Kumi Oguro
lives and work 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
2021: HESTER, POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo
Mini exhibition celebrating the publication of HESTER, ARTDYNE, Tokyo
2019: Kumi Oguro, Yuuki Takagi Duo Exhibition, ARTDYNE, Tokyo
2018: Violence Silencieuse, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag (Duo with Joris Link)
2017: Violence Silencieuse, NL=US Art, Rotterdam (Duo with Joris Link)
Several Shapes of Poison, AIP galerij, Hoboken
2016: THERE IS ONLY THE REAL, IBASHO, Antwerp (Duo with Sarah van Marcke)
2014: Galerie Albus Lux, Roosendaal
Double jeu, Gallery NavArt, Sint-Niklaas (Duo with Laure Forêt)
2012: Stieglitz19, Antwerp
Captive of Art, Surface, Tokyo
Play, POETIC SPACE, Tokyo
BAZART OFFICE, Liège
Galerie Albus Lux, Roosendaal (Duo with Aleksandra Chaushova)
2011: Exchange Tokyo→Osaka, Kumi Oguroć»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, Antwerp
(Duo with Tom Woestenborghs)
2004: Vitrine, Raamgalerie voor beeldendekunst, Bruges
2003 - 2005: Blood Sisters, Fotografie Circuit Vlaanderen, Cultural Centers in Flanders
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024: Panta Rhei: Alles Stroomt, CURRENT, Antwerp
Femmes Objectif Japon, Galerie Art Now Projects, Carouge-Genève
Rotterdam Photo 2024 IMAGINE
2023: The Shutter Hub OPEN 23/24, ARB, Cambridge University, Cambridge
icon CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY 2023, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo
IN TOUCH, ONBOARDS BIENNALE 2023, Antwerp
FEARS & DESIRES, the Force of the Subconscious Mind, Black Swan Gallery, Brugge
10 YEARS, WHAT A SURPRISE! Part 1, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp
2022: EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, GALLERY GALLERY, Antwerp
een zee van tijd / a sea of time, Villa Les Zéphyrs, Middelkerke
2021 : The Photo Book as Object, IBASHO, Antwerp
Marie Peeters drinks Sparkling Water. The exploring voyage of beauty and chance. INBOX, M HKA, Antwerp
ONBOARDS Biennale 2021, Antwerp
THE FEMALE SIDE OF THE MOON, Galerie-z22, Berlin
2020: Winter Group Show In this day and age, ARTDYNE; Tokyo
EXI(S)T: Parcours photographique dans Bruxelles (dé)confinée / Fotografisch parcours door Brussel in anderhalvemetertijd)
Neko. The Cat in Japanese Art, Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Leiden
2019: Summer Show, ARTDYNE, Tokyo
Neko Project, IBASHO, Antwerp
BREAK A LEG: Performance-based & Constructed Imagery, Arkansas
2018: Female Force from Japan, Lakenhal, Herentals
The Homecoming, 252 cc, Ekeren (Antwerp)
Boundaries // International Photography Exhibition, University of West Bohemia in Plzen (with a publication NOISE)
2017: WE TRAVELED ACROSS SEVEN MOUNTAINS - The Journal
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (Curated by Jan Van Woensel)
SPACE, Littlefield, NYC, organized by Float Photo Magazine
FEMALE FORCE FROM JAPAN, IBASHO, Antwerp
YOUR EYES BURN LIKE WILD FIRE LOVE - PASSION - OBSESSION - DEATH
Regina Mundi Klooster, Genk (Curated by Jan Van Woensel)
EUtopia 28, Museumcultuur Strombeek/Gent
2016-17: FotoFilmic '16 Los Angeles, Melbourne, Vancouver
2016: Japanese Photography, presented by IBASHO & The Gallery Club, Amsterdam
Traverse Vidéo : l’Atypique Trouble, Toulouse (with the support of Flanders)
IMPRESSIONS JAPONAISES, Contretype, Brussels
2015: IBASHO Pop-up, HAL, Borgerhout
2014: BRUGGE FOTO 14 / ASIA EXPRESS, Bruges
Pleisterplekken - Jeugdinstellingen tussen romantiek en trauma
Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent
BORG 2014 Biennial event for contemporary art, Antwerp
2012: OVERSEAS 2012” -Photographers choosing the world-
RING CUBE, Tokyo
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
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: 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
Beautiful Nothing (Transmedia presentation), Beurs Schouwburg, Brussels
2005: underdogs/superdogs, Munte (Merelbeke)
2004: Poor Little Creatures, fst forward, Antwerpen
Traces, Ateliers Mommen, Brussels
Go!, Liquidacion Total, Madrid
Art fairs
2022 Art Fair Asia Fukuoka (by ARTDYNE)
2021 Art The Hague (by NL=US Art)
2020 Fresh Eyes Photo Fair (by NL=US Art)
3331 ART FAIR 2020 (by ARTDYNE)
Haute Photographie Rotterdam (by IBASHO)
2018 photo basel (by IBASHO)
Haute Photographie Stockholm (by IBASHO)
2016 BAD – Belgium art and design (by Albus Lux Contemporary), Ghent
2013 Tokyo Photo (by Galerie Esther Woerdehoff)
2012 fotofever (by stieglitz 19)
2008 Paris Photo (by Galerie Esther Woerdehoff)
Awards/prizes
2022 Shortlist with the book HESTER, Belfast Photo Festival
2021 Nomination Fine Art Professional category, Fine Art Photography Awards
2018 Longlist, The Aesthetica Art Prize 2018
2017 Finalist, The Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition 160
2016 FotoFilmic’16 Awards, 4th Place ADOX Equipment Prize Winner & Honorable Mention
Shortlist, Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, category "Staged"
Finalist, 2016 Photobook Melbourne Photo Award, #memory_archive
2014 Prix VIRGINIA, Sélection du jury
Publications
2021 HESTER, Duffel, Stockmans Art Books
2010 Portraits de jambes, dans la photographie contemporaine, Paris, Eyrolles
2008 NOISE kumi oguro, Brussels, le caillou bleu
Collections
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum