Mikiko Hara Explained
is a Japanese photographer.
Biography
Hara was born in Toyama in 1967.[1] [2] She graduated from Keio University in 1990 with a degree in literature,[3] and then studied at the Tokyo College of Photography until 1996.[4]
Photography
Using a medium-format camera, Hara takes photographs of people she encounters outside, in the train, and so forth. She said "My shooting style is so-called snapshot, so I can say all of my photographs were taken by a mere accident, . . . They are the photographs of somewhere yet nowhere."[5]
Comparing her photography with that of Rinko Kawauchi, Ferdinand Brueggeman writes
Mikiko Hara's photography is poetic as well, but she has a different topic. She talks about distance and isolation of people in public spaces – especially of women.[6]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Is as It. Gallery le Deco (Shibuya, Tokyo), 1996.
- Agnus Dei. Ginza Nikon Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1998.
- Utsuro no seihō . Shinjuku Konica Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2001. The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka), 2001.[7]
- Hatsugo no shūen . Guardian Garden (Ginza, Tokyo), July 2004.[8]
- Hysteric Thirteen publication exhibition. Place M (Shinjuku, Tokyo), August - September 2005.[9]
- Humoresque. Appel (Kyōdō, Tokyo), 2006.
- Blind Letter. Cohen Amador Gallery (New York), 2007.[10]
- Kumoma no atosaki . Gallery Tosei (Nakano, Tokyo), May 2008.[11]
- Blind Letter. Third District Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo), June 2010.[12]
- In the Blink of an Eye 1996-2009. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery (New York), September-November 2017. [13]
- Kyrie Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, September - October 2019
Other exhibitions
- Puraibētorūmu 2: Shin sekai no shashin hyōgen = Private Room II: Photographs by a New Generation of Women in Japan. Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito (Mito, Ibaraki), April - June 1999.[14]
- Japan: Keramik und Fotografie: Tradition und Gegenwart. Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), January - May 2003.[15]
- Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China), 2004.
- Nichijō kara no tabi . Shinjuku Epsite (Shinjuku, Tokyo), November - December 2005. [16]
- Absolutely Private: Contemporary Photography, vol 4 = . Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo), March - April 2006.[17]
- A Private History. Fotografisk Center (Copenhagen), September 2007 - January 2008.[18]
- Sangyō toshi Kawasaki no ayumi 100-nen . Kawasaki City Museum (Kawasaki), 2007.[19] [20]
- Shashin no genzai, kako, mirai: Shōwa kara kyō made . Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Yokohama), December 2009.[21]
- Shibui: Six Japanese Photographers 1920s - 2000. Stephen Cohen Gallery (Los Angeles), April - June 2009.[22]
- In Focus: Tokyo. J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), August–December 2014.[23] [24]
Collections
Books
- Hysteric Thirteen. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2005.
- These Are Days. Tokyo: Osiris, 2014. .[27]
- Change. New York: Gould Collection, 2016. . With a short story by Stephen Dixon, "Change." Edition of 500 copies plus 26 copies with a print.[28]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.3rddg.com/archives/hara_mikiko/index.html CV of Mikiko Hara
- http://www.tosei-sha.jp/TOSEI-NEW-HP/html/ARTISTS/j_hara.html CV of Mikiko Hara
- Web site: Waldorf . Sarah . Mikiko Hara Answers Your Questions about Photography . The Iris . The Getty . 16 October 2018 . 21 October 2014.
- http://www.tcp.ac.jp/about/graduate/ List of notable graduates
- News: These are Mikiko Hara's days. Hirsch. Caroline. 2014-10-16. The New York Times. 2017-03-08. 0362-4331.
- Ferdinand Brueggemann, "Mikiko Hara ", Japan-photo.info, 18 October 2007. Accessed 1 March 2013.
- http://www.thethirdgalleryaya.com/exhibitions/2001/12/post_12.php Exhibition notice for Utsuro no seihō at Third Gallery Aya
- http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/gg/exhibition/gg_sec_ph_200407/gg_sec_ph_200407.html Exhibition notice for Hatsugo no shūen
- http://www.placem.com/schedule/2005/20050829/20050829j_hara.html Exhibition notice for the Hysteric Thirteen show
- http://www.amadorgallery.com/Past%20Exhibitions.html List of past exhibitions
- http://www.tosei-sha.jp/TOSEI-NEW-HP/html/EXHIBITIONS/j_0805_hara.html Exhibition notice for Kumoma no atosaki
- http://www.3rddg.com/archives/hara_mikiko/20100604_0613/index.html Exhibition notice for Blind Letter
- https://www.artsy.net/show/miyako-yoshinaga-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-1996-2009 Exhibition notice for In the Blink of an Eye 1996-2009
- http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/art/proom2.html Exhibition notice for Private Room II
- http://www.art-in.de/incmu2.php?id=354;&-Deichtorhallen-JAPAN-Keramik-und-Fotografie-Tradition-und-Gegenwart-311-4503 Exhibition notice for Japan: Keramik und Fotografie
- http://www.epson.jp/katsuyou/photo/taiken/epsite/event/gallery1/05/ Exhibition notices for 2005
- http://syabi.com/e/contents/exhibition/index-747.html Exhibition notice for Absolutely Private
- http://www.photography.dk/program/japan/japanEng.html Exhibition notice for A Private History
- 飯田克志, 産業都市・川崎の１００年の変遷紹介 岡本太郎の作品やポスター、写真など２４０点, Tokyo Shinbun, 2 September 2007. Reproduced here (Japan Press Network). Accessed 1 March 2013.
- http://www.museum.or.jp/modules/im_event/?controller=event_dtl&input%5Bid%5D=43760 産業都市・カワサキのあゆみ100年 進化しつづけるモノつくりの街
- http://www.yaf.or.jp/yma/jiu/ypt/ycag.html Exhibition notice for Shashin no genzai, kako, mirai
- http://www.stephencohengallery.com/archives/2009/shibui/shibui.html Exhibition notice for Shibui
- http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/focus_tokyo/ Exhibition notice for In Focus: Tokyo
- News: These Are Mikiko Hara's Days. 16 October 2014 . 13 September 2016 . Caroline . Hirsch . .
- "Mikiko Hara," Art Institute of Chicago, https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=%22mikiko%20hara%22
- http://catalogue.bnf.fr/servlet/biblio?idNoeud=1&ID=40469869 Entry
- The publisher's page about These Are Days is here.
- The publisher's page about Change is here.
