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  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