Miki Nitadori is a multi-disciplinary Japanese artist who works based on photography.
She is a Third Culture Kid who grew up in Asia, in Japanese-American community of Hawai’i, and in Europe. She is a migrant. Since 2014, She creates invisible art that is incorporated in her professional & personal life. Her visual works are colorful, emotional, playful and manually made. She enjoys working with diverse materials, especially transparency, fabrics and light. Her works are constructed in combination of layers of two and more elements that seems opposite or unrelated. She creates encounters in her works to express the complex yet straightforward concurrence in the existence. She invites audiences to experience personal stories from her life, other people’s lives and our common lives. Her art explores our paradoxical existence, relating to daily life as well as history, and contemporary Life, becoming a form that nonetheless raises simple questions.
Her core subject is human circumstances within a greater temporal context - the past, the present and the future. The works develops during many years and integrates in many forms from simple hand made objects to actions, installations, sounds and video works. She likes to work on site-specific works and art in process.
In her visual art practice. Her main subjects are Japanese immigration, personal memories and individual & collective identity. She works with various techniques of re-reproduction of photography; unique pieces are created in this way and still presented to the audience as "photography". Nitadori’s technical choices are conceptual & symbolic.
In her invisible art, Nitadori asks: “What is Humility?” She works in collaboration with other artists, usually one-to-one. The audience is often invited to collaborate. The actions take place in chosen spaces, either in public or within an exhibition. Some of these ‘actions’ are documented, depending upon context. Even though some works can be seen as "performance”, they are more of a continuation of daily activities, such as walking, organization, dialogue or other shared experiences. There is no delineation between the audience and artists. The action is often without any precise announcement. Nitadori enjoys the idea that artwork can be presented uniquely to a single audience.
Miki Nitadori has exhibited and screened in such places as Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (Austria), Honolulu Museum of Arts, Hawai'i (USA), Mois de la Photo 2014 in Paris on the theme ‘Anonymous/Celebrity’ (Valerie Fougeirol, curator), Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia (USA), Temporary Art Center Eindhoven (Netherlands), The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), and L'imagerie, Lannion (France). She lives in Paris and works at Le6b in Saint-Denis.
Selected : Solo show
2016
Odyssey / Reflect, Photo Leggendo Festival, Rome Italy ( sponsored by istituto Giapponese di Cultura / The Japan foundation in Rome.)
Oddyssey / Reflect, Carre-Amelot, La Rochelle, France
Odyssey / Reflect, L'espace Saint Cyprien, Toulouse, France
2014
Odyssey / Reflect, Galerie Catherine & Andre Hug ,Paris ,France,
Curator : Valerie Fougeirol, Mois de la photo
Odyssey / Reflect & Interface, Honolulu museum of arts at FHC, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2013
Odyssey / Reflect & Interface, Maui arts and cultural center. Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2011
Combat : Manual of daily survival, permanent Installation, Chatellerault , France
Combat : Manual for daily survival for Tohoku, Hotel Zebra, Paris, France
2010
Ecriture de lumiere, Combat: Manual for daily survival, Lycees Branly Chatellerault , France
2009
Triumph/ Blond Ambition, Carre Amlot, La Rochelle, France
2008
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Mac Creteil, Creteil, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival in progress, Les nuits blanches, Paris, France
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival , Gallery Mai, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Triumph, L'imagerie, Lannion, France
Combat ; Manual for daily survival, Galerie d'art, Creteil, France
2004
Triumph, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
2003
Seesaw spotting, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
She is a Third Culture Kid who grew up in Asia, in Japanese-American community of Hawai’i, and in Europe. She is a migrant. Since 2014, She creates invisible art that is incorporated in her professional & personal life. Her visual works are colorful, emotional, playful and manually made. She enjoys working with diverse materials, especially transparency, fabrics and light. Her works are constructed in combination of layers of two and more elements that seems opposite or unrelated. She creates encounters in her works to express the complex yet straightforward concurrence in the existence. She invites audiences to experience personal stories from her life, other people’s lives and our common lives. Her art explores our paradoxical existence, relating to daily life as well as history, and contemporary Life, becoming a form that nonetheless raises simple questions.
Her core subject is human circumstances within a greater temporal context - the past, the present and the future. The works develops during many years and integrates in many forms from simple hand made objects to actions, installations, sounds and video works. She likes to work on site-specific works and art in process.
In her visual art practice. Her main subjects are Japanese immigration, personal memories and individual & collective identity. She works with various techniques of re-reproduction of photography; unique pieces are created in this way and still presented to the audience as "photography". Nitadori’s technical choices are conceptual & symbolic.
In her invisible art, Nitadori asks: “What is Humility?” She works in collaboration with other artists, usually one-to-one. The audience is often invited to collaborate. The actions take place in chosen spaces, either in public or within an exhibition. Some of these ‘actions’ are documented, depending upon context. Even though some works can be seen as "performance”, they are more of a continuation of daily activities, such as walking, organization, dialogue or other shared experiences. There is no delineation between the audience and artists. The action is often without any precise announcement. Nitadori enjoys the idea that artwork can be presented uniquely to a single audience.
Miki Nitadori has exhibited and screened in such places as Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (Austria), Honolulu Museum of Arts, Hawai'i (USA), Mois de la Photo 2014 in Paris on the theme ‘Anonymous/Celebrity’ (Valerie Fougeirol, curator), Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia (USA), Temporary Art Center Eindhoven (Netherlands), The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), and L'imagerie, Lannion (France). She lives in Paris and works at Le6b in Saint-Denis.
Selected : Solo show
2016
Odyssey / Reflect, Photo Leggendo Festival, Rome Italy ( sponsored by istituto Giapponese di Cultura / The Japan foundation in Rome.)
Oddyssey / Reflect, Carre-Amelot, La Rochelle, France
Odyssey / Reflect, L'espace Saint Cyprien, Toulouse, France
2014
Odyssey / Reflect, Galerie Catherine & Andre Hug ,Paris ,France,
Curator : Valerie Fougeirol, Mois de la photo
Odyssey / Reflect & Interface, Honolulu museum of arts at FHC, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2013
Odyssey / Reflect & Interface, Maui arts and cultural center. Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2011
Combat : Manual of daily survival, permanent Installation, Chatellerault , France
Combat : Manual for daily survival for Tohoku, Hotel Zebra, Paris, France
2010
Ecriture de lumiere, Combat: Manual for daily survival, Lycees Branly Chatellerault , France
2009
Triumph/ Blond Ambition, Carre Amlot, La Rochelle, France
2008
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Mac Creteil, Creteil, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival in progress, Les nuits blanches, Paris, France
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival , Gallery Mai, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Triumph, L'imagerie, Lannion, France
Combat ; Manual for daily survival, Galerie d'art, Creteil, France
2004
Triumph, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
2003
Seesaw spotting, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
Selected : Group show / presentation / intervention / collaboration
2017
Odyssey / Reflect, The Photography Show 2017, presented by AIPAD, Ibasho, NY, U.S.A.
Gratitude, Alter : Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , le 6b, Saint Denis, France
2014-2016
Odyssey / Reflect, Image and Imagination, Hawaii state Museum, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2015-2016
Timeless Hugs, MNR ( with Nataska Roublov ), MAC Val ( Musee de art contemporain), Vitry-sur seine, France
2016
Timeless Hugs, MNR ( with Nataska Roublov ), Arles, France
Odyssey / Reflect, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
Odyssey / Reflect, MIA Art fair, Milan, Italy
2015
Odyssey / Reflect, Regard Croise, Galerie Emile zola, Cité du Livre ,Aix-en-Provence, France
Aloha Phantasm, Presence #8 ( with Yo-yo Gonthier), Pont-neuf, Paris, France
Duel Domestique Concierge service (with Ghislain Mollet-Vieville, E.Dagnaud & Co ), L'appartment, Plateforme, Paris, France
Eat Noodle or die, ( with Sayo Senoo & Kai Vaissier), L'appartment, Plateforme, Paris, France
Je suis humilite, (with Emmanuelle Dagnaud ), Soiree performance, Plateforme, Paris, France
