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	1967 born in Kobe City, Japan
	lives and works in Kyoto

	completed the postgraduate course at Kyoto University of Fine Art


	SOLO SHOWS (Selection)

2010	Loock Galerie, WINDSWEPT WOMEN. THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Berlin, Germany
	Wohnmaschine, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Berlin, Germany
	Kulturhuset Stockholm, FAIRY TALES, Stockholm, Sweden
	Rat Hole Gallery, LULLABY, Tokyo, Japan
2009	53rd Venezia Biennale, WINDSWEPT WOMEN. THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Japan Pavilion, Italy
	National Museum of Art, PO-PO NIANG-NIANG!, Osaka, Japan
	Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Tokyo, Japan
	Instituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Rome, Italy
2008	The Museum of Fine Arts, MIWA YANAGI - Deutsche Bank Collection, Houston, Texas, USA
2007	Chelsea Art Museum, MIWA YANAGI, Deutsche Bank Collection, New York, USA
2006	Ohara Museum of Art, MADAME COMET, Yurinso, Japan *
	Galería Leyendecker, SUNA ONNA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2005	Wohnmaschine, FAIRY TALES, Berlin, Germany
	Hara Museum, MIWA YANAGI: THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF THE INNOCENT OLD LADY AND THE HEARTLESS YOUNG GIRL, Tokyo, Japan *
	Ohara Museum, Okahama, Japan
	NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, MIWA YANAGI, Düsseldorf, Germany
	Kunstverein Mannheim, MIWA YANAGI, Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Mannheim, Germany
2004	Galerie Leyendecker, Teneriffe, Canary Islands
	Mimoca - Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, DARKNESS OF GIRLHOOD AND LIGHTNESS OF AGING, Marugame, Japan *
	Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, MIWA YANAGI – SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHE BANK, Bremen, Germany
	Deutsche Guggenheim, MIWA YANAGI, Berlin, Germany
2003	Wohnmaschine, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Berlin, Germany
	Eglise Sainte Marie-Madeleine, GRANDDAUGHTERS, Lille, France
	Galeria Leyendecker, Teneriffe, Canarie Islands
2002	Kirin Plaza Gallery, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Osaka, Japan
	Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Shiseido Gallery, GRANDDAUGHTERS, Tokyo, Japan *
	Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2001	Gallery Kodama, Osaka, Japan
2000	Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
1999	Gallery Kodama, Osaka, Japan
1998	Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany
	Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan *
1997	ART TOWER MITO critelium, Ibaragi, Japan
1994	Gallery Sowaka, LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STORY, Kyoto, Japan
1993	Art Space Niji, THE WHITE CASKET, Kyoto, Japan


	GROUP SHOWS (Selection)

