Gocho Shigeo
WORKS
Childhood
Outline
| 1946 | Born in November 2, in Kamo, Niigata Prefecture |
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| 1949 | Diagnosed as having a spinal caries |
| 1968 | Graduates from Kuwasawa Design School(Tokyo) |
| 1976 | Begins teaching photography at Nippon Engineering College and at Tokyo University of Art and Design |
| 1978 | Received New Talent Award from Photographic Society of Japan for Self and Others |
| 1983 | June 2, dies of heart failure in Kamo |
Selected Solo Exhibition
| 2022 | For the First Time, Gocho Shigeo. Hobo Nichiyoubi (Shibuya PARCO 8F), Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2016 | There was a Photographer, Gocho Shigeo. 1946-1983. FUJIFILM SQUARE Photo History Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | Collection III Gotho Shigeo: I, the Other. Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan |
| 2013 | Gocho Shigeo - the second. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka Shigeo Gocho Part 2 KODOMO – children-. MEM, Tokyo Shigeo Gocho Part 1 Familiar Street Scenes. MEM, Tokyo |
| 2004 | Gocho Shigeo 1946-1983. Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; traveled to Yamagata Art Museum, Yamagata, Japan; Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 2003 | Gocho Shigeo:- A Retrospective. The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata; traveled to Yamagata Art Museum, Yamagata; Mitaka City Arts Foundation, Tokyo |
| 2002 | Gocho Shigeo(1). Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi Gocho Shigeo(2). Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi |
| 2001 | Self and Others. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka |
| 2000 | Gocho Shigeo. Niigataeya, Niigata |
| 1996 | Gocho Shigeo. 4chome Plaza 7F4 Pula Hall, Sapporo |
| 1995 | Self and Others:-Another Gesture. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata |
| 1994 | Gocho Shigeo. Gallery ississ, Kyoto Gocho Shigeo:- Self and Others. Gallery Wall, Kotaru, Hokkaido |
| 1992 | The Photographs of Gocho Shigeo. Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi Gocho Shigeo. Photo Gallery Mole, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo:- Memory of Water. Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo's Posthumous Works. Kamo Cultural Hall, Niigata |
| 1989 | The Childhood. Gallery Frog1, Tokyo |
| 1982 | Familiar Street Scenes. Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo Familiar Street Scenes. Minolta Photo Space Osaka, Osaka |
| 1978 | Self and Others. Minolta Photo Space Osaka, Osaka Gocho Shigeo. Kamo Credit Union small Hall, Niigata |
| 1977 | Self and Others:-Another Gesture. Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| 1975 | Fairy of the Darkness. Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo |
Selected Group Exhibition
| 2023 | The Spirit of Avant-Garde Photography: Transforming "Nothing Much" TAKIGUCHI Shuzo, ABE Nobuya, OTSUJI Kiyoji, GOCHO Shigeo. Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan; traveled to Toyama Prefectual Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan; Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| 2013 | 1968:-Japanese Photography. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
| 2012 | What Can We Leave for the future with Photography?. Sakyukan, Niigata |
| 2004 | The Prefectural Heritage of Beauty of Niigata Prefecture:-The History of collections of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata |
| 2003 | The History of Japanese Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| 2002 | The Unfinished Century: Legacies of 20th Century Art. The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
| 2001 | Gocho Shigeo and Miura Kazuto Photo Exhibition:-Ripples and Resonance-the Influence of Self and Others. Studio Ebisu Photo Gallery, Tokyo; traveled to Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai; Hakodate Photo Library, Hakodate |
| 1999 | Otsuji Kiyoji and 15 Photographers. Giacomo Manzu Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo and Sekiguchi Masao Photo Exhibition:- Days and Things/1994-1999. Photo Gallery Mole, Tokyo |
| 1998 | Tokyo Photography- Kuwahara Kineo and Gocho Shigeo. Gallery 1 (Shinjuku Park Tower), Tokyo Memory and Creative Perspective Post-War 50 years:-The History of Japanese Contemporary Photography. Umeda Navio Museum, Osaka |
| 1992 | What did Photography Convey? 1960-1980. Konica Plaza, Tokyo |
| 1990 | Tokyo A City Perspective. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
| 1989 | The people from 1965-1975:-Has Japanese Photography Changed?. Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi |
| 1985 | An Illustrated Book of Tokyo People. Ikebukuro Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo |
| 1986 | Tokyo A Paris Photo Exhibtion:-Part II: The Museum of Tokyo People. City Hall Gallery of 9e Arrondisse de Paris, Paris |
| 1977 | 11 Italian Photographers and 11 Japanese Photographers:- Eyes, Cameras and Reality. Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Italy |
| 1969 | Photography 13 People:-Veiws-All Day and All Night. Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo |
Publications
| 2013 | Children. Tokyo: Hakusuisha Familiar Street Scenes. Yagisha |
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| 1995 | Childhood. Tokyo: Mole |
| 1981 | Familiar Street Scenes. Self Publishing |
| 1977 | Self and Others. Hakuakan |
| 1971 | Days. Self Publishing |