Miki Nitadori is a multi-disciplinary Japanese artist and curator who works
based on photography. She is a Third Culture Kid who grew up in Asia, in the Japanese-American community of Hawai’i, and in Europe. She is a migrant. She has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) specialized in painting, and a Professional Certificate in Photography. She has exhibited and screened in such places as Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (Austria), Honolulu Museum of Arts and Hawai'i State Museum, Hawai'i (USA), Mois de la Photo 2014 in Paris, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia (USA), Temporary Art Center Eindhoven (Netherlands),The Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), and L'imagerie, Lannion (France). She was a pioneer member of 59 Rue Rivoli, 'Chez Robert Electron Libre' Paris, France. She was a member of the collective Plateforme from 2013- 2015. She lives in Paris and works at Le6b in Saint-Denis.
Her works are represented by Ibasho, Antwerp.
Selected : Curation
2020 Anti-chambre act2 x Usui Kazuyoshi, Paris, France
2019 Photography? why?
Presentation, discussion, residency and projection,
Palais El badi, YSL Museum, Comptoir du mine Gallery, Jardin du Marjorelle, et Fondation Der Bellarj
Marrakech, Morocco
2012: Live performance by Fumie Hihara (Koto) & Emi Ichinoseki ( calligraphy)
Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
2011 Watashitachi-nous, for Tohoku ( avec A. Figoni), C.Morocz, photographie, Paris, France
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
2020
Odyssey / Reflect, Ancien Musée de Peinture, Invitation de Mois de la photo Grenoble, Maison de l'image, Grenoble, France
2018
Post- script, Uncertain territory, collective Alter, Galerie E3, Arles, France
Odyssey : Reflect, Self reflection art project, Artrmx e.v., Cologne, Germany
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, Self relfection art project, 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
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
2020
CLEA, Communauté d’Agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois Lys Romane et DRAC Haut de France
2016
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:
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
2021
DRAC Grand Est, France
2020
DRC Haute France, France
2019
Japanese ministry of culture, Japan
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 :
2020
Photogrphy? End? Edition Magic hours, Japan
2017
Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, 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
Affiche (projet de residence), Mac Créteil, France
2007
Art Paris 07, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2005
Boost in the shell, Aeroplastics, Belgium
Workshop organization / organization :
2012
Workshop and concert by Japanese calligraphers related to Tohoku charity
Clos des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
Ecole maternelle Chapon, Ecole Primaire Vertus, Paris
2001
Speos Photographic Institute, 5-week summer course
from 2001
Private course, black and white lab
2020
Odyssey / Reflect, Ancien Musée de Peinture, Invitation de Mois de la photo Grenoble, Maison de l'image, Grenoble, France
2018
Post- script, Uncertain territory, collective Alter, Galerie E3, Arles, France
Odyssey : Reflect, Self reflection art project, Artrmx e.v., Cologne, Germany
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, Self relfection art project, 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
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
2020
CLEA, Communauté d’Agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois Lys Romane et DRAC Haut de France
2016
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:
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
2021
DRAC Grand Est, France
2020
DRC Haute France, France
2019
Japanese ministry of culture, Japan
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 :
2020
Photogrphy? End? Edition Magic hours, Japan
2017
Le Mois de la photo du grand Paris , Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, 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
Affiche (projet de residence), Mac Créteil, France
2007
Art Paris 07, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
Combat : Manual for daily survival, Bernard Dudoignon Photographie, France
2005
Boost in the shell, Aeroplastics, Belgium
Workshop organization / organization :
2012
Workshop and concert by Japanese calligraphers related to Tohoku charity
Clos des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
Ecole maternelle Chapon, Ecole Primaire Vertus, Paris
2001
Speos Photographic Institute, 5-week summer course
from 2001
Private course, black and white lab
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