Kirico is a photographer and video artist born in 1978 in Kyoto. Documenting her families and spouses through photographs and videos, Kirico reveals with sensitivity, the intimate relationships she beholds with those she is deeply related to. Here, the distinction between the self and the artist is lost, and although it may be a documentary through the eyes of one particular woman, the raw lives of those documented appear through the photographer’s conflicting standpoint of urgency and objectivity, which thus become a universal language to stimulate the viewers mind.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
'My darling is' Port Gallery T/ Osaka, Bright Room/ Tokyo
2011
'Frustration' Port Gallery T/ Osaka
2012
'vewing_02 Kirico' Port Gallery T/ Osaka
2013
'Portrait of objects and words' Tampopo house HANA/ Nara, A/A gallery/ Tokyo
2013
're collection' Port Gallery T/ Osaka, CROSSROAD GALLERY/ Tokyo
2016
CSecond Love' gallery Main/ Kyoto
2017
'mother capture ' Gallery Yamaki Fine Art／Kobe
2017
'mother capture' WACOAL STUDYHALL KYOTO／ Kyoto
2021
'school goods ' Gallery Yamaki Fine Art／Kobe
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
'SHASEN Art Festa' Japan Institute of Photography and Film / Osaka
2017
'Renewal Open Exhibition-From Hyogo to the World-' Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Annex Haradanomori Gallery / Hyogo
Awards
2009
The 32nd CANON New Century for Photograph Honourable mention
2010
Mio Encouragement Award for Fine Photograph 2010
2015
London International Creative Competition(LICC) Honourable mention
2021
18th Kyoto Contemporary Photo Exhibition Kyoto Photo Biennale 2021 Grand Prize
