Kazuo Kitai

♂ *1944 / Japan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Iroha

Zeit Foto kunitachi, Tokyo (JP)
17 Oct 2026 – 21 Nov 2026
IROHA 1,2,3 !

galerie Écho 119, Paris (FR)
30 Apr 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Journey into German Expressionism

Zeit Foto kunitachi, Tokyo (JP)
19 May 2023 – 24 Jun 2023
Tsugaru | Shimokita

Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
1 Oct 2016 – 26 Oct 2016
Students, Workers, Villagers 1964-1978

MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York (US)
10 Sep 2015 – 24 Oct 2015
Vintage

Aura Gallery, Beijing (CN)
11 Oct 2014 – 11 Nov 2014
To the Village

Zeit Foto kunitachi, Tokyo (JP)
25 Apr 2014 – 31 May 2014
Somehow Familiar Places

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
27 Nov 2012 – 24 Jan 2013
Kobe Dockers

Gallery Tosei, Tokyo (JP)
29 Nov 2012 – 25 Dec 2012
Barricade

Harper's Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB, East Hampton (US)
18 Aug 2012 – 1 Oct 2012
Shayo

Aura Gallery, Beijing (CN)
25 Aug 2012 – 25 Sep 2012
Walking with Leica 3

Gallery Tosei, Tôkyô (JP)
6 Jan 2012 – 28 Jan 2012
Spanish Night

Gallery Tosei, Tôkyô (JP)
5 Jan 2011 – 29 Jan 2011
Walking with Leica 2

Gallery Tosei, Tôkyô (JP)
5 Jan 2010 – 30 Jan 2010
Walking with Leica

Gallery Tosei, Tôkyô (JP)
6 Jan 2009 – 31 Jan 2009
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Gallery Tosei, Tôkyô (JP)
30 Sep 2006 – 28 Oct 2006
Beijing

Il Tempo, Tôkyô (JP)
27 Mar 2004 – 24 Apr 2004
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Il Tempo, Tôkyô (JP)
18 Oct 2002 – 16 Nov 2002

Group

TOP Collection: Serendipity

Wondrous Discoveries in Daily Life

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
7 Apr 2023 – 9 Jul 2023

with Masaru Aikawa, Elliott Erwitt, Shigeo Gocho, Naoya Hatakeyama, Naoki Honjo, Tomoki Imai, Sayuki Inoue, Naoki Ishikawa, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Takuma Nakahira, Yoshitomo Nara, Harumichi Saito …
Die City – Das Land.

Japanische Fotografie der 1960er – 1970er-Jahre aus der Sammlung des Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
20 Jun 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Tetsuya Ichimura, Yoji Jikihara, Kikuji Kawada, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shinzo Shimao, Issei Suda, Yutaka Takanashi, Chotoku Tanaka, Hajime (Gen) Tokura …
Die City–Das Land

Japanische Fotografie der 1960er – 1970er-Jahre aus der Sammlung des Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
20 Jun 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Takashi Hanabusa, Tetsuya Ichimura, Yoji Jikihara, Kikuji Kawada, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shinzo Shimao, Issei Suda, Masakatsu Takagi, Yutaka Takanashi …
20th Anniversary Show: Part I (Photography)

MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York (US)
21 Mar 2019 – 27 Apr 2019

with Inbal Abergil, Emi Anrakuji, Alexandra Catiere, Erika deVries, Hitoshi Fugo, Mikiko Hara, Yojiro Imasaka, Takahiro Kaneyama, Mayumi Lake, Karen Miranda Rivadeneira, Ken Ohara, Dominique Paul …
The Origins of Japanese Contemporary Photography

Film grain as words

GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan (KR)
9 Jun 2018 – 28 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Miyako Ishiuchi, Shomei Tomatsu, Hiromi Tsuchida
Le bal － Part 3 － adagio cantabile

Hommage à Etsuro ISHIHARA

Zeit Foto kunitachi, Tokyo (JP)
18 Nov 2016 – 22 Dec 2016

with Hans Bellmer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Susan Fenton, Lee Friedlander, Hitoshi Fugo, Katsuji Fukuda, Joaquim Gomis, Lyu Hanabusa, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kenro Izu, Keizo Kitajima, Makiko Koie …
Things: Rethinking Japanese Photography and Art in 1970s

Nat. Museum Modern Art, Tokyo (JP)
26 May 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Takuma Nakahira, Issei Suda, Jiro Takamatsu, Yutaka Takanashi
Photographs by Five

Zeit Foto kunitachi, Tokyo (JP)
26 Sep 2014 – 8 Nov 2014

with Asako Narahashi, Yuki Onodera, Ryudai Takano, Yuki Urakami
Longing for Identity: Postwar Japanese Photographers

Yoshii Gallery, New York (US)
3 Mar 2011 – 9 Apr 2011

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu, Shoji Ueda
Slashing Look: 30 Years of the Kimura Ihei Photography Award 1975-2005

Kawasaki City Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
23 Apr 2005 – 19 Jun 2005

with Shinya Fujiwara, Takashi Honma, Mitsuaki Iwago, Rinko Kawauchi, Keizo Kitajima, Ryuji Miyamoto, Masataka Nakano, Mika Ninagawa, Toshio Shibata
Mask of Japan

Contemporary Japanese Photography

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
8 Jun 2004 – 4 Jul 2004

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Akane Asaoka, Naoya Hatakeyama, Fuyuki Hattori, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kenro Izu, Youmei Kawai, Kisei Kobayashi, Makiko Koie, Taiji Matsue, Ryuji Miyamoto, Yasumasa Morimura …
Mask of Japan

Aura Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
12 Dec 2003 – 12 Jan 2004

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Akane Asaoka, Naoya Hatakeyama, Fuyuki Hattori, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kenro Izu, Youmei Kawai, Hideo Kobayashi, Makiko Koie, Taiji Matsue, Ryuji Miyamoto, Yasumasa Morimura …
Japanese Photography 1960’s – 1970’s

S K Josefsberg Studio, Portland (US)
4 Sep 2003 – 11 Oct 2003

with Eikoh Hosoe, Kikuji Kawada, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Issei Suda, Hiromi Tsuchida

Events

Paris Gallery Weekend 2026

Paris Gallery Weekend, Paris (FR)
29 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

with Kelani Abass, Laia Abril, Helena Almeida, AurelK, Lillian Bassman, Thibaut Cuisset, Katrien De Blauwer, Ymane Fakhir, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Charles Fréger, Todd Hido, Karen Knorr …
Paris Photo 2018

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Jun Abe, Adou, Nobuyoshi Araki, Mustapha Azeroual, Ilit Azoulay, Jared Bark, Mary Ellen Bartley, Peter Beard, Renate Bertlmann, Viktoria Binschtok, LIU Bolin, Anais Boudot …
photo london 2018

Yumiko Chiba Associates, London (GB)
17 May 2018 – 20 May 2018

with Yuki Onodera, Ryudai Takano
PGH Photo Fair Pittsburgh

The PGH Photo Fair, Pittsburgh (US)
29 Apr 2017 – 30 Apr 2017

with Emi Anrakuji, John Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Kikuji Kawada, Malick Sidibe, Issei Suda