BIOGRAPHY

BORN

1936 Tokyo, Japan

EDUCATION

1960 Musashino Art College, Tokyo, Japan

EXHIBITIONS

2014

“ARAMASA Taku 2014 -HRIZON-” One Men Show,  Annely Juda Fine Art, London

2012

“ARAMASA Taku 2012 -HRIZON-” One Men Show, Tokyo Publishing House,Tokyo

2011

“ARAMASA Taku Photographs 2011”(Na2 Platina print) One Men Show, OUT of PLACE , Nara

2009

「frame & vision」 -blessing in forest-ARAMASA Taku Solo Exhibition Tokyo Gallery+BTAP

2008

“ARAMASA Taku Photographs-America/promised Land,”

(Platina print) Gallery OUT of PLACE , Nara “ARAMASA SAKURA,” NIKON Salon -One Men Show-, Tokyo & Osaka

2006

“ARAMASA Taku Photographs-Apocalypse,” Museum of Musashino Art Unversity,Tokyo

2005

“ARAMASA Taku-SAKURA,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco California

2003

“Only Skin Deep-Changing vision of the american self,”International Center of Photography, New York

2001

“ARAMASA Taku Photographs:Portraits of Japanese Immigrants, “polaroid Gallery, Tokyo

2000

“ARAMASA Taku Photographs-America / Promised Land, ”Misumura Art Plaza, Tokyo

“11+1 Photographs, ”Musashino Art Unversity, Department of Imaging Arts 10th Anniversity, Mitsumura Art Plaza, Tokyo

1997

“Silent Land-Prison Camps in Siberia, ”Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo

1996

“Manchuria/Siberia, ”Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan

1995

“Silent Land-Prison Camps in Siberia,”Sinjuku Park Tower Gallery 1, Tokyo

1994

“Taku Aramasa Photographs: Portraits of Native America, ”Yuraku-cho Art Forum,

Tokyo / Hakata / Nara & Takaoka, Japan

1992

“Who Am I ? – War Orphans Left in China, ” Hiroshima & Fukuoka, Japan

1991

“Who Am I ? – War Orphans Left in China, ”Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery, Tokyo

1990

“Family, Commemorative Exhibition of ‘Who Am I’, ”Nikon Salon, Tokyo & Osaka

1988

“Taku Aramasa Photographs-The 80th Anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Brazil,”

Sao Paulo Museum, San Paulo

1987

“A Portrait of Japanese Immigrants to South America, ”Hiroshima & Osaka, Japan

1986

“A Portrait of Japanese Immigrants to South America, ”Yurakucho Marion, Tokyo

PUBLICATIONS

2014

“ARAMASA Taku 2014” HORIZON Catalogue© -Annely Juda Fine Art- London

2010

ARAMASA Taku Photogaphs-ARAMASA SAKURA -in black box / in black room- at one’s 1/1

2007

e-bookARAMASA Taku Photogaphs – Apocalypse, e-book Humandream

2007

e-book ARAMASA Taku’s PORTFOLIO, (1960-2006) e-book Humandream

2006

ARAMASA Taku Photographs-Apocalypse, Museum Musashino Art University

2000

America / Promised Land, Misuzu Shobo

1995

The Silent Land: Prison Camps in Siberia, Chikuma Shobo

1993

Portrait of Native America, Kodansha

1990

Who Am I ? War Orphans Left in China, Who Am I ? Publishing Committee

1985

A Portrait of Japanese Immigrants to South America, Asahi Shinbunsha

1980

To My Angels, Zenkoku Shuppan

AWARDS

1996

The 46th Artist of the Year Award, Japan Photography Association

1994

The 10th Higashikawa Award

1986

The 5th domon ken Award

1985

Grand Prize (Public Poster) at the 1st International Triennale Toyama

1978

The 28th New Artist of the Year Award, Japan Photography Association

COLLECTIONS

  • Center for Creative Photography, Arizona State University, Arizona
  • Domon – Ken Memorial Hall, Sakata, Japan
  • Higashikawa Museum, Higashikawa-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
  • San Paulo Museum, San Paulo, Brazil
  • History Museum of Japanese Immigrants, San Paulo, Brazil
  • International Center of Photography, New York, New York
  • Osaka Human Rights History Museum, Osaka, Japan
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
  • History Museum of japanese Immigrants, san Jose, California
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
  • Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Museum of Musashino Art University, (ARAMASA Taku Collections of Photography) Tokyo,Japan