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Rinko Kawauchi

Profile:
Born in Shiga, Japan, in 1972. Graduated from Seian Junior College of Art and Design in 1993.
She started her career as a photographer on freelance basis in 1997. In 2001 she simultaneously released a series of three photo books - "UTATANE" , "HANABI" and "HANAKO" from Little More, which created an overnight sensation in the photography world in Japan. In 2002, she was awarded the prestigious 27th Annual Kimura Ihei Award for two of the books, "UTATABE" and "HANABI".
Further publications of Rinko Kawauchi, which should be mentioned, are "AILA" (FOIL, 2004), "the eyes, the ears," and "Cui Cui" (FOIL, 2005 /both) and her latest book "Semear" (FOIL, 2007).
Rinko Kawauchi has joined and held many group exhibitions and solo exhibitions both at home and abroad to date. Among others , major latest solo exhibitions are: Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris 2005; The Photographers' Gallery, London 2006; Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan 2006; and FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, Copenhagen 2006; Hasselblad Centre, Goteborg, Sweden, 2007; Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 2007 and Cohan and Leslie, New York, 2007. Major group exhibitions she joined are: Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France 2004; "Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain" Museum Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2006; PHotoEspana, Madrid 2006.

Awards:
2002 Winner of the 27th Kimura Ihei Award
2002 The Photographic Society of Japan, the Rookie of the Year award
1997 Grand Prix Prize, The Guardian Garden’s 9th Hitotsubo (1.82 m x 1.82 m large space) Exhibition

Collections:
Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Of Photography, Tokyo
Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris
Huis Marseille, France