born 1975 or 1978 in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
Kyoto College of Art, A.A. film study, 1996
first became interested in photography while working a part time job at a film processing lab in Kyoto
after graduation worked at Kozo studios in Kyoto as a commercial photographer while continuing to persue her interest in documentary photography
in 2001 received a grant from the Japanese government's International Cultural Exchange program allowing her to travel to New York for a year to work and study photography
while living in New York attended the School of Visual Arts and New School
Solo Exhibitions:
2002 Japanese Belly Dancer, Takapla 6F Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
2002 Sweet Smell, Nadar, Osaka, Japan
2001 Hurdle Gallery Prints, Kyoto, Japan
2000 Live Under the Same Roof, Mole, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Rooms and Underwear, White Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
Rooms and Underwear, GalleryPrints, Kyoto, Japan
1998 Rooms and Underwear, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 Asian Coments Copenhagen, Denmark
2001-2002 Swedish Traveling Exhibition Illusion Rikustallningar, Sweden
2001 Hurdle Photographs by Tabaimo, Maki Miyashita, Ichihara Hiroko
Produced by Kyoto, College of Art, Sougetu, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Mito Annual '99 PRIVATE ROOM II - Photographs by a New Generation
of Women in Japan
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
1998 Super Hitotsubo (3.33) Exhibition, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Young Japanese Photographers 9 in Nara, Nara, Japan
1996 Young Japanese Photographers 6 in Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
Bibliography:
2000 Nama Iki VOICE, Kagoshima TV
1999 Mirai Mon (Person in the Future), TV Tokyo, Review on Asahi Evening News
Photos and articles in magazines such as ASIA WEEK, OLIVE and AnAn
1998 Mirai Choryu (Future Current), NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Message, Tokyo Broadcasting System
Photos and articles in magazines such as Asahi Camera, Pia and Gendan
Publication:
2000 Rooms and Underwear, Shogakukan
Awards:
2001-2002 Elected Artist , Japanese Government Program International Cultural Exchange
1998 Nomination, Canon 18th New Cosmos of Photography
1997 Grand Prix, Competition for 10th Hitotsubo (3.33) Exhibition
email: Maki@MakiMiyashita.com
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