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Nobuyoshi Araki

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b. 1940, Japan

Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University's Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972.

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At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki's work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women's bodies in Japanese bondage, flowers, food, his cat, faces and Tokyo street scenes.

Araki was a recipient of the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Arts (Austrian Embassy, 2008) and the 54th Mainichi Art Award (2012).

Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan's greatest living photographer. His inexhaustible creative energy is attested to by the more than 450 books he has published in the last four decades.

Araki's exhibitions go back to 1965, when he exhibited at Shinjuku Station Building, Tokyo, Japan, his first show called Satchin and His Brother Mabo. From then on Araki's work has been exhibited permanently and worldwide through the years.

Text courtesy Reflex Amsterdam.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, All the World's A Stage at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 9 February–2 March 2019 Group Exhibition All the World's A Stage Amsterdam
Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, New Beginnings at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 6 January–17 February 2018 Group Exhibition New Beginnings Amsterdam
Contemporary art exhibition, Nobuyoshi Araki, Alluring Hell at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 6 June–15 August 2015 Nobuyoshi Araki Alluring Hell Amsterdam
Contemporary art exhibition, Nobuyoshi Araki, August and Megumi Kagurazaka at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 20 December 2014–28 February 2015 Nobuyoshi Araki August and Megumi Kagurazaka Amsterdam
Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, Beauty of Darkness II at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 21 June–4 August 2014 Group Exhibition Beauty of Darkness II Amsterdam

Recent Artworks

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It Was Once Paradise by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki It Was Once Paradise, 2011 silver gelatin print and c-print
80 x 50 cm
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Kaori by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki Kaori, 2001-2008 c-print
60 x 90 cm
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Kaori by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki Kaori, 2001-2008 c-print
60 x 90 cm
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Megumi Kagurazaka #5 by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki Megumi Kagurazaka #5, 2014 silver gelatin print
110 x 140 cm
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Megumi Kagurazaka #1 by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki Megumi Kagurazaka #1, 2014 Silver gelatin print
140 x 110 cm
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
from the series Alluring Hell by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki from the series Alluring Hell, 2008 hand-painted silver gelatin print
60 x 50 cm
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
from the series Alluring Hell by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki from the series Alluring Hell, 2008 hand-painted silver gelatin print
60 x 50 cm
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
From the series Alluring Hell by Nobuyoshi Araki contemporary artwork photography
Nobuyoshi Araki From the series Alluring Hell, 2008 hand-painted silver gelatin print
56 x 46 cm
Reflex Amsterdam
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Nobuyoshi Araki In Ocula Magazine

Berlin, Boners and Brecht Ocula Feature Berlin, Boners and Brecht By Diana d'Arenberg, Berlin

It was a typical Berlin week of contrasts, of darkness and beauty, the sacred and the profane.

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Japan Focus: Three Tokyo Exhibitions Ocula Feature Japan Focus: Three Tokyo Exhibitions By Becca Voelcker, Tokyo

I walk along Tokyo’s Ginza shopping street towards the basement art gallery of Shiseido’s store, where three series of recent works by renowned Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki are on display in Nobuyoshi Araki Ōjō Shashū: Photography for the Afterlife — EasternSky.  It’s one of those autumn days when the...

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How Ed van der Elsken Influenced Other Artists Related Press How Ed van der Elsken Influenced Other Artists 3 March 2017, The New York Times

Ed van der Elsken may not have become a household name, but his art has influenced a broad range of photographers, filmmakers and other contemporary artists.

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'Masters of Japanese Photography': Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Related Press 'Masters of Japanese Photography': Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts 22 February 2017, ArtAsiaPacific

Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe and Kikuji Kawada are products of a Japan that changed exponentially within their lifetimes. It is the interface between old and new which unites all three artists in this careful curation of their prolific works.

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Tokyo: photogenic to its very core Related Press Tokyo: photogenic to its very core 14 December 2016, The Japan Times

With Tokyo being the object of so many excellent photographers’ interest over the last 150 odd years, it’s entirely legitimate that the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum should be bringing it home.

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Eros, Life and Death: The photography of Japan's Nobuyoshi Araki at Musée Guimet, Paris Related Press Eros, Life and Death: The photography of Japan's Nobuyoshi Araki at Musée Guimet, Paris 19 August 2016, Art Radar Journal

With over 400 photographs taken between 1965 and 2016, Araki  is one of the most important and comprehensive surveys dedicated to the influential Japanese photographer. Launched on 13 April,  Araki  runs at the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques–Guimet (MNAAG) in Paris until 5 September 2016, and marks one of the major...

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Nobuyoshi Araki In Publications

Nobuyoshi Araki: Alluring Hell Nobuyoshi Araki: Alluring Hell
Nobuyoshi Araki: It Was Once a Paradise Nobuyoshi Araki: It Was Once a Paradise
Nobuyashi Araki: Kaori Nobuyashi Araki: Kaori
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