苅部太郎 / Taro Karibe

◉BIO | 略歴

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Taro Karibe

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Born 1988 in Aichi. Tokyo-based Artist/ Photographer.

An artist and photographer whose work explores the structures and biases embedded in AI and photographic media from a Post-Photography perspective.
Returning to the foundations of human–machine recognition systems, his practice recursively interrogates the act of seeing itself.
By visualizing the relationships between photographer and viewer, and exposing the institutional and political mechanisms that shape visual perception, his work operates at the intersection of technology critique, image politics, and epistemological inquiry.

Karibe’s path into photography was shaped by an early academic focus on General Systems Theory, followed by professional experience in psychology, infectious disease prevention, finance, and IT.
With a sustained interest in structural thinking and social issues, he began his career as a photojournalist, producing documentary work that addressed life in disaster-affected areas and the relationships between humans and artificial objects.

In recent years, he has critically engaged with emerging technologies such as image-generating AI, using tools that are widely accessible in daily life. By occasionally misusing these technologies deliberately, he reveals the latent biases and societal structures that shape contemporary modes of seeing.

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Major solo shows include ‘Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean’ MASQ (Tokyo, 2024), ‘Electric Caveman’, HECTARE (Tokyo, 2023), 'Saori', Kyotographie, KG+ SELECT (Kyoto, 2021); ‘Age of Photon/ INCIDENTS’, IMA gallery (Tokyo, 2020); 'Saori', Paddington Town Hall, Head on Photo Festival (Sydney, 2018). Group shows include ‘ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL’ (Nagano, 2023), ‘Platform 29.8’ ANB Tokyo (Tokyo, 2022) and 'LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6' (Paris/Photo Saint Germain, Amsterdam/ Unseen, Tokyo/ IMA gallery, 2019). Major awards include MAST Photography Grant Nominated (Italy, 2024), Japan Photo Award Elisa Medde Prize (2024), and Tokyo Frontline Photo Award Takashi Kawashima Prize (Tokyo, 2022).  

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苅部太郎

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1988年愛知生まれ、東京在住のアーティスト／写真家。

ポストフォトグラフィーの視点から、AIや写真メディアに内在する制度やバイアス、視覚の構造を批評的に読み解く作品を制作。人とマシンの認識システムに立ち返り、“見る”という行為そのものを再帰的に問う実践を行う。撮影者と観者の関係性、視覚の制度と権力構造を可視化する表現は、テクノロジー批評や視覚の政治性、認識論的アプローチといった文脈において位置づけられる。

学部時代に一般システム理論を研究したことを起点に、心理学、感染症予防、金融、ITの領域を経て写真に転じた。構造と社会的イシューへの関心を背景に、報道写真家としてキャリアをスタートし、被災地の記録や人工物と人間との関係をテーマとしたドキュメンタリー作品を制作してきた。近年は画像生成AIなど、誰もが手にする先端テクノロジーを批評的に用い、時に意図的に誤用しながら、潜在的なバイアスや社会構造を可視化している。

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主な個展に「あの海に見える岩に、弓を射よ」MASQ（東京、2024）、「Electric Caveman」HECTARE（東京、2023）、「沙織」京都国際写真祭 KG+ SELECT（京都、2021）、「Age of Photon/ INCIDENTS」IMA gallery（東京、2020）、「Saori」Paddington Town Hall, Head on Photo Festival（シドニー、2018）など。

グループ展にAuckland Festival of Photography（NZ、2024）、浅間国際フォトフェスティバル（長野、2023）、「Platform 29.8」ANB Tokyo（東京、2022）、「LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020  BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6」（パリ/Photo Saint Germain・アムステルダム/ Unseen・東京/ IMA gallery、2019）。

主な受賞・選出にMAST財団助成金ノミネート（伊、2024）、Japan Photo Award・Elisa Medde賞（2024）、Lensculture "Favorite Photobooks"（NY、2023）、Tokyo Frontline Photo Award /川島崇志賞（東京、2022）、PDN Photo Annual（NY、2018）、第18回写真「1_WALL」ファイナリスト（東京、2018）など。

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◉EDUCATION | 教育

2020-2023   RAM Association/ Graduate school of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts (Non-degree program)

2018 　　　Eddie Adams WorkshopXXX, NY, USA

2016 　　　RPS Photobook Masterclass w/ Heijdens Karwei and Yumi Goto

2007-2012   BA Psychology, Nanzan University, Aichi, Japan

2010 　　　College for International Cooperation and Development, UK/ South Africa 

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◉SOLO EXHIBITION | 個展

2025             Anatomy of Caves, KG+/Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

                      Anatomy of Caves, HECTARE, Tokyo, Japan

2024             Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, Mynavi Art Square, Tokyo, Japan

2023             電子的穴居人 Electric Caveman, PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan

                      Electric Caveman, HECTARE, Tokyo, Japan

​2021             沙織 Saori, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival/ KG+ SELECT, Sanjo Ryogaecho Building, Kyoto, Japan

2020 　　　Age of Photon/ INCIDENTS, IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2019 　　　Regarding the Shadows of Others, Libris Kobaco, Fukuoka, Japan

　　　　　 Saori, Hyakunen, Tokyo, Japan.

