The Kamba bride Kenya

diasec, 120 x 120 cm

Subtle, fictional, paradoxical, Kimiko Yoshida’s Bachelor Brides form an ensemble of quasi-monochromatic self-portraits, fragments of an intimate web, elaborating on a singular story: the feminine condition in Japan. Her images are large format, luminous squares, underlining her fantasy-bio epic. While still very young, Kimiko Yoshida was struck by the story of her own mother, who met her husband for the fjrst time on her wedding day. Kimiko Yoshida’s own story is compelling. Born in Japan, she lefted to France in 1995, where she adopted a new language, a new way to live, to create. She studied photography at the Ecole Nationale at Arles, later she went to Le Fresnoy Studio at Tourcoing.

Kimiko Yoshida has been concentrating on this series of “intangible self-portraits” which can be read as a quest for the hybridization of cultures, for the transformation of the being, and perhaps even as a deletion of identities. The metamorphosis of her own identity into a multiplicity of identifcations expresses the fading of uniqueness, the “deconstruction” of the self.

Exhibitions

2016
MUUSEO DEL VETRO, Murano, Venice: Murano Oggi
ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE-PALAIS BOURBON, Paris, France: Les Congés Payés
THE TEL AVIV ARTIST HOUSE, Tel-Aviv, Israel: Green Celadon
IMAGINART GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain: Miradas de Mujer
MAISON DES ARTS, Rouen, France: Make-up Time
L’ORATOIRE, La Rochelle/MARCHÉ COUVERT, Sens/PALAIS DES CONGRÈS, Gruissan/LES URSULES, Thonon-les-Bains/CHAPELLE DES PÉNITENTS BLEUS, La Ciotat, France: 36/36
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Fl, USA: Stories Untold
TOUR & TAXIS, Brussels, Belgium: BRAFA (Galerie Patrice Trigano)
GALERIE MARGUERITE MILIN, Pairs, France: L’Instance de la lettre
MUSÉE DE L’HORLOGERIE, Saint-Nicolas d’Aliermont, France: La Mode au temps de l’impressionisme
MUSÉE LE CARROI, Chinon, France: Les Invendus



2015
CENTURYLINK CENTER, Seattle, USA: Seattle Art Fair (Mariane Ibrahim Gallery)
PARK AVENUE ARMORY, New York, USA: Spring Masters New York (Holden Luntz Gallery)
SOMERSET HOUSE, London, England: Photo London (Galerie Caroline Smulders)
TEFAF, Maastricht, Netherlands: AXA Art
KASTEEL D’URSEL, Belgium: Sweet 18
FRAC RÉUNION, Saint-Denis, Île de la Réunion: Où poser la tête?
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: Art Paris (Galerie Patrice Trigano)
TOUR & TAXIS, Brussels, Belgium: BRAFA (Galerie Patrice Trigano)
VITRARIA MUSEUM-PALAZZO NANI MOCENIGO, Venice, Italy: Precious de Picasso a Jeff Koons



2014
LA MAISON ROUGE, Paris, France: The Wall. Antoine de Galbert’s Collection
TEFAF, Maastricht, Netherlands: Féminin/Féminin (Galerie Patrice Trigano)
SOMERSET HOUSE, London, England: 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
VITRARIA MUSEUM-PALAZZO NANI MOCENIGO, Venice, Italy: Glass + A. Opening Show
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: The Face of Beauty: The Inspired Portrait
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: Art Paris Art Fair, Rouge de Chine (Caroline Smulders)
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: Art Paris Art Fair (Galerie Patrice Trigano)
ABBAYE SAINT-ANDRÉ/CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Meymac, France: Japon
TRAFO CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Szczecin, Poland: International Festival of Visual Arts
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: All That Glitters
FRAC RÉUNION, TEAT, Saint-Denis, Île de la Réunion: Réunions
GALERIE PATRICE TRIGANO, Paris, France: Summer Show
LES BAUX-DE-PROVENCE, Champ de Baumanière, France: Les Désastres de la guerre, Festival a-part
THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA, London, England: Masterpiece (Daniel Boulakia Gallery)
6,MANDEL, Paris, France: White/Robe & Hide
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: Full Color Spectrum



