Yurie Nagashima

Nagashima is a lecturer in Tokyo and Musashino Universities, and a visiting professor at Kyoto Art University. Her book「僕らの女の子写真からわたしたちのガーリーフォトへ」 [From their “girls’ photography” to our girly photo] (2020) unpacked systemic gender bias in Japanese art criticism through discourse analysis.

Yurie Nagashima studied at California Institute of the Arts and Musashino Art University. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is photography, portrait photography and nude. Work by Yurie Nagashima is recorded in the collections of Hessel Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Kodansha Essay Award and Kimura Ihei Award.

• Name — Yurie Nagashima • Born — 1973 10 • Birthplace — Nakano, Tokyo, Tokyo • Field — Photography, Contemporary Art • Website — https: yurienagashima.com/ • Education — California Institute of the Arts • Awards — PARCO Prize in URBANART #2, The 26th Kimura Ihei Photography Award, Kodansha Essay Award, Tokyo

Yurie Nagashima rose to national fame in Japan after receiving the second annual Urbanart award hosted by the Parco Gallery in Tokyo in 1993 for a series of photographs depicting herself and her family in the nude. Nagashima was nominated for the award by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's best known photographers. At the time, Nagashima was still a student at Musashino Art University in Tokyo from where she graduated in 1995 with a BA in visual communication design. In 1995, Nagashima had a two-person exhibition with the American photographer Catherine Opie at the Parco Gallery, Tokyo. Following this encounter with Opie, Nagashima embarked on a MFA at the California Institute of the Arts under her supervision. In at times provocative photographs, Nagashima has tested public perceptions on obscenity and censorship in Japan. Alongside photographers like Hiromix and Mika Ninagawa, they were important figures in a 90s photographic movement. This movement, influenced by cultural changes, point & shoot cameras, and 'Purikura' (Print Club) culture, featured Japanese teenagers, especially girls, creating a new visual style.

From 2000 to 2014, Nagashima was represented by the gallery SCAI the Bathhouse in Tokyo, where she had numerous solo and group exhibitions. Nagashima is currently represented by MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY. In addition to her work as a photographer, curator, lecturer, and writer, in August 2014, Nagashima was a Master at the International Summer School of Photography, in Latvia. She led a workshop titled 'Photography as a Subversive Tactic: Being the Other'. In 2023, Nagashima created the School of Care at Minatomachi Art Table in Nagoya where she worked with participants from the public around the themes of well-being from a feminist perspective.

Nagashima curated a major show at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa called "Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses: From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism" from October 15, 2021—March 13, 2022.

• 2022 “Where the gaze resides” DOMANI plus @ Aichi • 2020 "B&W" Maho Kubota Gallery • 2016 "about home" Maho Kubota Gallery • 2015 "5 Comes After 6" UTRECHT, Tokyo • 2011 "What I was supposed to see and what Isaw" 1223 GENDAIKAIGA, Tokyo • 2010 "SWISS" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, viewing space, Tokyo • 2007 "a box named flower" lammfromm, Tokyo • 2005 "Her Projects – memories of no one" KIRIN PLAZA OSAKA, Osaka • 2004 "Candy Horror" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo • 2004 "not six" NADiff, Tokyo • 2000 "PASTIME PARADISE" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo • 1999 "I want to be your power" California Institute of the Arts, California • 1994 "Nagashima Yurie - A Room of Love-" P-House Gallery, Tokyo