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〉

2009　contemporary photography#1 Akiko Tobu "at zero" Gallery ZERO at Meiji University
2009　Library, ,Ikuta,Tokyo

2007　"HIKARIBA",ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo

2005　"Memoraphilia",ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo

2003　"The Hotel Upstairs", ZEIT-FOTO SALON, Tokyo


〈Group Exhibitions〉

2010　「Summit of the six@vanguard gallery」Vanguard Gallery／Shanghai

2008　"The history of arts and cities -Paris, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai " SENDAI
2005　MEDIATHEQUE, Sendai

2007　"JAPAN Caught by Camera Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art
2007　Museum, Shanghai

2006　"SEPIA at Seven", SEPIA International and The Alkazi Collection of Photography,New York

2005　"PRESENCE: Katherine Westerhout, Akiko Tobu, Dayanita Singh"
2005　SEPIA International and The Alkazi Collection of Photography, New York
2005　"85/05: The photography beyond 20 years from Tsukuba Museum of Photography
2005　1985",Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi

2004　The 20th Higashikawa Awards Exhibition,Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido

〈Award〉
2004　The 20th Higashikawa New Photographer Prize

〈Collections〉
Higashikawa Bunka Gallery
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/TX, USA
Shanghai Art Museum / Shanghai, China

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