Mao Ishikawa

*1953 / Japan

Works

Solo exhibitions

ROGUE

Alison Bradley Projects, New York (US)
16 Apr 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
What Can I Do?

Tokyo Opera City Art Gal, Tokyo (JP)
13 Oct 2023 – 24 Dec 2023
Port Town Elegy

Photographers' gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
1 Feb 2012 – 17 Feb 2012
Port Town Elegy

Kula Photo Gallery, Tôkyô (JP)
1 Feb 2012 – 17 Feb 2012
Okinawa Soul

East Gallery, London (GB)
28 Oct 2010 – 3 Nov 2010

Group

I’m So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
15 Oct 2026 – 11 Jan 2027

with Aya Fujioka, Mikiko Hara, Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura …
I’m So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Now

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
24 Jun 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Mikiko Hara, Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura, Rika Noguchi …
Alliance, Infinity, Love – In the Face of the Other

9. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Helene A. Amouzou, Richard Avedon, Dawoud Bey, Sandra Brewster, Jasmina Cibic, Mario Cravo Neto, Brenda L. Croft, Monica de Miranda, Omar Victor Diop, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Arlene Gottfried …
I’m So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 May 2025 – 7 Sep 2025

with Mikiko Hara, Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura, Rika Noguchi …
I’m So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers

Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
18 Jan 2025 – 5 May 2025

with Mikiko Hara, Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura, Rika Noguchi …
Collection 1: Portraits of Her

The National Museum of Art, Osaka (JP)
2 Nov 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

with Leonor Antunes, Shigeo Anzai, Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Lewis Hine, David Hockney, Miyako Ishiuchi, Astrid Klein, Ryuji Miyamoto, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Yoshihiro Suda, Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler
I’m So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2024 – 22 Sep 2024

with Mikiko Hara, Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura, Rika Noguchi …
PHOTOBOOK AWARDS

PARIS PHOTO - APERTURE FOUNDATION

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

with Farah Al Qasimi, Indu Antony, Melba Arellano, Jessica Backhaus, Alejandro Cartagena, Bieke Depoorter, Isaac Diggs, Deanna Dikeman, Muhammad Fadli, Nancy Floyd, Jana Hartmann, Edward Hillel …
TOP Collection: Photography in the Ryukyu Islands

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
29 Sep 2020 – 23 Nov 2020

with Ishimine Takashi, Higa Toyomitsu, Higa Yasuo
Hanran: 20th-Century Japanese Photography (1926-89)

1926

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
11 Oct 2019 – 22 Mar 2020

with Takashi Hamaguchi, Tadahiko Hayashi, Miyako Ishiuchi, Osamu Kanemura, Ihei Kimura, Kineo Kuwabara, Yasumasa Morimura, Koji Morooka, Shibuya Ryukichi
Showa Portraits / The Visual Revolution of the Machine Age

Tracing the People and History of the Showa Era (1926-1989) / Photography and Film between the World Wars

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
4 Jan 2017 – 28 Feb 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Takashi Hamaguchi, Tadahiko Hayashi, Miyako Ishiuchi, Osamu Kanemura, Ihei Kimura, Kineo Kuwabara, Yasumasa Morimura, Koji Morooka, Dziga Vertov
Okinawa: A Japanese Exception

Le Plac'art Photo, Paris (FR)
6 Nov 2016 – 29 Nov 2016

with Kenshichi Heshiki, Ryuichi Ishikawa
Non-Sect Radical-Contemporary Photography III

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
17 Jul 2004 – 20 Sep 2004

with David Claerbout, Steve McQueen, Yoshitomo Nara, Anri Sala, Ahlam Shibli, Keiji Tsuyuguchi, Tomoko Yoneda
Positionen japanischer Fotografie

Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
4 Oct 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Keizo Kitajima, Kisei Kobayashi, Mika Ninagawa, Sakiko Nomura, Tomoko Sawada, Risaku Suzuki, Kyoichi Tsuzuki

Events

Whitney Biennial 2026

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
8 Mar 2026 – 12 Oct 2026

with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Zach Blas, Joshua Citarella, Andrea Fraser, Mariah Garnett, Ignacio Gatica, Martine Gutierrez, Aziz Hazara, Margaret Honda, Jordan Strafer, Sung Tieu
9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026

Alliance Infinity Love - IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Halil Altindere, Helene A. Amouzou, Diane Arbus, Karimah Ashadu, Richard Avedon, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji …
36th Bienal de São Paulo

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Noor Abed, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leila Alaoui, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Myriam Omar Awadi, Meriem Bennani, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ernest Cole, Christopher Cozier, SONG Dong, Cevdet Erek …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Poetic Scape, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Hiroshi Nomura, Yuhki Touyama, Toshiya Watanabe
Paris Photo 2025 - Elles x Paris Photo

7 avenue Winston Churchill

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

with Helena Almeida, Helene A. Amouzou, Claudia Andujar, Eve Arnold, Pilar Aymerich, Yto Barrada, Claude Batho, Letizia Battaglia, Sibylle Bergemann, Myriam Boulos, Julia Margaret Cameron, Helen Chadwick …
T3 Photo Asia

City as Garden

Tokyo Institut of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
4 Oct 2025 – 27 Oct 2025

with Hiromix, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, Hiroko Komatsu, Michiko Kon, Hara Mikiko, Yurie Nagashima , Asako Narahashi, Mika Ninagawa, Tamiko Nishimura, Rika Noguchi …
T3 Photo Asia

Tokyo Institut of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
11 Oct 2025 – 13 Oct 2025

with A Kassen , Liu Chen-Hsiang, Chen Chun-Lu, Lim Eung-Sik, Kenryou Gu, Maiko Haruki, Takashi Homma, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kim JeeMin, Lang Jingshan, Taro Karibe, Lee Kit …
Kyotographie 2025

Kyotographie , Kyoto (JP)
12 Apr 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Omar Victor Diop, Eamonn Doyle, Liu Hsing-Yu, Graciela Iturbide, JR, Kai Keijiro, Laetitia Ky, Pushpamala N., Momo Nakagawa, Martin Parr, Eric Poitevin, Adam Rouhana …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Poetic Scape, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Hiroshi Nomura, Tokihiro Sato, Toshio Shibata, Yamagami Shimpei
ART WEEK TOKYO 2023

Japan Contemporary Art Platform in collaboration with Art Basel

Art Week Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2 Nov 2023 – 5 Nov 2023

with Yuta Fuchikami, Candida Hoefer, Takashi Homma, Haruto Hoshi, Saori Miyake, Mumuko, Hiroyuki Takenouchi, Yumiko Utsu
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
24 Nov 2018 – 28 Apr 2019

with Martha Atienza, CAO Fei, ZHENG Guogu, Gavin Hipkins, Joyce Ho, Meiro Koizumi, Trinh Thi Nguyen, Anne Noble, Lisa Reihana, Harit Srikhao, Karrabing Film Collective, Munem Wasif …
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 …
daikanyama photo fair 2018

Fine-Art Photo Association, Tokyo (JP)
28 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Teiji Furuhashi, Candida Hoefer, Naohiro Harada, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Geraldine Kang, Tomoko Kawai, Takashi Kawashima, Keizo Kitajima, Fusako Kodama, Yasumasa Morimura, Keizo Motoda, Yoshitomo Nara …
Non-Sect Radical-Contemporary Photography III

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)