Hata Yoshio

WORKS

Outline

1950 Born in Kyoto
1973 Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Law
1979 Published Voices of the Wind —Mount Osore in Camera Mainichi
1984 Curated the works of Eugene Smith and Aileen Smith Minamata in Osaka Human Rights Museum
1986 Directed the exhibition Works of Eiko Yamazawa in Yurakucho Asahi Gallery, Tokyo and ABC Gallery, Osaka
1987 Directed the exhibition Contemporary Photography of America in Osaka Prefectural Information and Culture Center
Conceptualized and produced the Expo'90 Photography Museum in The International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, Japan
1990 Produced the publication and exhibition Tomatsu Shomei / Sakura, Sakura, Sakura in Brain Center and Loft Forum Umeda, Osaka
1991 Donated EARTHSCAPE photography collection of the Expo'90 Photography Museum to Osaka Prefecture
1992 Opened the "Photography Library" for photography books and contemporary art catalogs
1993 Appointed Associate Professor of Photography Class, Design Department, Seian University of Art and Design (became Professor in 2000)
1996 Established the Intermedium Institute and IMI "Graduate School" program and became General Manager
2002 Appointed Professor of Media Informatics, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
2008 Established the Science Video Society and became Executive Director and Secretary-General
2012 Produced Disaster Prevention Digital Encyclopedia, a media mix project in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
2018 Appointed Director of the Osaka International Media Library (a general incorporated association)
Appointed General Director of the "University of Photographic Expression E-School" (Video/Music Courses)
2021 Began lifelong photography work in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of "Miracle Forest EXPO ‘70"

Prize

1986 Received the Sakuyakonohana Award (Osaka City Award for Emerging Artists in Culture and the Arts)
1994 Won the Grand Prix for Directorial Work at the Kyoto International Film Festival Hi-Vision Festa '94

Solo Exhibition

2024 Miracle Forest EXPO '70. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
1990 Hanako the Biomechaloid. Osaka Human Rights Museum, Osaka, Japan
1988 biomachine. Gallery Haku, Japan
1986 THE SIGNAL. Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1984 MODERN DOWN —The Closure of a 68-Year-Old Spinning Factory—. Gallery DOT, Kobe, Japan
THE SIGNAL. Gallery Wide, Tokyo, Japan
1983 Visual Play —Costumes of Shimabara Tayū—. Kitano Circus, Kobe, Japan

Group Exhibition

1997 The Age of Reproduction. Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Japan
1992 3rd Rotterdam Photo Biennale. (Invitational Solo Exhibition HANAKO. Schiedam Municipal Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands)
1985 24 Hours in Japan —Through the Eyes of 100 Photographers from Around the World.

Publication

2024 Miracle Forest EXPO‘70. Osaka: Brain Center
2014 Produced the Japanese edition of Basic Facts about the United Nations. Osaka: Kwansei Gakuin University Press
1990 HANAKO: Days Spent with the Biomechaloid "Hanako". Osaka: Brain Center
1985 Columbus making a west wind arise : portraits of young artists. Osaka: Brain Center
1980 Youth Without a Jersey Number. Osaka: Brain Center

Public Collection

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Osaka Human Rights Museum, Osaka, Japan
Schiedam Municipal Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands
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