Keiko NOMURA
Born in Hyogo, Nomura graduated from Visual Arts College Osaka and studied photography in Los Angeles. Her photo book Deep South(1999) captures her roots of Okinawa and attracted much attention for its unique colours and rich emotionality. Since then, women and water have been the motifs in her overarching theme of ‘life’. Her work explores life’s infinite cycle beyond time and space and her pieces have been published in four photo books and shown in over 40 exhibitions. Nomura received the Newcomer’s Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1999 and New Photographer Prize at the 16th Higashikawa International Photography Festival in 2000. Awarded Tadahiko Hayashi Prize in 2019.
Nomura currently lives and works in Tokyo.
Selected Solo Exhibition
- 1997
- The Light in Viet Nam, Shinjuku Konica Plaza Gallery, Tokyo
- 1998
- DEEP SOUTH, Shinjuku Konica Plaza Gallery, Tokyo
- 1999
- DEEP SOUTH, PARCO Gallery, Tokyo
- 2000
- DEEP SOUTH, PARCO Gallery, Nagoya
- 2002
- Bloody Moon, Shinjuku Konica Plaza Gallery, Tokyo
- 2006
- Bloody Moon, Gallery Touseisha
- 2009
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- RED WATER，Emon Photo Gallery,Tokyo
- 2013
- Soul Blue, Poetic Scape,Tokyo
- 2014
- Akai Mizu,Nikon Salon,Tokyo, Osaka
- 2018 OKINAWA ,Poetic Scape,Tokyo
- 2019
- Otari-Pristine Peaks,KANZAN Gallery, Fuji Film Square Tokyo
Shunan City of Museum Art and History, Yamaguchi
Life Live Love, Irie Taikichi memorial Nara City Photography Art Museum. Nara
Selected Group Exhibition
- 1998
- Tokyo Photography Month'98 "Kaleidoscope-Women Photographer's in the Park Tower Atrium, Tokyo
- 1999
- Mito Annual '99 "PRIVATE ROOM II - Photographs by a New Generation of Women in Japan", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki; From the New Wind, 051 Gallery, Pusan, Korea
- 2002
- Photoneshia: Memory of Lights, Fruit of Time, Naha shimin Gallery, Okinawa;
Documentary Photo Festival Miyazaki “Bloody Moon”, Miyazaki Prefecture Art Museum, Miyazaki - 2008
- 7Artist，7eyes，Megura Art Museum，Tokyo
- 2009
- When we love you,When we hate you, Okinawa prefecture Art Museum
- 2016
- Photograper`s eyes in Okinawa, Okinawa prefecture Art Museum
“Tokyo, now” ,Tokyo art museum of photography.
Publication
- 1999
- DEEP SOUTH/ Little More, Tokyo
- 2004
- In-between/Eu-Japan-Fest,Tokyo
- 2006
- Boody Moon,/Toseisha,Tokyo
- 2009
- Red Water,/Artbeat-Publishers
- 2012
- Soul Blue,Silberbooks/AKAAKA
- 2016
- Drop of light to rushing water/ Pierre von Kleist
- 2017
- OKINAWA / Pierre von Kleist
- 2018
- Otari-Pristine Peaks / Superlabo
Public Collection
Okinawa Prefecture Art Museum, Okinawa
Higashikawa Gallery of Photography
Kiyosato Photo Art Museum
Tokyo art museum of photography
Shunan City of Museum Art and History.
