Currently in; Tokyo, Japan
Please contact: tarokaribe@gmail.com
Taro Karibe
Born 1988 in Aichi. Tokyo based Artist/ Photographer.
Interested in the pattern structures that commonly occur in invisible systems, he began his photographic expression after working in psychology, infectious disease control, finance and IT. He regards the contemporary media environment as a 'cave wall' and photography as the idol that appears on it, and examines its function as a 'support for a sense of reality' and its impact on human society. His method follows the phylogeny of photography, developing from traditional news photography and documentary to 'generative photography' using artificial intelligence.
Major solo shows include '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 'ANB Open Studio vol.3' 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 Tokyo Frontline Photo Award Takashi Kawashima Prize (Tokyo, 2022), IMA next Erik Kessels Prize Shortlist (Tokyo, 2022), PDN Photo Annual (NY, 2018), and finalist of the 18th Photography '1_WALL' (Tokyo. 2018).
苅部太郎
1988年愛知生まれ、東京在住の「写真と虚実性」を扱うアーティスト/写真家。
不可視のシステムに共通して生じるパターン構造に関心を持ち、心理学・感染症制御・金融・ITに携わった後に写真表現を始めた。現代的メディア環境を「洞窟の壁」、写真をそこにうつる偶像と捉え、その「現実感の支持体」機能や、人類社会への影響を考察する。その手法は写真の系統発生をなぞるように、伝統的な報道写真とドキュメンタリー、そして人工知能による「生成写真」へと展開する。
主な個展に「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）。グループ展に「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）。主な受賞にTokyo Frontline Photo Award /川島崇志賞（東京、2022）、IMA next /Erik Kessels賞ショートリスト（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）などがある。
◉EDUCATION
2020-2022 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
◉SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 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
◉SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
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
◉PROJECTION
2020 RAM/TOMOTOSHI Museum, Kabukicho, Tokyo
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
◉PHOTO BOOKS
2019 Saori, Artist book, Japan
2018 Life-Forms, Artist book, Japan,
2017 Plastic Reincarnation, Artist book, Japan
◉RESIDENCY
2022 ANB Studio Program, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Yakushima International Photography Festival
◉ART FAIR / BOOK FAIR
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
◉PERFORMANCE
2022 "Counter" TOMO city Museum, Tokyo
2020 "Making Liness" TOMO city Museum, Tokyo
“Recording Campfiring” w/ AdMornings, Tokyo
◉PUBLIC COLLECTION
2020 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan
2018 Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 International Center of Photography Library, NY
2016 Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
◉SELECTED AWARDS
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
◉INTERVIEW / PUBLICATION
(Interviewed by)
2020 Edition/ Tomorrow Land
2018 IMA Online
2018 Wired.jp
2015 British Journal of Photography
(Featured in)
2021 bijutsutecho
2021 nekoSLASH
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