吉川直哉
Naoya Yoshikawa
Photographer, Professor at Osaka University of Arts
In 2022, we welcome you to the seventh edition of our International Portfolio Review.
During the opening weekend of KYOTOGRAPHIE, leading figures in the field of photography including curators, editors, gallerists, photo festival directors, publishers, and photographers gather, in addition to professionals in the field of contemporary art, as reviewers. KYOTOGRAPHIE respects and appreciates all forms of expression through photography. The diversity of our reviewers and the opportunity they present is one of our many contributions to photographers.
For the sixth edition of the review, KYOTOGRAPHIE had to switch to fully online review due to a State of Emergency that extended to the first half of the festival. Yet we welcomed 21 reviewers from Japan and overseas. So far participating photographers have had the chance to exhibit in Europe, Japan (TOKYOGRAPHIE) and China, while others have published photo books in France, and won a world-class photo award. Our portfolio review is all-inclusive, open to all ages, nationalities and career levels. We look forward to your submission!
Dates : 2022.4.9 Sat. – 10 Sun. | 10:00 – 17:30
Entry Deadline : Monday, February 28th 2022 11:59PM (Japan Time)
Application Deadline Extended: March 7th 2022 11:59PM (JST)
Reviews are 20 minutes long with a 10-minute break in between. Every effort will be made during the allocation process to meet your preferences. During the allocation process, the result of screening, your preferences, and your submitted work are all taken into consideration. In principle, we plan to allocate you at least one of the preferred reviewers, for example, if you select 3 reviews you will get one of your preferences if 5 reviews then 2. Also, participants will have reviewers whom KYOTOGRAPHIE recommends. Please understand that the number of sessions varies by reviewers and that we do not guarantee that you will have reviewers of your preference.
Please note that some international reviewers may switch to online reviews due to travel restrictions or other circumstances. In this case, participants will be asked to set up their online environment to participate in the review, or we will set up an online booth in the review room that they can use. This event will be held under appropriate measures to protect against COVID-19 infections. Please note that it is a prerequisite for participants to attend the review. However, as was the case last year, KYOTOGRAPHIE might have to switch the entire portfolio review to online depending on the circumstances regarding COVID situation. Thank you for your understanding.
Furthermore, we strongly recommend those who may need interpreters for their review sessions assign their own. In which case KYOTOGRAPHIE needs to be informed about the number for COVID preventive maeasures. KYOTOGRAPHIE will have a handful volunteer interpreters on site, but will not provide nor arrange preparatory meetings between reviewees and interpreters prior to the dates.
This year we have two awards for the portfolio review.
On the final day of the review, we will collect feedback from the reviewers. Then, after a review by KYOTOGRAPHIE co-directors Lucille Reybose and Yusuke Nakanishi, we will determine the recipients of each award.
The winner of the Ruinart Japan Award will be given the opportunity to participate in an artist-in-residence program organized by Ruinart, the world’s first-established champagne house. The winner will stay in the Champagne region in France to produce a new series of photographic work. These works will be exhibited at one of the main venues as an official KYOTOGRAPHIE program in a future edition.
The winner of this award will be given the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition for approximately four weeks at DELTA, the gallery space run by KYOTOGRAPHIE in Kyoto. The potential duration of the exhibition will be decided by mutual consultation.
What is my opportunity at DELTA:
DELTA exhibitions are generally four-week exhibitions of works and collections by national and international artists, from emerging artists to masters, who take us to new heights.
Coinciding are events, workshops and main programs by BASE (Bank for Art Support Encounters), launching in 2022 BASE ART CAMP as practice-based workshop programs for business persons.
DELTA is a space that nurtures culture and innovation.
