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1967 geboren in Kobe City, Japan 
 
Abschluss an der University of Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan 
 
 
 
lebt und arbeitet in Kyoto, Japan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN (Auswahl) 
 
 
2010 
Loock Galerie, WINDSWEPT WOMEN: THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Berlin 
 
Wohnmaschine, MY GRANDMOTHERS, Berlin 
 
Kulturhuset Stockholm, FAIRY TALES, Stockholm, Schweden 
 
Rat Hole Gallery, LULLABY, Tokyo, Japan 
2009 
53. Venedig Biennale, Japanischer Pavillon, WINDSWEPT WOMEN. THE OLD GIRLS' TROUPE, Venedig, Italien 
 
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, Houston, Texas, USA 
2007 
Chelsea Art Museum - Deutsche Bank Collection, 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 
2005 
Wohnmaschine, FAIRY TALES, Berlin 
 
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, Teneriffa, Spanien 
 
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 2004, Lille, France 
 
Galeria Leyendecker, Teneriffa, Spanien 
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, Frankreich 
1999 
Gallery Kodama, Osaka, Japan 
1998 
Wohnmaschine, Berlin 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN (Auswahl) 
2010 
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, PRESENTIMENT IN SUMMER VACATION, Fukushima, Japan 
 
Shiseido Gallery, TSUBAKI KAI TEN 2010 TRANSFIGURATIVE, Tokyo, Japan 
 
Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, 10 Jahre PaK, Glückstadt 
2009  
Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, MERRY-GO-ROUND TWINKLING AND TWILIGHT, Kumamoto, Japan 
 
Mori Art Museum, MEDICINE AND ART, Tokyo, Japan 
 
GOLDEN AGERS AND SILVER SURFERS, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Schweiz 
 
DER SCHMERZ SITZT TIEF, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim 
2008 
INSZENIERTE WIRKLICHKEIT – URSPRUNG UND GEGENWART DER JAPANISCHEN FOTOGRAFIE: SAMMLUNG MARCH UND MIWA YANAGI, Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot 
 
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, STILL/MOTION. LIQUID CRYSTAL PAINTING, Tokyo, Japan 
 
E NGBK, IN 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, NY, USA 
 
Art Gallery of Hamilton, GREAT NEW WAVE: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, Hamilton, CANADA 
 
FotoFest 2008, Houston, TX, USA 
2007  
Contemporary Art Museum, ATTITUDE 2007 THE HOUSE OF HUMAN BEINGS – AUTHENTICALLY BLESSED JUBILANCE, Kumamoto, Japan 
 
Guangdon Museum of Art, BEAUTIFUL NEW WORLD. CONTEMPORARY VISUAL CULTURE FROM JAPAN, Guangzhou, China 
 
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 * 
2006  
Akademie der Künste, DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Berlin * 
 
LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spanien 
 
6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Südkorea 
 
Kunstverein Hildesheim, PUBLIC/PRIVAT, Hildesheim 
 
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, Köln 
 
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, Moskau, Russland 
 
Palais für aktuelle Kunst, WENN SICH KEIN BLATT REGT ... NATUR UND TRÄUME IN DER AKTUELLEN JAPANISCHEN KUNST, Glückstadt * 
2004  
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, TAKARAZUKA: THE LAND OF DREAMS, Tokyo, Japan 
 
Govett–Brewster Art Gallery, MEDIARENA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN, Neuseeland 
2003  
Ludwig Museum, LOCATION OF THE SPIRIT - Japanese Contemporary Art, Budapest, Ungarn 
 
Whitney Museum of Art, THE AMERICAN EFFECT, New York, USA 
 
Museum of Fine Arts, THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY, Houston, TX, 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, Spanien 
 
Sydney Biennial, THE WORLD MAY BE FANTASTIC, Sydney, Australien 
 
Julia Friedman Gallery, CHAMELEON DREAMS, Chicago, USA 
2001 
Museum of Contemporary Art, NEO TOKYO: Japanese Art Now, Sydney, Australien 
 
Centro per l’Arter Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, SENRITSUMIRAI - Arte Attuale dal Giappone, Prato, Italien 
 
1st Yokohama Triennale, MEGA-WAVE, Yokohama, Japan 
 
6th Biennale de Lyon, CONNIVENCE, Lyon, Frankreich 
2000  
Montevideo Amsterdam, JAPAN MEDIUM LIGHT, Amsterdam, Niederlande 
 
Art Centre Warszawa, GENDAI – Between the Body and Space, Warschau, Polen 
 
Centre Georges Pompidou, ELYSIAN FIELDS, Paris, Frankreich 
 
Espasio Cultural Sergio Port, FREEZE, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien 
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, Australien 
 
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, Neu Delhi, Indien 
 
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, Frankreich 
 
Secession, CITIES ON THE MOVE, Wien, Österreich 
 
Forgfabriken, MOMENT GINZA, Stockholm, Schweden 
 
Centre Regional d`Art Contemporain, DU CONSTRUIT, DU PAYSAGE, Sete, Frankreich 
 
Kyoto Muncipal Museum of Art, FUTURE RECOLLECTIONS, Kyoto, Japan 
 
Kunsthalle Wien, LUST UND LEERE - Japanische Fotografie der Gegenwart, Wien, Austria 
 
Arken Museum of Modern Art Kopenhagen, Kunsthalle Kiel 
1996 
Fukuoka Art Museum, OH, MY JAPANESE LANDSCAPES?, Japan 
 
Schirn Kunsthalle, PROSPECT '96, Frankfurt/ Main 
1995  
Osaka Contemporary Art Center, CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM GALLERYS '95, Osaka, Japan 
1994  
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, ART NOW 94, Hyogo, Japan 
 
 
 
*Katalog 
 
 
 
 
 
PREISE 
 
 
2006 
Takashimaya Art Prize 
2004 
Hyogo Prefectural Artist Prize 
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 
 
 
 
ÖFFENTLICHE SAMMLUNGEN 
 
 
 
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto 
 
Hara Museum, Tokyo 
 
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka 
 
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aahus 
 
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt