Biography
Born in Sapporo, Japan in 1960. Received B.F.A. in Photography from Osaka University of Arts in 1981. Sugawara worked for Mr. Osamu Hayasaki and then traveled to settle in France for examining photography and working as photographer. Since then, his solo exhibitions has been held widely. The film “Blue Fish”, which Sugawara worked as director of photography, was officially selected and screened in Berlin International Film Festival in 1996. The National Library of France obtained his works into its permanent collection in 2004. He joined the group exhibition “Made in The Shade” at Pace MacGill Gallery in New York with Robert Frank in 2005. And in the same year, he directed the opening of the animation, “Mushishi”. His working fields have been interdisciplinary beyond photography. In recent years, Sugawara pursues the wet collodion process to capture the dazzle of light and created new types of photography by integrating classic methods with latest digital technologies. Guest Professor of Photography Department, Osaka University of Arts since 2019.
Selected Solo Exhibition
| 2023 | Hakkou, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori |
| 2021 | Today’s Sky, B Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2019 | In Paris, Ricoh Imaging Square Ginza, Shinjuku and Osaka |
| 2019 | Passage du Temps | Passage de la Lumière, MYD Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2017 | -Mederu-, with Kira Karacho in KYOTOGRAPHIE Leica Gallery, Kyoto |
| 2016 | SAKHALIN, FUJIFILM Gallery X, Tokyo |
| 2014 | Tsugaru, Former Fifty-Ninth Bank Aomori Bank Museum, Hirosaki Aomori |
| 2014 | Road to the Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross Society Headquarters Lobby, Tokyo |
| 2014 | Road to the Red Cross, Red Brick Office (Former Hokkaido Government Office Building), Sapporo |
| 2013 | Daylight, Gallery 360°, Tokyo |
| 2013 | Blue, Toki-no-Wasuremono, Tokyo |
| 2012 | HANA・TSUBAKI, Entre Duex, Tokyo |
| 2012 | Tsugaru, Leica Ginza Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2011 | The Bright Forest, Trunk Gallery, Seoul |
| 2011 | Atarashiimichi, epSITE Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2011 | Correspondance, Time and Style, Tokyo |
| 2010 | The Museum of Photographic Arts obtained Sugawara’s works into its permanent collection. |
| 2010 | The Bright Forest, Sous Les Etoile, NewYork |
| 2009 | danca, RING CUBE Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2008 | Shundle Ghona: A Beautiful Village, Marubiru Bldg, Tokyo |
| 2006 | The Bright Forest, epSITE Gallery, Singapore |
| 2005 | Akaruitokoro 2005, Canon Gallery S, Tokyo |
| 2003 | Akaruitokoro, Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum, Amami, Kagoshima |
| 1998 | MOMENTS BLUES, Gallery21, Tokyo |
| 1994 | BLUE, Gallery DOT, Kyoto |
| 1991 | GAIA, Gallery MIN, Tokyo |
| 1989 | PASSIO, LAFORET MUSEUM, Tokyo |
| 1988 | DIVA #1, Gallery DOT, Kyoto |
| 1987 | ICHIGO SUGAWARA: Original Print, PARCO Shibuya, Tokyo |
| 1985 | Momentos..(Correspondance), Gallery Wide, Tokyo |
Selected Group Exhibition
| 2013 | Sakura, Bang Chang Koo,Tanakayagarou, Hirosaki Aomori |
| 2011 | Daylight, with Manabu Nakanishi, Bangarou, Osaka |
| 2010 | Tokyophoto 2010, RoppongiHills, Tokyo |
| 2010 | 126 POLAROID, Yokohama Museum, Yokohama |
| 2009 | OCTAVE_01, Time and Style, Tokyo |
| 2008 | Esprit de Paris, Gallery21, Tokyo |
| 2005 | Made In The Shade, (along with Robert Frank, Harry Carahan and others) Pace/Macgill Gallery, NewYork |
| 1999 | All Japan VJ Live, Akasaka Blits, Tokyo |
| 1998 | 100X HARAJUKU CAPSULE, LAFORET MUSEUM Harajuku, Tokyo |
| 1996 | Gaze & Perspective 3, MIZUMA ART GALLERY, Tokyo |
| 1995 | Morphe ’96, Aoyama area, Tokyo |
| 1990 | Three Photographer’s Exhibition, Shibuya – SEIBU, Tokyo |
| 1989 | SEPTEMBER 5, (along with M. Nakanishi, M. Nishimura, M. Yoshizawa and Y. Nagahara) HAUS UENO Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1985 | Six Photographer’s Exhibition, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka |
| 1985 | Comme je suis, Gallery DOT, Kyoto |
Movie and others
| 2014 | Mushishi-Next Story- (Animation), Opening Director |
| 2005 | Mushishi (Animation), Opening Director |
| 1996 | Blue Fish, Director of Photography (Screened at Berlin Cinema Festival in 1997 and at Euro Space, Tokyo in 1999) |
Public Collection
| Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, U.S.A. |
| Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France |
| Hanmi Photograph Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| Gunma Prefectural Museum of History, Gunma, Japan |
Selected Books
| MAKINO (Hokuryukan) |
| Tsugaru (Kawaguchi Printing) |
| You love photography more (Impresse) |
| Daylight | Blue (WOW Inc) |
| DUST NY BLOOM (SB Creative) |
| Kamikochi <photobook> (Imperial Hotel) |
| TSUBAKI <photobook> (Klee Inc) |
| Today’s Sky (SB Creative) |