Hiroko Komatsu

Photographer, Filmmaker

《The Piece, from 内方浸透現象》2019年、ゼラチン・シルバー・プリント、映像(8 ミリフィルムから変換、モノクロ、サイレント、ループ)、スタイロフォーム、プラスチックシート、サイズ可変、会場：MEM

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Hiroko Komatsu

Photographer, Filmmaker

Born in 1969 in Kanagawa

An artist, photographer, and filmmaker based in Tokyo

Awards

2018 43rd Kimura Ihei Photo Award

2021 Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Overseas Trainee (New York)

2023 Photo Club Awards

Solo Exhibitions

2017 “Mirrors and Holes - Interfaces between Sculpture and Photography Vol. 4 Hiroko Komatsu” gallery α M, Tokyo

2019 “Biological Price Guarantee” IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo

2021 “SILENT SOUND” MEM, Tokyo

2022 “Creative Destruction” The Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA

2026 “Propagation Imitator | Book-work”MEM, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

2015 “6th Fotofestival — Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg” Mannheim, Germany

2017 “THE POWER OF IMAGES” MAST FOUNDATION, BOLOGNA, ITALY

2019 “DECODE/Events and Records-Art in Post-Industrial Societies” Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

2021 “Retinal Inversion Invasion” two-person exhibition with Seishiro Tachikawa

2021 “Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu: Looper Syndicate/Sincerity Department Royal Division (Sincerity Department Loyal Division)” DieFirma, New York, America (two-person exhibition with Kanamura Osamu)

2024 “Arles International Photo Festival I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographed From the 1950s to Now” PALAIS DE L'Archevêché, Arles, France

2026 “I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now,” Shibuya Hikarie Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Public Collections

MAST Foundation (Bologna, Italy)

Tate Modern (London, England)

Kawasaki City Museum (Kanagawa)

Art Institute of Chicago (Illinois, USA)

New York Public Library (New York, USA)

University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, USA)