Taishi Hirokawa

1950 Born in Zushi, Japan
   
1974 Started working as a professional photographer at Meiji University.
   
< SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS >
   
1987 "Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition", Il Diaframma Gallery Milan, Italy
  "Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition", Fnac Forum, Paris, France
  "Sonomama Sonomama", Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan
  "Sonomama Sonomama", Club Cine-Fotografico, Fiorenzola, Italy
   
1990 "Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition", Japanese Embassy Culture Center,Seoul, Korea
  Paris Month of Photography, "Taishi Hirokawa Exhibition", Sablon Gallery Paris, France
   
1994 "Still Crazy (Nuclear Power Plants as seen in Japanese Landscapes)",
  P3 art and environment, Tokyo, Japan
   
2002 "TIMESCAPES", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
   
2003 "TIMESCAPES", WHITE ROOM GALLERY, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
   
2005 "Whimsical Forces", AXIS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  "Planet Plants", AXIS Gallery ANNEX, Tokyo, Japan
   
2006 "As time is”,GALLERY 21,Tokyo,Japan
 
< SELECTED EXHIBITIONS >
   
1978 Riverside Studio, London, U.K.
   
1979 Olympus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
   
1984 Light work, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
  C.E.P.A., Buffaro, New York, U.S.A.
   
1985 Torino Fotografia '85, Torino National Libraly, Torino, Italy
   
1986 Houston Photo Fest '86, The C.G. Jung Educational Center, Houston,TX,U.S.A.
  Amsterdam Photo '86, Koopmansbeurs, Beursplein, Amsterdam, Holland
   
1987 International Month of Photography Athens, City Museum, Athens,Greece
   
1988 The Biennale of Sydney, "A view of world art", The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Australian Biennale, "A view of world art", National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
   
1989 "Portraits in Contemporary Photography", Mainz Culture Center Mainz, Germany
  The Zalsburg Festival, Gallery Fotohof, Zalsburg, Austria
  The Obero¨sterreich Landes Museum, Linz, Austria
  The Forum Fur Aktuelle Kunst, Innsbruck, Austria
  Pinacoteca Comunale, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, Italy
   
1990 "Reorienting: Looking East", Third eye Center, Glasgow, U.K.
  "Reorienting: Looking East", Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, U.K.
  Mois de la photo, Paris Grande, Arche, Paris, France
   
1994 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
   
1997 "Spilt Oil Swap Project", Yokohama Port side Gallery, Yokohama,Japan
   
2006 "Geratin Silver Session", kurkku, Japan
   
< BIBLIOGRAPHY >
   
1987 "Sonomama Sonomama" Published by Ryuko Tsushin, Tokyo, Japan
  "Fashion and Surrealsm" Edited by Richard Martin, Published by RIZZOLI newyork
   
1988 "Sonomama Sonomama" Published by Chronicle Books, U.S.A.
   
1989 "Portraits" Edited by Peter Weiermair, Published by Edition STEMMLE
   
1991 "BilderLust" Published by Editon Braus
   
1992 "Sounds From The Planet" Published by Magazine House, Tokyo, Japan
   
1994 "STILL CRAZY(Nuclear Power Plants as seen in Japanese Landscapes)"Published by Korinsya, Kyoto, Japan
   
1995 CD-ROM "Sounds From The Planet" Published by Synforest
  "Man and Writing" Published by Heibonsha, Tokyo,Japan
   
1999

"Tokyo Designers" Joint work with Yoko Otsuka, Published by Nissen Media

   
2001 "History of Modern photos", Published by Nikon Nikor-club,Tokyo,Japan
   
2002 "TIMESCAPES" Published by Aoki shoten,Tokyo,Japan
   
2005 "whimsical Forces" published by One Stroke, Japan
   
   
< AWARDS >
   
1986 Kodansya Award in Publishing And Culture: in Photography
   
1990 Advertising Photographers Association Prize
   
1996 New York A.D.C.Award
  Motion Pictures and Television Engineering Society of Japan:Tecnical Award
   
2002 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize.
   
2003 Photographic Society of Japan, Annual Awaard,
   
2004 Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry,Minister's Award,2004
   
2005 JCD DESIGN AWARD 2005
  GOLD AWARD
  THE HILTON PLAZA WEST
  Tetsuo Harada, TAKENAKA CORPORATION
  Japanese Society of Commercial Space Designers
   
< COLLECTIONS >
   
 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Princeton University Art Museum
San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
Kobe Fashion Museum
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Bibliothe`que nationale de France