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Hideka Tonomura “die of love”, Type C Print 2018 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “die of love”, Type C Print 2018 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “die of love”, Type C Print 2018 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “die of love”, Type C Print 2018 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “They called me Yukari”, 2007-2009 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “They called me Yukari”, 2007-2009 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “They called me Yukari”, 2007-2009 © Hideka Tonomura
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Hideka Tonomura “They called me Yukari”, 2007-2009 © Hideka Tonomura
Hideka TONOMURA
殿村任香
Born in 1979, in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Hideka Tonomura graduated from the Broadcasting and Filmmaking Department of Osaka Visual Arts School and began photography in 2002. She published her first photobook “mama love” in 2008 with Akaaka Art Publishing, revealing her deepest pain and the dark, hidden secrets of her family, leaving an unforgettable impression. In 2013 she published “They called me Yukari” with Zen Foto Gallery, in which she documented the life and people around her when she was working as a hostess in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Actively presenting her work in and out of Japan, her recent publications include “orange elephant” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2015), “cheki” (Morel Books, 2018), and “die of love” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2018). Having experienced cancer diagnosis and treatment herself in 2019, Hideka started the “Shining Woman Project”—a portrait project dedicated to women who fight cancer. A publication on the project is scheduled to be released near the end of 2020. Her series “mama love” will be exhibited at Maison Européenne de la Photographie in 2022.
Selected Publications
2013 "They called me Yukari" Zen Foto Gallery, Japan
2015 "orange elephant" Zen Foto Gallery, Japan
2018 "cheki" Morel Books (London, UK)
2018 "die of love" Zen Foto Gallery, Japan
2020 "SHINING WOMAN #cancerbeauty" Zen Foto Gallery, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 “Tonomura Hideka Shageki -0305-”, UPLINK, Tokyo
2007 “Viva Hostess’ s Life”, Club Ginko, Tokyo
2011 “mama 恋 love”, trunk gallery81, Seoul, Korea
2013 “They called me Yukari / mama 恋 love”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2016 “orange elephant”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2016 “orange elephant”, Galería About Art, Pontevedra, Spain
2018 "die of love”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2020 "SHINING WOMAN #cancerbeauty", Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 “THE EXPOSED #4”, CASO, Osaka
“Editors’ Choice”, Ring Cube Ricoh Gallery, Tokyo
“8 Photographers Experiment”, AKAAKA, Tokyo
2011 Japan India Global Partnership Summit, The Prince Park Tower, Tokyo
2012 Nofound Photo Fair, Paris
2013 TOKYO PHOTO
FOTOFEVER, Paris
2014 BINDING IMAGE, Amsterdam
La Barbagianna Group Show, Firenze
FOTOFEVER, Paris
2015 Cork Photo, Ireland
2015 FOTOFEVER, Paris
2016 “Shikijo: eroticism in Japanese photography”, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 “i am an ‘object’”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2018 “Double Method”, Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London