Biografía
Michiko Kon is a Japanese photographer born in Kanagawa Prefecture, 1955. Graduated from Sokei Art School, 1978.
Studied at Tokyo Photographic College 1978-1980.
Awards
Art Scholar Prize, Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (1984). Newcomer Award, Higashikawa International Photography Festival (1987). The IheiKi mura Photography Award, The Asahi Shimbun (1991)
Selected One-person Exhibitions:
Michiko Kon, Michel Soskine Inc. Madrid (2009).
Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Burden Gallery, New York (1999).
Michiko Kon: Photographs 1998, P.G.I. (1998-1999).
Michiko Kon: Still Life, Gallery Raku, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto (1998).
Michiko Kon, P.G.I. Shibaura, Tokyo (1997).
Michiko Kon Exhibition by Polaroid Color 8x10, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo (1996).
Michiko Kon, Robert Mann Gallery, New York (1995-1996).
Still Lives, P.G.I. Tokyo, (1994).
Michiko Kon: Still Lives, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (1992).
EAT, Minolta Photo Space (1991).
EAT: Recent Works, P.G.I. Tokyo (1990).
EAT, Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo (1987).
Still Life, Nikon Salon, Shinjuku, Tokyo (1985).
Selected Group Exhibitions :
Horst Janssen and Seven Photographers. Michel Soskine Inc. Madrid (2006).
Internationale Fototage Herten, Herten (1999).
An Incomplete History: Women Photographers From Japan, 1864-1997, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester (1998).
Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Presentation, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (1998).
Still Life by Woman Photographers, P.G.I. Shibaura (1998).
Some Assembly Required, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (1996).
Rituals and Transformations, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1995).
Beyond Recognition: Contemporary International Photography, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1995).
10/10/10, Robert Mann Gallery, New York (1995).
JAPAN TODAY, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (1995).
Fabricated Realities, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1993).
Representatives: Women Photographers from the Permanent Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson (1992).
Make Believe: Contemporary Photography from JAPAN, The Photographers' Gallery, London (1991).
Japanese Contemporary Photography: Twelve Viewpoints, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo (1990).
Japanese Contemporary Photography, Pavilion des Arts, Paris (1990).
Beyond the Photographic Frame - 11 Recent Works, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito (1990).
The Silent Dialogue: Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuo ka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka (1990).
The Hitachi Collection of Contemporary Japanese Photography, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson (1989).
Public Collections:
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, U.S.A.
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizon at Tucson, U.S.A
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, U.S.A.
Museum of Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, U.S.A
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Books & Publications:
Michiko Kon, Still deaths. The Sunday Times Spectrum Magazine, London (2009).
Michiko Kon. Naturalezas Vivas. Matador, Madrid (2007).
Michiko Kon, Korinsha Press, Kyoto (1997).
Michiko Kon: Still Lifes, Text by Ryu Murakami and Toshiharu Ito. Ed. Aperture, New York (1997).
KON BOX, P.G.I. & Nazraeli Press (1996).
EAT, Shogakukan, Tokyo (1991)
EAT, Art Works Committee, Tokyo (1987)
