© Yoshinori Mizutani – Free birds

Description

“Free birds” is a work that expresses freedom, peace, hope, and liberation through birds that fly through the sky naturally. The global pandemic that began in late 2019 due to the novel coronavirus reduced us to insecurity and fear. Life has changed completely, and even today, social life continues to be blocked, such as through city-wide lockdowns and restrictions on activities. I believe that when we overcome this pandemic by containing the coronavirus, a world as free as the birds that fly high in the sky awaits us. In this work, I have placed my wishes and hopes for us to recover a world that is even more peaceful, secure, and safe than before as soon as possible.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Birds, Christophe Guye Galerie, Switzerland
2018 HDR_nature, IMA gallery, Tokyo
2018 SAKURA / MOONLIGHT, IMA gallery, Tokyo
2017 Couleurs Tokyoïtes, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris
2016 Yoshinori Mizutani, mc2gallery, Milano, Italy
2016 HANON, IMA CONCEPT STORE , Tokyo
2016 Rain, webber gallery, London
2016 COLORS – YUSURIKA, aura gallery, Beijing
2016 SAKURA, ibasho gallery, Antwerp
2016 Yoshinori Mizutani 2010-14, Tokyo Art Coordination, Tokyo
2016 TOKYO PARROTS | COLORS | Paris, ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE / GINZA, Tokyo
2015 Tokyo Parrots–Yusurika–Moonlight, Galerie Au Premier, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 YUSURIKA, IMA Gallery , Tokyo
2015 TOKYO PARROTS, aura gallery, Beijing
2015 TOKYO PARROTS / YUSURIKA, Graanmarkt 13, Antwerp
2015 COLORS / TOKYO PARROTS , IMA Gallery , Tokyo
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Beginnings, Forever: From the Collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts / Shinnyo-en, MOPA,USA
2020 PEP (Paris Expériences Photos), Paris
2019 Asama International Photo Festival, Miyota, Nagano, Japan
2019 The Photaumnales festival, France
2019 NEKO project, IBASHO gallery, Antwerp
2018 Kachō-ga. The Poetry of Japanese Nature, Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Netherlands
2018 NONIO ART WAVE, ZeroBase Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul
2018 Provoke 2.0, Festiwal Fotografii Plener, Poland
2018 Photo Phnom Penh Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2018 Asama International Photo Festival, Miyota, Nagano, Japan
2018 GETXOPHOTO Festival, Getxo, Basque
2018 TSUKA 塚, CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY (CCP), Australia
2018 Weather, D museum, Seoul
2017 Urban Wildlife, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2017 FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFICO EUROPEO, Milano
2017 the amana collection「new photography」 , IMA gallery, Tokyo
2016 Tennoz Canal Autumn Festival, Tennoz Isle, Tokyo
2016 Urban Green, More Than A Gallery, Paris
2016 Seoul Lunar Photo Festival 2016, Seoul
2016 Fake Romanticism, The Grand Summit, Beijing
2016 Tennoz Canal Summer Festival, Tennoz Isle, Tokyo
2016 ASYAAF & Hidden Artists Festival 2016, DDP, Seoul, South Korea
2016 TRES + TRES FOTOGRAFIA, Embajada de Espana, Tokyo
2016 IMA gallery collection, IMA CONCEPT STORE, Tokyo
2016 Festival Photo La Gacilly, La Gacilly, France
2016 Map of Daily Life, TAFA(Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Gallery), Tianjin, China
2016 Near Future Art / DOORS, Istan Shinjuku 7F, Tokyo
2015 Map of Daily Life, 7th Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui , China
2015 TOKYO PARROTS, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography 2015, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2015 Another Room, IMA CONCEPT STORE (IMA gallery), Tokyo
2015 SUMMER EXHIBITION 2015, ibasho gallery, antwerp
2015 SHASHIN! Japanese Photography Then/Now, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Young Portfolio 2014, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA) , Japan
2015 NEW JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY ,DOOMED GALLERY2 , London
2015 LUMIX MEETS BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #2 , IMA CONCEPT STORE , Tokyo
2014 LUMIX MEETS BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #2 , Yellowkorner Gallery Paris Pompidou , Paris
2014 Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition,East Wing Gallery, Dubai
2014 LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2014 exhibition, Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona
2014 Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam
2014 Foam Magazine Talent 2014 exhibition, Atelier Neerlandais, Paris
2014 TOKYO2020, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 Light and moment vol.17-spirited photographers- , Recto Verso Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 TOKYO 2020 By Japanese Photographers 9, 1 Rue Richelieu, Paris / Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Those Born From Room, Count Down Gallery Momozonogaro, Tokyo, Japan
2010 THESE DAYS, Gallery Mestalla, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2014 LensCulture Emerging Talents Top 50
2014 Foam Talent, Amsterdam
2014 Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), Japan
2013 Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2013 Jury Award (selecting judge : Taisuke Koyama), Tokyo
2013 Japan Photo Award 2013 Jury Award (selecting judge : Ivan Vartanian), Tokyo
2012 Awarded Tokyo Frontline Photo Award 2012, Tokyo
PHOTOBOOKS
2021 SAKURA, the(M) éditions & IBASHO, Paris & Antwerp
2020 Tori to te, PHOTOPAPAER / Kasseler Fotografie Festival, Germany
2019 Des oiseaux / Éditions Xavier Barral, Paris
2018 HDR_nature, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
2016 HANON, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
2015 YUSURIKA, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
2015 COLORS , amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
2014 Tokyo Parrots, amana / IMA photobooks, Tokyo
2014 Taxi Dirty Books, Boabooks, Genève, Switzerland,