Hiromix
Hiromix | |
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| Born | Hiromi Toshikawa 25 September 1976 Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | photographer and artist |
| Notable work | Girls Blue, Japanese Beauty, Hiromix |
Hiromi Toshikawa (利川 裕美, Toshikawa Hiromi, born 1976), better known as Hiromix (ヒロミックス, Hiromikkusu), is a Japanese photographer and artist.[1]
Biography
Born in 1976, Hiromix won the 11th New Cosmos of Photography (写真新世紀, Shashin Shin-seiki) award in March 1995.[2] She was nominated by Nobuyoshi Araki, for a series of photographs called Seventeen Girl Days.[3] Her photographs depicted life from a teenager's perspective.[4] She was also a judge for the Cosmos of Photography contest from 2011 to 2015.
In 1996, Hiromix published her first book Girls Blue.[5] She became known in the West with her book Hiromix, edited by the French photography critic Patrick Remy and published by Steidl in 1998.[6] In 2000, she was awarded the Kimura Ihei Award for her book Hiromix Works. She has published several other photography books that are concerned with identity, community, gender and the everyday.
As a former member of the Japanese band The Clovers, Hiromix also released a music album and continues[when?] to work as DJ. She briefly appeared in a TV commercial for an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Jazz.[7] The German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans photographed her in 1997.[8] She also has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola. She photographed for fashion brand Kenzo's pre-fall collection in 2016.[9]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Start of Spring, Radiance of the Heart, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo (2009)[citation needed]
- St. Valentin Special | Room of Love, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo (2010)[citation needed]
- The Wonder of Love and Time, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo (2015)[citation needed]
Group exhibitions
- Superflat Exhibition, Tokyo (1999)[vague]
- Gazes that Define the Era: 30 Years of the Kimura Ihei Award 1975–2005, Kawasaki City Museum, Tokyo (2005)
- Shoot (Rizzoli, U.S.), Parco Gallery, Tokyo (2009)
- A Room in Which To Contemplate Love, No Man's Land, Tokyo (2009)
- 40 Years of the Kimura Ihei Award, 1975–2015, Kawasaki Museum, Tokyo (2015)
- Takashi Murakami Collection, Tokyo and other cities (2016)
Books
- Girl's Blue (1996)
- Japanese Beauty (1997)
- Hikari (1997)
- Hiromix Paris (1998)
- Hiromix (1998)
Notes
- ^ Shoji, Kaori (16 January 1999). "Young Women Behind the Camera Craze in Tokyo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Canon page.
- ^ a b Inc., Canon. "Hiromix 'Seventeen Girl Days' | 1995 Grand Prize winning work | Canon New Cosmos of Photography". Canon Global. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Bornoff, Nicholas (1999). "Figures in the Landscape." In: Brittain, David (ed.), Creative camera: thirty years of writing, Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 272.
- ^ "Real People: Interview – Hiromix: Portrait of the artist as a little". 31 January 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Remy, Patrick (1998). Hiromix. Göttingen: Steidl.
- ^ DrDejvu (8 February 2008). "YSL Jazz Live – 1990's UK Advert". Retrieved 2 September 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tillmans, Wolfgang (2003). If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters, London: Tate Publishing, p. 142.
- ^ "Kenzo Clothing | Men, Women & Kids collections". www.kenzo.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
External links
- Ono, Philbert. "Hiromix". Profile at PhotoGuide Japan.
- Romano, Gianni. "Hiromix". PhotoArts Journal.
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