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YOSHIMITSU UMEKAWA CV Yoshimitsu Umekawa(1976-) is a Japanese photographer born in Tokyo. BIOGRAPHY Yoshimitsu Umekawa (born 1976, Tokyo) is a photographer who lives and works in Tokyo. Since 1999, he has worked mainly in the field of commercial art including culture and music magazines, CD covers, fashion, advertisements and has exhibited as a freelance photographer. Excelling at portraits of musicians (including Daft Punk, Rammellzee, Kool Keith and Missy Elliott), he has been photographing club culture and the hip hop scene in Japan for the last 10 years. In 2012, he started to focus on creating his own artwork and self-published his debut photo book 'LEAVE ME ALONE' in an unconventional format. In the same year, his new series of work 'Incarnations' made the cover of 'TRANSIENCE - Art Issue 004' by Lodown Magazine (an art and culture magazine from Berlin, Germany). Also in 2012, another controversial photo book titled 'DRIP BOMB' was published by ERECT LAB. RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 "HIDDEN CHAMPIONS OF TOKYO" Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2015 "Kosuke KAWAMURA collage Works MIX-UP" space caiman,Tokyo, Japan 2015 "New Year ! 35 minutes" Studio 35 minutes, Tokyo, Japan 2014 "BCTION" New Kojimachi building,Tokyo, Japan 2014 "K.I.Y.O.S.H.I.R.O I.M.A.W.A.N.O TRIBUTE EXHIBITION vol.6 SUMMERTIME BLUES" Coolie’s Creek,Tokyo, Japan 2014 "Here is ZINE tokyo BANGKOK" TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS, curated by Enlightment, Tokyo, Japan 2013 "Good Buy Photo !," BA-TSU ART GALLERY, curated by EYESCREAM Magazine,Tokyo, Japan 2012 "WELLDONE," Raum 1F, Tokyo, Japan 2012 "STREET THAN PARADISE," Moscow Lounge, Tokyo, Japan 2012 "The second KONYAGATANAKAMENBUDOUKAI," LIQUID & LOFT, Tokyo, Japan 2009 "Good to be mummy," YAMAMOTO GENDAI, curated by Chim↑Pom, Tokyo, Japan 2009 "100 Photographers 2009 Love＆Peace," curated by COMMERCIAL PHOTO, Tokyu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2007 "POCKET FILMS Festival in Japan," Theme Program, Shinko Kaijyo, Yokohama, Japan 2007 "THE ROYAL HOUSE exhibition," MONKY GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan 2007 "FANCY HEAD," 2 persons exhibition with Kensei Yabuno, BEAMS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan 2005 "FREMED," curated by SURFACE TO AIR, BBS, Tokyo, Japan 2005 "N.W.B.A Public/image.," YAMAHA EXREALM, Tokyo, Japan 2004 "TORI EXHIBITION," tranqroom, Kyoto, Japan 2004 "CPF meet TORI EXHIBITION," CPF, Tokyo, Japan AWARDS 2010 Nominated for HIPHOP VIDEO "2010 SPACE SHOWER TV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS" / TETRAD THE GANG OF FOUR / LAILA dir. yoshimitsu umekawa. 2009 "Amebreak AWARDS 2009 BEST VIDEOs" / MIC AKIRA / ILLBOYFRIEND pt.1 (album ver.) feat. NIPPS dir. yoshimitsu umekawa BIBLIOGRAPHY ARTIST BOOKS 2012 "DRIP BOMB," published by ERECT LAB., Tokyo, Japan 2012 "LEAVE ME ALONE," self-published, Tokyo, Japan CATALOGUE & OTHER PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED) 2015 Fubiz.net, Pop-Colored Apocalypse, France 2013 ALA CHAMPFEST MAGAZINE no.6, Australia 2012 TRANSIENCE - Art Issue 004, Lodown Magazine, Germany 2012 LODOWN MAGAZINE ISSUE 81 MAY/JUNE, Germany 2009 Japanese Photographers 100, Infas Books, Japan 2007 PHOTOGRAPHER’S FILE 2007_02, PhotoGRAPHICA, Japan 2006 Japanese Motion Graphic Creators, BNN, Japan ARTICLES (SELECTED) 2015 photo pages, articles. Incarnations, "OAI13.com" web magazine, Imaginer l’apocalypse, à quoi bon ? Yoshimitsu Umekawa : l’apocalypse ? irreprésentable., France 2015 photo pages, interview. Incarnations, "MOMENTS JOURNAL" website, Yoshimitsu Umekawa’s Photography of Billowing Clouds — apocalyptic yet artistically beautiful, USA 2015 photo pages, interview. Incarnations, "HI-FRUCTOSE" MAGAZINE website, Yoshimitsu Umekawa’s Apocalyptic Pop-Colored Photographs, USA 2015 photo pages, interview. Incarnations, "QUOTATION" MAGAZINE n.20 2015 SPRING QUOTATION'S CREATIVE GALLERY, Japan 2014 photo pages, poster, flyer. Incarnations, Red Bull Music Academy ART BOOK, Japan 2014 photo pages. Incarnations, SWITCH MAGAZINE(VOL.32 NO.3 MAR.2014) , Japan 2013 photo pages. Incarnations, EYESCREAM MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2013 No.116, Japan 2013 photo pages. Incarnations, MAPS MAGAZINE ISSUE 68 NOVEMBER 2013 BACK COVER, South Korea 2013 photo pages. Incarnations, WAPS MAGAZINE website, South Korea
