About
三保谷将史
1987年大阪生まれ、在住。
高校卒業後、独学で写真をはじめる。のち展覧会等で発表も行う傍ら、写真と芸術に関わる様々な職種を経て現在に至る。自身の日常を対象とした制作を続けており、2016年頃からはカメラを使わない写真技法を主軸に、最近は絵を描いたりもしている。関心は現代からイコンまでを射程とした写真の原理、メディアと意識構造の関係。podcast「JAPAN UNK RADIO」を通して同時代の作家との話の記録も続けている。
直近での発表に個展「Photo Drawing」(2024年 北海道)、「バンコクアートブックフェア」(2023年 タイ)、「UNSEEN Amsterdam Photography Fair」(2021年 オランダ)など。コマーシャルワークでは雑誌STUDIO VOICE(vol.415)での海外取材チームに撮影で参加。主な受賞歴にIMA next ショートリスト(2023年)、JAPAN PHOTO AWARD 太田睦子氏選(2018年)など。現在は大阪ビジュアルアーツ専門学校、京都芸術大学両校の写真学科で非常勤講師を務める。
Masashi Mihotani (b. 1987, Osaka) began teaching himself photography after graduating from high school. He has worked in a variety of photography- and art-related jobs while also exhibiting his work at galleries and art fairs. Recently Mihotani has been making photograms using everyday objects as film negatives while also working as a part-time photography instructor at Kyoto University of the Arts and Visual Arts College Osaka. He lives in Osaka.
Mihotani’s work has been shown internationally, including a 2024 solo show Photo Drawing at Hokkaido (Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Japan) and as well as the 2023 BANGKOK ART BOOK FAIR (Bangkok, Thailand) and 2021 UNSEEN Photography Fair (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). In 2023 Mihotani was shortlisted for the IMA next award #41 for his LCD imagery series, and in 2018 he received the Japan Photo Award for his Images are for illustration purposes series.
Solo Shows
2024 Photo Drawing / Meiji House, Hokkaido
2021 Untitled(Yūkaku) / UNKNOWN KYOTO, Kyoto
2019 Images are for illustration purposes / KANA KAWANISHI PHOTOGRAPHY, Tokyo
2016 Images are for illustration purposes / ZAZIE hair, Osaka
2015 Untitled(Searching for C) / Bathroom at Acru, Osaka
2014 Searching for insects(Insectum) / La galerie, Osaka
2013 Yanma / Dining table Hipotama, Osaka
2012 Searching for insects(Machinophasma) / Itohen, Osaka
Selected Other Shows
2024 Revisit Sanya - A Tiny Art Festival / Sanya area, Tokyo
2022 DOOKS Book Exhibition Vol.7 / PARTHENON TAMA, Tokyo
2020 HOTEL WALL STEW / Kagan Hotel, Kyoto
2019 Asama International Photo Festival / Miyota Museum of Photography, Nagano
2019 Dali International Photography Festival / Dali, China
2019 IMA×Edition “STYLED IN PHOTOGRAPHY” / IMA gallery, Tokyo
2019 YPF exhibition / galerie MONSTRE, Arles, France
2019 Today is / Sony Square Shibuya, Tokyo
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 7 LAUNCH EXHIBITION / CHI-KA, Dubai, UAE
2018 Next Project / Meiji House, Hokkaido
2016 Independence exhibition of photography / Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido
2016 Realizing photography as printmaking / iTohen, Osaka
2015 Visual Arts College Graduation exhibition / Nikon Plaza, Osaka
2014 Annual exhibition at Visual Arts College / Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka
2013 Portfolio exhibition / BloomGallery, Osaka
2012 Four person show of photography / GALLERY9, Kyoto
2012 Exhibition of recommended artist / iTohen, Osaka
2011 Ichi-jo gallery / Kanamarushin, Osaka
2010 Portrait Exhibition Vol.03 / Acru, Osaka
Art Fairs
2023 BANGKOK ART BOOK FAIR / Bangkok, Thailand
2021 UNSEEN / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020 ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO / The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
Collaborative Work
2020-2022 PICTURE and FOCUS series with Koji Shiroshita
2021 Ore no Neko(Performance) / Shimei Kaikan, Kyoto
Awards
2023 IMA next #41 OPEN CALL, Shortlist
2018 TOKYO FRONTLINE PHOTO AWARD #8, Finalist
2018 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD, Winner (Selected by Mutsuko Ota)
2018 HARIBAN AWARD, Shortlist
Residences
2024 Sairai AIR (Tiny Art Festival Sanya, Tokyo)
2024 Next Project AIR (Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Hokkaido)
Media
2023 VOICES of PHOTOGRAPHY Issue 35 (Taiwan)
2023 C’est quoi pour vous la photographie? (France)
2022 377975㎢ Vol.2 (Guest photographer)
2022 Photo friends enxt project archive vol.2
2022 GRANDMAMA'S PRINT (Russia)
2022 Art Collectors' magazine vol.158
2021 377975㎢ Vol.1 (Guest photographer)
2020 Talk show at Kyoto University of the Arts
2020 YET Magazine Issue #12 (Switzerland)
2020 ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO testimonial by Tomona Matsukawa
2019 CITYZINE magazine (China)
2019 Talk show with Miho Odaka at KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY
2019 PHOTO MIYOTA catalog
2019 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD MAGAZINE
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO ISSUE 7 back cover
Publications
2021 Images are for illustration purposes (DOOKS)
Education
2015 Visual Arts College Osaka (night class)
2009- People I Met Around the Minamisemba Area
2006 Katsuyama high school