ARTISTS

Rinko Kawauchi was born in Shiga Prefecture in 1972. She was selected for the 27th Kimura Ihei Photography Award for her works UTATANE (Siesta) and HANABI (Fireworks) in 2002. Her art has been given high marks internationally as well, as evidenced by her selection for the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award in the Sony World Photography Awards. She has held numerous exhibitions inside and outside Japan. Her main publications are Illuminance (2011), Ametsuchi (2013), and Halo (2017). Her recently published photography collections are Yamanami and Daidai ga minoru made (co-authored with Hisako Tajiri). From 2022 to 2023, the solo exhibition Rinko Kawauchi: M/E ―On this sphere Endlessly interlinking was held at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery and Shiga Museum of Art.