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Ⓒ Mai Ishida
Mai Ishida
Final Updated Date:April 9th,2023
Biography;
Born 1974 in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Lives and works in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Comparative Culture, Faculty of Literature, the University of Kitakyushu , Japan. After working for an aviation-related company, studied photography at Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly Kyoto University of Art and Design), Correspondence Course, Department of Fine Arts, Photography Course. She produces works mainly in the field of photography. Being a third generation A-bomb survivor, she began to think about the separation of life and death. She has developed her work on the theme of the correlation between living and being alive.
Solo Exhibition;
2022 “gauge (2020-2021)” at Alt_Medium in Tokyo, Japan (Print support :Canon Inc.)
2020 “In a Car Washing Machine” at NADAR in Tokyo, Japan (Print support :Canon Inc.)
Groups Exhibition;
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO at I NEVER READ,ART BOOK FAIR BASEL in Switzerland
2018 the 2018 New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition in Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan
2018 NEW JAPAN PHOTO at HOTEL THE KNOT Shinjuku, Japan
Award;
2018 Canon New Cosmos of Photography Honorable Mention 『One's memory』 (Selected by Sandra Phillips)
Publication;
2019 Photographer for short story "Miacis Symphony" for "an-an" No. 2178.
2019 Neko Project Cat photography by Japanese artists produced by Sophie Cavaliero
2019 EINSTEIN STUDIO NEW JAPAN PHOTO 8 posted 『In a Car Washing Machine』(10 members selected)
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