Born in Hyogo, Japan, in 1965. Lives and works in London. In 1991, she received MA in Photography from Royal College of Art in London. Yoneda continues making works projecting the memories and history associated with places and things.
Read MoreSelected exhibitions: 12th Shanghai Biennale (2018–2019), Dialogue with Albert Camus, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (2018), Discordant Harmony, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (2015)/ Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (2016), The 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2014), Aichi Triennale (2013), We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, Himeji City Museum of Art (2014)/ Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo (2013), Japanese House, ShugoArts (2011), An End is a Beginning, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (2008), Venice Biennale, The 52nd International Art Exhibition (2007), A Decade After, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (2005), Beyond Memory and Uncertainty, Shiseido Gallery (2003)
Text courtesy ShugoArts.
Tomoko Yoneda shares her approach to photographing sites charged with memories of the past.
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