / Seigensha, Tokyo)

• 2012

• Light and Shadow (Rinko Kawauchi Office, Tokyo)

  Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow (Seigensha, Tokyo)

• 2011

• Illuminance (Aperture, NY / kehrer verlag, Germany / Editions Xavier Barral, Paris / POSTCART, Italy/ FOIL, Tokyo)

• 2010

• Murmuration (Photoworks, UK)

• 2007

• Semear (FOIL, Tokyo)

  Majun (FOIL, Tokyo)

• 2006

• Rinko Diary Ⅱ (FOIL, Tokyo)

  Rinko Diary (FOIL, Tokyo)

• 2005

• Cui Cui (FOIL + Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaim + Actes Sud)

  the eyes, the ears, (FOIL, Tokyo)

• 2004

• AILA (FOIL, Tokyo)

• 2003

• blue (Petit Grand Publishing, Tokyo)

• 2001

• UTATANE (Little More, Tokyo)

  HANABI (Little More, Tokyo)

  HANAKO (Little More, Tokyo)

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

Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto