Kumi Oguro (° 1972)
lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Educations
 
2006 - 2007: Filmstudies en Beeldcultuur (Film studies and Image culture),
University of Antwerp
2003 - 2005: Transmedia, Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel,
Postgraduate Program in Arts+Media+Design
1999 - 2003: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (Photography)
1997 - 1998: City of Westminster College, London, England
BTEC Higher National Certificate in Art and Design (Photography)
1996 - 1997: Blake College, London, England, College Diploma in Photography
 
Solo Exhibitions

2011: “Exchange Tokyo→Osaka, Kumi Oguro・Satoshi Nishizawa 2 person's exhibition”
The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka
2010: Galerie Albus Lux, Roosendaal 
“NOISE” (by photta-lot), NADAR/OSAKA
“NOISE”, SANAGI FINE ARTS, Tokyo
“NOISE” (by photta-lot), NADAR/SHIBUYA355, Tokyo
Cultuurcentrum Hasselt
2009: Galerie Albus Lux, Roosendaal (Duo with Danielle Lemaire)
"NOISE", Espace photographique Contretype, Brussels
2008: “FIRST-CLASS HYSTERIC”, SOLEDAD SENLLE ART GALLERY, Amsterdam
2005: “Foto Antwerpen 2005”, fst forward, Antwerpen
(Duo with Tom Woestenborghs)
2004: Vitrine, Raamgalerie voor beeldendekunst, Bruges
2003 - 2005: “Blood Sisters”, Fotografie Circuit Vlaanderen,
Cultural Centers in Flanders
Selected Group Exhibitions

2011: "NON, PAS CE SOIR", The Museum of Ixelles, Brussels

2010: “ONE.DAY - VISUAL COMPOUNDS, ARTIFICIAL SUBSTANCES”
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels 
"[Don't] Mind the Body" , Oever 21, Antwerp
“TOKYO PHOTO 2010” (SANAGI FINE ARTS)
"ART FAIR TOKYO" (SANAGI FINE ARTS)
“Tussen hond en wolf / Entre chien et loup”, DE MARKTEN, Brussels

2009: “overview”, Botanique, Brussels
“Monique Jacot, Carla van de Puttelaar, Kumi Oguro”, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris
“Encontros da Imagem”, Braga (Portugal)
 
2008: "Paris Photo", (Galerie Esther Woerdehoff)
"Beeldende Bewegingen - Imaging Movements", Echo.Base, Antwerpen
"3 Frauen", Belgisch Huis, Cologne
“A Private History”, The Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio
“CANVASCOLLECTIE”, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
2007: “De Harry Pennings estafetteprijs”, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven
“A Private History”, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen
“Temporary City”, Lokeren
2006: “Photo Event 2006”, de Warande, Turnhout
“FOTOGRAFIECIRCUIT VLAANDEREN : EEN SELECTIE 2003-2006”, Fotomuseum, Antwerp
“1% of Life”, Cultural and Information Center, Japan Embassy, Brussels
“Beautiful Nothing” (Transmedia presentation), Beurs Schouwburg, Brussels
2005: “underdogs/superdogs”, Munte (Merelbeke)
“NIVEArt, Een en al vrouw”, Ravenstein Gallery, Brussels
2004: “Poor Little Creatures”, fst forward, Antwerpen
“Traces”, Ateliers Mommen, Brussels
“Mo(Nu)ment@Bornem”, Monumental, Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem
“Go!”, Liquidacion Total, Madrid
2003: “Out of control 2003”, VUB, Brussels
“Ithaka 11 Voy(ag)eur, Een beeldendekunsten parcours” STUK, Leuven