Mini dictionnaire de aqua-humilite, (with Florence KLEIN-PARAHY) , IESA, Paris, France
2014
Odyssey / Reflect, Participate, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Post -script,Exposition / parcours sonore UNE JOURNEE DE COINCIDENCES, Plateforme, Paris
Triumph, Carre Amelot Collection, Carre Amelot, La Rochelle, France
Humility Quest, (with Thomas Hardy), la petite ceinture, Paris, France
2013
Post-script, Reframe Festival, Temporary art center Eindhoven, Holland
2011
Interface, Tokyo graphic passport, Centre Pompidou, France
Interface, Voies off, Arles, France
Watashitachi-nous, Exhibition/ collect for Japan ( with Anne Figoni), Csaba Morocz, photographie, Paris
2009
Blond Ambition, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Holland
Blond Ambition, International Film Festival Innsbruck , Austria
Blond Ambition, Regent film Festival, Canada
Blond Ambition, Singapore Indie doc, Singapore
Blond Ambition, Installation, Traverse Video, Toulouse, France
Blond Ambition, Athens art video festival, Athens , Greece
Blond Ambition,Installation, Galerie Lacen, Paris, France
2008
Blond ambition, Oslo screen Festival, Oslo, Norway
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Art Paris 07, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Elysees des arts, Paris, France
2006
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Csaba Morocz photographie, Paris, France
Seesaw spotting, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Galerie Olivier Klejman, Paris, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Galerie Olivier Klejman, Paris, France
Paradises lost, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
Combat : manual for daily survival, Les Independances, Enghien les bains, France
2005
Seesaw spotting, Outwards, Boost in the shell, curated by aeroplastics gallery, De Bond culture center, Bruges, Belgium
2005
Triumph, Voies off, Transphotographie, Lille, France
2004
Seesaw spotting, Japanese experience inevitable, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2004
Triumph, Voies off, Arles, France,
2003
Seesaw spotting, Art forum, Gallery 20/21,Berlin, Germany
2002
Seesaw spotting, world out of joint, Gallery 20/21 Essen, Germany
Residences / Workshop
2015
Workshop,Espace Saint-Cyprien, Toulouse, France ( October)
2013
Tam & Young chair, Iolani School Honolulu Hawai'i, U.S.A. (April)
Tam & Young chair, Iolani School Honolulu Hawai'i, U.S.A. ( November)
2014
Residence of creation, Collectif Curry Vavart, France
2012
Residence of creation, 59 rue Rivoli, Paris, France
2010
Residence of creation, Baldwin High School, Maui, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Écriture de lumière, Lycée Edouard Branly ,Chatellerault, France
2008
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Mac creteil , Lycée Gutenberg Creteil, France
2000
How to make a film with 10 DM ?, Witten Herdecke University, Germany
Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Hawai'i State Foundation on culture and Arts
L'imagerie, Lannion
Carre Amelot , La Rochelle
Private collections in France, Japan, U.S.A.
Awards,scholarship &Funding
2016
Finalist BNL / BNP Paribas Group Award, MIA ART FAIR , Milan, Italy
2014
Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award
Tam & Young chair Fellowship, Iolani School Hawai'i
2010
Centre photographie de Lectoure, France
2004
Finalist Voies off Prize, Arles, France
2001
Mouthful of air, Lomography, Ville de Paris, Kodak, France Terre d'Asile
Juries :
2003
Fuji film African Press Awards, Paris, France
Publications :
2017
Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , le 6b, Saint Denis, France
2014
Mois de la Photo, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, France
2012
Collection L’Imagerie, Photo nouvelle 69, France
2011
Combat, Isabelle ,Blondie, D'un noir si bleu, France
2008
Écriture de lumière, Rurart, France
2008
Affiche (projet de residence), Mac Créteil, France
2007
Art Paris 07, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2005
Boost in the shell, Aeroplastics, Belgium
Workshop organization / organization :
2001
Speos Photographic Institute, 5-week summer course
from 2001
private course, black and white lab
2017
Odyssey / Reflect, The Photography Show 2017, presented by AIPAD, Ibasho, NY, U.S.A.