Photographer, Professor at Osaka University of Arts
Independent Curator
Benrido Overseas Division Director
大阪大学21世紀懐徳堂准教授
Associate Curator, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Director of Photography, Newsweek Japan
Director of The Third Gallery Aya, Director of Fine Art Photography, Director of Osaka International Media Library
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Curator
IMA Editorial Director
Photographers, Founders of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Jimei × Arles International Photography Festival Founder
Chief Curator at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Senior Curator, Yokohama Museum of Art
Curator / Associated Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts
Founder and Director, AKAAKA Art Publishing Inc.
Editor / Director, T&M Projects
Photography Curator
General Secretary at fonds de dotation dotation agnès b.
Independent Curator, Photography Historian
Writer and editor, British Journal of Photography
Photographer, Professor at Osaka University of Arts
Language: JP
Artist, Professor of Osaka University of Arts. Born in 1961. Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, (Photography, B.F.A & Art & Culture, M.A). 2020, Jury of “Helsinki Photo Festival” (Finland). Invited artist to 2018-2020, “lAbiRynT-New Art Festival”(Germany/Poland). 2017, 2018, “Pingyao International Photography Festival” (China). 2012, 2017, “Dali International Photo Festival” (China). 2016, Art Director of “Daegu Photo Biennale (Korea). 2015, Fellow of Artist-in-Residence of Akiyoshidai International Art Village (Japan). 2004, Fellow of Artist-in-Residence of Civitella Ranieri Center (Italy). 2000-01, Guest Scholar of Fine Arts and Media Department of Southampton College (U.S.A). Overseas Study Program for Artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan. Numerous exhibitions,workshops, symposiums, lectures in Czech, China, Korea, Poland, Netherlands, Morocco,U.S.A. and Japan.
Independent Curator
Language: JP / EN
Yumi Goto is an independent photography curator, editor, researcher, consultant, educator, and publisher who focuses on the development of cultural exchanges that transcend borders.
She collaborates with local and international artists who live and work in areas affected by conflict, natural disasters, current social problems, human rights abuses, and women’s issues. She often works with human rights advocates, international and local NGOs, humanitarian organizations and as well as being involved as a nominator and juror for the international photographic organizations, festivals, and events.
She is now based in Tokyo and also a co-founder and curator for the Reminders Photography Stronghold which is a curated membership gallery space in Tokyo enabling a wide range of photographic activities. In addition to the RPS in Tokyo, in November of 2020, she established a new RPS offshoot “PAPEROLES” in Kyoto and will lead a full-fledged activity.
Benrido Overseas Division Director
Language: JP / EN
Taka Kawachi has extensice international experience, having graduated from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, to then working in New York City as a book editor and curator for 15 years, including Richard Prince, Nan Goldin and Patti Smith exhibition and book.
Returning to Japan in 2011, he started to write essays on art and photography. In 2016, Kawachi published his first book “Art no Iriguchi (Entrance to the Arts, on American Art)” followed by his second publication on European Art in the same year. In 2019 and 2020, he published his third and fourth book “The Artists 1 & 2”. These publications illustrate his experiences of art, photography design and architecture, and offers readers an opportunity to engage with the history and subjects of both regions from his unique point of view.
He is currently the Director of the Overseas Division of Kyoto’s Benrido, working to disseminate the classic and rare photographic proccess of Collotype, and produced produced portfolios of Saul Leiter, Rinko Kawauchi, Masao Yamamoto, Robert Doisneau and J.H. Lartigue.
大阪大学21世紀懐徳堂准教授
Language: JP
Chieko Kinoshita was born in 1971 and lives in Osaka. She began Associate Professor of Kaitokudo Studies for the 21st Century, Osaka University, position after working as an art producer at the Kobe Art Village Center and at the Osaka University Center for the Study of Communication Design (CSCD). Her specialities include modern art, cultural policy, and cultural project design. She has been involved in “Art Area B1″, a project developed and managed through the joint collaboration of companies and NPOs, as well as the art and culture network project”Creative Island Lab Nakanoshima”. In addition, she has served as a member of the executive committee for NAMURA ART MEETING, curator for MEGA ART STORAGE KITAKAGAYA, offsite curator for Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, and public program director for OKAYAMA ART SUMMIT, among others.
