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.

www.keikonomura.com

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
RED WATER,Emon Photo Gallery,Tokyo
2013
Soul Blue, Poetic Scape,Tokyo
2014
Akai Mizu,Nikon Salon,Tokyo, Osaka
2018
OKINAWA ,Poetic Scape,Tokyo
Life Live Love, Irie Taikichi memorial Nara City Photography Art Museum. Nara
2019
Otari-Pristine Peaks,KANZAN Gallery, Fuji Film Square Tokyo
Shunan City of Museum Art and History, Yamaguchi

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.