2010	Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, PRESENTIMENT IN SUMMER VACATION, Fukushima, Japan
	Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, 10 Jahre PaK, Glückstadt
	Shiseido Gallery, TSUBAKI KAI TEN 2010 TRANSFIGURATIVE, Tokyo, Japan
2009	Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, MERRY-GO-ROUND TWINKLING AND TWILIGHT, Kumamoto, Japan
	Mori Art Museum, MEDICINE AND ART, Tokyo, Japan
	Kunsthaus Baselland, GOLDEN AGERS AND SILVER SURFERS, Muttenz
	Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, DER SCHMERZ SITZT TIEF, Rüsselsheim, Germany
2008	Villa Rot, INSZENIERTE WIRKLICHKEIT – URSPRUNG UND GEGENWART DER JAPANISCHEN FOTOGRAFIE: SAMMLUNG MARCH UND MIWA YANAGI, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
	Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, STILL/MOTION. LIQUID CRYSTAL PAINTING, Tokyo, Japan
	NGBK, EIN LEBEN LANG, Berlin
	Shiseido Gallery, TSUBAKI-KAI, TRANS-FIGURATIVE, Tokyo, Japan
	National Museum of Art, STILL/MOTION, LIQUID CRYSTAL PAINTING, Osaka, Japan
	ICP, HEAVY LIGHT: RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM JAPAN, New York, USA
	Art Gallery of Hamilton, GREAT NEW WAVE: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, Hamilton, CANADA
	FotoFest 2008, Houston
2007	Contemporary Art Museum, ATTITUDE 2007 THE HOUSE OF HUMAN BEINGS – AUTHENTICALLY BLESSED JUBILANCE, Kumamoto, Japan
	Stadtgalerie Schwaz, DIE KUNST DES ALTERNS, Schwaz, Österreich
	Brooklyn Museum of Art, GLOBAL FEMINISMS, New York, USA
	Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
	National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
	Museum Morsbroich, DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Leverkusen, Germany *
2006	Akademie der Künste, DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Berlin, Germany *
	LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
	6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
	Kunstverein Hildesheim, PUBLIC/PRIVAT, Hildesheim, Germany
	Hara Museum, CHIKAKU - Perception, Time and Memory of Art, Tokyo, Japan
	Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, TOKYO BLOSSOMS- Deutsche Bank meets Zaha Hadid, Kawasaki, Japan
	Hara Museum Arc, SELECTIONS FROM THE HARA MUSEUM’S PERMANENT COLLECTION, Gunma-ken, Japan
	Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) SLOWTECH, Taipei, Taiwan
	Galerie Claudia Delank, DER PALAST DER DRACHENKÖNIGIN, Cologne, Germany
	The National Museum of Art Osaka, COLLECTION 1, Osaka, Japan
2005	Kunsthaus Graz, CHIKAKU. ZEIT UND ERINNERUNGEN JAPAN, Graz, Austria *
	Moscow International Festival 2005, FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Moscow, Russia
	Palais für aktuelle Kunst, WENN SICH KEIN BLATT REGT ... NATUR UND TRÄUME IN DER AKTUELLEN JAPANISCHEN KUNST, Glückstadt, Germany *
2004	Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, TAKARAZUKA: THE LAND OF DREAMS, Tokyo, Japan
	Govett–Brewster Art Gallery, MEDIARENA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, New Zealand
2003	Ludwig Museum, LOCATION OF THE SPIRIT - Japanese Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
	Whitney Museum of Art, THE AMERICAN EFFECT, New York, USA
	Museum of Fine Arts, THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY, Houston, USA
	Parco Gallery, GIRLS DON’T CRY, Tokyo, Japan
2002	Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, FUTURE PLAN, Hyogo, Japan
	Photo Espana, GIRLS VS. GRANDMOTHERS, Madrid, Spain
	Sydney Biennial, THE WORLD MAY BE FANTASTIC, Sydney, Australia
	Julia Friedman Gallery, CHAMELEON DREAMS, Chicago, USA
2001	Museum of Contemporary Art, NEO TOKYO: Japanese Art Now, Sydney, Australia
	Centro per l’Arter Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, SENRITSUMIRAI - Arte Attuale dal Giappone, Prato, Italy
	1st Yokohama Triennale, MEGA-WAVE, Yokohama, Japan
	6th Biennale de Lyon, CONNIVENCE, Lyon, France
2000	Montevideo Amsterdam, JAPAN MEDIUM LIGHT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Art Centrer Warszawa, GENDAI – Between the Body and Space, Warsaw, Poland
	Centre Georges Pompidou, ELYSIAN FIELDS, Paris, France
	Espasio Cultural Sergio Port, FREEZE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1999	Utsunomiya Museum, A SENSE OF REALITY, Utsunomiya, Japan
	Art Sonje Museum, FANCY DANCE—CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART AFTER 1990, Kyongju, Seoul, Korea
	Site SantaFe Biennal, LOOKING FOR A PLACE, SantaFe, USA
	Melbourne Biennial, SINGS OF LIFE, Melbourne, Australia
	Kwangj Museum, A WINDOW- Inside and Outside, Korea
	National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, VISIONS OF THE BODY, Tokyo, Japan
	The Ueno Royal Museum, VOCA, Tokyo, Japan
1998	National Museum of Modern Art, TASTES AND PURSUITS, New Delhi, India
	Nakanoshima, TECHNO THERAPY, produced by Yasumasa Morimura, Osaka, Japan
	Meguro Museum of Art, ART NOW IN JAPAN AND KOREA, Tokyo, Japan
	MaxMara, COAT IN ART, Tokyo, Japan
	WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM JAPAN, 1864 - 1997
	Taipei Fine Arts Museum, TAIPEI BIENNIAL, Taipei, Taiwan
	Gallery Nikko, SUBTERRANEAN, Tokyo, Japan
1997	Centre Regional d`Art Contemporain, LEGENDE, Sete, France
	Secession, CITIES ON THE MOVE, Wien, Austria
	Forgfabriken, MOMENT GINZA, Stockholm, Sweden
	Centre Regional d`Art Contemporain, DU CONSTRUIT, DU PAYSAGE, Sete, France
	Kyoto Muncipal Museum of Art, FUTURE RECOLLECTIONS, Japan
	Kunsthalle Wien, LUST UND LEERE - Japanische Fotografie der Gegenwart, Wien, Austria
	Arken Museum of Modern Art Kopenhagen, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
1996	Fukuoka Art Museum, OH, MY JAPANESE LANDSCAPES?, Fukoka, Japan
	Schirn Kunsthalle, PROSPECT '96, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
1995	Osaka Contemporary Art Center, CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM GALLERYS '95, Osaka, Japan
1994	Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, ART NOW 94, Hyogo, Japan

	*catalogue

	AWARDS

2001	Kyoto prefectural Artist Prize
2000	Sakuya-Konohana Prize, Osaka City
1999	Higashigawa Prize, Higashigawa, Hokkaido
1999	Kyoto City Artist Prize
1999	VOCA prize: The Vision of Contemporary Art, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
1998	First prize: Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Award, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

	PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

	Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
	Hara Museum, Tokyo
	Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuok
	Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aahus
	Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt

Miwa Yanagi · biography

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