KODAMA Fusako, OSAKA
Saturday, January 28, 2023 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
12:00–19:00(Wednesday – Friday), 12:00–17:00(Saturday)
By Appointment only on Tuesday
We are pleased to announce a solo show by Kodama Fusako, entitled Kodama Fusako: Osaka, as our first exhibition of 2023.
Kodama studied photography at Kuwasawa Design School, and has been active as a photographer in Tokyo since then. For this reason, not many know that she is from Wakayama Prefecture and also took photographs in the Kansai region.
In this exhibition we have unearthed and will exhibit her debut work, the Osaka ’69 series, in which she documented what could be called her starting point, the city of Osaka. The curiosity about cities and their people that consistently characterizes her work is thriving in these photographs as well.
We are sure that Kodama’s work will be a fascinating guide to Osaka in the 1960s.
Kodama Fusako
Outline
| 1945 | Born in Wakayama City |
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| 1967 | Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School |
| 1970 | Selected for “Younger Eyes” in Japan Photo Almanac, published by Heibonsha |
| Thereafter, her photo works appeared in Graphication, the PR magazine of Fuji Xerox, newspapers and paperbacks. | |
Prize
| 1993 | Received the Annual Award of the Photographic Society of Japan for Tokyo After 1,000 Years |
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| 1995 | Received the Third Kuwasawa Award |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Kodama Fusako, OSAKA. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2018 | criteria. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2017 | Tokyo After 1000 years. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2007 | The Contemporary Age We Desire. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1997 | Tokyo Suburb. Gallery Art Graph, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1993 | When the Flowers Are at Their Best, the People in the City Are…. Sotetsu Gallery, Yokohama, Japan |
| 1992 | Tokyo Kinetic. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Tokyo Photographs. Olympus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990 | Criteria. Gallery Verita, Tokyo, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Metropolitan Expressway in Art Works. O Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2021 | ART OSAKA 2021. Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan Paris Photo 2021. Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France |
| 2019 | Paris Photo 2019. Grand Palais, Paris, France |
| 2018 | daikanyama photo fair 2018. Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Hillside Plaza, Tokyo, Japan ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | White Future: Thinking of Nuclear. GoEun Museum of Photography, Pusan, Korea |
| 1999 | Kiyoji Otsuji and 15 Photographers. Museum of Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1998 | Women Photographer’s Eyes 1945-1997: Tokyo Photography Month. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1993 | About Big Cities. nGbK, Berlin, Germany |
| 1977 | 11 Fotografi Italiani e 11 Fotografi Giapponese. Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1970 | View. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2021 | Paris Photo 2021. Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France |
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| 2019 | Paris Photo 2019. Grand Palais, Paris, France |
| 2018 | daikanyama photo fair 2018. Daikanyama Hillside Forum and Hillside Plaza, Tokyo, Japan ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
Publications
| 1992 | Tokyo After 1,000 Years. Tokyo: Gendaishokan |
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| 1990 | Criteria. Tokyo: Inter Press Corporation |
Public Collections
| Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |