Bio / CV

TSUTOMU YAMAGATA

1966 Born in Tokyo, Japan
Law department law subject, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Based in Tokyo.
The member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024　"My Little Cosmos" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2019　"SURVEILLANCE" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2017　"Ten Disciples" Gallery 176 (Osaka, Japan)
2016　"Ten Disciples" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2014　"Dried-up" ALBA GALLERY (Beijing, China)
2013　"THIRTEEN ORPHANS" Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Colorado, USA)
2012　"Double-dealing" ALBA GALLERY (Beijing, China)
2012　"THIRTEEN ORPHANS" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2011　"THIRTEEN ORPHANS" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Beijing, China)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVAL
2024　"J12 vol.5" AIDEM Photo Gallery SIRIUS (Tokyo, Japan)
2023　"Meisou-shashin-kan" iwao Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2022　"J12 vol.4" AIDEM Photo Gallery SIRIUS (Tokyo, Japan)
2021　"This is Our Land" ZEN FOTO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2020　Promenade photographiques photo festival (Vendome, France)
2020　"J12 vol.3" AIDEM Photo Gallery SIRIUS (Tokyo, Japan)
2018　Athens photo festival "Pale Dot Red" VOID (Athens, Greece)
2018　"J12 vol.2" AIDEM Photo Gallery SIRIUS (Tokyo, Japan)
2017　"IN PRINT OUT OF PRINT" Museum of Photography Nara city (Nara, Japan)
2017　FOCUS Photography Festival 2017 (Mumbai, India)
2016　"Stories from the Camera" UNM Art Museum (New Mexico, USA)
2016　Fotofever 2016 (Paris, France)
2016　"J12" AIDEM Photo Gallery SIRIUS (Tokyo, Japan)
2016　"RAIEC TOKYO" Arts Chiyoda 3331 (Tokyo, Japan)
2015　"Antagonism and Hexagonal Pattern" Gallery NIW (Tokyo, Japan)
2015　Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (Kobe, Japan)
2015　FOCUS Photography Festival 2015 (Mumbai, India)
2014　La Quatrieme Image International Photo Festival 2014 (Paris, France)
2014　"How one thing leads to another" Houston Center for Photography (Texas, USA)
2014　"Critical Mass TOP 50 exhibition" Corden|Potts Gallery (San Francisco, USA)
2013　TOKYO PHOTO 2013 (Tokyo, Japan)
2013　"Pure 2013" Gallery TANTO TEMPO (Kobe, Japan)
2012　TOKYO PHOTO 2012 (Tokyo, Japan)
2012　"Japan Professional Photographers Society" Gallery Sirius, Fujifilm (Tokyo, Osaka)

AWARDS / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2015　Winner, EMERGING ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT
2015　Finalist, HARIBAN Award (Japan)
2014　Winner, LensCulture Portrait Awards (USA)
2014　LensCulture best Black and White Photography the best 14 (USA)
2013　Winner, Photolucida’s Critical Mass TOP 50 (USA)
2013　Selected Portfolio, Review Santa Fe (USA)

PUBLICATIONS
2024　Photography Book, “My Little Cosmos” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY
2019　Photography Book, “SURVEILLANCE” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY/Case Publishing
2017　Photography Book, New edition of “THIRTEEN ORPHANS” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY/Case Publishing
2016　Photography Book, New edition of “Ten Disciples” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY
2015　Photography Book, “Ten Disciples” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY
2012　Photography Book, “THIRTEEN ORPHANS” published by ZEN FOTO GALLERY
2011　Photography Book, “Bulgarian Rose “ Private published
2007〜”Perspective of the World”, NEW ENERGY Magazine

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The New Yorker, LEICA LFI magazine, The eye of photography, Replica man magazine, Internazionale, WIRED, LensCulture, Feature Shoot, LENSCRATCH, LEICA M Magazine, Dodho Magazine, Dienacht magazine, Index FOTO HUNGARY, EMAHO magazine, Huffington Post, Photo Eye, Fraction Magazine Japan, Photographer Russia, Artisfied, ZHI JP知日03, Yishuz, Artinasia, Espal Fotographic

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
UNM University of New Mexico Art Museum (New Mexico, USA)
Dr Brau Daji Lad Museum (Mumbai, India)

GALLERY
ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo (http://www.zen-foto.jp/)