Mao ISHIKAWA
1953 born in Ogimison, Okinawa
1974 participated in workshops by Shomei Tomatsu
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
A Port Town Elegy Foto Space Reago, Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki Part1, 2, 3 & 4 Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
2016
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki Part1&2, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki Part1, 2, & 3, Nago, Okinawa, Japan
2015
A Port Town Elegy, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki, Ise Culture Center, Mie, Japan
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki Part 1 & 2, Nakano Zero Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Morika’s Dreams, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Dai–Ryukyu shashin emaki, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa and various venue, Japan
2013
Photographer Mao Ishikawa, snapping Okinawa, YOKOHAMA CIVIC ART GALLERY Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan
The manners of photography #003, nap gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Fences, Fuck You!!, AKARA GALLERY, Okinawa, Japan
A Port Town Elegy, photographers' gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011
FENCES, OKINAWA, Gallery M&A, Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa Soul, YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART, Kanagawa, Japan
2010
Okinawa Soul, EAST GALLERY, London, U.K
FENCES, OKINAWAⅡ, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
LIFE IN PHILLY, Gallery Lafayette, Okinawa
Self-Portrait, The Cell Phone Diary, Gallery Tsuchi, Okinawa, Japan
Self-Portrait, The Cell Phone Diary/ Here’s What the Japanese Flag means to Me, TOKIO Out of Place, Tokyo, Japan
LIFE IN PHILLY/ Hot Days in Camp Hansen, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2009
FENCES, OKINAWA, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
Laugh it off!, TOKIO Out of Place, Tokyo, Japan
Here’s What the Japanese Flag means to Me, Gallery Maki, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Laugh it off!, Gallery Out of Place, Nara, Nara
Opened Gate, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
2006
Okinawa Soul, Cornell University, NY, USA
1999
Here's What the Japanese Flag Means to Me, Hannan Chuo Hospital, Osaka and various venue, Japan
1998
Mega-Float in Okinawa, various venues in Japan
1996
United States Forces in Okinawa, various venues in Japan
1995
Japan Self Defence Forces in Okinawa, various venues in Japan
1993
IKUSAYU Okinawa 47th Summer, various YMCAs, Japan
1991
Sachiko Nakada’s Traveling Company, Riubou Hall, Okinawa, Japan
1990
A Port Town Elegy, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
1989
Philippine, Naha Civic Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
1987
LIFE IN PHILY, MINOLTA PHOTO SPACE, Tokyo, Japan
1977
Kin–Town Women, MINOLTA PHOTO SPACE, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art:Collection 2016 Part 3, Yokohama, Japan
2013
All You Need is Love, MORI ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
Today’s Photography in Asia – the memorial for Shomei Tomatsu, Civic gallery in Okinawa Prefetural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
2012
Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2009
Into the Atomic Sunshine: Post-War Art under Japanese Peace Constitutuin Article 9, Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
When I love you and when I hate you, Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
2008
Okinawa Prismed 1872–2008, The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2007
The Trace of Okinawa Culture 1872-2007, Okinawa Prefetural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
2004
The Perpetual Moment –Visions from within Okinawa and Korea, MoMA PS1, NY
2003
A Triangle of Records and Memories: Korea, Koreans in Japan, and Okinawa Through 10 Photographic Eyes, Okinawa, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, and South Korea
KEEP IN TOUCH: POSITIONS IN JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPY, Grazer Stadtmuseum, Graz, Austria
1998
An Incomplete History/ Women Photographers from Japan 1864-1997, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, japan
Publications
2017
Red Flower The Women of Okinawa, Session Press, USA
2015
A Port Town Elegy, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Japan
2014
Morika, Miraisha, Japan
2013
Hot Days in Okinawa, FOIL, Japan
2012
Here's What the Japanese Flag Means to Me, Miraisya, Japan
2011
FENCES, OKINAWA, Miraisha, Japan
2010
LIFE IN PHILLY, Gallery OUT of PLACE/ ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Japan
2006
The island is shaken, joint work, KOUBUNKEN, Japan
2002
Okinawa Soul, Ota Publication, Japan
1998
Mega-Floats in Okinawa, KOUBUNKEN, Japan
1996
United states Forces in Okinawa, co-written, KOUBUNKEN, Japan
1995
Japan Self Defence Forces in Okinawa, KOUBUNKEN, Japan
1991
Sachiko Nakada’s Traveling Company, Self-published
1990
A Port Town Elegy, self-published
1989
Philippines, Self-published
1982
Hot Days in Camp Hansen, Aman Publication, Japan
Awards
2011 Annual Award for Professional Photographers/ Photo City Sagamihara
1999 Modern Weekly Documentary Photography Award Semi Grand-Prix
1995 Okinawa Times Art Award
Peace and Cooperative Journalist Fund of Japan Award
1977 Minolta Amateur Photography Award Grad-Prix
Public Collections
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan
NAGO MUSEUM, Okinawa, Japan
YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART, Kanagawa, Japan
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan