Kikuji Kawada

♂ *1933 / Japan

Works

Contacts for the work of Kikuji Kawada

Michael Hoppen Gallery GB

Michael Hoppen Gallery
10 Portland Road
W11 4LA London
+44 (0)20-73523649
gallery@michaelhoppengallery.com
www.michaelhoppengallery.com
Mon-Fri 10-18

Solo exhibitions

Chizu (The Map)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
24 Oct 2026 – 18 Jul 2027
Endless Map – Invisible

Kyotographie , Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2025 – 3 Oct 2025
Los Caprichos, Demon of Tomorrow

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
15 Apr 2024 – 1 Jun 2024
The Sacred World

Gallery Bauhaus, Tokyo (JP)
5 Mar 2024 – 27 Apr 2024
Los Caprichos, Near Far

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
29 Jun 2022 – 10 Aug 2022
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The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka (JP)
14 May 2022 – 18 Jun 2022
Endless Map

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
20 Jan 2021 – 10 Apr 2021
LOS CAPRICHOS

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
21 Feb 2020 – 25 Apr 2020
Shadow in the Shadow

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
29 May 2019 – 5 Jul 2019
Los Caprichos - Instagraphy - 2017

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
12 Jan 2018 – 3 Mar 2018
Last Things

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
8 Jan 2016 – 5 Mar 2016
The Last Cosmology

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
5 Nov 2014 – 24 Jan 2015
The Last Cosmology

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (GB)
1 Dec 2014 – 23 Jan 2015
Phenomena 2011

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
4 Sep 2012 – 31 Oct 2012
Nikko - A Parable

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
10 May 2011 – 25 Jun 2011
World's End 2008-2010

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
13 May 2010 – 10 Jul 2010
Memories of Faraway Places: Memoir 1951-1966

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
17 Nov 2008 – 30 Jan 2009
Invisible City

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
12 Oct 2006 – 10 Nov 2006
Chizu / The Globe Theater

Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris (FR)
11 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 2006
The Map 1960-1965

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
15 Dec 2004 – 10 Feb 2005

Group

Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix (US)
29 Jul 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

with Harold E. Edgerton, Chris McCaw, Edward Weston
Kyotographie

Japan House, London (GB)
3 Jun 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Ai Iwane
GREATEST HITS & few SURPRISES

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
25 Mar 2025 – 25 Apr 2026

with Eugene Atget, William Klein, Jens Knigge, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Osamu Shiihara, Malick Sidibe, Claude Tolmer, UMBO (Otto Umbehr), Witho Worms, Jan Yoors
So Far and From Now On

TOP 30th Anniversary State of the Artist

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
15 Oct 2025 – 25 Jan 2026

with Aya Fujioka, Miyako Ishiuchi, Osamu Kanemura, Lieko Shiga
The Postwar Never Ends

Shadai Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
8 Sep 2025 – 5 Nov 2025

with Shoko Ahagon, Ken Domon, Ihei Kimura, Daido Moriyama, Yoshitaka Nakatani, Takeyoshi Tanuma, Yoshihiro Tatsuki
Black Traces / Sinking Light

Tosa Hakkinshi

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
9 Jul 2025 – 6 Sep 2025

with Yoshihiko Ito, Kenro Izu, Mark Sink & Kristen Hatgi, Sarah Moon, Hisako Sakurai, Masanobu Seike, Takeshi Shikama, Kiyoshi Yagi, Satoru Yoshioka
SUMMER AT 10 PORTLAND ROAD

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (GB)
2 Jul 2025 – 5 Sep 2025

with Albarran Cabrera, Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Beard, Sian Davey, Eamonn Doyle, Ori Gersht, Hisaji Hara, Annie Leibovitz, Sarah Moon, August Sander, Hiromi Tsuchida, Tim Walker …
Shyarakusai! Japanese Photo Books of the 1950s—1970s

FujiFilm Square, Tokyo (JP)
18 Oct 2024 – 7 Nov 2024

with Masahisa Fukase, Shigeo Gocho, Hiroshi Hamaya, Eikoh Hosoe, Miyako Ishiuchi, Takeji Iwamiya, Ihei Kimura, Ichiro Kojima, Yoichi Midorikawa, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shoji Otake …
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, Daido Moriyama, Masatoshi Naito, Ikko Narahara, Ken Ohara, Shomei Tomatsu …
Vintage

