Born in Nagano, Japan in 1985, Cozue Takagi graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts Department of Photography in 2007. Cozue Takagi currently lives and works in Nagano, Japan. Cozue Takagi first rose to prominence in Japan’s art scene when she won the Grand Prize at Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography in 2006 during her last year of studies in Tokyo Polytechnic University.
Since then Takagi’s works have been exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions across Japan and in Korea. She is the winner of the 35th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award 2010, one of the most prestigious photography awards in Japan. She lives and works in Nagano, Japan.

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