Abe Jun
WORKS
Citizens#3Gelatin silver print
ByakkoshaGelatin silver print
Citizens#11Gelatin silver print
creatures#3Gelatin silver print
Biography
| 1955 | Born in Osaka, Japan |
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| 1981 | Graduate of Department of Photography, Osaka Shasin Senmongakko (currently Osaka Visual Arts) |
| 1982 | Work for the Butoh Dance Group ‘Byakkosya’(-1994) |
| 1983-86 | Organize the Shashin Jyuku |
| 1986-1988 | Be staff of Little Gallery |
| 2006 | Organize the Publisher named VACUUM PRESS |
| 2013 | Awarded the 25th Shashin-no-kai Award |
| Lives in Osaka, Japan | |
Selected solo exhibitions
| 2025 | 1983+early works. Akuta, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 2024 | Black and White Notebooks. Studio 35 minuites, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 | Byakkosha. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2017 | Photo Letters. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2016 | 1981. Gallery 722, Okayama, Japan CREATURES. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan 1981. Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | Awarded Exhibition of Shashin-no-kai Award-Citizens, Black & White Note and Black & White Note2. Place M, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | Citizens/1983. Gallery Niepce, Tokyo, Japan CITIZENS. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2006 | Black & White Note; Box. gallery 10:06, Osaka, Japan |
| 2004 | CITY. Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2002 | Black & White Note. Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 1998 | Infinite-point. COSMO GALLERY, Osaka, Japan |
| 1997 | Citizens. COSMO GALLERY, Osaka, Japan Stray Child Theory. COSMO GALLERY, Osaka, Japan |
| 1989 | Citizens. Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan Creatures. Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | The Wild Eighties. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| 2019 | Animails. Vacuum Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2018 | Chihei/Horizon. Case, Tokyo, Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka |
| 2015 | Fascination of Monochrome Street Snapshots. Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, Nara, Japan The 2nd Photographers Brigade Without Borders. Hatten Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | Foto Istanbul 2014. Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2007 | The 30th anniversary Photo Street-Super Session. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan |
| 1997 | The 20th anniversary Photo Street-Super Session. Himeji City Museum of Art, Himeji, Japan |
| 1995 | Views from Japan. Tucson, AZ |
| 1994 | Creatures. Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 1984 | Photography Now. Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2021 | Art Osaka 2021. Osaka City Sentral Public Hall, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2018 | Paris Photo 2018. Grand Palis, Paris, France |
| 2017 | ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017. PARK HOTEL TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan daikanyama photo fair 2017. Daikanyama Hillside Forum and Hillside Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | daikanyama photo fair 2016. Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | Art Osaka 2014. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | Paris Photo 2013. Grand Palais, Paris, France Art Osaka 2013. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
Publications
| 2021 | Black & White Note 3. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
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| 2020 | 2002. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS 2002 Naha,Koza. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2019 | Civil Society. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS Chihei/Horizon Vol.12. Tokyo: Case Publishing |
| 2018 | 2016(top). Osaka: VACUUM PRESS 2016(bottom). Osaka: VACUUM PRESS Chihei/Horizon Vol.11. Tokyo: Case Publishing |
| 2017 | New York. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2016 | 1981 Kobe. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2015 | 1981(top). Osaka: VACUUM PRESS 1981(bottom). Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2014 | Pusan. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2013 | 2001. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2012 | Black & White Note 2.Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2011 | MANILA. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2010 | Black & White Note. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2009 | Citizens. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 2007 | Osaka. Osaka: VACUUM PRESS |
| 1993 | HORIZON. Osaka: Osaka Syashin Senmon Gakko |
| 1989 | Creatures. Village Press |