Artist Profiles

Artist Kara Yamaguchi and photographer Akio Nishimoto at the Manyoshu Exhibition

AKIO NISHIMOTO - PHOTOGRAPHY

Akio Nishimoto Born in Mimasaka, Okayama. Currently resides in Yamashina, Kyoto. Akio Nishiomoto first discovered photography through a fortuitous connection with photographer Kenji Sawa, and has since exhibited widely in the Kansai area as a solo artist and as a member of the "Heian" circle of photographers. He has been a recipient of several awards for his work and enjoys seeking photographic expression within the unlimted consciousness of our universal spirit.

西本 明夫 

1956年 岡山県美作に生まれ育つ 。

1976年 京都市北区に住む 。

 現在は山科区住。

1998年 写真家佐和賢爾氏と偶然出会い本格的に写真を始める。写団「平安」に入会。中村善夫会長に師事。

コリドールムツミギャラリーにて写団平安展に初出展。

平安年度賞受賞。ギャラリー喫茶ガロにて個展開催。

ＡＭＳギャラリーにて個展「宙そら模様もよう」を開催。

以降の写真展等は、

ギャラリー練図絵空間にてエクスクラメーション！展

１００人の写真家展出展

京都写真クラブ入会Ｈｏｗ ａｒｅ ｙｏｕ ＰＨＯＴＯＧＲＡＰＨＹ？展に出展継続中所属団体

京都光画道場

京都写真芸術家協会

京都写真クラブ

国際写真療法研究所

ＪＰＳ展入選

京都現代写真作家展入選

京都光画道場を、佐和賢爾、小林達也、三谷浩、疋田稔らと創立する。以下、京都光画道場５人展及び京都光画道場展に随時出展する。写真のデジタル化に伴い、三島忠氏に画像レタッチ技術を師事。レ・トワメゾンギャラリーにて「四小節の写真展」田中裕之、本田雄一、吉川一郎と開催。

昼夜を問わず制限のない作品作りを楽しんでいる写真家である。

 

KARA YAMAGUCHI - Costume Designer
Kara is an Australian with Japanese/American roots and has nearly 20 years of experience living and working in Japan as a teacher, artist, tour guide, writer, researcher and translator. She has held exhibitions across Japan and is currently one of the few people in the world researching Japan's lost super-civilization in English and introducing this crucial information about what is possibly the world's oldest civilization! Kara also studied kimono making for five years with a special focus on creating ancient costumes, and is dedicated to the preservation of Japanese fabric for future generations

Publications: Spirit of Mu, Bungeisha  2008 Bungeisha

How to do Kamishibai, 2008 Doshisha Publishing

          

 

ART ACTIVITIES

1995  3rd Seto Fashion Contest First Round

1995  Design accepted in Edo and Fashion Contest

1996  Work selected for Photo Category, Art Box Grand Prix

1996  Artist in Profile, Azabu Craft Museum

1998  Member of Studio NOPE, exhibitions and costume/bead workshops for children 

1999  Group Exhibition Seven Color Heaven  Gallery Fresca

2000  Solo Exhibition  Dreamtime , Gallery Wa

2001  Work selected for Photo Category, Art Box Grand Prix

2003-04  Workshops for children at RBR Art School

2003  「Star of Lemuria」 selected in Japan Bead Grand Prix Contest

2004  「Spirit of Mu」 selected in Beads Art Japan Competition 

2004-05 Photographs used for 「Shi no Kusuribako」,Yomiuri Weekly magazine

2005  Spirit of the Kami exhibition sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Australia

          Interviewed on ABC radio

2007  Manuscript selected publication under the 2007 Bungeisha Book Visual

          Award

2008  "Spirit of Mu" published by Bungeisha Publishing  Photography and spiritual

           essay based on Japan's lost civilization

2009   The Rainbow Goddess Exhibition  Les Trois Maisons gallery, Kyoto

2010    Lost Civilization of Japan Exhibition   NHK TV gallery Kyoto, Les Trois

            Maisons gallery Kyoto, Cafe Dolce Gallery Tokyo

2011    Manyoshu Exhibition

            Honenin Temple, Kyoto, Gallery Koto, Kyoto

2012    Manyoshu Exhibition

           Kyoto International Community House,  supported by the Japan Foundation

2013   Feature article on Kara's research into sacred sites in Japan featured in ANEMONE magazine
2014   The Manyoshu, ancient journey of love    Tikotin Musuem, Haifa, Israel