Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1931. He began his career in photography with the highly controversial debut exhibition Man and His Land in 1956 and received a master’s degree in Art from Waseda University in 1959. Narahara also co-founded the VIVO cooperative alongside Shomei Tomatsu, Eikoh Hosoe, Kikuji Kawada and others in 1959 (the group dissolved in 1961). Basing himself in Paris (1962-1964) and later New York (1970-1974) he went on to photograph various locations throughout the globe. After returning to Japan in 1974 he continued pursuing international projects as well as putting on multiple exhibitions. Narahara has published numerous monographs and received critical acclaim both at home and abroad.
Exhibitions at PGI
| 2015.05.11－07.04 | Japanesque Zen |
| 2003.05.08－05.30 | HEAVEN |
| 1998.03.24－04.24 | Where Time Has Vanished 1970−1974 |
| 1991.01.16－02.15 | Rebirth・1990 |
| 1991.01.16－02.15 | Broadway |
| 1988.01.11－02.09 | Eight Japanese Photographers |
| 1987.04.01－04.28 | Human Land |
Related Exhibition
| 2023.10.05－01.29 |
IKKO’S AMERICA, Shimane Art Museum |
| 2023.08.29－11.05 |
Domains, Fukuoka Art Museum |
| 2023.02.11－05.07 |
Ikko Narahara, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama |
| 2023.02.10－03.11 |
Fashion, amana TIGP |
| 2023.02.04－03.26 |
Ikko Narahara, Kure Municipal Museum of Art |
| 2022.09.02－11.28 |
Ikko Narahara x Mitsuo Katsui, Shimane Art Museum |
| 2022.04.29－06.19 |
Domanis, Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido |
| 2022.04.09－05.08 |
Japanesque <Zen>, KYOTOGRAPHIE, Ryosokuin Temple (Kennin-ji Temple) |
| 2022.01.19－06.26 |
Farewell Photography: The Hitachi Collection of Postwar Japanese Photographs, 1961-1989, Phoenix Art Museum |
| 2021.09.13－11.20 |
Ikko Narahara, from Shodai Gallery collection, Shadai Gallery |
| 2020.11.10－12.12 |
Celebration of Life, Taka Ishii Gallery |
| 2020.03.20－06.21 |
In Memoriam Ikko Narahara, Shimane Art Museum |
| 2020.02.29－04.04 |
Ikko Narahara Memorial Exhibition, Where Time Has Vanished, Taka Ishii Gallery |
| 2020.01.06－02.02 |
Human Land/Domanis, JCII Photo Salon |
| 2019.11.23－01.26 |
The Promised Journey to Spain, Setagaya Art Museum |
| 2019.11.01－12.21 |
Rrose Sélavy, Taka Ishii Gallery |
| 2019.11.01－12.21 |
Stellar Memories, Taka Ishii Gallery |
| 2019.08.10－11.04 |
TOP Collection, Reading Images: The Time of Photography, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum |
| 2019.05.08－07.31 |
VENICE－NIGHTSCAPES, gallery bauhaus |
| 2018.11.14－02.04 |
Ikko Narahara, ‘Human land’ and ‘the Jitsuzaisha Group‘, Shimane Art Museum |
| 2018.11.10－01.27 |
Architecture x Photography, A Light Existing Only Here, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum |
| 2018.01.25－05.07 |
Human Scape, Shimane Art Museum |
| 2017.03.10－04.24 |
Ikko Narahara, Canon Gallery S |
| 2016.09.24－10.22 |
Venice – Nightscapes, Taka Ishii Gallery |
| 2016.06.01－09.30 |
Where Time Has Vanished, Photo History Museum, FUJIFILM SQUARE |
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