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Kimiko Yoshida

	1963 Born in Tokyo, Japan Lives in Europe since 1995

In Her photographs the japaniese female artist, Kimiko Yoshida, incorporates all kinds of forgotten rituals and timeless mythologies, they are Self-portraits probably, but extricated from the weightiness of resemblance, ripped from psychological ponderousness, freed from universal gravity, ethereal. A sudden extension of a pre-Socratic Eden. Out of range of the usual nihilistic parody, the ambient trashy eroticism, the imposed sentimentalism. An art that isn't solely ravaged by death.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008	Kimiko Yoshida "The Brides of the World", Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China Soy donde no pienso, pienso donde no soy, GORAN GOVORCIN CONTEMPORARY, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Silver Pavillon, GALERIE GUY PIETERS, Knokke, Belgium My Being is Not My Thinking, BERTIN-TOUBLANC GALLERY, Miami, Flo, USA Met Kunst aan Tafel, SAVARIN, Oostende, Belgium
2007	Todo lo que no soy me interasa, IMAGINART GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain Alles was nicht ich ist, BEREZNITSKY GALLERY, Berlin, Germany Tudo o que não seja eu,CENTRO DAS ARTES. CASA DAS MUDAS, Madeira, Portugal Raison de mort, MÉTROPOLIS, Paris, France FOTOESPAÑA 2007 Todo lo que no soy, GALERIA ALVARO ALCAZAR, Madrid, Spain Ma mort n'en saura rien, GALERIE ALBERT BENAMOU at GALERIA D'ARTE VENEZIA, Venice, Italy
2006	All That's Not Me..., THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem, Israel Tombeau, COLLÉGIALE SAINT-LAZARE, Avallon, France « Art-Paris » GALERIE ALBERT BENAMOU at GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France Marry Me ! Self-portraits, RUARTS GALLERY, Moscow, Russia LYON SEPTEMBRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE 2006 Open/Closed, GALERIE MÉTROPOLIS, Lyon, France Sakura at Arthus-Bertrand, PARCOURS SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÈS, Paris, France Self-portraits with a Comma, THE HEDER CONTEMPORARY ART, Tel-Aviv, Israel Triptyque Festival, HÔTEL DE VILLE, Angers, France
2005	Birth of a Geisha, TRANSPHOTOGRAPHIQUES BROEL MUSEUM, Courtrai, Belgium Birth of a Geisha, ELLEN CURLEE GALLERY, Saint-Louis, USA Birth of a Geisha, FLATFILE GALLERIES, Chicago, USA Incarnations, FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY at TRIBECA ISSEY MIYAKE, New York, USA 1st Price, category "Self-portrait", INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, New York, USA
2004	Marry Me !, 35^es RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Arles, France Silver Pavillon, 19^e BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA CRÉATIVITÉ DANS L'HABITAT INTÉRIEUR 04, Courtrai, Belgium Who Is Afraid of Kimiko ?, FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY, Antwerpen, Belgium Marry Me ! AOYAMA BOOK CENTER, Tokyo, Japan Autoportraits monochromes, GALERIE MÉTROPOLIS, Lyon, France Monochrome Self-portraits, ROCKET GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2003	Marry Me !, MAISON DES ARTS, Malakoff, France
2002	«Paris-Photo», GALERIE RABOUAN-MOUSSION at CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France Cherry Blossom at Shu Uemura, PARCOURS SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS, Paris, France Being in the Light, L'ÉCURIE, Brussels, Belgium Princess Bamboo, LIGHT WORKS GALLERY, Yokohama, Japan In the Begining, GALERIE RABOUAN-MOUSSION, Paris, France
2001	Tokyo, vite !, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France
2000	Jérusalem, Tokyo, Venise, vite !, MUSEUM OF ART, Herzliya, Israel

