ZEN FOTO GALLERY

Born in 1966 in Kobe, Japan, Miki Fukumoto graduated from the Photography Department of Osaka Visual Arts College. She studied under Daido Moriyama, as she established a career as a freelance photographer.

Since 2010, she has continued to photograph fishing ports and people living on the sea in various regions of Japan, capturing a unique atmosphere in her work.

Her solo exhibitions include “Ciel” (Galerie L’Escalier, Auxerre, 2025; Pâtisserie-Chocolaterie Masaki Yamamoto, Arles, 2021–2022, 2024), “Rhapsodie Wadatsumi” (Pâtisserie-Chocolaterie Masaki Yamamoto, Arles, 2023), “Rencontre Inattendue” (Pâtisserie-Chocolaterie Masaki Yamamoto, Arles, 2019), “Bleue Vague” (Kobe Fashion Museum Gallery, Kobe, 2010), “à paris” (Osaka Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka, 2010; Gallery Sokyusha, Tokyo, 2010; Place M, Tokyo, 2007), “Rock in the Shinjuku” (Place M, Tokyo, 1998), and “Swing” (Place M, Tokyo, 1997). In 2019, she participated in the Incheon International Maritime Media Festival (also known as Culture City of East Asia 2019 Incheon Photography and Film Festival) in South Korea.

In 1999, she was the recipient of the MIO Photo Award, and in 2010, she published a collection of Paris street snapshots entitled “à paris”, published by Sokyusha.