Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, in 1963.
She has a double university education, in Japan (Chuo University & Tokyo College of Photography), then in France (École nationale supérieure de la photographie d’Arles & Studio national des arts contemporains-Le Fresnoy).
The artist, who met Jean-Michel Ribettes in 1996, lives between Paris, Venice and Tokyo.
Since 2000, she has solo exhibitions at several museums (selection) :
Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Paris ; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel ; Katara Art Center, Doha, Qatar ; Kyotography, Kyoto, Japan ; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada ; Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Annecy-le-Vieux, France ; ModeMuseum, Hasselt, Belgium ; Xing Dong Cheng Space, Beijing, China ; Museu das Artes, Madeira, Portugal ; Broel Museum, Kortrijk, Belgium ; RuArts, Moscow, Russia ; Kawasaki City Museum, Japan ; Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel ; etc.
Her work is the subject of several monographs published by Actes Sud.
Her artworks are part of several collections (selection) :
Fine Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA ; Diane Von Furstenberg, New York, NY, USA ; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada ; RuArts Foundation, Moscow, Russia ; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel ; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Sheika Paula Mubarak Al-Sabah, Dar Noor, Kuwait ; Univest Group, Kuwait City, Kuwait ; Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul, Turquey ; Picciott Collection, Beirut, Lebanon ; Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan ; Lhoist Group, Bruxelles, Belgium ; The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Fototeca Nacional del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico ; Museo Soumaya, Mexico ; Museo das Artes-Casa das Mudas, Madeira, Portugal ; Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain ; Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Paris, France ; Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), Paris, France ; Bank Neuflize/ABN AMRO, Paris, France ; Meeschaert Bank Collection, Paris, France ; AXA Art, Paris, France ; Fondation Guerlain, Paris, France ; Fondation Salomon, Annecy, France ; Chateau La Coste, Provence, France ; etc.
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