Haruna
Kawanishi

Haruna Kawanishi was born in Tokyo. She got her bachelor’s degree in broadcasting at Nihon University College of Art in 2002, and officially started her carrier in 2005. She learned photography skills under Kenji Eno, a game creator, between 2006 and 2013. Today living in Onomichi Hiroshima and Tokyo. She delves deeper into body movements in Aikido and analyses how people interpret her photographs.

  • Exhibition

    2020
    • October 17th
      TOKYO CURIOSITY 2020 SHIBUYA
    2019
    • TOKYO CURIOSITY 2019 Berlin
    2018
    • TOKYO CURIOSITY 2018 Paris
    2016
    • August 24th
      TOKYO-GA meets Miami international Airport 2016 (Miami,U.S.A.)
    2015
    • July 13th - August30th
      Stapari International Arts Summer Festival (Stapari, Serbia)
    2014
    • November 13th - 30th
      La Librairie imaginaire TOKYO-GA at GALERIE-T (Paris, France)
    • March 4th - 1th
      TOKYO-GA meets Roppongi presented by Time Out Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
    • December 4th – January 14th
      TOKYO-GA meets DAIKANYAMA presented by Time Out Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
    2013
    • Solo show called “making map” at anamesa art space as a part of the Athen Photo Festival satellite program.
    • Feb 13th - 19th
      TOKYO-GA meets OSAKA 2013, Umeda Hankyu department store art stage
    2012
    • June 3rd - June 26th
      Collection of Gallery Entre Deux (Tokyo, Japan)
    • May 16th - May 20th
      TOKYO-GA meets NYPH 2012, New York Photo Festival (New York, U.S.A)
    • May 13th - June 3rd
      Internasjonal Fotografiutstilling, Sunnhordland museum (Halsnøy Kloster, Norway)
    • March 12th - March 26th
      Yokohama Rendez-vous Project, SLOW LABEL -THE FACTORY- (Yokohama, Japan)
    • February 4th - March 31st
      “Tokyo-Ga” GALLERY 21 (Tokyo, Japan)
    2011
    • November 7th - December 4th
      GALLERY 21 bis (Tokyo, Japan)
    • October 22nd
      Talk session for photography exhibition “Tokyo-Ga” at Tokyo midtown FUJIFILM (Tokyo, Japan)
    • September 23rd - 25th
      TOKYO PHOTO (Tokyo, Japan)
    • July 7th - August 17th
      Alpilles-Provence’art (St.Remy, France)
    • June 3rd - August 26th
      “BREEZELESS” Sous Les Etoiles Gallery (New York, U.S.A)
    2010
    • December 1st - 19th
      “10 selected up and comping artists by PHaTPHOTO” 72 Gallery in the TOKYO INSTITUTE of PHOTOGRAPHY (Tokyo, Japan)
    • September 17th - 20th
      TOKYO PHOTO (Tokyo, Japan)
    • September 7th - October 17th
      “Power of Photography” GALLERY21(Tokyo, Japan)
    • July 8th-July 13th
      Alpillles-Provence’art (Avignon, France)
    2009
    • September 1st - November 8th
      Gallary21(Tokyo,Japan), Gallary21 bis (Tokyo,Japan)
    • September 1st - September 6th
      TOKYO PHOTO (Tokyo, Japan)
    • April 18th
      Yoyogiuehara,Shichoushitsu(Japan)
    2008
    • June13 th-August 24th
      promenadesphotographiques (Vandome, France)

  • Awards

    2014
    • International Photography Awards 2014 - Honorable Mention (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    2011
    • International Photography Awards 2011 - Honorable Mention (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    2010
    • 13th Yasujiro Ozu memorial tateshina film festival nomination for the independent film “Invalid address” (Tateshina, Japan) International Photography Awards 2010 - Honorable Mention (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    2009
    • International Photography Awards 2009 - Honorable Mention (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
    2008
    • Nasu film award nomination for the independent film“Small tower”(Nasu, Japan)
    2006
    • Photography award wining by Kimono week in Hagi (Yamaguchi,Japan)

  • Grant/Residency

    2014
    • May 12th - July 12th
      Deshima AIR (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    2011
    • June 20th - July 11th
      Sunnhordland museum Artist-in-residence program supported by Japan Foundation (Halsnoy Kloster, Norway)

  • Other Works

    Past works and work examples are on my website.
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