Akiko　TOBU

Took up photography in 1997. Her first book of photographs The Hotel Upstairs (Studio Parabolica: 2003)and ZEIT-FOTO SALON solo exhibition of the same name garnered the 20th Higashikawa New Photographer Prize (2004).

Solo Exhibitions
2007　 "HIKARIBA",ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo
2005 　"Memoraphilia",ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo
2003 　"The Hotel Upstairs", ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
2008　 "The history of arts and cities -Paris, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai-"SENDAI 　　　　MEDIATHEQUE SENDAI
2007　 "JAPAN Caught by Camera" Shanghai Art Museum,
　　　　Shanghai
2006　 SEPIA at Seven, SEPIA International and The Alkazi Collection of Photography,
　　　　New York
2005 　PRESENCE: Katherine Westerhout, Akiko Tobu, Dayanita Singh
　　　　SEPIA International and The Alkazi Collection of Photography, New York
　　　 "85/05: The photography beyond 20 years
　　　　from Tsukuba Museum of Photography 1985",Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi
2004 　The 20th Higashikawa Awards Exhibition,Higashikawa Bunka Gallery,
　　　　Hokkaido
　　　　Major Photograph Collections / Works
　　　　The Hotel Upstairs: The Lives of a San Francisco Residential
　　　　HotelStudio Parabolica,Tokyo 2003
　　　　Memoraphilia:Studio Parabolica, Tokyo 2004

Award
The 20th Higashikawa New Photographer Prize (2004)

Collections
Higashikawa Bunka Gallery
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/TX, USA

Publications
Memoraphilia , Studio Parabolica, 2004
The Hotel Upstairs: The Lives of a San Francisco Residential Hotel,
Studio Parabolica, 2003