Associate Curator, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Language: JP
Katsura Kunieda assumed her current position after working at the Mori Art Museum, Marugame City Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, and ROHM Theatre Kyoto. Major exhibitions include Martino Gamper’s “100 Chairs in 100 Days”, Teppei Kaneuji’s “”, and Lieko Shiga’s “Blind Date”, at the Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art. In addition, she planned the exhibitions “Araki Masamitsu: Zombies and Me”, “Minato Mari: Horizons”, “Miyaki Ana: Bonding the Body”, “Morimura Yasumasa: My Self-Portraits as a Theater of Labyrinths” all at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.
Director of Photography, Newsweek Japan
Language: JP / EN
Hideko Kataoka has been Director of Photography at Newsweek Japan, since 2001. She joined the magazine as a photographer in 1991, covering national news, social issues and portraiture of world business and cultural leaders. As director of photography, she oversees and directs photography both for the printed and digital editions of the magazine as well as its special issues. Since 2004, she created the “Picture Power” section in the magazine, a weekly photo essay that captures underreported topics from around the world. The book “Ten Years of Picture Power”, with selected photo stories from the section , was published in 2014. Hideko is a lecturer in photojournalism and documentary photography at Tokyo Polytechnic University since 2013, does portfolio reviews and has served as a juror at international photography festivals and competitions, such as World Press Photo, FotoFest and many others.
Director of The Third Gallery Aya, Director of Fine Art Photography, Director of Osaka International Media Library
Language: JP
Born in Osaka, Aya is the owner and director of The Third Gallery Aya founded in 1996. She deals with photography and modern arts, and collaborates in exhibition with artists such as Miyako Ishiuchi, Eiko Yamazawa, Toshiko Okanoue, Hisae Imai, Jo Spence, Shigeo Gocho, Jun Abe, Asako Narahashi, Fusako Kodama, Koichi Watanabe, Tomoko Inagaki, Hiromi Kakimoto, Yu Kawakita and Ryuichi Ishikawa. She also introduces artists internationally through art fairs, such as world’s largest photographic art fair Paris Photo and Asia’s largest modern arts fair Art Basel Hong Kong.
http://www.thethirdgalleryaya.com/
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Curator
Language: JP
Curator of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from 2018, through curator of Izu Photo Museum (2014-2018). Organized the exhibition Fiona Tan: Ascent (2016), Terri Weifenbach: The May Sun (2017), Forever (and again) (2018), Memories Penetrate the Ground and Permeate the Wind Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 18 (2021), co-curated I know something about love, asian contemporary photography (2018) with KASAHARA Michiko, co-curating Reversible Destiny Australian and Japanese contemporary photography (2021) with Natalie KING. Part-time lecturer of Meiji Gakuin University.
IMA Editorial Director
Language: JP
Mutsuko Ota is Editorial Director of IMA magazine, born in Tokyo, 1968. She started her career as an editor at Marie Claire and worked at several men’s magazines such as Esquire, GQ, and others as a feature editor on travel, gastronomy, culture, art, and photography among other areas. Along with collaborating with several magazines as a freelance editor, she also became involved in various fields including art projects, book and catalogue editing, and film promotion throughout her career. She published IMA magazine in 2012. While she participated in magazines as an editorial director, photobooks, and exhibitions, she runs the IMA gallery in Tennousu, Tokyo. She also runs “IMA next”, a monthly contest for photographers.
Photographers, Founders of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Jimei × Arles International Photography Festival Founder
Language: JP / CH
Chinese photographic pioneer RongRong (born in 1968) and Japanese photographer inri (born in 1973) teamed up in Beijing in 2000 as “RongRong&inri”, and have since played a leading role in photographic expression in China. In 2007, the pair established China’s first contemporary photography center, “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre”, in Caochangdi in Beijing. With the aim of becoming a platform for the discovery, dissemination, and development of contemporary photographic art in China, the center holds a variety of exhibitions and programs throughout the year.
