Kouta Takahashi

 

Born in Akita, Japan, in 1986. He became interested in photography as a way of giving expression to questions raised in his mind from contact with society and people. Launching his career as an artist in 2019. He does projects based on careful research, composing visual narratives interwoven with archival and other material, which he gives form to handmade books. The visual story 80°05′, which was started in 2020 and asks what motivates explorers, was shortlisted for the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2022  and the Cologne PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award 2023. It was also one of the winners of the open call for photobooks at the Belfast Photo Festival 2024. Selected exhibitions include KYOTOGRAPHIE "KG+SELECT" finalist exhibition (Kyoto, 2023).

 

 

髙橋 こうた

 

1986年 秋田県生まれ。秋田大学工学資源学部卒業。社会や人と接する中で抱いた疑問を、個人の記憶や歴史背景のリサーチを通して可視化することに興味があり、2019年に作家活動を開始。手製の写真集を主な表現媒体とし、アーカイブ素材も織り交ぜたビジュアルストーリーを構築する。2020年に着手した冒険家の動機を探るストーリー作品「80°05′」は、2022年アルル国際写真祭 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award でファイナリストに選出。2023年にはケルンフォトブックミュージアム Dummy Book Award、2024年はベルファスト国際写真祭において同作品がノミネートされている。主な展示に、京都国際写真祭「KG+SELECT」ファイナリスト展(京都, 2023年)、「80°05′」出版記念展(72Gallery / 東京, 2024年)など。

 

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Awards

2024   Lucie Photo Book Prize  "80°05′", Finalist(USA)

2024   9th SIPF Photobook Award  "80°05′", Shortlist(Singapore)

2024   Belfast Photo Festival  -Open Call Photobook-   "80°05′", Winner(UK)

2023   Cologne PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award  "80°05′", Shortlist(Germany)

2023   KYOTOGRAPHIE  KG+SELECT Award  "80°05′", Finalist(Japan)

2022   Photolucida Critical Mass  "80°05′", Top 200(USA)

2022   LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles  "80°05′", Shortlist(France)

2022   IMA next  -#27 OPEN CALL-   "80°05′", Shortlist(Japan)

2021   Portrait of Japan  "80°05′", Shortlist(Japan)

2021   PX3  -Prix de la Photographie Paris-   "Greedy Otherworld", Honorable Mention(France)

Exhibitions

Solo

2024   "80°05′", Book Launch Exhibition  |72Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

2023   “80°05′” KYOTOGRAPHIE, KG+SELECT  |Horikawa Oike Gallery / Kyoto, Japan

 

Group / Festivals

2024   Lucie Photo Book Prize  -Photobook Exhibition-   |Los Angeles Center of Photography / Los Angeles, USA

2024   9th Singapore International Photo Festival  -Photobook Exhibition-   National Design Centre / Singapore

2024   Encontros da Imagem  -Photobook Exhibition-   Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva / Braga, Portugal

2024   Belfast Photo Festival  -Photobook Exhibition-  Botanic Gardens / Belfast, UK

2024   "Phenomemon", KG+  -for Collections-   |NOW & THEN / Kyoto, Japan

2023   Night of Photography  -Museum of Warsaw-  Museum Old Town Square / Warsaw, Poland

2023   Les Rencontres d'Arles  -Night of the Year-  Papeteries Étienne / Arles, France 

2023   "80°05′", Museum Special Exhibition    |Itabashi Science & Education Museum / Tokyo, Japan

2023   Dummy Award exhibition tour   Cologne, Barcelona, Rome, Melbourne, Singapore and more.

2022   Les Rencontres d'Arles  -LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award-  |Espace Van Gogh / Arles, France 

2021   JAPAN PHOTO AWARD + INTUITION, KG+   |HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO / Kyoto, Japan

2021   Portrait of Japan  -Signage Exhibition-  |Shibuya Area Digital Signage / Tokyo, Japan

2020   NEW JAPAN PHOTO FINAL   |MIDORI.so / Tokyo, Japan

2020   NEW JAPAN PHOTO 10   |CHI-KA / Dubai, UAE

2019   “fotogo”, Exhibition of Japanese artists   |Galerie Planète Rouge / Paris, France

2019   TOKYO / JAPAN   |THE KNOT TOKYO Shinjuku / Tokyo, Japan  

Books

2024   80°05′   Self-Published

Publications

2024   Phenomemon  Kino Koike / Yuma Nishimura / Kouta Takahashi

2023   KG+SELECT 2023  |KYOTOGRAPHIE / KG+

2021   Portrait of Japan  |IMA / amana Inc. 

2021   INTUITION vol.1  |Countach Inc. 

2021   377975㎢ vol.1  Countach Inc. 

2020   New Japan Photo 10  EINSTEIN STUDIO

2019   TOKYO / JAPAN  |EINSTEIN STUDIO

Media

2023   Audioteca Fotografica  Spain

2023   The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun  |Japan

2022   IMA Online  |Japan

2022   PX3  -Prix de la Photographie Paris  France

2021   WONDER  Taiwan

Kyoto, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Paris, France

Arles, France

Cologne, Germany

Belfast, UK

Warsaw, Poland

Braga, Portugal

Los Angeles, USA

Singapore

Dubai, UAE

Audioteca Fotográfica(Spain)

WONDER(Taiwan)

Prix de la Photographie Paris(France)