ONAKA KOJI :

1960 Born in Fukuoka.
1982 Graduated from Tokyo Photograph College (present name/Tokyo Visual Arts). Participated in the gallery [Image Shop CAMP].
1988 Opened up the gallery [KAIDO] at Tokyo (It was managed untill 1992.).
2002 Participated in the gallery [photographers' gallery] at Tokyo.　
2007 Re opened up the gallery [KAIDO] at Tokyo

solo exhibitions

1983 [Seitaka Awadachi-sou no aru machi]CAMP,Tokyo
1988-91 series [Seitaka Awadachi-sou] a total of 32 times, gallery KAIDO, Tokyo
1993 [Seitaka Awadachi-sou] Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo
1993 series [DISTANCE] a total of 3 times, 03FOTOS, Tokyo
1996 [DISTANCE] mole,Tokyo/BERG,Tokyo
1998 [Machikage] Studio EBIS Photo Gallery, Tokyo
1999-2000 series [MATATABI] a total of 8 times, 03FOTOS, Tokyo
2001 [Tokyo Candy Box] PLACE M, Tokyo /Visual Arts,Tokyo/ Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2001 [Another DISTANCE/ Reaview mirror part1] photograpers' gallery, Tokyo
2002 [Tokyo1984-91/Reaview mirror part2 ] photographers' gallery,Tokyo
2002 [MATATABI no.9] photograpers' gallery, Tokyo
2002 [Reaview mirror part3] photograpers' gallery, Tokyo
2003 [MATATABI] iltempo,Tokyo
2003 [slow boaat＋] Visual Arts gallery,Tokyo
2003 [slow boaat] photographers' gallery,Tokyo
2003 [MATATABI] ZEIT FOTO SALON,Tokyo
2005 [Latvia,Spain] Visual Arts gallery,Tokyo
2005 [Le chan de La France] gallery Tosei,Tokyo
2006 [GARSSHOPPER] ZEIT FOTO SALON,Tokyo
2007 [DRAGONFLY] Chukyo University gallery C・Square
2007 [Horse&Cactus- in Mexico] Emon photo gallery,Tokyo
2008 [The Dog in France] Nadar,Osaka
2009 [SEITAKA-AWADACHISO/NOGATA] Tanio Musium,Fukuoka

2010 [Tokyo Candy Box] LE PLAC'ART PHOTO , Paris

         [Horse & Cactus 2] Emon photo gallery,Tokyo

group exhibitions

1999 [TONPU] 051gallery, Pusan-South Korea
2000 [GAW-2] Okikamuro-jima, Yamaguchi
2002 [Photonesia/Ryukyu-retuzo] Maejima Art Senter,Okinawa
2002 [The18th Higasikawa Photofiesta] Higashikawa Culture Gallery,Hokkaido
2002-3 [BLACK OUT/Contemporary Japanese Photography ] The Japan Foundation ,Roma,Paris,Tokyo
2005 [Takaramono/My precious:Photos and words five contenporary japanese photographers] Yokohama citizens gallery,Yokohama
　　 ［The Photography beyond 20 years from Tsukuba Museum of Photography 1985" Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai
2007[RECENT ACQUISITIONS] Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2007[Japan Caught by Camera]Shanghai Musium China
2009[THE MANILA BOX] Kaida gallery Manila Phillipin
2009[Voayages]The Japan Foundation ,Paris France /Tokyo Metlopolitan Museum of photography

2010[Voayages]The Japan Foundation, Leira Portugal, Toluca Mexico.

        [Daegu Photo Biennale] Culture and Art Center, Daegu Korea.

        [Landscape of Ashikaga] Ashikaga Art Museum,Tochigi.

2011[Sigeichi Nagano & Koji Onaka// Ce qui se défait ] PHOTO4 , Paris France.

books

 
1991 [Seitaka Awadachi-sou] Sokyu-sha
1996 [DISTANCE] Mole
2001 [Tokyo Candy Box] Wize Shuppan
2001 [hysteric Five : Onaka Koji] hysteric glamour
2003 [slow boat] Sokyu-sha
2005 [in-between Latvia,Spain] EU-Japan fest Japan Committee
2006 [GRASSHOPPER] Tosei-sha
2007 [DRAGONFLY] Tosei-sha
2008 [slow boat second publish]Schaden.com
2008 [The Dog in France] Sokyu-sha
2008 [1983 Nogata:Echoes of Coal and Steel] Grafica

2011 [Umimachi] Super Labo

award

1992 The 4th Shasin-no-kai prize
2002 The18th Higasikawa new photographer prize
2006 The Photographic Society of Japan new photographer prize