Masashi Mihotani

About




三保谷将史

1987年大阪生まれ、京都在住。

高校卒業後、独学で写真をはじめる。のち展覧会等で発表を行う傍ら、写真と芸術に関わる様々な職種を経て現在に至る。最近は身近にありふれるものをネガとしたフォトグラムによる作品を制作している。


直近での主な展覧会に、個展「Images are for illustration purposes」(2019年 東京)、「大理国際写真祭」(2019年 中国)、「UNSEEN」(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JAPAN PHOTO AWARD 太田睦子賞(2018年)、IMA next #41 ショートリスト(2023年)等。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 Kyoto.


Mihotani’s work has been shown internationally, including a 2019 solo show at Kana Kawanishi Photography gallery (Tokyo, Japan) and as well as the 2019 Daili International Photography Festival (Daili, China) and 2021 UNSEEN (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). In 2023 Mihotani was shortlisted for the IMA next award #41 for his LCD images series, and in 2018 he received the Japan Photo Award for his Images are for illustration purposes series.


Artist Statement



Solo Exhibitions

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 Group Exhibitions

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 Exhibition / 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

2019- JAPAN UNK RADIO podcast

Awards

2023 IMA next #41 OPEN CALL, Shortlist

2019 TOKYO FRONTLINE PHOTO AWARD #8, Finalist

2018 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD, Winner (Selected by Mutsuko Ota)

2018 HARIBAN AWARD, Shortlist

Media

2023 VOICES of PHOTOGRAPHY Issue 35 (Taiwan)

2023 C’est quoi pour vous la photographie? (France)

2023 IMA vol.40

2023 CONNECTED THROUGH TIME

2022 PHILCUL Vol.7 No.3

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 KAGAN HOTEL Interview

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

2018 IMA magazine vol.26 Step out! vol.22

Publications

2021 Images are for illustration purposes (DOOKS)

Residences

2019-2021 Kagan Hotel (Kyoto)

Education

2015 Visual Arts Osaka, Photography Department, Evening Course.