Ken Ohara

*1942 / Japan

Works

Solo exhibitions

CONTACTS

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
10 Oct 2025 – 8 Feb 2026
More than ONE

Ken Ohara's Photographic Journey 1972-2012

MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York (US)
15 Sep 2023 – 30 Oct 2023
Extreme Portraits 1970-1999

MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, New York (US)
2 Mar 2017 – 15 Apr 2017
Erweiterte Porträtstudien seit 1970

Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE)
29 Sep 2006 – 14 Jan 2007
Erweiterte Portraitstudien

Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg (DE)
21 May 2006 – 27 Aug 2006
Erweiterte Portraitstudien seit 1970

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
4 Mar 2006 – 30 Apr 2006

Group

COMMUNITY

Photography and Belonging / Fotografie und Gemeinschaft

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
11 Feb 2026 – 25 May 2026

with Tina Barney, Viktoria Binschtok, Yvon Chabrowski, Omar Victor Diop, Alfredo Jaar, Cate Lartey, Lilly Lulay, Werner Mahler, Ute Mahler, Heinrich Riebesehl, August Sander, Ludwig Schirmer …
New Japanese Photography in New Light

T3 Photo Festival Tokyo 2024

Tokyo Institut of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
5 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2024

with Ryoji Akiyama, Ken Domon, Masahisa Fukase, Eikoh Hosoe, Tetsuya Ichimura, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Bishin Jumonji, Kikuji Kawada, Daido Moriyama, Masatoshi Naito, Ikko Narahara, Shomei Tomatsu …
Autoportraits au quotidien

La Patinoire Royale, Brussels (BE)
6 Oct 2023 – 22 Dec 2023

with Melissa Shook
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, Kazuo Kitai, Mayumi Lake, Karen Miranda Rivadeneira, Dominique Paul …
Human Images of 20th Century: All Photographs are Portraits

Museum of Photography, Tôkyô (JP)
9 Oct 2010 – 5 Dec 2010

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Hans Bellmer, Brassai, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Katsuji Fukuda, Philippe Halsman, Eikoh Hosoe, Takeji Iwamiya, Man Ray , Yasumasa Morimura, Ikko Narahara …
Fotografie und Individuum - Portraitkonzepte

Eröffnungswochenende in den neuen Räumen 30./31. Jan 2010

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
30 Jan 2010 – 4 Apr 2010

with David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson, Hugo Erfurth, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Grit Hachmeister, Edgar Höfs, Helmar Lerski, Lisette Model, Stefan Moses, José Luís Neto, Thomas Ruff, August Sander, Otto Steinert
Le paradis, ou presque : Los Angeles [1865-2008]

Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saone (FR)
24 Oct 2009 – 31 Jan 2010

with Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Jo Ann Callis, Paul Caponigro, Herb Carleton, Gusmano Cesaretti, William Claxton, Imogen Cunningham, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, John Divola …
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE : LOS ANGELES (1865-2008)

Le paradis, ou presque - Los Angeles (1865-2008)

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
31 Jan 2009 – 19 Apr 2009

with Harry Adams, Ansel Adams, Laura Aguilar, Clem Albers, Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, James Baker, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Adam Bartos, Haven G. Bishop, Kaucyila Brooke …
Kopf an Kopf

Serielle Porträtfotografie

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen (DE)
15 Sep 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Valerie Belin, Christian Boltanski, Luc Delahaye, General Idea, Alexander Honory, Alfredo Jaar, Noah Kalina, Juergen Klauke, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Jonathan Monk, Olaf Nicolai, Ralf Peters …
Inaugural Exhibition

Amador Gallery, New York (US)
19 Oct 2005 – 26 Nov 2005

with Anthony Friedkin, Judy Gelles, Thomas Kellner, Keizo Kitajima, Graciela Sacco, Tracey Snelling
New Japanese Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
27 Mar 1974 – 19 May 1974

with Ryoji Akiyama, Ken Domon, Masahisa Fukase, Eikoh Hosoe, Tetsuya Ichimura, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Bishin Jumonji, Kikuji Kawada, Naito Masatoshi, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shomei Tomatsu …

Events

OFFSCREEN 2026

Installations, Still and Moving images

OFFSCREEN, Paris (FR)
20 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

with Adel Abidin, Josef Achrer, Barbara Bloom, Antony Cairns, Andrea Geyer, Aglaia Konrad, Ibrahim Mahama, Ana Mendieta, Boris Mikhailov, Laurent Millet, Giovanni Ozzola, Thomas Paquet …
Paris Photo 2025 - Duo shows

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Tim Berresheim, Natalie Brehmer, Jess T. Dugan, Emil Otto Hoppe, Lilly Lulay, Noelle Mason, Charles Negre ECAL, Tamiko Nishimura, Arthur Ou, Baud Postma, Barbara Probst, Chen Ronghui …
Paris Photo 2025 - Duo Show

MIYAKO YOSHINAGA Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Melissa Shook
T3 Photo Festival Tokyo 2024

Tokyo Institut of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
5 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2024

with Ryoji Akiyama, Ken Domon, Masahisa Fukase, Kohei Fukushima, Takata Fuyuhiko, Eikoh Hosoe, Mayumi Hosokura, Tetsuya Ichimura, Hisae Imai, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Bishin Jumonji, Shingo Kanagawa …
Art Brussels 2024

art brussels, Brussels (BE)
25 Apr 2024 – 28 Apr 2024

with Lita Albuquerque, Alice Anderson, Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Marcel Bascoulard, Eric Baudart, Irma Blank, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Helene Delprat, Thomas Devaux, Marina Gadonneix, Jef Geys …
Paris Photo 2023 Solo + Duo

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Matei Bejenaru, Johannes Brus, Pascal Convert, David De Beyter, Milagros de la Torre, Thomas Devaux, Omar Victor Diop, Samuel Fosso, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Guido Guidi, Hassan Hajjaj, François Halard …
photo l.a. 2007

photo l.a., Los Angeles (US)
18 Jan 2007 – 21 Jan 2007

with Mario A., Thomas Allen, Lillian Bassman, Harry Callahan, Michael Eastman, Lalla Essaydi, Frank Horvat, Pieter Hugo, Loretta Lux, Richard Misrach, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Loan Nguyen …