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Yoshinori Mizutani

    YUSURIKA
    About Yoshinori Mizutani

    1987   Born in Fukui Pref, Japan.
    Lives and works in Tokyo.

    EDUCATION
    2012    Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography
    2010    Graduated from Nihon University Collage of Economics

    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2016    HANON,  IMA CONCEPT STORE , Tokyo
    2016    Rain, webber gallery, London
    2016    COLORS - YUSURIKA, aura gallery, Beijing
    2016    SAKURA, ibasho gallery, Antwerp
    2016    TOKYO PARROTS | COLORS | Paris, ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE / GINZA, Tokyo
    2015    Tokyo Parrots–Yusurika–Moonlight, Galerie Au Premier, Zurich,  Switzerland
    2015    YUSURIKA, IMA Gallery , Tokyo
    2015    TOKYO PARROTS, aura gallery, Beijing 
    2015    COLORS / TOKYO PARROTS , IMA Gallery , Tokyo
     

    SELECTED GROUPE EXHIBITIONS
    2016    TRES + TRES FOTOGRAFIA, Embajada de Espana, Tokyo
    2016    Festival Photo La Gacilly, La Gacilly, France
    2015    Map of Daily Life, 7th Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui , China
    2015    TOKYO PARROTS, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography 2015, Biel/Bienne,  Switzerland
    2015    SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now, Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
    2015    Young Portfolio 2014, Kiyosato Museum of  Photographic Arts (KMoPA) , Japan
    2014    LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2014 exhibition, Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona   
    2014    Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition, Atelier Neerlandais, Paris / /East Wing Gallery, Dubai
    2014    TOKYO2020, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
    etc

    AWARDS
    2014    LensCulture  Emerging Talents Top 50
    2014    Foam Talent, Amsterdam
    2014    Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of  Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Japan
    2013    Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2013 Jury Award  (selecting judge : Taisuke Koyama), Tokyo
    2013    Japan Photo Award 2013 Jury Award  (selecting judge : Ivan Vartanian), Tokyo
    2012    Awarded Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2012, Tokyo
     
     
    PUBLICATION
    2016    HONON, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
    2015    YUSURIKA, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
    2015    COLORS , amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
    2014    Tokyo Parrots, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
    2014    Taxi Dirty Books, Boabooks, Genève, Switzerland

    PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTION
    Kiyosato Museum of  Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Yamanashi, Japan
    amana collection, Tokyo
    Collection de Heus-Zomer, Amsterdam
    Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
    Hermès Collection of Contemporary Photographs, Paris

    GALLERY REPRESENTATION
    IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    ibasho gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
    aura gallery, Beijing, China
    Christophe Guye Galerie,Swiss

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