Takuma Nakahira

♂ *1938-2015 / Japan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Overflow

Taka Ishii Photo, Tokyo (JP)
3 Aug 2024 – 14 Sep 2024
Nakahira Takuma (1938–2015)

Nat. Museum Modern Art, Tokyo (JP)
6 Feb 2024 – 7 Apr 2024
Circulation

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
28 Jan 2017 – 30 Apr 2017
TAKUMA NAKAHIRA

Aura Gallery, Taipei (TW)
11 Feb 2017 – 18 Mar 2017
Circulation: Date, Place, Events

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
23 May 2013 – 26 Jul 2013
Documentary

BLD GALLERY, Tôkyô (JP)
8 Jan 2011 – 27 Feb 2011
Documentary

Shugoarts, Tôkyô (JP)
8 Jan 2011 – 5 Feb 2011
Why an Illustrated Yokohama Dictionary?

Shugoarts, Tôkyô (JP)
7 Apr 2007 – 12 May 2007
Why an illustrated human-animal dictionary?

Shugoarts, Tôkyô (JP)
26 Nov 2004 – 25 Dec 2004
hommatakashi verygoodlandscape

Nadiff, Tôkyô (JP)
28 May 2004 – 20 Jun 2004

Group

Mnemosyne. Derivas y fragmentos en la producción de memoria

PHotoESPAÑA y la Colección José Luis Soler

Bombas Gens , Valencia (ES)
19 Sep 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

with Inaki Bonillas, Hamish Fulton, Jonas Mekas
The Man Who Became a Camera: Takuma Nakahira

Screening

Photographers' gallery, Tokyo (JP)
3 May 2024 – 6 May 2024

with Masashi Kohara
After the Landscape Theory

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
11 Aug 2023 – 5 Nov 2023

with Norio Imai, Nagisa Oshima, Keiko Sasaoka, Yoshiko Seino
Provocative Relationship ＝ Moriyama Daido × Nakahira Takuma

Museum of Modern Art, Hayama (JP)
15 Jul 2023 – 24 Sep 2023

with Daido Moriyama
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, Kazuo Kitai, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Yoshitomo Nara, Harumichi Saito …
OKINAWA

Each Modern, Taipei (TW)
10 Jan 2023 – 25 Feb 2023

with Nobuyoshi Araki
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, Kikuji Kawada, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu, Yutaka Takanashi, Akira Tanno
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, Kikuji Kawada, Daido Moriyama, Ikko Narahara, Tamiko Nishimura, Akira Sato, Shomei Tomatsu …
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, Kikuji Kawada, Kineo Kuwabara, Daido Moriyama …
Provoke the Age, the Acts: 50 Years’ Quest for a Language to Come

L0 & L1 Galleries, JCCAC, Hong Kong (CN)
25 Oct 2018 – 2 Dec 2018

with Takashi Hamaguchi, Eikoh Hosoe, Seiji Kurata, Masatoshi Naito, Sakiko Nomura, Hajime Sawatari, Issei Suda, Shomei Tomatsu, Kohei Yoshiyuki
Into the Pictures

TOP Collection: Learning

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
12 May 2018 – 5 Aug 2018

with Diane Arbus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Lee Friedlander, Ihei Kimura, Kineo Kuwabara, Ikko Narahara, Cindy Sherman, Risaku Suzuki, Shoji Ueda …
Eyes Wild Open

Le Botanique, Brussels (BE)
22 Feb 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Michael Ackerman, Jacob Aue Sobol, Jehsong Baak, Lorenzo Castore, Stephane Charpentier, Antoine d'Agata, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Gabrielle Duplantier, Robert Frank, Sohrab Hura, Arja Hyytiaeinen, William Klein …
PROVOKE. Between Protest and Performance

Photography in Japan 1960/1975

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
14 Sep 2016 – 11 Dec 2016

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Koji Enokura, Akasegawa Genpei, Eikoh Hosoe, Takamatsu Jiro, Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu, Okada Takahiko, Yutaka Takanashi, Yosuke Taki
For a New World to Come

Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979

Japan Society, New York (US)
9 Oct 2015 – 10 Jan 2016

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Shunji Dodo, Shigeo Gocho, Kenshichi Heshiki, Miyako Ishiuchi, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Keizo Kitajima, Taizo Matsumura, Daido Moriyama, Hiroshi Nomura, Keiji Uematsu, Kanji Wakae …
For a New World to Come

Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979

Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York (US)
11 Sep 2015 – 5 Dec 2015

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Shunji Dodo, Shigeo Gocho, Kenshichi Heshiki, Miyako Ishiuchi, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Keizo Kitajima, Taizo Matsumura, Daido Moriyama, Hiroshi Nomura, Jiro Takamatsu, Keiji Uematsu …
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, Kazuo Kitai, Issei Suda, Jiro Takamatsu, Yutaka Takanashi
Yokohama Triennale 2014

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
1 Aug 2014 – 3 Nov 2014

with Bas Jan Ader, Eric Baudelaire, Marcel Broodthaers, Dora Garcia, Jack Goldstein, Michael Landy, Rene Magritte, Ana Mendieta, Pierre Molinier, Melvin Moti, Ikko Narahara, Hitoshi Toyoda …
Japanese Only

SAGE Paris, Paris (FR)
15 Dec 2011 – 28 Jan 2012

with Naoya Hatakeyama, Miyako Ishiuchi, Masao Mochizuki, Daido Moriyama, Kazumasa Ogawa, Yoshiko Seino, Takuro Yoneda
Double Sun

Shugoarts, Tôkyô (JP)
23 Aug 2011 – 24 Sep 2011

with Boris Mikhailov, Yasumasa Morimura, Tomoko Yoneda
From East and West

Shugoarts, Tôkyô (JP)
21 Dec 2005 – 4 Feb 2006

with Yasumasa Morimura, Shimabuku, Miwa Yanagi, Tomoko Yoneda
CHIKAKU. Tiempo y memoria en Japón. Arte japonés contemporáneo

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
7 Oct 2005 – 22 Jan 2006

with Rieko Hidaka, Takashi Ito, Emiko Kasahara, Atsushi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yoko Ono, Yutaka Sone …
Chikaku . Zeit und Erinnerung in Japan

Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
5 Jun 2005 – 11 Sep 2005

with Rieko Hidaka, Emiko Kasahara, Tadashi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yoko Ono, Yutaka Sone …
Chikaku . Zeit und Erinnerung in Japan

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
4 Jun 2005 – 11 Sep 2005

with Rieko Hidaka, Emiko Kasahara, Tadashi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yoko Ono, Yutaka Sone …
Spread in Prato 2004

Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato (IT)
16 Oct 2004 – 25 Nov 2004

with Michal Chelbin, Donatella Di Cicco, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, YANG Fudong, Bethan Huws, Isaac Julien, Surasi Kusolwong, Mark Lewis, Armin Linke, Adi Nes, Carmelo Nicosia, ZHANG Peili …
Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Japan und Korea

Galerie Claudia Delank, Köln (DE)
10 Sep 2004 – 23 Oct 2004

with Rika Noguchi, Sakiko Nomura, Masafumi Sanai, Uckey STAR, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tadasu Yamamoto

Events

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026

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

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

Each Modern, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Lan Chung-Hsuan, Lang Jingshan, Wu Mei Chi, Teng NanKuang
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, Kikuji Kawada, Lee Kit, Vik Muniz …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2025

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
28 Mar 2025 – 30 Mar 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Carlos Aires, Julian Charriere, Talia Chetrit, SIM Chi Yin, Isaac Chong Wai, Chu Chu, SONG Dong, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Grosvenor …
PhotoSaintGermain 2022

PhotoSaintGermain, Paris (FR)
3 Nov 2022 – 19 Nov 2022

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Christophe Beauregard, Kristin Bedford, Ilse Bing, Erwin Blumenfeld, Charlotte Bovy, Rodrigo Braga, Sanne de Wilde, Thomas Dhellemmes, Jabulani Dhlamini, Fabrice Domenet, Elsa & Johanna …
Art Basel 2021

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
24 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Robert Adams, Sophia Al-Maria, Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …
PHotoEspaña 2020

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
1 Sep 2020 – 31 Oct 2020

with Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Bénédicte Blondeau, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Lee Friedlander, Philippe Halsman, Valerie Jouve, Katarzyna and Marianne Wasowska, Ire Lenes, Adriana Lestido, Lesly Loyola Roque, Danny Lyon …
Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2018

Hong Kong Photo Festival, Hong Kong (CN)
25 Oct 2018 – 19 Dec 2018

with Takashi Hamaguchi, Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama, Rebecca Sampson, Issei Suda, Kohei Yoshiyuki