Chief Curator at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Language: JP / EN
Part-time lecturer at Tama Art University, Joshibi University of Art and Design, etc. Member of the Association of Art Critics of Japan. After working at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, he has been involved in organizing numerous exhibitions both in Japan and abroad at the Yokohama Museum of Art since 1987 and at the Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino since 2015 like “Japanese Art after 1945: Scream against In the Sky”(1993), “LOUISE BOURGEOIS:
HOMESICKNESS”(1997), “Robert Frank : Moving Out”(1995), ”Ryuichi Ishikawa-When you think about it, it’s not in front of you anymore”(2016).
Worked as a curator at the Yokohama Triennale 2005 (head of curatorial team in 2011 and 2014) and as the Director in Chief of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2020. In 2022, he has been named as the Chief Curator at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
Senior Curator, Yokohama Museum of Art
Language: JP/EN
She had been curatorial head of Yokohama Triennale 2020, curator of Yokohama Triennale 2017 and 2014, and an assistant curator of Yokohama Triennale 2005.
Recent curated exhibitions includes; “Identity XVII –Beyond Family and Species-“ (nichido contemporary art, 2021), “Hanran: 20th Century Japanese Photography” (National Gallery of Canada, National Institute of Photography, 2019-2020), “BODY/PLAY/POLITICS” (YMA, 2016), “Cai-Guo Qiang: There and Back Again” (YMA, 2015), “Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary art in Southeast Asia from the collection of Singapore Art Museum,” Co-organized by Singapore Art Museum, (YMA, 2013 / toured to Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, 2013), “NARA Yoshitomo: a bit like you and me…,” (YMA, 2012 / toured to Aomori Museum of Art, 2013 / Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, 2013), “Takamine Tadasu: Too Far To See,” (YMA, 2011 / toured to Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011 / Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2011 / Kirishima Open-air Museum, 2011), “Tabaimo: DANMEN” (YMA, 2009-2010 / National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2010), “Teppei KANEUJI: Melting City/ Empty Forest” (YMA, 2009), “GOTH: Reality of the Departed World” (YMA, 2007-08), “Yasumasa Morimura: Bi-Class, Be Quiet” (YMA, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, 2007). Having previously worked as guest curator of “Kuandu Biennale,” Taipei, 2008 and also participated as a commissioner at “Busan Sea Art Festival,” 2011.
Curator / Associated Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts
Language: JP / EN
Received her BA in Literature from Keio University, and her MA in Museum Studies from Leicester University. Has been involved in the organization of exhibitions and educational programs as a curator for the MitakaCity Arts Foundation(1994-2002) and Mori Art Museum (2003-2018). Exhibitions she curated include ”Listen to Her Song” (2020), “Where is a Place for Us”(2021, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts). She examines the potential of art that can tackle issues in the contemporary society by looking at young artists’ activities.
Founder and Director, AKAAKA Art Publishing Inc.
Language: JP
Editor / Director, T&M Projects
Language: JP
Tomoki Matsumoto is the editor and director of T&M Projects. He founded T&M Projects in 2014 and undertakes the editing and publishing of art books and photo collections. He has published the collected works of Japanese authors such as Rieko Shiga, Masaru Tatsuki, Masao Yamamoto, and Ayaka Yamamoto, as well as international authors such as Anders Peterson and Lin Chipen. In addition to publishing, he has also directed a number of creative projects.
