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Nobuyoshi Araki Biography
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Graduates from the Department of Engineering at Chiba University; majored in Photography and Film Making
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Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan’s greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. His inexhaustible creative energy is attested to by the more than 300 books he has published in the last four decades, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad.
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2008
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Body Work, Le Case d'Arte, Milan
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2008
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Read my Lips, Peres Projects - Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Blue Chips, Galerie Philipp Konzett, Vienna
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2007
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Pale Carnage, Dundee Contemporary Arts - DCA, Dundee (Scotland)
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2006
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Sweet Ecstasy, Nicola von Senger AG, Zurich
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2006
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Polamaniacs, Photology, Milan
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2005
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Rising Sun, Melting Moon - Contemporary Art from Japan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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2004
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Tokio Comedy, La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid
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2004
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Polanographs , Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
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2004
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Polanographs + Classics, Galerie Møllerwitt, Aarhus C, Denmark
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2004
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From Winter to Spring , Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
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2003
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Araki by Araki – the photographer’s personal selection, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
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2003
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Love by Leica, Leica Gallery, Tokyo
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2002
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Araki in Venice, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia
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2002
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Seoul Novel-Tokyo Story, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
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2001
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Vintage prints and early works, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
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2001
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Tokyo Still Life, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
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2000
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Griedervonputtkamer Galerie, Berlin
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2000
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Voyage sentimental, Centre national de la photographie, Paris
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1999
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Araki Nobuyoshi Sentimental Photography, Sentimental Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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1999
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Nobuyoshi Araki: 1969-1999, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
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1998
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Cosmosco, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
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1998
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Shijyo Tokyo: Markt der Gefühle , Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg
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1997
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
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1997
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Flower Rondo, JM Gallery, Tokyo
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1997
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A World of Girls, Il Temp, Tokyo
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1996
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Face vs Nude, Aoyama Spiral, Tokyo
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1996
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Flowers: Life and Death , Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1996
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Sensual Flowers, Gallery Eve, Tokyo
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1996
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Fake Love, Ginza Komatsu, Tokyo
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1996
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A Moment in Time, Espace Tag Heuer, Tokyo
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1995
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Erotos, Gallery Index, Stockholm
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1995
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Torch, Amsterdam
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1995
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The First Year of Heisei, Le Garage, Reims
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1995
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Zone Gallery, Newcastle
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1995
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Naked Novel, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1995
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Dactcho-kun, A Virgin Boy, Space Link, Tokyo
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1994
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Private Photography, Yurakucho Asahi Gallery, Tokyo
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1994
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Nordliga Fotocentret, Oulu
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1994
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Sky , Gallery Eve, Tokyo
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1994
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Tokyo Cube: Unconscious Tokyo, White Cube, London
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1994
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Obscene Photographs, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
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1993
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Tokyo Fine Day, Gallery Verita, Tokyo
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1993
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
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1993
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Fotografische Sammlung im Museum Folkwang Essen
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1993
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz
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1992
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Photo Maniac Diary, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1992
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991 , Forum Stadtpark, Graz
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1992
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Akt-Tokyo Nobuyoshi Araki 1971-1991, Galerie Fotohof, Mirabellpark, Salzburg
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1992
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Car Photographs, Tokyo, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1992
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State of Things: A Thousand Photographs Exhibited Day by Day , P3 Art and Environment, Tokyo
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1991
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Winter Journey, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1991
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A‘s Nude Exhibition: Lovers, Apt Gallery, Tokyo
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1991
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On the Move, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1990
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Chiro My Love, Ikebukuro Book Center Libro, Tokyo
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1990
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Arakinema: Skyscapes, Shuppan Club, Tokyo
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1990
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Skyscapes, Gallery Verita, Tokyo
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1990
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Foto Tanz, Konica Plaza, Tokyo
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1990
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Tokyo Lucky Hole, Apt Gallery Tokyo
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1990
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Towards Winter: Tokyo, A City Heading for Death, Egg Gallery, Tokyo
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1989
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Nobuyoshi Araki ‘89: Selected Photographs, Gallery Kosai, Tokyo
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1988
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Araki-s-m 1967-1987, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
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1987
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Arakinema 2, Studio Mag, Tokyo
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1987
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Puppet Prince, Spiral Hall, Tokyo
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1986
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A‘s Tokyo Erotomania Diary, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
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1986
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Araki Shoots Shibuya Like Atget, K‘s Bar, Tokyo
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1986
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Shibuya Street, Doi Photo Plaza, Tokyo; Inax Showroom, Fukuoka
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1986
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Photo Live: Tokyo Theater ‘86, Sapporo Beer Factory, Tokyo
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1986
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Arakinema: Tokyo Story, Cinemarise, Tokyo
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1985
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An Immoral Woman, K‘s Bar, Tokyo
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1985
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A Pseudo-Story About Girls, Bar New Dug, Tokyo
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1985
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Cinephotographic Woman , Bar Refain, Tokyo
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1985
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Freely Snatched Love, Kitchen Ramen, Tokyo
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1984
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A World of Girls, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
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1984
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A Balthus Summer, Picture Photo Space, Osaka
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1982
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I am Photography, Doi Photo Gallery, Tokyo
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1982
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The Third Arakism Declaration, Asahi Seimei Hall, Tokyo
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1982
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Araki‘s Storm of Love, Doi Photo Galler | | |