Shizuka Yokomizo

Yokomizo studied philosophy at Chuo University in Tokyo from 1985 to 1989. The same year, she moved to the United Kingdom to study fine arts at Chelsea College of Art and Design. After earning her degree, she continued to study the arts at Goldsmiths University of London from 1993 to 1995. Much of her photography utilizes chromogenic print. Her work has been displayed throughout the United States, Europe, South Korea, and Japan. Her work in recent years has been included in At The Window (2013, The Photographer’s View, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles); The Other Portrait (2013, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Rovereto); and Talent Show (2012, MoMA PS1, New York, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Florida). She took part in Exposed (2010), which toured the Tate Modern in London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She also participated in Roppongi Crossing 2010 at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.

• Sleeping series (1995–1997), C-type print • Stranger series (1998–2000), C-type print • untitled/Hitorigoto series (2002), C-type print • When You Wake (2002), double-screen projection • Forever (and again) (2003), double-screen projection • PRAYER (2007), single-screen projection • Flow (2007), single wall projection and 15-inch monitor • all series (2008–2010), C-type print and lipstick • Phantom series (2008–2015), C-type print and multi-video installation • Impose/Retreat series(2014), diptych, gelatin silver fiber print • Register series (2014), C-type print • untitled/Kurogo series (2015), gelatin silver print from digital file • Some Myth series (2015), C-type print, deer skin, oak flame Her work is held in the following public collections: • Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, UK • Japan Foundation Collections, Tokyo, Japan • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, USA • Nottingham Castle Collections, UK • Norton Museum of Art, Miami, USA • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA • Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA • Vangi Museo/The Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, South Korea

• Sleeping, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), 1997. • Light – Say Something Funny, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (JP), 1997. • Sleeping, Duncan Cargill, London (UK), 1998. • Dear Stranger, The Approach, London (UK), 2000. • Dear Stranger, Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York, NY (US), 2001. • Shizuka Yokomizo, Museo D’arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome (IT), 2002. • Shizuka Yokomizo, The Approach, London (UK), 2002. • Shizuka Yokomizo, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY (US), 2003. • Untitled (Hitorigoto), Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), 2003. • Forever (and again), Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), 2003. • Forever (and again), Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES), 2003. • Distance, Site Gallery, Sheffield; Chapter, Cardiff; Spacex Gallery, Exeter (UK), 2004. • Distance, Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES), 2005. • Prayer, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), 2007. • I Can Feel It (But I Can't See It), Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), 2008. • Shizuka Yokomizo, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife (ES), 2009. • Shizuka Yokomizo, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London (UK), 2014. • Kurogo, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP). 2015.

• Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video (2003): a critical assessment of new or previously unseen developments in photography and video. The "Strangers" theme refers to the recent revival of urban street photography, as well as to the issue of fear and trust in public spaces after September 11, 2001. • Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia (2004): artworks by 22 artists and artist groups from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the exhibition aims to present the latest trends in the contemporary art scene in Asia. • Out of the Ordinary/ Extraordinary: Japanese Contemporary Photography (2004): a worldwide tour exhibition introducing the works of eleven Japanese photographers. These artists "with their differing values and viewpoints, are confronting the complexity and indecipherability of an increasingly complicated world and attempting to come up with new forms and expression." • Roppongi Crossing: Can There Be Art? (2010) (六本木クロッシング2010展：芸術は可能か？): a series of exhibitions produced by the Mori Art Museum to introduce Japanese creative talents working in a wide range of genres. The first in the series was held in 2004 – and is to this day used as a reference point for contemporary Japanese art scene. • Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera (2010): the exhibition focuses on surveillance, including works by both amateur and press photographers, and images produced using automatic technology such as CCTV. The issues raised are particularly relevant in the current climate, with topical debates raging around the rights and desires of individuals, terrorism and the increasing availability and use of surveillance. • Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now (2016): examines the significant contributions to the art of photography that come from postwar Japan. Organized thematically, the show explores topics such as Japan’s relationship with America, changes in the city and countryside, and the emergence of women as significant contributors to contemporary Japanese photography.