Ken Kitano

2004 Photographic Society Awards

2007 Photographic Society of Japan Rookie of the Year

Selected for the 2010 Hong Kong Sovereign Art Prize

2010 Grants from the Pola Art Foundation and the International Exchange Fund for “Our Face Project in BEIJING” (residency production and solo exhibition from 5/1 to 8/1) at the Saneido Photographic Arts Center

2011 27th Higashikawa Award Rookie of the Year

2011 14th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award Special Award

In 2012, he stayed in the US for 1 year as an overseas trainee for emerging artists at the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2013

“Our Face: Asia” was selected for the Kassel Photobook Award at the 2013 Kassel Photobook Festival in Germany

Nominated for the 2015 San Diego Museum of Photography Lou Stoumen Prize in Photography

2016 The WMA Commission Masters Award (Hong Kong) finalist

1993 City Flow and Fusion, I.C.A.C. Weston Gallery, Tokyo

2005 our face, GALLERY176, Osaka

2006 our face, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo

2009 one day, MEM, Osaka

2010 our face + Flow and Fusion, Mirai Projects, Stockholm, Sweden

2010 Flow and Fusion, UP FIELD GALLERY, Tokyo / presented by MEM

2010 our face, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

2010 our face, GUCANG CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, Lanzhou, China

2010 our face, 1839 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan

2010 our face, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany

2011 our face project, MEM, Tokyo

2011 our face + one day, Ilan Engel Gallery, Paris, France

2011 SHINKAI (“the deep sea”), Takashimaya ART GALLERY X, Tokyo

2012 our face, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2013 our face: Asia, MEM, Tokyo

2014 Now, Here, and Beyond, MEM, Tokyo

2015 Now, Here, and Beyond, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2015 our face – prayers, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA

2015 Now, Here, and Beyond, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, USA

2016 Reflect, RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo

2017 Gathering Light, MEM, Tokyo

2017 Artist Project #2.02 Kitano Ken: Gathering Light, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

2019 Gathering Light, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo

2019 Gathering Light, IBASHO, Antwerp, Belgium

2021 Others From the Future / Quiet Hand, MEM, Tokyo

1996 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

1997 “San Marino International Photo Meeting” San Marino Republic

1997 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

1998 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2000 “HUMANSCAPE EXHIBITION” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2001 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2003 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2004 “16th Photo Exhibition” PLACE M, Tokyo (duo exhibition with Asako Narahashi)

2004 “Young Portfolio Exhibition” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2006 “The Present State of Photography 3 - 6 Essays on Criticality” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2007 “Thanatos and Eros” Gallery Epsite, Tokyo (joint exhibition with Emi Anrakuji)

2008 “Face Exhibition” Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa

2008 “BMW Prize Nominee's Group Show/Paris Photo 2008” Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

2008 “Modern Photography Mother Series: Photo Game Exhibition” Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa

2009 “BMW Prize Nominee's Group Show/Paris Photo 2009” Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

2010 “Raining Stars” Louis Vuitton Maison, Macau

2010 “New York Photo Festival” Brooklyn, New York, USA

2011 “Japan's Emerging Artists Exhibition Vol. 10: A Leap Forward in Photography” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2011 “Worldwide @Young Portfolio” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

2011 “PORTRAITS” Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo

2011 “Out of The Dark Room: The David Kronn Collection” Irish Museum of Modern Art

2011 “27th Higashikawa Award Winning Artist Exhibition” Higashikawa Cultural Gallery, Hokkaido

2011 “14th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award Exhibition” Kawasaki Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kanagawa

2011 “Niigata Beauties” Niigata City Museum of History

2011 “Japan Photographic Society Rookie Award Exhibition Crown on the Earth” Serbian National Bank Gallery, Belgrade/Petrovaradin Fortress Art Gallery, Serbia, Novi Sad/Berlin Japanese-German Center, Berlin, Germany

