1966
Born in Tokyo. Lives and works in London.
Education
1993-95
MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London 1990-93 BA Fine Arts (Honours) Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London 1989-90 Foundation Course, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent 1985-89 Chuo University, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2007
"Prayer" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP) 2005 Espacio Distrito cu4tro, Madrid (ES)
"Boy with his father" Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife (ES) 2004 "Distance" Site Gallery, Sheffield; Chapter, Cardiff; Spacex Gallery, Exeter (UK), (cat.) 2003 "Forever (and Again)" Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY (US)
"Forever (and Again)" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife (ES)
"Untitled" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP) 2002 "Shizuka Yokomikzo" Museo D’arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome (IT)
"Shizuka Yokomizo" The Approach, London (UK) 2001 "Dear Stranger" Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York, NY (US) 2000 "Dear Stranger" The Approach, London (UK) 1998 "Sleeping" Duncan Cargill, London (UK) 1997 "Sleeping" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
"Light - Say Something Funny" Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
Group Exhibitions
2008
"Wako Works of Art: 15 Years - Part III" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP) 2007 "Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary – Japanese Contemporary Photography" University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (US) 2005 "Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary – Japanese Contemporary Photography" University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
"Japanese artists' recent works" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP) 2004 "Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia" San Diego Museum of Art, CA (US)
"Britannia Works" Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre & Renos Xippas Gallery, Athens (GR)
"Out of the Ordinary - Extraordinary Japanese Contemporary Photography", Japanisches Kulturinstitut (DE); Institut Supérieur d'Architecture Lambert Lombard (BE); Istituto Giapponese di Cultura (IT)
"Shutters" Anderson Gallery, University of Buffalo, NY (US) 2003 "Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video" Institute of Contemporary Photography, New York, NY (US), (cat.)
"Clandestines" curated by Francesco Bonami, 50th Venice Biennale 2003, Venice, (IT), (cat.)
"Days Like These: 2003 Tate Triennial" Tate Museum Britain, London (UK), (cat.)
"The Furtive Gaze" Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (US) 2002 "Undertow" (with Année Olofsson) Fusebox, Washington D.C. (US)
"Reality Check" Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (SI); 14 Wharf Rd, London (UK); House of Artists, Zagreb (HR); Rudolfinum, Prague (CZ); Bunkier Gallery, Krakow (PL); Arsenals, Riga (LV)
"Invisible Spectator" Fotohof, Salzburg (AT) 2001 "The Fantastic Recurrence of Certain Situations: Recent British Art and Photography" Sala de Exposiciones del Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (ES)
"Articulate Voice" Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Invitational, Tokyo (JP)
"Actual Art from Japan" Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Museo Pecci, Prato (IT)
"Small Narratives – Unreal Presence" Curated by Samuel-Fuyumi Namioka and Thomas Peutz, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (NL)
"Present Future" ARTissima, Turin (IT)
"Future Perfect/Senritsu Mirai – Present-Day Art From Japan" Centro Per L’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT) 2000 "Sodium Blindness" APT Gallery, London (UK)
"From A Distance" Galerie Almine Rech, Paris (FR)
"Perfidy" Couvent St. Marie de la Tourette, Lyon (FR); Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (UK)
"Where Did You Find Me?" Incubator, London (UK); James Hockey Gallery, Surrey (UK) 1999 "Reflective Surface" Cable Gallery, Helsinki (FI); Fagfabricken, Stockholm (SW); Photo Gallery, Vienna (AT) 1998 Two Person Show with Tomoko Kubo, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP) 1997 "From this moment on..." The Approach, London (UK)
"The Bible of Networking" Konstakuten, Stockholm (SW); Sali Gia Gallery, London (UK); P-House Gallery, Tokyo (JP) [traveled until 1999] 1995 "Embraceable You" Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK) 1994 "No Vacancies" Hanauer Landstrasse, Frankfurt (DE)
Group Show, Clove Two Gallery, London (UK)
MA Mid-Year Show, Chisenhale Gallery, London (UK) 1993 "Western Exposure" Riverside Studios, London (UK) 1992 "Flou" Alternative Space, Paris (FR)
