Mikiko Hara

Mikiko Hara (原 美樹子, Hara Mikiko, born 1967) is a Japanese photographer.

Mikiko Hara
原 美樹子
Born1967 (age 55–56)
Toyama, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKeio University, Tokyo College of Photography
Known forPhotography

Biography

Hara was born in Toyama in 1967.[1][2] She graduated from Keio University in 1990 with a degree in literature,[3] and then studied at the Tokyo College of Photography until 1996.[1][2][4]

Photography

Using a medium-format camera, Hara takes photographs of people she encounters outside, in the train, and so forth. She said "My shooting style is so-called snapshot, so I can say all of my photographs were taken by a mere accident, . . . They are the photographs of somewhere yet nowhere."[5]

Comparing her photography with that of Rinko Kawauchi, Ferdinand Brueggeman writes

Mikiko Hara's photography is poetic as well, but she has a different topic. She talks about distance and isolation of people in public spaces – especially of women.[6]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
  • Is as It. Gallery le Deco (Shibuya, Tokyo), 1996.[1][2]
  • Agnus Dei. Ginza Nikon Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1998.[1][2]
  • Utsuro no seihō (うつろの製法). Shinjuku Konica Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2001. The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka), 2001.[1][2][7]
  • Hatsugo no shūen (発語の周縁). Guardian Garden (Ginza, Tokyo), July 2004.[1][2][8]
  • Hysteric Thirteen publication exhibition. Place M (Shinjuku, Tokyo), August–September 2005.[1][2][9]
  • Humoresque. Appel (Kyōdō, Tokyo), 2006.[1][2]
  • Blind Letter. Cohen Amador Gallery (New York), 2007.[2][10]
  • Kumoma no atosaki (雲間のあとさき). Gallery Tosei (Nakano, Tokyo), May 2008.[11]
  • Blind Letter. Third District Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo), June 2010.[12]
  • In the Blink of an Eye 1996-2009. Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery (New York), September-November 2017. [13]
  • Kyrie Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, September - October 2019

Other exhibitions
  • Puraibētorūmu 2: Shin sekai no shashin hyōgen (プライベートルーム2 新世代の写真表現) = Private Room II: Photographs by a New Generation of Women in Japan. Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito (Mito, Ibaraki), April–June 1999.[1][2][14]
  • Japan: Keramik und Fotografie: Tradition und Gegenwart. Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), January–May 2003.[15]
  • Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China), 2004.[1][2]
  • Nichijō kara no tabi (日常からの旅). Shinjuku Epsite (Shinjuku, Tokyo), November–December 2005. (in Japanese)[1][2][16]
  • Absolutely Private: Contemporary Photography, vol 4 = 私のいる場所 新進作家展vol.4 ゼロ年代の写真論. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo), March–April 2006.[1][2][17]
  • A Private History. Fotografisk Center (Copenhagen), September 2007 – January 2008.[1][2][18]
  • Sangyō toshi Kawasaki no ayumi 100-nen (産業都市・カワサキのあゆみ100年). Kawasaki City Museum (Kawasaki), 2007.[1][2][19][20]
  • Shashin no genzai, kako, mirai: Shōwa kara kyō made (写真の現在・過去・未来 昭和から今日まで). Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Yokohama), December 2009.[1][21]
  • Shibui: Six Japanese Photographers 1920s–2000. Stephen Cohen Gallery (Los Angeles), April–June 2009.[22]
  • In Focus: Tokyo. J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), August–December 2014.[23][24]

Collections

Books
  • Hysteric Thirteen. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2005.
  • These Are Days. Tokyo: Osiris, 2014. ISBN 978-4-905254-04-1.[n 1]
  • Change. New York: Gould Collection, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9973596-0-2. With a short story by Stephen Dixon, "Change." Edition of 500 copies plus 26 copies with a print.[n 2]

Notes
  1. The publisher's page about These Are Days is here.
  2. The publisher's page about Change is here.

References
  1. CV of Mikiko Hara, Third District Gallery. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  2. CV of Mikiko Hara, Tosei Gallery. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  3. Waldorf, Sarah (21 October 2014). "Mikiko Hara Answers Your Questions about Photography". The Iris. The Getty. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. List of notable graduates Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine, Tokyo College of Photography. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  5. Hirsch, Caroline (2014-10-16). "These are Mikiko Hara's days". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  6. Ferdinand Brueggemann, "Mikiko Hara Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine", Japan-photo.info, 18 October 2007. Accessed 1 March 2013.
  7. Exhibition notice for Utsuro no seihō at Third Gallery Aya Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Third Gallery Aya. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  8. Exhibition notice for Hatsugo no shūen, Recruit, 2004. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  9. Exhibition notice for the Hysteric Thirteen show, Place M. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  10. List of past exhibitions Archived 2015-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Amador Gallery. Accessed 1 March 2013.
  11. Exhibition notice for Kumoma no atosaki, Gallery Tosei. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  12. Exhibition notice for Blind Letter, Third District Gallery. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  13. Exhibition notice for In the Blink of an Eye 1996-2009, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery. Accessed 16 October 2018.
  14. Exhibition notice for Private Room II Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Art Tower Mito. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  15. Exhibition notice for Japan: Keramik und Fotografie. Art-in.de. (in German) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  16. Exhibition notices for 2005, Epsite. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  17. Exhibition notice for Absolutely Private, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Accessed 1 March 2013.
  18. Exhibition notice for A Private History Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, Fotografisk Center. Accessed 1 March 2013.
  19. 飯田克志, 産業都市・川崎の１００年の変遷紹介 岡本太郎の作品やポスター、写真など２４０点, Tokyo Shinbun, 2 September 2007. (in Japanese) Reproduced here Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (Japan Press Network). Accessed 1 March 2013.
  20. 産業都市・カワサキのあゆみ100年　進化しつづけるモノつくりの街 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Internet Museum. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  21. Exhibition notice for Shashin no genzai, kako, mirai, Yokohama Photo Triangle. (in Japanese) Accessed 1 March 2013.
  22. Exhibition notice for Shibui, Stephen Cohen Gallery. Accessed 1 March 2013.
  23. Exhibition notice for In Focus: Tokyo, J. Paul Getty Museum. Accessed 9 September 2015.
  24. Hirsch, Caroline (16 October 2014). "These Are Mikiko Hara's Days". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  25. "Mikiko Hara," Art Institute of Chicago, https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=%22mikiko%20hara%22
  26. Entry in the BnF OPAC. (in French) Accessed 1 March 2013.
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