Michiko Kon
Michiko Kon is a Japanese photographer. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Sokei Art School in 1978. She attended Tokyo Photographic College from 1978 to 1980, after studying mainly painting and printmaking during her years at Sokei.
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Michiko Kon
- Name
- Michiko Kon
- Born
- 1955
- Birthplace
- Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Honours
- Kimura Ihei Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Michiko Kon is a Japanese photographer. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Sokei Art School in 1978. She attended Tokyo Photographic College from 1978 to 1980, after studying mainly painting and printmaking during her years at Sokei.
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The majority of her photographs are black and white prints with a minimalist background, and often mediate on themes such as death, sexuality, and beauty. She uses unique multimedia and is primarily recognized for her incorporation of sea creatures in her photographs, ranging from salmon roe, fish, octopus, and crabs. Her first exhibition, Still Life, took place in Tokyo at the Shinjuku Nikon Salon in 1985. In 1992 she had her first museum exhibition in the United States at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. She took a several-year hiatus to care for her aging mother before returning to her photographic career around 2014. Some of her more recent work was created in Mexico.
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• Name — Michiko Kon • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
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Recipient of the Kimura Ihei Prize in 1991. Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition in 1994.
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- 1.in lang ja Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. nihongo 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers 『日本写真家事典』 Nihon shashinka jiten . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
- 2.PGI - Michiko KON. www.pgi.ac.
- 3.C., Morse, Samuel. Kon Michiko: New Work. quod.lib.umich.edu. 2014-01-01.
- 4.Michiko Kon: Photographs. MIT List Visual Arts Center. 2014-04-13.
- 5.Tran, John L. Michiko Kon: Mistress of the dark. The Japan Times. 2018-03-27.
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