2011 “Sovereign Asian Art Award Winning Exhibition” Hong Kong

2012 “NIPPON-ISM” GALERIE DA-END, PARIS, FRANCE

2012 “HIKARI: Contemporary Photography from Japan” Gallery Art Motif, India/ICIA Art Gallery, India/National Institute of Design, India

2012 “Crown on the Earth” Gallery of Classic Photography, Moscow, Russia

2013 “MUJO-KAN” GALERIE DA-END, PARIS, FRANCE

2013 “FACE” Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

2013 “Ukiyo-e: Images from the Floating World” Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2014 “17th DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition” The National Art Center, Tokyo

2014 “Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts 20th Anniversary - Forever the Origin.” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2014 “Face” Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa

2015 “Between Pottery and Light” Takashimaya Art Gallery toured stores in Nihonbashi/Kyoto/Osaka/Yokohama/Nagoya

2015 “Petits Dreams” GALERIE DA-END, Paris, France

2015 “PHOT'AIX 2015” Gallery Emile Zola, Aix-en-Provence, France

2015 “The 2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition” Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing

2016 “Frontier of Photography from the Perspective of Humanism” Hokkaido Kushiro Art Museum

2016 “Body and mind! In Love with Contemporary Art: Toshioka Collection+Oita Asian Sculptors” Oita Prefectural Museum of Art

2016 “Ecke Homo: A Look at Modern Human Images” The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2016 “Daegu Photo Biennale” Daegu Metropolitan City, Korea

2016 “GETXOPHOTO FESTIVAL” BILBAO, SPAIN

2017 “Synchronicity: Scrolling Heisei in Autumn” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2017 “Re:Collection II: Photographs in perspective” Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

2018 “Kiyosato Photographic Art Museum Collection Exhibition - Forever the origin. -2018-” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum/National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

2018 “Rotterdam Photo Festival: FAKE | TRUTH” Deliplein, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2019 “MOMAS Collection Phase 3” Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

2019 “Special Collection Exhibition Giacometti and II” The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2019 “Cave of Images - Exploring the Source of Consciousness” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2020 “Metropolis 2020” Takashimaya Nihonbashi Main Store 6th Floor Art Gallery, Takashimaya Osaka Store 6th Floor Art Gallery

2021 “MOMAS Collection Phase 1” Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

2021 “Origin, forever. -Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art/Shinnyo-en Collection-” Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA

2021 “7.9 billion others - to all “me” living on this planet” Borderless Art Museum NO-MA, Shiga

2021 “Sumida Mukojima EXPO2021” Sumida Ward, Tokyo Old Mukojima Area

2022 “Are the 40th Anniversary Exhibition Doors Open? - Museums and Collections 1982-2022”, Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

2022 “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.11 Fragile - Quiet Scenery” Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa

2023 “Fundamentals Festival (2021-2023)” The University of Tokyo Komaba Museum, Tokyo

2024 “TOP Collection Time Travel: From the Past of 1200 Months and a Curious Direction” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2024 “FOCUS” (〈Photography? end?〉 A joint project exhibition by Hamada Yuji, Nitori Mizuki, Onodera Yuki, Oshima Narumi, Suzuki Risaku, Usui Kazunori, and Kitano Ken) Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Schaefer International Gallery (Maui, Hawaii, USA)

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan)

The National Museum of Art, Osaka (Japan)

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Japan)

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Yamanashi, Japan)

Kawasaki City Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)

Higashikawa-cho Bunka Gallery (Hokkaido, Japan)

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan)

The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (Japan)

Tokyo Polytechnic University, Shadai Gallery (Japan)

Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Japan)

Amana Photo Collection (Tokyo, Japan)

Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd (Osaka, Japan)

Miyanomori Museum of Art, Sapporo (Japan)

Goeun Museum of Photography (Busan, Korea)

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection (Austria)

The Irish Museum of Art (Ireland)

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, USA)

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (USA)

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Washington D.C., USA)

J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)