1967 Born in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Currently lives and works in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Education:
2017 Certificate on-line course by The Museum of Modern Art
2016 Diploma course by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Exhibitions:
2023 Group exhibition “Pavlovka Pinhole Fest’2022: I, bridge-builder”, Getman Museum, Kiev, Ukraina
2023 Group virtual exhibition “Pinhole Photography Exhibition”, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
2023 Group virtual exhibition “XI Festival de pinhole Perú 2023”
2023 Group virtual exhibition "XIV Semana de la Fotografía Estenopeica 2023", Oaxaca, México
2022 Group exhibition “Pavlovka Pinhole Fest’2022: I, bridge-builder”, Getman Museum, Kiev, Ukraina
2022 Group exhibition “Sol Invictimas 5th exposition”, Café-Galería Casa de Cultura, Morelia, México
2021 Group exposition “Post-competition exhibition of the Brzeski Festival of Pinhole Photography 2021 in Opole”,
Municipal Public Library in Opole, Poland
2021 Group exposition of camera-less photography in “Conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Fotografía 2021”,
La Jacaranda Cultural Pátzcuaro, Morelia, México
2021 Group virtual exposition of camera-less photography in “Conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Fotografía 2021”, México
2021 Group exhibition BFFO 2021, BCK Contemporary Art Gallery, Brzeg, Poland
2021 Group exhibition “Anagnórisis”, Cardinal Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2021 Group virtual exhibition “Mirada Estenopeica”, Subdirección de Artes Visuales.
Municipalidad de Florencio Varela, Florencio Varela, Argentina
2021 Group virtual exhibition “Festival de pinhole Perú 2021”,
2021 Group virtual exhibition “"Estenopeica sin Fronteras 2021", Oaxaca, México
2021 Group exhibition “Sol Invictimas”, La Jacaranda Cultural Pátzcuaro, Pátzcuaro, Morelia, México
2021 Group virtual exhibition “Sol Invictimas 4th exposition” of pinole photography and solarigraphy, Morelia, México
2018 Site specific installation, Cotorino art & cafe, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
2018 Group virtual exhibition, Oaxaca Estenopeica, México
2018 Solo exhibition, Laura Reyes & Phillipe Perrin Showroom, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
2018 Learners’ Group exhibition, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building of The Museum of Modern
Art, New York, U.S.A.
2017 Group exhibition, Centro de Difusión Cultural Raúl Gamboa del Instituto Potosino de Bellas Artes, San Luis Potosi, México
2016 Duo exhibition, Galería MuRo, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
2016 Group exhibition, Galería MuRo, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
1995-1994 Group exhibitions, Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan
1993 Solo exhibition, Asobi no Gallery Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Solo exhibition, Urayasu Presents, Chiba, Japan
Publications:
Review:
1993 Emiko Tennichi, “Visit to the studio No. 35”, Olive Magazine Magazine House, Japan
Author:
2000 “Joseon Cultural Heritage”, World Painting Vol. 20, Paintcraft Magazine, Nihon Vogue, Japan
2000 “Peruvian Old Ceramic”, World Painting Vol. 17, Paintcraft Magazine Nohon Vogue, Japan
Award:
2021 First prize in BFFO 2021 Photo competition, Brzeg, Poland
2009 First prize in Solid Work category, Kaeru Art Contest, Sagamihara City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
Other:
2019 Selected by editors for LendsCulture Art Photography Awards 2019 Competition Gallery
Collections:
Private collection, various in Tokyo Japan
Private collection, various in Kanagawa Japan
Private collection, various in Guanajuato Mexico
Private collection in Putte Netherlands
Private collection in Mexico City Mexico
Private collection in Barcelona Spain
Contact wara@alqmst.co.jp