Ryo OHWADA
Born in Sendai, Japan 1978. Based in Tokyo Japan
Education
Master of Arts (Media Art)
2004 Tokyo Polytechnic University, Graduate School of Arts -Media Art Studies-
2002 Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
Professional practice
2023- Associate Professor, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
2018- Independent Publisher “Kesa Publishing”
2017- Part-time Lecturer, Nippon Photography Institute
2010-2023 Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography
2004- Organizer: StairAUG. photographics
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 UNDERWATER, hpgrp GALLERY
Behind the Mask, Bookmarc, Yamazaki-Bunko, DELTA, Tokyo&Kyoto
2022 RRR RyoOHWADA x Re:jector, Roll Tokyo
Differential Notes(Case1_Nature), Epsite gallery, Tokyo
2021 THE AUTO, pictorico gallery, Tokyo
Journal during COVID-19 state of emergency, Roll Tokyo, Solaris, Osaka
2020 MANDARA-COSMOS, Espace Kuu, Tokyo
LIVE HOUSE, TOKYO, SLOPE GALLERY, Tokyo
Gohyaku-Rakan, tokyoarts gallery and Gohyaku Rakan-ji, Tokyo
R Photographs of ’98-’20, B Gallery, Tokyo
2018 FORM / Qusamura Honzo, MYD Gallery, Tokyo
Qusamura Honzo / LIVE HOUSE, TOKYO, B Galley, Tokyo
Qusamura Honzo , FRS gallery, Nagoya
2017 Prism+ | Prints, Pictorico Gallery, Tokyo
FORM, Gallery Main, Kyoto
2016 FORM, Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo
Wine collection, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
2015 TYPE, hpgrp GALLERY, Tokyo
Wine collection, fotofever(EMON Photo Gallery), Paris
Log+, BRIGHT PHOTO SALON, Tokyo
Hakusei Zu, YIRI ARTS, Taiwan
2014 Hakusei Zu, hpgrp GALLERY, Tokyo
Banknotes, B Gallery, Tokyo
Dots, BRIGHT PHOTO SALON, Tokyo
2013 NIGHT, BRIGHT PHOTO SALON, Tokyo
2012 FORM, H.P. FRANCE WINDOW GALLERY, Tokyo
FORM, hpgrp GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 BONSAI, The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama
FORM, EMON Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2010 Wine collection, EMON Photo Gallery, Tokyo
Notes on Photography, B Galley, Tokyo
Log, CANON GALLERY, Tokyo and 6 cities in Japan
2009 Ryo OHWADA Solo Exhibition, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
2007 Strings of Life, B Gallery, Tokyo
prism, nano-universe, Tokyo
2005 ID, Art Photo Site, Tokyo
SOURCE, Nikon Salon, Tokyo and Osaka
2003 World of ROUND, Konica Minorta Plaza, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibition
2022 icon contemporary photography, Axis gallery, Tokyo
2021 Season's Greeting, hpgrp gallery, Tokyo
icon contemporary photography, Tanaka-Yaesu Gallery, Tokyo
2020 Y-Generations VI, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
TOKYO CURIOSITY, Bunkamura THE MUSEUM, Tokyo
2019 Ryo Ohwada Workshop. Exhibition, tokyoarts gallery, Tokyo
TOKYO CURIOSITY, Rotes Rathaus, Berlin / Mairie du 4e Arrondissement de Paris
2018 Rock you, Kodai-ji, Kyoto / Calotype, Tokyo
2017 Subjectivism Photography, COSMOS, Tokyo
2016 Cassettes and Ghetto Blasters for the Future, tokyoarts gallery, Tokyo
2015 Art Kaohsinng, Taiwan
Gallery Kunimatsu, Art Kyoto / Art Fair Tokyo
2014 BACCHUS, EMON Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2013 StairAUG. photographics, B Galley, Tokyo
2012 Serenity, ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo
2011 SAKURA, MICHEKO GALERIE, München
2010 10’s AQUA BLUE, EMON Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2009 ReGeneration 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Preus Museum, Norway
Y-Generations, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
2008 Contemporary Art Fair, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
StairAUG. photographics S/S, B Gallery, Tokyo
StairAUG. photographics A/W, THERME gallery, Tokyo
2007 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Alyce de Roulet Willamson Gallery, California
Making, Marking, Mapping, PGI, Tokyo
2006 Kunst RAI, RAI Park Hall, Amsterdam
ReGeneration.50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Aperture, New York
2005 50 Fotografi di domani ReGeneration, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano
ReGeneration.50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausannne
StairAUG. photographics, Konica Minorta Plaza and prosper tokyo, Tokyo
2003 TPCC Award, Tokyo Photographic Culture Center, Tokyo
Selected Grants and Awards
2011 Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer’s Award
2005 ReGeneration.50 Photographers of Tomorrow, 2005-2025, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne
Nikon Juna21, Tokyo
2003 Konica Minorta Foto Premio, Tokyo
Fox Talbot Award, Tokyo
TPCC Award, Tokyo
Selected Publication
2022 “Fundamentals and Practices of Photographic Techniques for Photographers”, Impress
2021 “Journal during COVID-19 state of emergency”, Kesa Publishing
2020 “R Photographs of ’98-’20”, Kesa Publishing
“Gohyaku-Rakan”, Tenonzan Gohyaku-Rakan Ji
2019 “123 Keywords for Spinning Photographs”, Impress
2018 “Qusamura Honzo”, Kesa Publishing
“LIVE HOUSE, TOKYO”, Kesa Publishing
2014 “Banknotes”, ATARI Publishing
2012 “Transmit, Photography”, Mynavi
2011 “FORM -Scenery seen through bonsai-”, ShinSuiSha Inc.
2010 “Notes on Photography” Libro Arte
2007 “prism” SEIGENSHA