Rinko Kawauchi

Rinko Kawauchi Hon FRPS (川内 倫子, Kawauchi Rinko, born 1972) is a Japanese photographer.[1][2] Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life.[3][4]

Life and work

Kawauchi became interested in photography while studying at Seian College of Art and Design where she graduated in 1993. She first worked in advertising for several years before embarking on a career as a fine art photographer.

In 2001 three of her photo books were published: Hanako (a Japanese girl's name), Utatane ("catnap"), and Hanabi ("fireworks"). In the following years she won prizes for two of the books in Japan.[5] Kawauchi's art is rooted in Shinto, the ethnic religion of the people of Japan.[6] According to Shinto, all things on earth have a spirit, hence no subject is too small or mundane for Kawauchi's work. Her photographs are mostly in 6×6 format.[7] Kawauchi also composes Haiku poems.

She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2012.

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

  1. "Celebrated Japanese photographers come to London". British Journal of Photography. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. "Interview: RINKO KAWAUCHI - 川内倫子 - Photographer" (in Japanese). www.public-image.org. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. Sooke, Alastair (2006-06-06). "Joyless, creepy - and sublime". The Daily Telegraph. Her intimate imagery is worlds apart from that of her co-exhibitors: a newborn with umbilical cord still attached; a green shoot sprouting from a bulb; and, most startling, a cracked egg containing a fluffy hatchling. You come away from her gentle show refreshed.
  4. O'Hagan, Sean (2006-05-07). "Sublime to meticulousJapan's young master finds magic in bugs, clouds and trees". The Guardian. Rinko Kawauchi's subject is the everyday sublime
  5. Boris Friedewald: Women Photographers. From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman. Munich - London - New York 2014, S. 108, ISBN 978-3-7913-4814-8
  6. Boris Friedewald: Women Photographers. From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman. Munich - London - New York 2014, S. 108, ISBN 978-3-7913-4814-8
  7. "10 questions to Rinko Kawauchi about photography". http://pingmag.jp. 2006-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-12. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. http://www.lapispress.com/rinkokawauchi_detail.htm
  9. London Town
  10. "Rinko Kawauchi, 5 May - 9 July 2006, The Photographers' Gallery"
  11. Rinko Kawauchi, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo 20 jul-23 set 2007
  12. Strange & Familiar: Three Views of Brighton, Brighton Photo Biennial 2010, Oct 2nd - Nov 14th 2010
  13. http://www.foiltokyo.com/gallery/eg/pasteg.html
  14. http://traumaris.tumblr.com/
  15. http://www.aperture.org/traveling-exhibitions/rinko-kawauchi-ametsuchi/
  16. http://priskapasquer.com/rinko-kawauchi-ametsuchi-december-6-2013-march-8-2014/
  17. http://www.art-report.com/de/institution/The_Minneapolis_Institute_of_Arts_(MIA)/924
  18. http://www.lesley.edu/college-art-and-design/events/
  19. http://colissimo.jp/rizmevent/5630.htm
  20. https://www.kunsthauswien.com/en/exhibitions/current
  21. http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/in-the-wake

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