Photography Curator
Language: FR / EN
François Cheval was born in 1954 and has a background in history and ethnology. He has served as a museum curator since 1982, successively in the Jura and the Réunion. From 1996 to 2016, he directed the Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône. Cheval strives to rid photography of its old presumptions and to resent photographic originality through new forms of museology and discourse. Most significantly, he has both curated noteworthy retrospectives of photographers and has championed the works of emerging photographers. In projects outside the museums, he continues his activities as an exhibition curator at the MuCEM for Marseille-Provence 2013, at the Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier, at PhotoEspaña, KYOTOGRAPHIE and at the Rencontres d’Arles. He provides artistic direction for prizes and residencies, including the BMW residency which he directed for ten years (2001-2021). François Cheval is the co-founder and co-director of the new Lianzhou Museum for Photography, the first public museum dedicated to photography in China. In July 2021, he opened the Center de la photographie de Mougins, an institution dedicated to contemporary photography.
General Secretary at fonds de dotation dotation agnès b.
Language: FR / EN
General secretary of the fonds de dotation agnès b. since 2016.
The fonds de dotation supports a large number of organizations engaging in humanitarian or social causes, as well as cultural projects.
The fonds de dotation agnès b. was created in 2009 to structure philanthropy and sponsorship operations, in which the agnès b. brand and agnès in person have engaged for almost forty years.
Sébastien Ruiz aims at creating strong connections between industry and academia, the spread of contemporary art along with solidarity as well as to encourage the emergence of new artists.
After graduated from the University of Orleans, Sébastien Ruiz has been manager of the Taschen bookstore, head of the exhibitions at the National Center for Printed Arts in Chatou, head of public relations at the Théâtre du Nord in Lille, director of the Galerie du Jour agnès b.
In 2020, he opened the new base of agnès b. : La Fab., the cultural center of the fonds de dotation in the heart of the 13th district of Paris.
Independent Curator, Photography Historian
Language: EN
https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/the-joy-of-seeing-magnum-street-photography/
Writer and editor, British Journal of Photography
Language: EN / JP
Marigold Warner is the Online Editor of British Journal Photography. She writes, edits and commissions daily stories for the online journal, and regularly contributes to the bi-monthly print magazine. After studying English Literature and History of Art at the University of Leeds, she obtained an MA in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in arts and culture. Her work has been published by titles including the Telegraph Magazine, Huck, Gal-dem, Disegno, The Face, and the Architects Journal.
2022.4.9 Sat. – 10 Sun. | 10:00 – 17:30
¥1,000
3 reviews: ¥25,000
5 reviews: ¥35,000
Student discount 3 reviews: ¥15,000
Student discount 5 reviews: ¥25,000
About 20 min for each session.
Ace Hotel Kyoto
https://acehotel.com/kyoto/access/
Ace Hotel Kyoto
245-2 Kurumayacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-8185
Direct connection to Kyoto City Subway Karasuma and Tozai Lines Karasuma Oike Station South entrance
Approximately 10 minutes by car from JR Kyoto Station
2022.2.28（Sunday）23:59 （JST）
Extended: March 7th 2022 11:59PM (JST)
1.Please fill out the online entry form with the required information, a photo and pay the application fee (flat rate of 1,000 yen).
The deadline for entries is 23:59 Japan time on Monday, March 7th 2022 11:59PM (Japan Time)
2.After the application deadline, the KYOTOGRAPHIE team will conduct a pre-screening process for the review.
3.The KYOTOGRAPHIE team will inform you in the first half of August whether you have passed the pre-screening. We will also contact the successful applicants to pay the review fee by the given deadline.
4.Once we have received your payment, we will contact you to schedule a review with the reviewer of your choice.
Please note that the number of reviews will vary from reviewer to reviewer. We will do our best to accommodate all requests.
(If you request three reviews, you will be assigned at least one reviewer; if you request five reviews, you will be assigned at least two reviewers.
※ Due to the ever changing COVID-19 situation in Japan, this event and its related events are subject to change. We will contact you in the event there are changes. KYOTOGRAPHIE follows the Government’s recommendations for everyones safety. Temperature checks and disinfection are required. We thank you for helping us keep you safe, and keeping our staff and guests safe.