Ikko Narahara

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.

 

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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