Gallery Bauhaus, Tokyo (JP)
6 Dec 2023 – 24 Feb 2024

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Harry Callahan, Robert Doisneau, Robert Frank, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Izis (Israelis Biedermanas), Yousuf Karsh, Tatsuo Kotaki, Jun Morinaga, Ikko Narahara, Kiyoji Otsuji, August Sander …
Farewell Photography

The Hitachi Collection of Postwar Japanese Photographs, 1961-1989

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix (US)
19 Jan 2022 – 26 Jun 2022

with Taku Aramasa, Masahisa Fukase, Eikoh Hosoe, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kozo Miyoshi, Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu
AVANT-GARDE AND SURREALIST

PHOTOGRAPHY FROM JAPAN, 1920S - 1990S

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
15 Feb 2022 – 14 May 2022

with Ei-Q, Gesshu Ogawa Ken, Toshiko Okanoue, Osamu Shiihara, Issei Suda, Shoji Ueda, Iwao Yamawaki
ANIMAL HOUSE

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
18 Sep 2021 – 13 Nov 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Mariana Cook, Louis Faurer, Tibor Honty, Izis (Israelis Biedermanas), Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Jan Lukas, Jacques Sonck, Maurice Tabard, Eugen Wiskovsky …
La mirada de las cosas

Fotografía japonesa en torno a Provoke

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
22 Jul 2020 – 25 Oct 2020

with Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Ikko Narahara, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu, Yutaka Takanashi, Akira Tanno
TOKYO - DIE CITY

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

Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Köln (DE)
11 Sep 2020 – 24 Oct 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Takashi Hanabusa, Tetsuya Ichimura, Yoji Jikihara, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Yutaka Takanashi, Chotoku Tanaka, Shuji Yamada
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, Kazuo Kitai, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shinzo Shimao, Issei Suda, Masakatsu Takagi, Yutaka Takanashi …
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, Kazuo Kitai, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Shinzo Shimao, Issei Suda, Yutaka Takanashi, Chotoku Tanaka, Hajime (Gen) Tokura …
The Gaze of Things

Japanese Photography in the Context of Provoke

Bombas Gens , Valencia (ES)
22 Feb 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Koji Enokura, Takashi Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Hamaya, Eikoh Hosoe, Miyako Ishiuchi, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Ikko Narahara, Tamiko Nishimura, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu …
THE GAZE OF THINGS

Japanese Photography in the Context of PROVOKE

Bombas Gens , Valencia (ES)
22 Feb 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Koji Enokura, Takashi Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Hamaya, Daido Moriyama, Tamiko Nishimura, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu, Yutaka Takanashi
Moonlight - 50 Years of Photographing the Moon

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
25 May 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Johan Oesterholm, Chan-Hyo Bae, Helena Blomqvist, Cristina De Middel, Nanna Debois-Buhl, Susan Derges, Joan Fontcuberta, Vincent Fournier, Hamish Fulton, Noemie Goudal, Nancy Holt, Melanie King …
Japanese Photograpy 1930s ‐ 1970s

with Taka Ishii Gallery

Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich (CH)
7 Jun 2019 – 3 Aug 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Ken Domon, Ei-Q, Masahisa Fukase, Hiroshi Hamaya, Minoru Hirata, Eikoh Hosoe, Seiryu Inoue, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Kineo Kuwabara, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira …
Portraits

An array of vintage and contemporary portraits

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
29 Nov 2018 – 16 Feb 2019

with Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Osamu Shiihara, Jacques Sonck, Shoji Ueda, UMBO (Otto Umbehr), Weegee, Jan Yoors
Women -through the lens-

TKB Bldg. 3F

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
12 Jul 2018 – 1 Sep 2018

with Takashi Arai, Wynn Bullock, Harry Callahan, Lucien Clergue, Imogen Cunningham, Elliott Erwitt, Louis Faurer, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Andre Kertesz, Michiko Kon …
Coast to Coast

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
18 May 2018 – 28 Jul 2018

with John Davies, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Marketa Luskacova, Ray Mortenson, Asako Narahashi, Jan Yoors
#24 — #24 - VIVO

IBASHO, Antwerp (BE)
7 Dec 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Eikoh Hosoe, Ikko Narahara, Akira Sato, Akira Tanno, Shomei Tomatsu
The Sun Placed in the Abyss

