Kenji Wakasugi (1941) is a Japanese photographer born in Osaka, Japan. Graduating from Tokyo Technical School of Photography, he started to work at Roppongi Studio in 1970. and also South Pacific Islands and Patagonia between 1997 and 2002. Japanese traditional arts and his photography as the focal point of his expression.
Biography:
1941 Born in Osaka, Japan
1960 Graduated from Saga Prefectural Karatsu West High School, Saga, Japan
1967 Enrolled in Tokyo Technical School of Photography (present Tokyo Visual Arts) in Osaka, Japan
1969 Graduated from Tokyo Technical School of Photography in Osaka, Japan
1975 Started working at Roppongi Studio in Tokyo, Japan
1996 Started working as a freelance photographer
Exhibitions:
1997 "My Shangri-La", Canon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
2002 "Cosmo Tree", Japanese Embassy in Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
2014 "DIORAMA (Fusuma Photography) at Nikon Salon in Ginza, Tokyo
2016 "Japanese Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi - Synthesis", Ippodo Gallery New York & Ippodo Gallery Tokyo
2021 "Kōgei: The Art of Japanese Craft", Ippodo Gallery New York
2021 Solo Exhibition "Synthesis II - Adore Madonna and Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi", Ippodo Gallery New York
Award:
1997 Art Directors Club 76th Annual Awards Prize for Photo book My Shangri-La, New York
Publications:
1996 Photo book My Shangri-La, Hirakawa Publishers
2021 Madonna - Adore, NJG Studio Ltd
2021 Madonna - Adore Volume 2, NJG Studio Ltd
Public Collection:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Synthesis II
“Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 2021年12月3日 - 2022年1月7日Wakasugi’s works are forever evolving and it is difficult to tell whether they are photographs or illusions. They ...Read more -
Kogei: The Art of Japanese craft
Summer Selections from Ippodo Gallery, New York 2021年8月5日 - 8月27日The Japanese festival of Obon ( お盆) traces back to ancient Chinese and Buddhist rituals that honor one’s ancestors...Read more -
The Essence of Imperfection
Wabi Sabi at Ippodo Gallery 2017年10月26日 - 11月22日Wabi Sabi Shoko Aono The call of the evening cicada that signals the approach of autumn, a lonely plain of eulalia grass...Read more -
Synthesis
Japanese Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 2016年3月10日 - 4月22日Wakasugi combines views of nature he has photographed while traveling the remote regions of the world with fusuma__...Read more
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The Photography Show 2024
Hosted by AIPAD at the Park Avenue Armory 2024年4月25日 - 4月28日NEW YORK, NY — Ippodo Gallery proudly presents contemporary names in Japanese photography at the 43rd edition of the Photography Show, hosted by AIPAD from...Read more -
Artist Talk
Kenji Wakasugi and Felice Fischer at 5 pm 2021年12月30日A student of Japan’s long history of ink-wash painting, or suiboku-ga, Kenji Wakasugi uses black and grey in his traditional photography of flowers, plants, and...Read more -
Book Signing - December 4th, 3 - 5 pm
Synthesis II: Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 2021年12月4日NEW YORK - Ippodo Gallery welcomes you the book signing for Synthesis II “Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography, our second solo exhibition of works...Read more -
Opening Reception - December 3rd, 5 - 8 pm
Synthesis II: Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 2021年12月3日NEW YORK - Ippodo Gallery welcomes you Synthesis II “Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography, our second solo exhibition of works by Kenji Wakasugi. A...Read more
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Artists Spotlight: Kenji Wakasugi
Echoes of the Past, Embracing Today: Exploring New Artistic Paths After Escapes 2024年4月23日Flocking Birds - 群鳥, 2016 Rarely do we encounter a photographer as playful as Wakasugi.In his late twenties, he stumbled upon the camera during a...Read more -
Artist Spotlight
Kenji Wakasugi 2021年12月8日A quote from the French artist Edgar Degas perfectly sums up Kenji Wakasugi's photographs. 'Art is not what you see, but what you make others...Read more