Chihiro Minato
Chihiro Minato is a Japanese photographer, filmmaker, arts curator and art theorist. He is also Professor at the Tama Art University since 1995. In 2000, Minato served as curator of the arts exhibition Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia.
Chihiro Minato
- Born
- 1960 · Fujisawa.
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- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Waseda University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Chihiro Minato is a Japanese photographer, filmmaker, arts curator and art theorist. He is also Professor at the Tama Art University since 1995. In 2000, Minato served as curator of the arts exhibition Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia.
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Among his other major curatorial works is the Japanese Pavilion at the Venezia Biennale (Venice, Italy) in 2007.
Chihiro Minato studied at Waseda University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Tama Art University. Work by Chihiro Minato is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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- 1.Japan Foundation. Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia. Jpf.go.jp.
- 2.Palgrave Macmillan. The Palgrave Handbook of Asian Cinema. 136. 2018. 978-1349958214.
- 3.Japan Foundation > Arts and Cultural Exchange > Visual Arts > International Exhibition Participation Program > Venice Biennale > International Art Exhibition > 52nd > Outline of the Biennale > Commissioner Profile.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Nihon shashinka jiten ( ) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
- « Chihiro Minato: Only Once », art press, number 353, 2009
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