Star Boy
Friday, October 13 – Saturday, November 4, 2023
12:00–19:00(Wednesday – Friday), 12:00–17:00(Saturday)
By Appointment only on Tuesday
We are delighted to present Hiromi Kakimoto’s new series Star Boy: Night of the Flood. Kakimoto was inspired to create it after seeing photographs of her late father in an old family photo album. This led her to reflect on the relationship between photography and memory and the nature of media, while drawing on anecdotes she heard from her father during his lifetime.
Kakimoto debuted with Returning Memory, in which she explored her own past memories in the process of photographing her younger sister. In Little World she evoked an ideal world in the imaginations of young girls, and in her signature series The Time of the Cocoon she summoned images from the subconscious mind derived from girls’ memories and dreams. During residencies in Switzerland and Sweden, she became interested in the process of constructing new narratives from ambiguous memories, and went on to photographically reconstruct memories occupying an interzone between the real and the unreal and traditions that have been passed down through generations.
Kakimoto’s new series to be exhibited here is based on memories of an unprecedentedly personal nature, and is sure to reveal a new side of her unique vision.
Kakimoto Hiromi
Outline
| 1976 | Born in Osaka and Currently lives in Kyoto |
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| 1997 | Graduated Japan institute of Photography and Film |
| 1999 | Graduated from Seian University of Art And Design |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Star Boy -Night of the Flood-. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2021 | Merge Imago. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2019 | Holy Gardeny. SPACE PLACE, Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
| 2014 | Weaving a Memory. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 | The time of the cocoon. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2005 | Little World. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2002 | Little World. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2001 | Little World. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 1999 | The memory to return circulation. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Seian Arts Attention 16: Error of Reality. Seian Arts Center, Otsu, Japan |
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| 2022 | It is, Probably, me. azumagaoka articulation, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2021 | Poetry of Clothing -Maryam Kordbacheh × Hiromi Kakimoto-. GOOD NATURE STATION 4F GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2017 | Crossing Views Stockholm. Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden FEMALE FORCE FROM JAPAN. Ibasho Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2016 | Memory and Information. KNOWLEDGE SALON Creative Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2015 | taguchi fine art ＋ The Third Gallery Aya in Nakanoshima hosted by Kumi Okumura. Nakanoshima Banks de sign de >, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | Regards Croisés. Regent Center Crans-Montana, Crans-Montana, Switzerland Crossing Views. Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Tokyo, Japan JAPON. Centre D'art Contemporain de Meymac, Meymac, France Basically. Forever. The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Shaba Shaba returns. Kaigandoori Gallery CASO, Osaka , Japan |
| 2012 | From Sea. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2011 | 5 women's eyes. msc Gallery in Doshisya Women College, Kyoto, Japan Tokyo Frontline. 3331 Art Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | Opening Fair. Trunk Gallery 81, Seoul, Korea |
| 2005 | Good bye, Thank you for 'Shaba Shaba'. Calo bookshop and cafe, Osaka, Japan Women who challenge the phantasy of mirages. The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea |
| 2003 | Women's core playgame. z platz museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2002 | Family, Fantasy. photographer's gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001 | Boneless Fish, Soundless Wind, A Story without Darkness. Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan |
| 1999 | 99Photograph "A human town” Project Part. 2. Guardian Garden,Tokyo |
| 1998 | The photograph exhibitions of twelve people. Douzidai Gallery,Kyoto Selections from the Collection - Young Portfolio Acquisitions 1995-97. Kiyosato Museum of Fhotographic Arts, Hokuto, Japan |
| 1997 | Higashikawa Free Forum 1997 Photographic Independant exhibition. Higashikawa Culture Gallery, Higashikawa, Japan |
| 1996 | Naked Emotion. Planet Hall, Osaka, Japan |
Workshops / Slide shows
| 2003 | Shaba-Shaba Slide show. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan Shaba-Shaba Slide lecture. Japan institute of Photography and Film, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2002 | Shaba-Shaba Slide show. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan Shaba-Shaba Slide lecture. Japan institute of Photography and Film, Osaka, Japan Shaba-Shaba Slide show. photographer's gallery, Tokyo, Japan Shaba-Shaba Workshop - Photographs Slide lecture. gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2022 | Art Osaka 2022. Osaka City Central Hall, Osaka, Japan Hibiya Okuroji Photo Fair. Hibiya Okuroji, Tokyo, Japan Paris Photo 2022 Online Viewing Room. |
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| 2021 | Art Osaka 2021. Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan Paris Photo 2021. Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France |
| 2016 | ART OSAKA 2016. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | ART OSAKA 2014. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 | ART OSAKA 2010. Dojima Hotel, Osaka, Japan |
Publication
| 2016 | Little World. Lille: iKi |
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| 2014 | Crossing Views Ⅰ. Crans-Montana: CMarts |
| 2003 | Shaba Shaba 2nd issue. Self-publishing |
| 2002 | Shaba Shaba 1st issue. Self-publishing |
| 2001 | Photographer's Diary 2001. Self-publishing |
Public Collections
| Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts Japan institute of Photography and Film |