Tomio Koyama Gallery ｜ Mika Ninagawa

1972 　Born in Tokyo, Japan
1996 　Grand prix "Hitotsuboten"
　　　　Excellent Prize "Cannon New Cosmos of Photography"
1997 　B.F.A., Graphic design, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1998 　"Konica Photo Encouragement Award"
2001 　"Kimura Ihei Award"
2006 　"Ohara Museum of Art Award" VOCA 2006 Exhibition, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

Solo Exhibitions

2008
"Mika Ninagawa x GLAMOROUS Charity Nude; photo exhibition for Pink Ribbon", Omotesando Hills West-side R-Studio, Tokyo, Japan / HERBIS PLAZA ENT 3th floor, Osaka
"Mika's, Dreaming Theater", PARCO FACTORY, Shibuya Tokyo (Mar.20 - Apr. 7)
Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan (Mar.27 - May.11)
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery、Tokyo, Japan (Nov.1 - Dec.28)

2007
"Mika Ninagawa Exhibition" Arndt & Partner Berlin, Berlin, Germany
"Mika Ninagawa" Colette, Paris, France
"girls’holiday!" LAPNET SHIP, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
"CELINE meets Mika Ninagawa" Isetan Main Building The Stage, Tokyo, Japan
"Everlasting Flowers" Galleria MICIA, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
"girls' holiday" PARCO Shizuoka, SQUARE6, Shizuoka, Japan
"NINAGAWA WOMAN" Omotesando Hills Space [O:], Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

2006
"Everlasting Flowers 1" Tokyo Wonder Site Sibuya, Tokyo, Japan
"Everlasting Flowers 2" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan <Press Release>

2005
"MIKA NINAGAWA PHOTO EXHIBITION IN LONDON 2005" eclectic, London, UK
"floating yesterday" Gallery Speak For, Tokyo, Japan

2004
"mika over the rainbow" (Toured in Japan) Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo / HEP HALL, Osaka / Hiroshima Parco, Hiroshima / Nagoya Takashimaya, Aichi / ARTIUM, Fukuoka, Japan
"photographs 2001-2004" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo <Press Release>

2003
"Acid Bloom" NADiff, Tokyo / gallery ROCKET, Tokyo, Japan
"Liquid Dreams" (Toured in Japan until 2004) Shibuya Parco Gallery, Tokyo / Nagoya Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

2002
"Ever Holding My Ocean" NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
"like a peach" Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo / Laroret Museum Harajuku, Tokyo / Laforet Museum, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
"MIKA NINAGAWA at ISSEY MIYAKE AOYAMA" Issei Miyake Store, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan

2001
"Maroyaka-na-dokugeshiki" Shibuya Parco Gallery, Tokyo / Nagoya Parco Gallery, Aichi, Japan

2000
"Pink Rose Suite" ROCKET、Tokyo, Japan
"Sugar and Spice" (Toured in Japan until 2001) Daikanyama Photo Gallery, Tokyo / Tank Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1999
"Baby Blue Sky" Konica Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
"Christmas at Isla Mujeres" NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
"French kiss" ROCKET, Tokyo, Japan

1997
"Walk３" Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan

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Group Exhibitions

2008
"The Masked Portrait" Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA
"JAPAN! CULTURE + HYPER CULTURE" The Kennedy Center, Grand Foyer, Wasington DC, USA
"Faithful Documents-Japanese Contemporary Photography" Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"JAPAN NOW" Inter Alia Art Company, Korea
"Review / Preview : Japanese Photographs" Gallerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany

2007
"HITOTUBO" Guardian Garden, Ginza,Tokyo, Japan
"SPACE FOR YOUR FUTURE" MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO, Kiyosumi, Tokyo, Japan

2006
"treasure" Yokohama Civil Gallery Azamino, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
"VOCA 2006" Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"IDOL!" Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
"SAKANA NO SUGATA" The Museum of Art Ehime, Ehime, Japan

2005
"Artists' Gardens - Botanical Recollections" Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2004
"HARAJUKU COLLABOーAPARTMENT 2004" Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
"TAKARAZUKA: THE LAND OF DREAMS" Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka/ Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003
"Hitotsuboten 20th Anniversary: going 1992-2002" Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
"do hope for the futre" Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
"Topics on Happiness" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
"Disney Goods Laboratory Tokyo" Gallery CLASKA, Tokyo, Japan
"KEEP IN TOUCH. POSITIONS IN JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY" Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
"take art collection 2003" Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
"Okayama City Arts Festival 2003 - LOVE PLANET" Ishii Elementary School, Okayama, Japan

2002
"The Doraemon" (Toured in Japan until 2006) Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka / Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama / Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa / Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya / Oita Art Museum, Oita / Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Shimane / Akita Senshu Museum of Art, Akita / Takaoka Art Museum, Takaoka, Toyama / Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu / Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Matsumoto, Japan
"Pingyao International Photo Festival" Pingyao Gucheng, Shanxi, China
"Futuring Power-Canon New Cosmos of Photography 10th Anniversary" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
"VERSUS EXHIBITION 02" (Toured in Japan until 2003) Nakameguro Depot, Tokyo/ Shibuya Parco Gallery, Tokyo / Nagoya Parco Gallery, Aichi, Japan

2001
"Three Rooms" Epson Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1997
"Naked Eyes" Shibuya Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Japanese New Generation Photographer" Colette, Paris, France

Books

"17 9 '97" Metalogue（February 1998）
"Baby Blue Sky" Metalogue,Japan (March 1999)
"Pink Rose Suite" Editions Treville (January 2001)
"Sugar and Spice" Kawade Shobo Shin-Sha（December 2000）
"MIKA FLOWERS" PIE BOOKS Postcard Book（Augast 2001）
"a piece of heaven" Kawade Shobo Shin-Sha (October 2002)
"like a peach" Kodansya（May 2002）
"Acid Bloom" Nazraeli Press; 1st edition (2003)
"Liquid Dreams" Editions Treville (November 2003)
"over the rainbow" Kodansya（June 2004）
"mika" Kodansya（June 2004）
"floating yesterday" Kodansha（November 2005）
"GIRLS" INFAS PUBLICATIONS (July 2005)
"Everlasting Flower" Shogakukan（November 2006)
"ANNA : Anna Tsuchiya×Mika Ninagawa" Kodansha (February 2007)
"Sakuran" Kodansha (February 2007)
"girls' holiday!" Index Communicatiions (May 2007)
"CELINE meets Mika Ninagawa" CELINE (2007/05)
"prints21 2007 Autumn, a feature on Mika Ninagawa" prints21; quarterly magazine (June 2007)

Web

＜artist website＞ninamika.com http://ninamika.com

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