Gratitude, Alter : Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , le 6b, Saint Denis, France
2014-2016
Odyssey / Reflect, Image and Imagination, Hawaii state Museum, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
2015-2016
Timeless Hugs, MNR ( with Nataska Roublov ), MAC Val ( Musee de art contemporain), Vitry-sur seine, France
2016
Timeless Hugs, MNR ( with Nataska Roublov ), Arles, France
Odyssey / Reflect, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
Odyssey / Reflect, MIA Art fair, Milan, Italy
2015
Odyssey / Reflect, Regard Croise, Galerie Emile zola, Cité du Livre ,Aix-en-Provence, France
Aloha Phantasm, Presence #8 ( with Yo-yo Gonthier), Pont-neuf, Paris, France
Duel Domestique Concierge service (with Ghislain Mollet-Vieville, E.Dagnaud & Co ), L'appartment, Plateforme, Paris, France
Eat Noodle or die, ( with Sayo Senoo & Kai Vaissier), L'appartment, Plateforme, Paris, France
Je suis humilite, (with Emmanuelle Dagnaud ), Soiree performance, Plateforme, Paris, France
Mini dictionnaire de aqua-humilite, (with Florence KLEIN-PARAHY) , IESA, Paris, France
2014
Odyssey / Reflect, Participate, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Post -script,Exposition / parcours sonore UNE JOURNEE DE COINCIDENCES, Plateforme, Paris
Triumph, Carre Amelot Collection, Carre Amelot, La Rochelle, France
Humility Quest, (with Thomas Hardy), la petite ceinture, Paris, France
2013
Post-script, Reframe Festival, Temporary art center Eindhoven, Holland
2011
Interface, Tokyo graphic passport, Centre Pompidou, France
Interface, Voies off, Arles, France
Watashitachi-nous, Exhibition/ collect for Japan ( with Anne Figoni), Csaba Morocz, photographie, Paris
2009
Blond Ambition, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Holland
Blond Ambition, International Film Festival Innsbruck , Austria
Blond Ambition, Regent film Festival, Canada
Blond Ambition, Singapore Indie doc, Singapore
Blond Ambition, Installation, Traverse Video, Toulouse, France
Blond Ambition, Athens art video festival, Athens , Greece
Blond Ambition,Installation, Galerie Lacen, Paris, France
2008
Blond ambition, Oslo screen Festival, Oslo, Norway
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Art Paris 07, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Elysees des arts, Paris, France
2006
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Csaba Morocz photographie, Paris, France
Seesaw spotting, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Galerie Olivier Klejman, Paris, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, Galerie Olivier Klejman, Paris, France
Paradises lost, Heartgalerie, Paris, France
Combat : manual for daily survival, Les Independances, Enghien les bains, France
2005
Seesaw spotting, Outwards, Boost in the shell, curated by aeroplastics gallery, De Bond culture center, Bruges, Belgium
2005
Triumph, Voies off, Transphotographie, Lille, France
2004
Seesaw spotting, Japanese experience inevitable, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2004
Triumph, Voies off, Arles, France,
2003
Seesaw spotting, Art forum, Gallery 20/21,Berlin, Germany
2002
Seesaw spotting, world out of joint, Gallery 20/21 Essen, Germany
Residences / Workshop
2015
Workshop,Espace Saint-Cyprien, Toulouse, France ( October)
2013
Tam & Young chair, Iolani School Honolulu Hawai'i, U.S.A. (April)
Tam & Young chair, Iolani School Honolulu Hawai'i, U.S.A. ( November)
2014
Residence of creation, Collectif Curry Vavart, France
2012
Residence of creation, 59 rue Rivoli, Paris, France
2010
Residence of creation, Baldwin High School, Maui, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Écriture de lumière, Lycée Edouard Branly ,Chatellerault, France
2008
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Mac creteil , Lycée Gutenberg Creteil, France
2000
How to make a film with 10 DM ?, Witten Herdecke University, Germany
Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Hawai'i State Foundation on culture and Arts
L'imagerie, Lannion
Carre Amelot , La Rochelle
Private collections in France, Japan, U.S.A.
Awards,scholarship &Funding
2016
Finalist BNL / BNP Paribas Group Award, MIA ART FAIR , Milan, Italy
2014
Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award
Tam & Young chair Fellowship, Iolani School Hawai'i
2010
Centre photographie de Lectoure, France
2004
Finalist Voies off Prize, Arles, France
2001
Mouthful of air, Lomography, Ville de Paris, Kodak, France Terre d'Asile
Juries :
2003
Fuji film African Press Awards, Paris, France
Publications :
2017
Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , le 6b, Saint Denis, France
2014
Mois de la Photo, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, France
2012
Collection L’Imagerie, Photo nouvelle 69, France
2011
Combat, Isabelle ,Blondie, D'un noir si bleu, France
2008
Écriture de lumière, Rurart, France
2008
Affiche (projet de residence), Mac Créteil, France
2007
Art Paris 07, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2007
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2005
Boost in the shell, Aeroplastics, Belgium
Workshop organization / organization :
2001
Speos Photographic Institute, 5-week summer course
from 2001
private course, black and white lab
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