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (US)
7 Oct 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with Dove Allouche, Sarah Charlesworth, Anne Collier, Linda Connor, Tacita Dean, Jan Dibbets, John Divola, Shannon Ebner, Sam Falls, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Graham, Yuji Hamada …
I Am the Sun

Concurrent to Moholy-Nagy: Future Present

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
27 Sep 2016 – 5 Dec 2016

with William Henry Fox Talbot, Chris McCaw, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Take In

Collection Show

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
10 May 2016 – 2 Jun 2016

with Takashi Arai, Harry Callahan, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Michiko Kon, Kozo Miyoshi, Mark Osterman, Janet Russek, Aaron Siskind, Kazuyuki Soeno, George Tice, Kiyoshi Yagi
In the Wake

Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
5 Apr 2015 – 12 Jul 2015

with Takashi Arai, Nobuyoshi Araki, Naoya Hatakeyama, Rinko Kawauchi, Keizo Kitajima, Kozo Miyoshi, Yasusuke Ota, Masato Seto, Lieko Shiga, Tomoko Yoneda
Conflict, Time, Photography.

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
10 Apr 2015 – 5 Jul 2015

with Indre Serpytyte, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Jules Andrieu, Pierre Antony-Thouret, Nobuyoshi Araki, George N. Barnard, Margaret Bourke-White, Frank Breuer, Rene Burri, Hermann Claasen, Luc Delahaye, Chloe Dewe Mathews …
Conflict, Time, Photography

Tate Modern, London (GB)
27 Nov 2014 – 14 Apr 2015

with Jerzy Lewczynski, Diana Matar, Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, Simon Norfolk, Michael Schmidt, Shomei Tomatsu, Nick Waplington
Conflict, Time, Photography

Tate Modern, London (GB)
27 Nov 2014 – 14 Apr 2015

with Jerzy Lewczynski, Diana Matar, Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, Simon Norfolk, Michael Schmidt, Shomei Tomatsu, Nick Waplington
P.G.I. October Show 2014

PGI - Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
6 Oct 2014 – 4 Nov 2014

with Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Emmet Gowin, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Yoshihiko Ito, Richard Misrach, Kozo Miyoshi, Aaron Siskind, Kazuyuki Soeno, Brett Weston, Edward Weston
Die Metamorphose Japans nach dem Krieg

Fotografie 1945-1964

Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Köln (DE)
27 Jun 2012 – 29 Sep 2012

with Ken Domon, Hiroshi Hamaya, Tadahiko Hayashi, Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Ihei Kimura, Shigeichi Nagano, Ikko Narahara, Shomei Tomatsu, Takeyoshi Tanuma
Metamorphosis of Japan after the War

Photography 1945 – 1964

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
9 Mar 2012 – 17 Jun 2012

with Ken Domon, Tadahiko Hayashi, Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Keisuke Katano, Ihei Kimura, Shigeichi Nagano, Ikko Narahara, Shomei Tomatsu, Takeyoshi Tanuma, Yosuke Yamahata
Photographs of Children - the child within us

Museum of Photography, Tôkyô (JP)
24 Sep 2011 – 4 Dec 2011

with Elliott Erwitt, Rinko Kawauchi, Daido Moriyama, Yuki Onodera, W. Eugene Smith, Shoji Ueda
Japanese Photography 1960’s – 1970’s

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

with Eikoh Hosoe, Kazuo Kitai, Jun Morinaga, Daido Moriyama, Issei Suda, Hiromi Tsuchida
Japon 1945-1975 . Un renouveau photographique

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
4 Apr 2003 – 15 Jun 2003

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Kishin Shinoyama, Shomei Tomatsu, Haruo Tomiyama, Shoji Ueda
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, Naito Masatoshi, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Ken Ohara, Shomei Tomatsu …

Events

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026

OstLicht, Wien (AT)
23 May 2026 – 27 May 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Bryan Adams, Ansel Adams, Paul Almasy, Anonymous, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Roger Ballen, Ernst Baumann, Peter Beard, Lukas Beck, Ian Berry …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

PGI - Photo Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Narumi Hiramoto, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Yoshihiko Ito, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Osamu James Nakagawa, Asako Narahashi, Yuki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Takenouchi, Tokuko Ushioda
ART WEEK TOKYO 2025

