Ichio Usui
Profile
- Ichio Usui was born in Yamagata and raised in Hyogo, Japan in 1983. He graduated Japan Institute of Photography and Film. He is a professional photographic artist based in Japan.
- He had liked writing and drawing a picture since he was a little, so he had traveled around to draw pictures for two years. Then he had worked as a system engineer at System Integrator. While he changed the job and started working as a manager at a IT company, he started taking photographs. After that, he attended a special photograph school and learned about photograph in earnest while working. He started his career as a photographer after graduating from school.
- Using photography as his main medium, he has been creating works on the themes of “life and death” and “the cycle of life.” Also, he has been working together with his wife as “Chika ＆ Ichio Usui” since 2016.
Selected Awards
2022 Sony World Photography Awards : Shortlist [Professional]
2019 KYOTOGRAPHIE : Paris Gallery First Floor Award, Selected as KG＋SELECT 12 Artists
2018 International Photography Awards : 3rd Place [Professional]
2018 Fine Art Photography Awards : 2nd Place
2017 Tokyo International Foto Awards : Gold [Professional] x2, Silver [Professional]
2017 International Photography Awards : 1st Place x3, 2nd Place
2017 Prix de la Photographie, Paris : Silver x2, Bronze
2017 Moscow International Foto Awards : 3rd Place
2016 ONAEBA vol.19 : Reviewer Award [Selected by Haruhisa Yamaguchi]
2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards : Gold
2019 KYOTOGRAPHIE : Paris Gallery First Floor Award, Selected as KG＋SELECT 12 Artists
2018 International Photography Awards : 3rd Place [Professional]
2018 Fine Art Photography Awards : 2nd Place
2017 Tokyo International Foto Awards : Gold [Professional] x2, Silver [Professional]
2017 International Photography Awards : 1st Place x3, 2nd Place
2017 Prix de la Photographie, Paris : Silver x2, Bronze
2017 Moscow International Foto Awards : 3rd Place
2016 ONAEBA vol.19 : Reviewer Award [Selected by Haruhisa Yamaguchi]
2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards : Gold
…etc
Selected Group Exhibitions ＆ Art Fair
2023 OFF SHOT X YUGEISYA, Yugeisya [KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+], Kyoto
2022 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London
2019 KG+ IN TOKYO, Art-U room, Tokyo
2019 fotofever, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2019 Wonder Foto Day, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taiwan
2018 Ashiya Photographic Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
2018 TIFA Winners Exhibition, ICA Space, Tokyo
2018 Px3 Winners Exhibition, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris
2018 MIFA Exhibition Minsk, Artel Gallery Minsk, Belarus
2017 Yume no saki Project, 72Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Japan Institute of Photography and Film Selection Exhibition, Fujifilm photo salon, Osaka
2017 Japan Institute of Photography and Film Selection Exhibition, Nikon salon, Osaka
2022 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London
2019 KG+ IN TOKYO, Art-U room, Tokyo
2019 fotofever, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2019 Wonder Foto Day, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taiwan
2018 Ashiya Photographic Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
2018 TIFA Winners Exhibition, ICA Space, Tokyo
2018 Px3 Winners Exhibition, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris
2018 MIFA Exhibition Minsk, Artel Gallery Minsk, Belarus
2017 Yume no saki Project, 72Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Japan Institute of Photography and Film Selection Exhibition, Fujifilm photo salon, Osaka
2017 Japan Institute of Photography and Film Selection Exhibition, Nikon salon, Osaka
…etc
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “a layer”, Tsubomido [KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+], Kyoto
2019 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -“, BERGONZO FIRST FLOOR, Paris
2019 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -“, former Junpu Elementary School [KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+SELECT], Kyoto
2015 “The Miracles…”, Wide Gallery＆Studio, Kobe
2019 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -“, BERGONZO FIRST FLOOR, Paris
2019 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -“, former Junpu Elementary School [KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+SELECT], Kyoto
2015 “The Miracles…”, Wide Gallery＆Studio, Kobe
Publications
2022 The Observer
2022 The Guardian [Web]
2020 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -”, AVGI, New York
2018 IPA Book 2018
2018 El Pais Semanal
2017 IPA Book 2017
2017 PX3 Book 2017
2016 PhatPhoto Vol.97
2022 The Guardian [Web]
2020 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -”, AVGI, New York
2018 IPA Book 2018
2018 El Pais Semanal
2017 IPA Book 2017
2017 PX3 Book 2017
2016 PhatPhoto Vol.97