2013
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, Texas, USA: Self, Model and Self as Other
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: Re-Imagine, Re-Invent
COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: American International Fine Art Fair (Holden Luntz Gallery)
THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY, New York, NY, USA : The Avenue Shows: Antics, Art & Design at the Armory (Holden Luntz Gallery)
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Galerie Tanit)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, Ahmedabad, India: Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan
TASVEER ARTS, Bangalore, India: Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan



2012 

ASU ART MUSEUM, Tempe, Arizona: Performing for the Camera
THE STATE MUSEUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ROSPHOTO, Saint Petersburg, Russia: The Face: Evolution of Portrait in Photography
MUSÉE JEAN LURÇAT & DE LA TAPISSERIE CONTEMPORAINE, Angers, France: Sacré Blanc !
THE PAGODA PARIS, Paris, France: L’Asie en vogue
GALERIE DA-END, Paris, France: Nippon-ismes
LILI-UBEL GALLERY, Paris, France: Souffrir par toi n’est pas souffrir
LONDON PRINT STUDIO, London, England: Grafik Apparel. Interweaving Art & Fashion
PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France: Blanche est la couleur
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART, Mumbai, India: Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan
SEAGULL ARTS & MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER, Kolkatta, India: Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan
GALLERY ART MOTIF, New Delhi, India: Hikari. Contemporary Photography from Japan


2011
KUNSTHAL, Rotterdam, Netherlands: I Promise I Love You (The Caldic Collection)
STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, Novossibirsk, Siberia, Russia: The Face. Evolution of Portrait in Photography


2010 
MUSÉE MAILLOL, Paris, France: C’est la vie !
VILLA EMPAIN-BOGHOSSIAN FOUNDATION, Brussels, Belgium: Itinéraires de l’élégance entre l’Orient et l’Occident
LONARTE FESTIVAL, Madeira, Portugal: Red Mao on the Beach
GALERIE TANIT, Munich, Germany: One Minute Beauty


2009 
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, PALAZZO CAVALLI FRANCHETTI, Venice, Italy: Glasstress
HELLENIC CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Athens, Greece: Athens Photo Festival
PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, Thessaloniki, Greece: Biennale of Contemporary Art
PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS, Lille, France: Miroirs d’Orients
MUSÉE LOUIS VOULAND, Avignon, France: Jeux de miroirs
THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, England: Maverick
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: Art Paris Art Fair (Guy Pieters Gallery)
ART BRUSSELS, Belgium: Guy Pieters Gallery
ARTCURIAL, Paris, France : Femmes du livre
MUSEO D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA BERENGO, Murano Venice, Italy: Venice Projects
GALERIE PIERRE-ALAIN CHALLIER, Paris, France: Elles aussi
I LOVE MY JOB, Paris, France: Un Salon particulier


2008
SMAK-STEDELIJK MUSEUM VOOR ACTUELE KUNST, Gent, Belgium: The Hands of Art (a project by Ronny Van de Velde)
PRIMO PIANO LIVINGALLERY, Lecce, Italy: Lumiere. Rassegna Internazionale di Arte Video
L’ABBAYE, Annecy-le-Vieux, France: MÉTAmorphose (a project by Fondation Salomon)
CASTELLO CARLO V, Lecce, Italy: Venere Vincitrice
SIMON GALLERIA, Bangkok, Thailand: International Photography Month
CASA PARK, Brasilia, Brazil/LYNCH LOUNGE, Assomption, Paraguay/GALERIE DE L’ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE, Monterrey, Mexico/MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Mexico/HISTORICAL MUSEUM KARVASLA, Tbilissi, Georgia/HYATT REGENCY, Kiev, Ukraina/FRENCH INSTITUTE, Zagreb, Croatia: Essences insensées. Art & Perfume


2007 
MAISON GUERLAIN, Paris, France: Miroir, mon beau miroir
CESAC-IL FILATOIO, Caraglio, Italy: Il Velo
THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, England: Gold Fever & Silver Rush
ARSENALE DI VENEZIA-SPAZIO THETIS, Venice, Italy: Faccia Lei. Portraits in Transition
SCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Phœnix, Arizona, USA: Art Is An Idea (The Moquay Collection)
MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (MEP), Paris, France: Acquisitions 1999-2006
ESPACE TAJAN, Paris, France: L’Artiste & ceux qui le soutiennent
MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Goya
FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM, Fukuoka, Japan/AYALA MUSEUM, Manila, Philippines
/FRENCH INSTITUTE, Singapore, Republic of Singapore: Essences insensées. Art & Perfume
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Fifty One Fine Art Photography)
GALERIE ÉTATS D’ART, Paris, France: Femmes du XXe siècle
THAILAND CREATIVE & DESIGN CENTER, Bangkok, Thailand: The French Cultural Festival
AKUREYRI ART MUSEUM, Akureyri, Iceland: Face à Faces
BIENNALE D’ISSY, MUSÉE DE LA CARTE À JOUER, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: Une beauté violente


2006 
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France: FIAC, Génération Picasso (Citroën)
GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France : FIAC (Galerie Erna Hecey)
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Fifty One Fine Art Photography)
ARTCURIAL, Paris, France: Mickey Upside Down
KUNSTHALLE KREMS, Krems-Stein, Austria: Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie
FARMANI GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Los Angeles, California, USA: The 2005 Best of Show
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA: First Photo Festival
NPAK-CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL ART, Yerevan, Armenia: Face à Faces
PILSNER URQUELL BRAND FORUM, Poland: The 2005 Best of Show
FOTOGRAFINS HUS, Stockholm, Sweden: [Self]portraits
KULTURHUSET, Stockholm, Sweden: Revelation/Uppenbar(a)t
CITY ART CENTRE, Edinburgh, Scotland: Face to Face
ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES BEAUX-ARTS (ENSBA), Paris, France: Essences insensées


2005 
PARIS EXPO PORTE DE VERSAILLES, Paris, France : FIAC (Galerie Erna Hecey)
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Fifty One Fine Art Photography)
MUSEO NACIONAL REINA SOFIA, Departmento de Audiovisuales, Madrid, Spain: We Are the World
ACADEMY OF ARTS & DESIGN, Tel-Aviv, Israel: Yona in Bezalel
THE CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, NY, USA: The Bogey Man (after Goya)
THEMES & VARIATIONS, London, England: Whisper
TRIENNAL FOR CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, Hasselt, Belgium: Beauty Without Irony
FESTIVAL VOIES OFF-RIP, Arles, France: Temps forts
ESPACE SISLEY, Paris, France: Artists Mirrors (for the Claude Pompidou Foundation)
COUVENT DES CORDELIERS, Châteauroux, France: Meubles d’artistes
ARTCURIAL, Paris, France: Face à Faces
MODE BIËNNALE, Arnhem, Netherlands: Design Against Aids
DIVA, New York, NY, USA: Digital & Video Art
GALERIE NIKKI MARQUARDT, Paris, France: Portraits de femmes de la Bible


2004 
ART BASEL, Basel, Switzerland: Galerie Erna Hecey
MOIS DE LA PHOTO, PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France: D’une image qui ne serait pas du semblant. La Photographie écrite 1950-2005
THE CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, NY, USA: We Are the World
DEICHTORHALLEN-INTERNATIONALES HAUS DER PHOTOGRAPHIE, Hamburg, Germany: Corpus Christi
TÊTE À TÊTE ARTS, Paris, France: Miroirs d’artistes pour la Fondation Claude Pompidou
FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY, Antwerpen, Belgium: Fifty One Celebrates Four Years
CRISTINEROSE/JOSÉE BIENVENU GALLERY, New York, NY, USA: Revisiting History. Self-portrait Photography
PARIS EXPO PORTE DE VERSAILLES, Paris, France: FIAC
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Fifty One Fine Art Photography)
SAINT-SULPICE, Paris, France: Festival A3 Art
REFLEX NEW ART GALLERY, Amsterdam, Netherlands: The Beauty of Darkness
LE LIEU UNIQUE, Nantes, France: Où sont les femmes ?

2003

PARIS EXPO PORTE DE VERSAILLES, Paris, France : FIAC
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Paris, France: Paris Photo (Fifty One Fine Art Photography)
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (CNP), Paris, France: Fictions de l’identité
THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem, Israel: Corpus Christi
GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE, Paris, France: Avatars
MUSÉE DE LA MODE, Hasselt, Belgium: Bagg/ages
GALERIE ERNA HECEY, Luxembourg: Group Show
SAINT-SULPICE, Paris, France: Festival A3 Art


2002 
MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (MEP), Paris, France: Le Diaphane & l’Obscur
HÔTEL DE SULLY, Paris, France : Corpus Christi
GALERIE DES GALERIES LAFAYETTE, Paris, France: Courant d’air, Courant d’art


2001 
KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM, Kawasaki, Japan: Inter/Outer
ABBAYE DU RONCERAY, Angers, France: Femmes, etc.
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France: Le Temps des plis
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Grenoble, France: Passions partagées
GALERIE VALOIS, Paris, France: Effervescence
LA PÉRIPHÉRIE, Malakoff, France: Love Me
GALERIE BEAUBOURG, Paris, France: Face à Face
PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France: Next Generation
GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France: Girls on Top
GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France: Tempête sous un crâne
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, Tourcoing, France: 2 000 et 1 tableaux pour le millénaire


2000 
GALERIE VALÉRIE CUETO, Paris, France: Rouge
TOIT DU MONDE, Vevey, Switzerland: Argos Project
TOKYO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, Japan: Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa
PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Shizuoka, Japan: Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa
PREFECTORAL MUSEUM, Hiroshima, Japan: Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa
PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France: Narcisse blessé
POZNAN MUSEUM, Poznan, Poland: Biennale of Photography


1999 
ICC, Tokyo, Japan: Digital Bahaus


1998 
PASSAGE DE RETZ, Paris, France: Fétiches & Fétichismes

 

International art fairs

SOME COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
Joey Tanenbaum Collection, Toronto, Canada
Fine Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA
The Moquay Collection, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The Stephane Jansen Collection, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Diane Von Furstenberg, New York, NY, USA
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Phoenix Insurances Ltd, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Jervis Center, Dublin, Ireland
Sheika Paula Mubarak Al-Sabah, Dar Noor, Kuwait
Univest Group, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul, Turquey
Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan
Grand Marble, Kyoto, Japan
The Marianne & Pierre Nahon Collection, Venice, Italy
The Linda & Guy Pieters Collection, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Lhoist Group, Bruxelles, Belgium
The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fototeca Nacional del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Pachuca de Soto, Mexico
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH), Mexico
Cúpula Cultural Center (CCC), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Paris, France
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), Paris, France
Denyse & Philippe Durand-Ruel, Paris, France
Bank Neuflize/ABN AMRO, Paris, France
Meeschaert Bank Collection, Paris, France
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Paris, France
AXA Art, Paris, France
Yves Klein Archives, France
Veuve Clicquot, Reims, France
Ville d’Angers, France
Ville des Baux-de-Provence, France
Arthus-Bertrand Jewellery, Paris, France
Puig Collection, Paris, France
Fondation Guerlain, Paris, France
Château La Coste, Provence, France
FRAC, La Réunion, France
Museo das Artes-Casa das Mudas, Madeira, Portugal
Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain
Commission by Centre national de la photographie (CNP), Paris, France
Commission by Olympus France, Paris, France
Commission by Fondation Claude Pompidou, Paris, France
Commission by Olympus Europa, Hamburg, Germany
Commission by AXA Art, Cologne, Germany