Yoshinori Mizutani's (*1987, Japan) works suggest new expressive possibilities
that mix the domestic traditions of personal and street photography with
those of foreign conceptual photography.
Mizutani graduated from
the Tokyo College of Photography in 2012. He has won a number of
prestigious awards including Japan Photo Award in 2013 as well as Foam
Talent Call and Lens Culture Emerging Talents Top 50 in 2014. His series
Tokyo Parrots was on view at this years Bienne Festival of Photography
in Bienne/Switzerland. His foray into photography is fairly recent, he
started 5 years ago. Nonetheless, his photographs do demonstrate an
innate understanding of how forms, colours, textures and depth translate
to the pictoral plane. He is working with a visual vocabulary that has
been well established by the work of many photographers active today.
Mizutani’s work serves as a good gauge of the visual tropes and
photographic styles that are prevalent among young photographers in
Tokyo.
„The themes of my work are the everyday and the familiar. What is familiar to me, however, could be new to the viewer. It could also be revelatory or something previously overlooked. It is the viewers’ varied responses to and interpretations of images, which makes photography interesting." – Yoshinori Mizutani
Education
2010
Graduated from Nihon University Collage of Economics, Japan
2012
Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
2022
"Voices of flowers" Chayamachi Applause, Osaka, Japan
2021
"L'oiseau bleu" United Nations Genève, Genève
2020
"Birds" Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
“HDR nature” IMA gallery, Toyko, Japan
“Sakura/Moonlight, IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017
„Couleurs Tokyoïtes“ Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris, France
2016
„Yoshinori Mizutani“ cm2gallery, Milan, Italy
„HANON“ IMA CONCEPT STORE, Tokyo, Japan
„Rain“ webber gallery, London, Great Britain
„COLORS – YUSURIKA“ aura gallery, Beijing, China
„SAKURA“ ibasho gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
„Yoshinori Mizutani 2010–14“ Tokyo Art Coordination, Tokyo, Japan
„TOKYO PARROTS | COLORS | Paris“ ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE / GINZA, Tokyo, Japan
2015
„Tokyo Parrots–Yusurika–Moonlight“ Galerie Au Premier, Zurich, Switzerland
„Yusurika“ IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
„Tokyo Parrots“ Aura Gallery, Beijing, China
„Yoshinori Mizutani“ (Pop Up Exhibition) Graanmarkt 13, Antwerp, Belgium
„Colors / Tokyo Parrots“ IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected group exhibitions
2023
"Breda Photo Festival" Netherlands
"Prix Pictet Fire & Water Exhibition" TOP museum, Tokyo. Japan
2022
"Des oiseaux" Hangar Photo Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
"Photoville festival 2022" Brooklyn Bridge Park, NY, USA
"Des oiseaux" Toulouse, France
"Capture photography Festival" Canada
2021
"T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO" Tokyo, Japan
"6 STORIES" Higashikawa Bunka gallery, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
"Beginnings, Forever" Museum of Photographic Arts(MOPA), San Diego, USA
2020
"PEP (Paris Expériences Photos)" Paris, France
2019
"Asama International Photo Festival Miyota" Nagano, Japan
"The Photaumnales festival" France
"NEKO project" IBASHO gallery, Antwerp, Netherlands
2018
"Kachō-ga. The Poetry of Japanese Nature" Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Netherlands
"NONIO ART WAVE" ZeroBase Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
"Seoul Photo Festival" Seoul, South Korea
"Provoke 2.0" Festiwal Fotografii Plener, Poland
"Photo Phnom Penh Festival" Phnom Penh, Cambodia
"Asama International Photo Festival" Miyota, Nagano, Japan
"GETXOPHOTO Festival" Getxo, Basque
"TSUKA 塚" CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY (CCP), Australia
"Weather" D museum, Seoul, South Korea
2017
"Urban Wildlife" Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany
"FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFICO EUROPEO" Milan, Italy
„the amana collection 'new photography' “, IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
„Tennoz Canal Autumn Festival“ Tennoz Isle, Tokyo, Japan
„Urban Green“ More Than A Gallery, Paris, France
„Seoul Lunar Photo Festival 2016“ Seoul, South Korea
„Fake Romanticism“ The Grand Summit, Beijing, China
„Tennoz Canal Summer Festival“ Tennoz Isle, Tokyo, Japan
„ASYAAF & Hidden Artists Festival 2016“ DDP, Seoul, South Korea
„TRES + TRES FOTOGRAFIA“ Embajada de Espana, Tokyo, Japan
„IMA gallery collection“ IMA CONCEPT STORE, Tokyo, Japan
„Festival Photo La Gacilly“ La Gacilly, France
„Map of Daily Life“ TAFA (Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Gallery), Tianjin, China
„Near Future Art / DOORS“ Istan Shinjuku 7F, Tokyo, Japan
2015
„Map of Daily Life“ 7th Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui, China
„Tokyo Parrots“ Biel Festival of Photography 2015, Biel, Switzerland
„Another Room“ Ima Concept Store (IMA gallery), Tokyo, Japan
„Summer Exhibition 2015“ ibasho gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
„SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now“ Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, China
„Young Portfolio 2014“ Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Japan
„New Japanese Photography“ Doomed Gallery2, London, Great Britain
„Lumix Meets by Japanese Photographers#2“ Ima Concept Store, Tokyo, Japan
2014
„Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition“ East Wing Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
„LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2014 exhibition“ Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain
„Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition“ Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
„Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition“ Atelier Neerlandais, Paris, France
„Tokyo 2020“ Christophe Guye Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
„Tokyo2020 By Japanese Photographers“ 1 Rue Richelieu, Paris / Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan
2010
„Those Born From Room“ Count Down Gallery Momozonogaro, Tokyo, Japan
2011
„These Days“ Gallery Mestalla, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
2014
LensCulture Emerging Talents Top 50
Foam Talent, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Japan
2013
Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2013 Jury Award (selecting judge : Taisuke Koyama), Japan
Japan Photo Award 2013 Jury Award (selecting judge: Ivan Vartanian), Tokyo, Japan
2012
Awarded Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2012, Tokyo, Japan
Collection
Amana Photo Collection, Tokyo
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Japan
