Hajime Kimura

Nationality

Japanese

Place of Birth

Chiba prefecture, Japan in 1982

Place of Residence

Japan

Official Site

www.hajimekimura.net

Awards/Prix

2013.11　“Top50”, Photolucida Critical Mass 2013, Portland, USA
2013.10　“1st prize”, IPA Photobook Asia award, Singapore
2013.06　Special award, Konica Minolta FOTO PREMIO, Tokyo, Japan
2013.05　Honorable mention, fotovisura grant, USA
2013.03　Honorable mention, Format13, Derby, UK
2013.01　2nd prize, Vattenfall photo award, Berlin, Germany
2012.11　Kyushu Sangyo university prize, Ueno Hikoma Awards, Fukuoka, Japan
2012.10　World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012.06　FOTO VISURA select award Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011.11　Japan society for art of photography prize, Ueno Hikoma Award, Fukuoka, Japan
2011.08　TDPW(Tokyo Documentary Photo Workshop) Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan

Books & Publications/Livres & Publications

2012.10　First Photo book « KODAMA » by Mado-sha, Tokyo, Japan

Studies/Work-Études/Travail

Studied architecture and anthropology

Solo & Group Exhibitions

2013.12　Group Exhibition “Unfolding Images”, The Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, USA
2013.11　Projection “Things we never know”, Mt. Rokko International Photo festival, Kobe, Japan
2013.10　Group Exhibition “the backpage revisited”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2013.10　Projection “Things we never know” Delhi photo festival, New Delhi, India
2013.09　Group Exhibition “The Russian Moment” Russian Museum’s Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013.08　Group Exhibition “MATAGI” PCO International Photo Exhibition, Guizhou, China
2013.07　Group Exhibition “Tracks”, The Photographic Museum of Humanity, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013.06　Projection “Things we never know”, Obscura festival, Penang, Malaysia
2013.06　Group Exhibition « Yamadachi », Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2013.06　Projection « MATAGI », LOOK3, Charlottesville, VA, USA
2013.04　Group Exhibition « KODAMA », Theory of clouds, Kobe, Japan
2013.03　Group Exhibition « Tracks » Format13, Derby, UK
2013.02　Group Exhibition « KODAMA », Bloom gallery, Osaka, Japan
2013.01　Group Exhibition « His Traces », C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012.12　Solo Exhibition « KODAMA », Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012.12　Projection « MATAGI », Angkor photo festival, Siem reap, Cambodia
2012.11　Group Exhibition « Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition », Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012.10　Projection « Man and dog », Bursa photo festival, Bursa, Turkey
2012.06　Solo Exhibition « Yamadachi », Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2011.12　Projection « Solitary », Angkor photo festival, Siem reap, Cambodia
2011.11　Group Exhibition « Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition », Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2011.10　Projection « Solitary project », Bursa photo festival, Bursa, Turkey