Mikiko Hara
Japanese photographer (born 1967)
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Mikiko Hara (原 美樹子, Hara Mikiko; born 1967) is a Japanese photographer.
Mikiko Hara | |
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原 美樹子 | |
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Alma mater | Keio University, Tokyo College of Photography |
| Known for | Photography |
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.[1][2][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.[1][2]
- Agnus Dei. Ginza Nikon Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1998.[1][2]
- Utsuro no seihō (うつろの製法). Shinjuku Konica Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2001. The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka), 2001.[1][2][7]
- Hatsugo no shūen (発語の周縁). Guardian Garden (Ginza, Tokyo), July 2004.[1][2][8]
- Hysteric Thirteen publication exhibition. Place M (Shinjuku, Tokyo), August–September 2005.[1][2][9]
- Humoresque. Appel (Kyōdō, Tokyo), 2006.[1][2]
- Blind Letter. Cohen Amador Gallery (New York), 2007.[2][10]
- Kumoma no atosaki (雲間のあとさき). 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 (プライベートルーム2 新世代の写真表現) = Private Room II: Photographs by a New Generation of Women in Japan. Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito (Mito, Ibaraki), April–June 1999.[1][2][14]
- Japan: Keramik und Fotografie: Tradition und Gegenwart. Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), January–May 2003.[15]
- Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China), 2004.[1][2]
- Nichijō kara no tabi (日常からの旅). Shinjuku Epsite (Shinjuku, Tokyo), November–December 2005. (in Japanese)[1][2][16]
- Absolutely Private: Contemporary Photography, vol 4 = 私のいる場所 新進作家展vol.4 ゼロ年代の写真論. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo), March–April 2006.[1][2][17]
- A Private History. Fotografisk Center (Copenhagen), September 2007 – January 2008.[1][2][18]
- Sangyō toshi Kawasaki no ayumi 100-nen (産業都市・カワサキのあゆみ100年). Kawasaki City Museum (Kawasaki), 2007.[1][2][19][20]
- Shashin no genzai, kako, mirai: Shōwa kara kyō made (写真の現在・過去・未来 昭和から今日まで). Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Yokohama), December 2009.[1][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
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL[25]
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)[1][2][26]
- Getty Museum[1]
Books
- Hysteric Thirteen. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2005.
- These Are Days. Tokyo: Osiris, 2014. ISBN 978-4-905254-04-1.[n 1]
- Change. New York: Gould Collection, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9973596-0-2. With a short story by Stephen Dixon, "Change." Edition of 500 copies plus 26 copies with a print.[n 2]