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008	SMAK, STEDELIJK MUSEUM VOOR ACTUELE KUNST, Gent, Belgium “The Hands of Art” A project by Ronny Van de Velde L’ABBAYE, Annecy-le-Vieux, France “MÉTAmorphose” A project by Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine & Jean-Marc Salomon CASTELLO CARLO V, Lecce, Italy “Venere Vincitrice”
2007	MAISON GUERLAIN, Paris, France “Miroir, mon beau miroir” CESAC-IL FILATOIO, Caraglio, Italy “Il Velo” THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, UK “Gold Fever & Silver Rush” ARSENALE DI VENEZIA - SPAZIO THETIS, Venice, Italy “Faccia Lei. Portraits in Transition” A Museum Arterra art project SCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Phœnix, Arizona, USA “Art Is An Idea: the Moquay Collection” MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France “Acquisitions 1999-2006″ ESPACE TAJAN, Paris, France “L’Artiste & ceux qui le soutiennent” AYALA MUSEUM, Manila, Philippines “Essences insensées” MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Goya” FRENCH INSTITUTE, Singapore, Republic of Singapore “Essences insensées” HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA “The Painted Body” GALERIE ÉTATS D’ART, Paris, France “Femmes du XX^e siècle” THAILAND CREATIVE & DESIGN CENTER, Bangkok, Thailand “Essences insensées” AKUREYRI ART MUSEUM, Akureyri, Iceland “Face à Faces” FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM, Fukuoka, Japan “Essences insensées” BIENNALE D’ISSY. MUSÉE DE LA CARTE À JOUER, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France “Une beauté violente violente à en perdre la raison”
2006	GRAND-PALAIS, Paris, France “Génération Picasso” ARTCURIAL, Paris, France “Mickey Upside Down” KUNSTHALLE KREMS, Krems-Stein, Austria “Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie” FARMANI GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Los Angeles, USA “The 2005 Best of Show” PALM SPRINGS, USA “First Photo Festival” PILSNER URQUELL BRAND FORUM, Poland “The 2005 Best of Show” FOTOGRAFINS HUS, Stockholm, Sweden «Face à faces [auto]portraits» CITY ART CENTER, Edinburgh, Scotland «Face to Face» ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES BEAUX-ARTS (ENSBA), Paris, France «Essences insensées»
2005	MUSEO NACIONAL REINA SOFIA, Madrid, Spain Departmento de Audiovisuales «We Are the World» ACADEMY OF ARTS & DESIGN, Tel-Aviv, Israel «Yona in Bezalel» THE CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, USA «The Bogey Man (after Goya)» THEMES AND VARIATIONS, London, UK «Whisper» SUPER ! FIRST TRIENNAL FOR CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, FASHION & DESIGN, Hasselt, Belgium «Beauty Without Irony» FESTIVAL VOIES OFF RIP, Arles, France «Temps forts» ESPACE SISLEY, Paris, France «Artists Mirrors» COUVENT DES CORDELIERS, Châteauroux, France «Meubles d’artistes» ARTCURIAL, Paris, France «Face à Faces» ARNHEM MODE BIËNNALE 2005, Holland «Design Against Aids» ELGA WIMMER GALLERY at DiVA, New York, USA «Digital & Video Art» GALERIE NIKKI MARQUARDT, Paris, France «Portraits de femmes de la Bible»
2004	MOIS DE LA PHOTO PARIS 2004 PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France «D’une image qui ne serait pas du semblant. La Photographie écrite 1950-2005» CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, USA «We Are the World» DEICHTORHALLEN-INTERNATIONALES HAUS DER PHOTOGRAPHIE, Hamburg, Germany «Corpus Christi» TÊTE À TÊTE ARTS, Paris, France «Miroirs d’artistes pour la Fondation Claude Pompidou» FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY Antwerpen, Belgium «Fifty One Celebrates Four Years» CRISTINEROSE/JOSÉE BIENVENU GALLERY New York, USA «Revisiting History. Self-portrait Photography» A3 ART «Foire Saint-Germain», Paris, France REFLEX NEW ART GALLERY Amsterdam, Holland «The Beauty of Darkness» LE LIEU UNIQUE, Nantes, France «Où sont les femmes ?»
2003	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France «Fictions de l’identité» THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem, Israel «Corpus Christi» GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE, Paris, France «Avatars» MUSÉE DE LA MODE, Hasselt, Belgium «Bagg/ages» A3 ART «Foire Saint-Germain», Paris, France
2002	MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Paris, France «Le Diaphane & l’Obscur» GALERIE ERNA HÉCEY, Luxembourg «Propositions» HÔTEL DE SULLY, Paris, France «Corpus Christi» NUIT BLANCHE Espace Huit Novembre, Paris, France GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE, Paris, France «Courant d’air, Courant d’art»
2001	KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM, Japan «Inter/Outer» ABBAYE DU RONCERAY, Angers, France «Femmes, etc.» MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France «Le Temps des plis » MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Grenoble, France «Passions partagées » GALERIE VALOIS, Paris, France «Effervescence» LA PÉRIPHÉRIE, Malakoff, France «Love Me» GALERIE BEAUBOURG, Paris, France «Face à Face» PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France «Next Generation» GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France «Girls on Top» MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France «2 000 et 1 tableaux pour le millénaire»
2000	GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France «Rouge» TOIT DU MONDE, Vevey, Switzerland «Argos Project» TOKYO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, Japan PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Shizuoka, Japan PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Hiroshima, Japan «Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa» PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France «Narcisse blessé» POZNAN MUSEUM, Poland «Biennale de la photographie»

Some Collections

Fine Arts Museum, Houston, USA

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kawasaki City Museum, Japan
Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris
Centro de Arte Moderna. Casa das Mudas, Madeira
Bank Neuflize/ABN AMRO, Paris

Lhoist Group, Bruxelles
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Paris
Diane Von Furstenberg, New York
Phoenix Insurances Ltd, Tel-Aviv
Jervis Center, Dublin
Sheika Paula Al-Sabah, Dar Noor, Dubai
Veuve Clicquot, Reims
City of Angers
Jewellery Arthus-Bertrand, Paris
Fondation Guerlain, Paris
Commission by Centre national de la photographie, Paris