Japan Contemporary Art Platform in collaboration with Art Basel

Art Week Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
5 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2025

with Bas Jan Ader, Yamamoto Atsushi, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Julian Charriere, Chim-Pom, Pedro Costa, Minoru Hirata, Miyako Ishiuchi, Lee Kit, Vik Muniz, Takuma Nakahira …
Rencontres d'Arles 2025

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2025 – 5 Oct 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Octavio Aguilar, Tony Albert, Jean-Michel André, Claudia Andujar, David Armstrong, Atong Atem, Letizia Battaglia, Kwame Brathwaite, Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael , Sarah Carp …
MIA Photo Fair 2025

Michael Hoppen Gallery, Milano (IT)
20 Mar 2025 – 23 Mar 2025

with Albarran Cabrera, Kazuma Araki, Nick Brandt, Sian Davey, Eamonn Doyle, Lee Friedlander, Ori Gersht, Hiroshi Hamaya, Hisaji Hara, Tetsuya Ichimura, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, August Sander …
MIA Photo Fair 2025

MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas, Milano (IT)
20 Mar 2025 – 23 Mar 2025

with Albarran Cabrera, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Carlo Bavagnoli, Peter Beard, Davide Bramante, Tomo Brejc, Sian Davey, Mario De Biasi, Cristina De Middel, Balázs Deim, Eamonn Doyle …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

The Third Gallery Aya, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Ai Iwane, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Ikko Narahara, Asako Narahashi, Kiyoji Otsuji, Shinzo Shimao, Hiroyuki Takenouchi, Tokuko Ushioda
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 …
Kyotographie 2024

Kyotographie , Kyoto (JP)
13 Apr 2024 – 12 May 2024

with Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Yoriyas), Claudia Andujar, Thierry Ardouin, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Lucien Clergue, Barbad Golshiri, Tetsuo Kashiwada, Rinko Kawauchi, Marie Sumalla and Ghazal Golshiri, James Mollison, Viviane Sassen, Tokuko Ushioda …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2023

AIPAD, New York (US)
31 Mar 2023 – 2 Apr 2023

with Erwin Blumenfeld, John Bulmer, Patty Carroll, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Citroen, Krass Clement, Cooper & Gorfer, Oyè Diran, John Florea, Masahisa Fukase, Sonia Handelman Meyer, Miyako Ishiuchi …
Frieze Masters 2022

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
14 Oct 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Masahisa Fukase, Eikoh Hosoe, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kametaro Kawasaki, Tyler Mitchell, Daido Moriyama, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
29 Nov 2021 – 7 Dec 2021

with Max Baur, Felice Beato, Boris Becker, Sibylle Bergemann, Bisson Freres, Katharina Bosse, Max Burchartz, Rene Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jewgeni Chaldej, Lucien Clergue, Frantisek Drtikol …
Paris Photo 2021

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Hoda Afshar, Jun Ahn, Aassmaa Akhannouch, Latif Al Ani, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tom Arndt, Ananké Asseff, Jane Evelyn Atwood …
AIPAD 2019 - Japanese Photography

AIPAD, New York (US)
4 Apr 2019 – 7 Apr 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Masahisa Fukase, Yuji Hamada, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Miyako Ishiuchi, Yoshihiko Ito, Miho Kajioka, Toru Kono, Yoshinori Marui, Kozo Miyoshi, Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama …
Paris Photo 2017

Michael Hoppen Gallery, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Lucas Foglia, Manuel Franquelo, Masahisa Fukase, Juana Gomez, Hiroshi Hamaya, Thomas Mailaender, Sarah Moon, Masatoshi Naito, Sohei Nishino, Shomei Tomatsu, Harley Weir
PGH Photo Fair Pittsburgh

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

with Emi Anrakuji, John Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Kazuo Kitai, Malick Sidibe, Issei Suda
Daikanyama Photo Fair 2016

Fine-Art Photo Association, Tokyo (JP)
30 Sep 2016 – 2 Oct 2016

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Antony Cairns, Charles Freger, REN Hang, Momo Okabe
Paris Photo 2015

Michael Hoppen Gallery, Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Guy Bourdin, Brassai, Eamonn Doyle, Robert Frank, Masahisa Fukase, Kati Horna, Miyako Ishiuchi, Angelika Krinzinger, Lisette Model, Pierre Molinier, Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu …