LOOCK Galerie
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1967 born in Kobe City, Japan 
 
 
 
lives and works in Kyoto 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
completed the postgraduate course at Kyoto University of Fine Art 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOLO SHOWS (Selection) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010 
Loock Galerie, WINDSWEPT WOMEN. THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
 
Wohnmaschine, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
 
Kulturhuset Stockholm, FAIRY TALES, Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 
 
Rat Hole Gallery, LULLABY, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
2009 
53rd Venezia Biennale, WINDSWEPT WOMEN. THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Japan Pavilion, Italy 
 
 
 
National Museum of Art, PO-PO NIANG-NIANG!, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
 
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
Instituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Rome, Italy 
 
 
2008 
The Museum of Fine Arts, MIWA YANAGI - Deutsche Bank Collection, Houston, Texas, USA 
 
 
2007 
Chelsea Art Museum, MIWA YANAGI, Deutsche Bank Collection, New York, USA 
 
 
2006 
Ohara Museum of Art, MADAME COMET, Yurinso, Japan * 
 
 
 
Galería Leyendecker, SUNA ONNA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 
 
 
2005 
Wohnmaschine, FAIRY TALES, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
 
Hara Museum, MIWA YANAGI: THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF THE INNOCENT OLD LADY AND THE HEARTLESS YOUNG GIRL, Tokyo, Japan * 
 
 
 
Ohara Museum, Okahama, Japan 
 
 
 
NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, MIWA YANAGI, Düsseldorf, Germany 
 
 
 
Kunstverein Mannheim, MIWA YANAGI, Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Mannheim, Germany 
 
 
2004  
Galerie Leyendecker, Teneriffe, Canary Islands 
 
 
 
Mimoca - Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, DARKNESS OF GIRLHOOD AND LIGHTNESS OF AGING, Marugame, Japan * 
 
 
 
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, MIWA YANAGI – SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHE BANK, Bremen, Germany  
 
 
 
Deutsche Guggenheim, MIWA YANAGI, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
2003 
Wohnmaschine, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
 
Eglise Sainte Marie-Madeleine, GRANDDAUGHTERS, Lille, France 
 
 
 
Galeria Leyendecker, Teneriffe, Canarie Islands 
 
 
2002 
Kirin Plaza Gallery, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
 
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 
 
 
 
Shiseido Gallery, GRANDDAUGHTERS, Tokyo, Japan * 
 
 
 
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 
 
 
2001  
Gallery Kodama, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
2000 
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 
 
 
1999 
Gallery Kodama, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
1998 
Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany 
 
 
 
Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan * 
 
 
1997 
ART TOWER MITO critelium, Ibaragi, Japan 
 
 
1994 
Gallery Sowaka, LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STORY, Kyoto, Japan 
 
 
1993 
Art Space Niji, THE WHITE CASKET, Kyoto, Japan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GROUP SHOWS (Selection) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010 
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, PRESENTIMENT IN SUMMER VACATION, Fukushima, Japan 
 
 
 
Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, 10 Jahre PaK, Glückstadt 
 
 
 
Shiseido Gallery, TSUBAKI KAI TEN 2010 TRANSFIGURATIVE, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
2009  
Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, MERRY-GO-ROUND TWINKLING AND TWILIGHT, Kumamoto, Japan 
 
 
 
Mori Art Museum, MEDICINE AND ART, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
Kunsthaus Baselland, GOLDEN AGERS AND SILVER SURFERS, Muttenz 
 
 
 
Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, DER SCHMERZ SITZT TIEF, Rüsselsheim, Germany 
 
 
2008 
Villa Rot, INSZENIERTE WIRKLICHKEIT – URSPRUNG UND GEGENWART DER JAPANISCHEN FOTOGRAFIE: SAMMLUNG MARCH UND MIWA YANAGI, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany 
 
 
 
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, STILL/MOTION. LIQUID CRYSTAL PAINTING, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
NGBK, EIN LEBEN LANG, Berlin 
 
 
 
Shiseido Gallery, TSUBAKI-KAI, TRANS-FIGURATIVE, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
National Museum of Art, STILL/MOTION, LIQUID CRYSTAL PAINTING, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
 
ICP, HEAVY LIGHT: RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM JAPAN, New York, USA 
 
 
 
Art Gallery of Hamilton, GREAT NEW WAVE: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, Hamilton, CANADA 
 
 
 
FotoFest 2008, Houston 
 
 
2007  
Contemporary Art Museum, ATTITUDE 2007 THE HOUSE OF HUMAN BEINGS – AUTHENTICALLY BLESSED JUBILANCE, Kumamoto, Japan 
 
 
 
Stadtgalerie Schwaz, DIE KUNST DES ALTERNS, Schwaz, Österreich 
 
 
 
Brooklyn Museum of Art, GLOBAL FEMINISMS, New York, USA 
 
 
 
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
Museum Morsbroich, DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Leverkusen, Germany * 
 
 
2006  
Akademie der Künste, DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Berlin, Germany * 
 
 
 
LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 
 
 
 
6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Republic of Korea 
 
 
 
Kunstverein Hildesheim, PUBLIC/PRIVAT, Hildesheim, Germany 
 
 
 
Hara Museum, CHIKAKU - Perception, Time and Memory of Art, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, TOKYO BLOSSOMS- Deutsche Bank meets Zaha Hadid, Kawasaki, Japan 
 
 
 
Hara Museum Arc, SELECTIONS FROM THE HARA MUSEUM’S PERMANENT COLLECTION, Gunma-ken, Japan 
 
 
 
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) SLOWTECH, Taipei, Taiwan 
 
 
 
Galerie Claudia Delank, DER PALAST DER DRACHENKÖNIGIN, Cologne, Germany 
 
 
 
The National Museum of Art Osaka, COLLECTION 1, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
2005  
Kunsthaus Graz, CHIKAKU. ZEIT UND ERINNERUNGEN JAPAN, Graz, Austria * 
 
 
 
Moscow International Festival 2005, FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Moscow, Russia 
 
 
 
Palais für aktuelle Kunst, WENN SICH KEIN BLATT REGT ... NATUR UND TRÄUME IN DER AKTUELLEN JAPANISCHEN KUNST, Glückstadt, Germany * 
 
 
2004  
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, TAKARAZUKA: THE LAND OF DREAMS, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
Govett–Brewster Art Gallery, MEDIARENA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, New Zealand 
 
 
2003  
Ludwig Museum, LOCATION OF THE SPIRIT - Japanese Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary 
 
 
 
Whitney Museum of Art, THE AMERICAN EFFECT, New York, USA 
 
 
 
Museum of Fine Arts, THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY, Houston, USA 
 
 
 
Parco Gallery, GIRLS DON’T CRY, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
2002  
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, FUTURE PLAN, Hyogo, Japan 
 
 
 
Photo Espana, GIRLS VS. GRANDMOTHERS, Madrid, Spain 
 
 
 
Sydney Biennial, THE WORLD MAY BE FANTASTIC, Sydney, Australia 
 
 
 
Julia Friedman Gallery, CHAMELEON DREAMS, Chicago, USA 
 
 
2001 
Museum of Contemporary Art, NEO TOKYO: Japanese Art Now, Sydney, Australia 
 
 
 
Centro per l’Arter Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, SENRITSUMIRAI - Arte Attuale dal Giappone, Prato, Italy 
 
 
 
1st Yokohama Triennale, MEGA-WAVE, Yokohama, Japan 
 
 
 
6th Biennale de Lyon, CONNIVENCE, Lyon, France 
 
 
2000  
Montevideo Amsterdam, JAPAN MEDIUM LIGHT, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
 
 
 
Art Centrer Warszawa, GENDAI – Between the Body and Space, Warsaw, Poland 
 
 
 
Centre Georges Pompidou, ELYSIAN FIELDS, Paris, France 
 
 
 
Espasio Cultural Sergio Port, FREEZE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
 
 
1999  
Utsunomiya Museum, A SENSE OF REALITY, Utsunomiya, Japan 
 
 
 
Art Sonje Museum, FANCY DANCE—CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART AFTER 1990, Kyongju, Seoul, Korea 
 
 
 
Site SantaFe Biennal, LOOKING FOR A PLACE, SantaFe, USA 
 
 
 
Melbourne Biennial, SINGS OF LIFE, Melbourne, Australia 
 
 
 
Kwangj Museum, A WINDOW- Inside and Outside, Korea 
 
 
 
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, VISIONS OF THE BODY, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
The Ueno Royal Museum, VOCA, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
1998  
National Museum of Modern Art, TASTES AND PURSUITS, New Delhi, India 
 
 
 
Nakanoshima, TECHNO THERAPY, produced by Yasumasa Morimura, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
 
Meguro Museum of Art, ART NOW IN JAPAN AND KOREA, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
MaxMara, COAT IN ART, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
 
WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM JAPAN, 1864 - 1997 
 
 
 
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, TAIPEI BIENNIAL, Taipei, Taiwan 
 
 
 
Gallery Nikko, SUBTERRANEAN, Tokyo, Japan 
 
 
1997  
Centre Regional d`Art Contemporain, LEGENDE, Sete, France 
 
 
 
Secession, CITIES ON THE MOVE, Wien, Austria 
 
 
 
Forgfabriken, MOMENT GINZA, Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 
 
Centre Regional d`Art Contemporain, DU CONSTRUIT, DU PAYSAGE, Sete, France 
 
 
 
Kyoto Muncipal Museum of Art, FUTURE RECOLLECTIONS, Japan 
 
 
 
Kunsthalle Wien, LUST UND LEERE - Japanische Fotografie der Gegenwart, Wien, Austria 
 
 
 
Arken Museum of Modern Art Kopenhagen, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany 
 
 
1996 
Fukuoka Art Museum, OH, MY JAPANESE LANDSCAPES?, Fukoka, Japan 
 
 
 
Schirn Kunsthalle, PROSPECT '96, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany 
 
 
1995  
Osaka Contemporary Art Center, CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM GALLERYS '95, Osaka, Japan 
 
 
1994  
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, ART NOW 94, Hyogo, Japan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*catalogue 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AWARDS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2001 
Kyoto prefectural Artist Prize 
 
 
2000 
Sakuya-Konohana Prize, Osaka City 
 
 
1999 
Higashigawa Prize, Higashigawa, Hokkaido 
 
 
1999 
Kyoto City Artist Prize 
 
 
1999 
VOCA prize: The Vision of Contemporary Art, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo 
 
 
1998 
First prize: Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Award, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto 
 
 
 
Hara Museum, Tokyo 
 
 
 
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuok 
 
 
 
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aahus 
 
 
 
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt