Biography
Photographer/Artist Shinichiro Uchikura belongs to KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY. After graduating from the Japan College of Photography and Imaging Arts (Osaka), Uchikura became independent and currently lives and works in Miyazaki Prefecture. Major awards include the 2022 Ihei Kimura Award. She received...
Photographer/Artist Shinichiro Uchikura belongs to KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY. After graduating from the Japan College of Photography and Imaging Arts (Osaka), Uchikura became independent and currently lives and works in Miyazaki Prefecture. Major awards include the 2022 Ihei Kimura Award. She received the 41st Canon New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award (selected by Tomoko Sawada, 2018), Honorable Mention at the 33rd, 34th, and 36th Canon New Cosmos of Photography (selected by Minoru Shimizu, 2010; Katsumi Omori, 2011; Noi Sawaragi, 2013), the 7th EMON AWARD Grand Prix (2018), the WFD Curator Award, and the KONICA MINOLTA Photo Premio Award, Nikon Juna 21, and many others. 19 works in museum collection (Kiyosato Photo Art Museum, Yamanashi). Major solo exhibitions include "Oblivion Sea," KG+pickup GALLERY NEUTRAL, Kyoto (2023); "Floating Portrait," KANA KAWANISHI PHOTOGRAPHY, Tokyo (2022), Collection," Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Month (2022, Canon Shinagawa Open Gallery 1, Tokyo), "My Portrait" (2020, KANA KAWANISHI PHOTOGRAPHY, Tokyo / BLOOM GALLERY, Osaka), "November Stars" (2018, EMON PHOTO GALLERY, Tokyo), "Dog Warriors" and "November Stars" (2018, 居藝廊G.GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan), and "PORTRAIT" (2017, BLOOM GALLERY, Osaka). Major group exhibitions include: 2023 BEYOND THE AGES/PORTRAIT group exhibition (Tokyo) 2022 Canon's New Cosmos of Photography 30th Anniversary Exhibition Slide and talk show on award-winning works and new works by 11 past winners (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) 2022 Tokyo Photography Month Traveling Exhibition ( (The Town of Photography, Higashikawa-cho Cultural Gallery) 2022 icon CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Group Exhibition AXIS GALLERY held (Tokyo, Japan) "The 8th Dali International Photography Festival" (2019, Dali, China), "My Body, Your Body, Their Body" (2019, KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY, Tokyo), "2nd Ningbo City International Photography Festival" (2017, Ningbo, China), and others. In addition to 2023 new works, "Oblivion Sea," published by Aka Rasha in August, and "My Portrait" (2020, Aka Rasha), he will also be working on "Early works 1: Street," "Early works 2: Portrait," "Kako," "Dog Warriors," "November Stars," and "The Collection" were published consecutively by KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY.