2018 　　　Saori, Head On Photofestival, Paddington town hall, Sydney, Australia

　　　　　 Letters To You, Yakushima International Photo Festival, Yakushima Island, Japan

2017 　　　Plastic Reincarnation, &Lounge Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

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◉SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION | グループ展

2024             Rui YAMAGATA + Taro KARIBE, 暗箱間航行術 Inter Black Box Navigation/ Measure, Draw, Map, Code, 229, Tokyo, Japan

​　　　　　 Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, Newzealand

​                      Ripple, UP&COMING, Tokyo, Japan

​2023             ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2023 PHOTO MIYOTA, Nagano, Japan

                      Kathleen Reilly + Taro Karibe "Through the Garden Window, The Dew on the Grass", Cale, Tokyo, Japan

2022             'ANB Open Studio vol.3', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan  

                     'Platform 29.8', ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2021             RAM PRACTICE 2021, Tokyo University of the Arts, Yokohama, Japan (As collective "AdMornings" )

2018 　　　1_WALL Finalist Exhibition, Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

　　　　　 'LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6' Exhibition, Unseen, Amsterdam/        

                      Photo Saint Germain, Paris/ IMA Gallery, Tokyo

                      PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photo Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel

2017 　　　Month of photography Denver, Colorado

　　　　　 Mt.Rokko International Photography Festival, KIITO, Kobe, Japan

                     PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paris, France

2016            Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

                     Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan

                     Tempus/Locus, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia

2015            SWPA exhibition, SONY imaging gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014            SWPA exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK

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◉PROJECTION | プロジェクション

2018 　　　YPF, Garalie Monstre, Les Rencontres d’Arles, France

2017             Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia

                      Perpignan Photo Festival, Perpignan, France

                      Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Riep, Cambodia

2016             Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Riep, Cambodia

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◉PHOTO BOOKS | 写真集

2024              Typical World, bookshop M, Japan

2023              Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, Troublemakers Publishing, Japan

2019              Saori, Artist book, Japan

2018              Life-Forms, Artist book, Japan,

2017              Plastic Reincarnation, Artist book, Japan

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◉RESIDENCY | レジデンシー

2022              ANB Studio Program, Tokyo, Japan

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◉ART FAIR / BOOK FAIR | アートフェア・ブックフェア

2019 　　　Poor man’s book fair, Hohohoza, Kyoto 

2017 　　　Tokyo Artbook Fair, Museum of Contemporary art Tokyo, Tokyo

                       ArtRooms, Melia White House, London, UK

2016              ArtRooms, Melia White House, London, UK

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◉Lecture, WS | レクチャー・ワークショップ

2025           CP+, Official Talks with Tomohiko Ishi, Yokohama, Japan

2024           NHK, lecture on AI technology, Japan

                    Osaka Sangyo University, lecture on AI technology as Art, Japan

2023           Photography as Generative Image, MMoP/ ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, Nagano, Japan

                    Photography as Generative Image, PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan

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◉PERFORMANCE | パフォーマンス

2020 　　  "Making Liness" TOMO City Museum, Tokyo

                    “Recording Campfiring” w/ AdMornings, Tokyo

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◉PUBLIC COLLECTION | 収蔵

2020 　　　Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

​2019             Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Library, Tokyo

2018 　　　Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

2017 　　　MoMA Library, NY

                      International Center of Photography Library, NY

2016 　　　Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia

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◉SELECTED AWARDS | 受賞

2024            Japan Photo Award Elisa Medde Prize, Japan

                    MAST Photography Grant, nominated, Italy

2023            'Favorite Photobooks 2023', Lensculture, US

2022            Tokyo Frontline Photo Award, Takashi Kawashima Jury Prize, Tokyo, Japan

                      IMA next, Erik Kessels Prize, Short Listed, Tokyo, Japan

2019 　　　World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee, Amsterdam, Netherland

​                      Photobook in Progress 3rd place, Czech

2018 　　　1_Wall Finalist, Tokyo, Japan

                       Kolga Photo Award Finalist, Georgia

                       Associated Press Award/ Eddie Adams Workshop, NY

2017 　　　PDN Photo Annual Photojournalism/Photo documentary category, NY

　　　　　  PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris People category Bronze prize, Paris, France

2016 　　　Critical Mass 2016 Top50, NY

　　　　　 Poland Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Finalist, Poland

　　　　　 Ueno Hikoma Award Shortlisted, Japan

2015 　　　Fuji Award/ Magnum WS, Tokyo

2014 　　　Sony World Photography Awards National Award second place, NY

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◉INTERVIEW / PUBLICATION | インタビュー・掲載

(Interviewed by)

2024            "QUOTATION"​

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2020            Edition/ Tomorrow Land  

2018            IMA Online

2018​            Wired.jp

2015            British Journal of Photography

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(Featured in)

2024            bijutsutecho

2021            bijutsutecho

​2021            nekoSLASH

​2019            Fotoadvert

2019            IMA Online

​2018            Newsweek Japan

2018            Chunichi Shimbun

2018            CINRA
2018            Sydney Morning Herald

2018            Mainichi News Paper

2018            Fraction Magazine

2018            SBS Radio

2017            The New York Times

2017            The Washington Post

2016            Stern

2016            World Photography Organization

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