Yoshikatsu Fujii

Born 1979 in Hiroshima, Japan. living in Kanagawa. After studying art film at Tokyo Zokei University of Arts, Yoshikatsu Fujii studied the fundamentals of photography under Masato Seto at the Gallery PlaceM’s Photography Night School work-shop. Besides his activities as a photographer, Fujii serves as Organizer of the Photobook Club Tokyo, which meets not only in Tokyo, but all over Japan. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Incipient Strangers, Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo 2011 Aftermath, Place M, Tokyo 2010 Area of Ocean “KAI-IKI”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo 2008 Area of Ocean “KAI-KU”, Place M, Tokyo Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 BIND Photobook Exhibition, FOCUS Photography Festival, Mumbai New Japanese Photography, Doomed Gallery, London 2014 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2014, Paris, Tokyo, New York, Melbourne and Los Angels Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal Filter Photo festival 2014, Chicago, IL Mt.ROKKO ZINE & PHOTO BOOK COLLECTION 2014, Mt.Rokko International Photo Festival 2014, Kobe INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011 ONAEBA in NY Selected Photographers 2011, 72Gallery, Tokyo ”Intercambio De Miradas”, PHotoEspaná, Real Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid “ONAEBA in NY”, New York Photo Festival, NYC Awards and Honors 2015 The Ultimate List of 2014 Best Photobooks on Fotografia Magazine 2014 LensCulture Editor's - 2014 Photobooks of the Year EMAHO Picks the Most Interesting Photobooks 2014 Selected by Hisako Motoo, Independent Curator and Editor TIME Magazine Picks the Best Photobooks of 2014 Selected by Larissa Leclair, Founder of the Indie Photobook Library Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2014 - First Photobook Prize - Finalist Filter Photo Festival 2014 - Photobook Exhibition - 1st Prize : Juror's choice award (juried by Gregory Harris, Assistant Curator of the DePaul Art Museum) Encontros da Imagem 2014 - Photobook Market - Winner International Photography Awards 2014 - Honorable mention Books 2015 Incipient Strangers (Self-Publised) 2014 Red String (Self-Published) Publications 2015 Voices of Photography (Jan/Feb 2015, Issue. 15) 2014 PHaT PHOTO Magazine (Vol.83) 2013 10×10 American Photobooks Official Catalogue (contributed to the book) Online Publications 2015 Photobook Melbourne (interview) 2014 LensCulture Emaho Magazine Darwin Magazine Education 2012 Studied at Mark Prust’s Rising Sun Work-shop 2008 Studied at Masato Seto Place M’s Photography Night School Work-Shop 2004 MA in Art film, Tokyo Zokei University of Arts