Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1989, Yamamoto graduated from the Japan Institute of Photography and Film in 2012. He received the annual Jun Miki Award at the Nikon Salon Juna 21 Exhibition in 2015 and the Editor’s Photo Award of Zooms Japan in 2016. In the same year, Yamamoto took part in the group exhibition “Three and Eight” at Zen Foto Gallery and published an accordion-fold poster for the exhibition with the gallery. In 2017, he had his solo exhibition at Mind’s Eye — Adrian Bondy Gallery, Paris and his first photobook “GUTS” was published with Zen Foto Gallery. Yamamoto’s works are collected by Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris in 2017, and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in 2017, 2021 and 2022. In 2022, he participated in “Inside Out”, a group exhibition of 15 Japanese and Israeli photographers at the TEO Center for Culture, Art and Content, Herzliya.

Chronology

1989 - Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
2012 - Graduated from Japan Institute of Photography and Film

Selected Publications

2016 Accordion-fold poster “Guts”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “Guts”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 “The Yamamoto Family”, Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo and Nikon Salon Osaka
2017 “At Home”, Mind’s Eye - Adrian Bondy Gallery, Paris
2018 “Guts”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “Guts2”, Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 “Three and Eight”, Zen Foto Gallery
2017 “Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2017”, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi
2022 “Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2021”, “Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2022”,Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi
2022 “Inside Out”, Teo Center for Art & Culture, Herzliya, Israel

Awards

2015 The Annual Jun Miki Award at the Nikon Salon Juna 21 Exhibition
2016 The Editor’s Photo Award ZOOMS JAPAN 2016

Collections

2017 Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
2017 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi
2021 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi
2022 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi

Gallery Exhibitions

Publications & Prints

Guts

Masaki YAMAMOTO

Guts

Masaki YAMAMOTO