SHIORI KAWAMOTO

STATEMENT

Born in Kyoto, 1973.
Shiori Kawamoto is a photographer who picks photographic subjects from mainly scenes of our everyday life under the keywords ‘time’, ‘atmosphere’ and ‘the fact I was there’ over photographs. He crisscrosses borders of art, music, design, fashion and subculture and lately, he is especially interested in taking photos of AKIBA(Akihabara) and AKIBA-based idols, who work there, and these works are receiving attention.

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Shiori Kawamoto is a photographer who picks photographic subjects from mainly scenes of our everyday life under the keywords ‘time’, ‘atmosphere’ and ‘the fact I was there’ over photographs. He has a unique sense of ‘distance’ between the subject regardless of whether it is a human or scenery. Although he sometimes is evaluated as a “relaxed type” because of his style – which is as if taking one scene from our daily life with snap shot based technique regardless of locations or studios – he says “I am trying to face my subject calmly and silently.” as we can see from the title of his solo exhibition in 2008 “MIMI WO SUMASU (listen carefully)”. He crisscrosses borders of art, music, design, fashion and subculture and lately, he is especially interested in taking photos of AKIBA(Akihabara) and AKIBA-based idols, who work there, and these works are receiving attention. His activities are getting wider as ‘REAL IDOL ZUKAN’, a photo book of AKIBA-based idols taken by Kawamoto, has just been published.

BIOGRAPHY

Biography

1973
Born in Kyoto, Japan

Education

1995-7
Graduate school of Kanazawa College of Art , Kanazawa, Japan
1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan

EXHIBITIONS ＆ ART FAIRS

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011
“Dressing like men/women”, YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo, Japan
2008
“MIMI WO SUMASU”, shin-bi, Kyoto, Japan
“MIMI WO SUMASU”, YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo, Japan
2006
“The birds”, GalleryES, Tokyo, Japan
2004
“Vanishing vision”, Sfera Exhibition,Kyoto, Japan
2003
“Liquid room”, Neutron, Kyoto, Japan
2000
“Roll movie”, Gallery Hane-usagi, Kyoto, Japan
1998
“Such a KIBUN + come on baby!”, MIYABI, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
Tokyo Graphic Passport 2010 “Portfolio Viewing Award”, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2007
“EVA AT WORK”, point, Tokyo, Japan
“So many men,so many minds by YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARIES”, GalleryES, Tokyo, Japan
“Hyoriittai” produced by Kotarou Iizawa&yukari-art, Inc., Gallery ES, Tokyo, Japan
2003
“Artist By Artist”, Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2002
“group show, neoneo!”, GalleryES, Tokyo, Japan
2001
“How are you photography?” Dojidai gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1998
Group Exhibition, galleryKazu21, Kanazawa, Japan
1996
“Shibuya photo project1996”, Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Art Fairs

2009
EMERGING DIRECTORS‘ ART FAIR ULTRA 002, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2007, Tokyo, Japan
ART@AGNES 2007, Tokyo, Japan

AWARDS

Selected Awards

2010
“Tokyo Graphic Passport 2010”, Portfolio Viewing Award, nominated artist
2005
“Wonder seeds 2005”, competition for emerging new artists, nominated artist
2004
“Tokyo Competition”, BTmagazine, director Jyunji Oshigane award
“Tokyo Wonder wall”, competition for emerging new artist, nominated artist
1997
“7th ART BOX competition”, nominated artist
1996
“35th Kyoto Design Competition”, nominated artist

Commission Works

Selected Commission Works

2011
“REAL IDOL ZUKAN” (LEED Publishing Co. Ltd.,)
2008
“Kenchiku journal”, 2008′s cover photographer
2007
“ROCK IN JAPAN FES 2007”, Official photographer

Magazine

-present
“PS”(Shogakkan)、“BRUTUS”, “relax”(magazine house)、“PHat PHOTO”(CMS)、“KERA”(index)、“BTmagazine”(BSS)、“Kenchiku journal”(Kenchiku journal)、“InRed”(Takarajimasha)、“caspa!”(jive mook)、“Otonano Rock!”(Nikkei BP)、“ROCKS”(SHIBUYA PUBLISHING), etc.

Website

-present
verita, openers, ORICON STYLE, N.O.M(Nintendo Online Magazine) etc.