Tomoko Sawada is an internationally renowned contemporary artist who is using photography to explore the “relationship between the exterior (appearances) and interior (internal qualities)” throughout her career. A workshop with her will be held on January 16th, 2023, at Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University to discuss “looking at photographs.”
■Date : 16:40-18:10, Monday, January 16, 2023
■Venue : Room 525, Building 5, Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University
※The venue has been changed from Room 522 to Room 525.
■Participation Fee : Free
■Organizer : Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
■Co-Organizer : Geiko International Office
Tomoko Sawada｜
Graduated from the Seian University of Art and Design with a degree in Photography. Sawada won the 2000 Canon New Cosmos of Photography Award for her debut piece “ID400” (2008), the 2003 Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award, and the 20th annual ICP Infinity Award for Young Photographers from the International Center of Photography in New York. She has held fellowships in New York under the auspices of the Pola Art Foundation and Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan from 2007 to 2010. In addition to hosting art exhibitions around the world, she also publishes photo books and picture books. Her works are also permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art (New York), International Center of Photography (New York), Brooklyn Museum (New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (Paris) etc.
Instagram｜@tomokosawada_artist
Website｜http://tomokosawada.com/
*This workshop is held in the framework of the class “Aesthetics of Design”, but is open to the public. If you are interested in attending it, please register in advance here: https://forms.office.com/r/6ikQAUbXqL
■Date : 16:40-18:10, Monday, January 16, 2023
■Venue : Room 525, Building 5, Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University
※The venue has been changed from Room 522 to Room 525.
■Participation Fee : Free
■Organizer : Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
■Co-Organizer : Geiko International Office
Tomoko Sawada｜
Graduated from the Seian University of Art and Design with a degree in Photography. Sawada won the 2000 Canon New Cosmos of Photography Award for her debut piece “ID400” (2008), the 2003 Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award, and the 20th annual ICP Infinity Award for Young Photographers from the International Center of Photography in New York. She has held fellowships in New York under the auspices of the Pola Art Foundation and Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan from 2007 to 2010. In addition to hosting art exhibitions around the world, she also publishes photo books and picture books. Her works are also permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art (New York), International Center of Photography (New York), Brooklyn Museum (New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (Paris) etc.
Instagram｜@tomokosawada_artist
Website｜http://tomokosawada.com/
*This workshop is held in the framework of the class “Aesthetics of Design”, but is open to the public. If you are interested in attending it, please register in advance here: https://forms.office.com/r/6ikQAUbXqL