Hiromix

Hiromix
Born
Hiromi Toshikawa

1976 (age 47–48)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forphotographer and artist
Notable workGirls Blue, Japanese Beauty, Hiromix

Hiromi Toshikawa (利川 裕美, Toshikawa Hiromi, born 1976),[1] better known as Hiromix (ヒロミックス, Hiromikkusu), is a Japanese photographer and artist.[2]

Biography[edit]

Hiromix won the 11th New Cosmos of Photography (写真新世紀, Shashin Shin-seiki) award in March 1995.[3] She was nominated by Nobuyoshi Araki for a series of photographs called Seventeen Girl Days.[4] Her photographs depicted life from a teenager's perspective.[5] She was also a judge for the Cosmos of Photography contest from 2011 to 2015.

In 1996, Hiromix published her first book Girls Blue.[6] She became known in the West with her book Hiromix, edited by the French photography critic Patrick Remy and published by Steidl in 1998.[7] In 2000, she was awarded the Kimura Ihei Award for her book Hiromix Works. She has published several other photography books that are concerned with identity, community, gender and the everyday.

As a former member of the Japanese band The Clovers, Hiromix also released a music album and continues[when?] to work as a DJ. She briefly appeared in a TV commercial for an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Jazz.[8] The German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans photographed her in 1997.[9] She also has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola.[10] She photographed for fashion brand Kenzo's pre-fall collection in 2016.[11]

Exhibitions[edit]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

  • Start of Spring, Radiance of the Heart, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo (2009)[citation needed]
  • St. Valentin Special | Room of Love, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo (2010)[citation needed]
  • The Wonder of Love and Time, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo (2015)[citation needed]

Group exhibitions[edit]

[4][better source needed]

  • Superflat Exhibition, Tokyo (1999)[vague]
  • Gazes that Define the Era: 30 Years of the Kimura Ihei Award 1975–2005, Kawasaki City Museum, Tokyo (2005)
  • Shoot (Rizzoli, U.S.), Parco Gallery, Tokyo (2009)
  • A Room in Which To Contemplate Love, No Man's Land, Tokyo (2009)
  • 40 Years of the Kimura Ihei Award, 1975–2015, Kawasaki Museum, Tokyo (2015)
  • Takashi Murakami Collection, Tokyo and other cities (2016)

Books[edit]

  • Girl's Blue (1996)
  • Japanese Beauty (1997)
  • Hikari (1997)
  • Hiromix Paris (1998)
  • Hiromix (1998)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Hiromix: the last book". www.photoarts.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ Shoji, Kaori (16 January 1999). "Young Women Behind the Camera Craze in Tokyo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Canon page.
  4. ^ a b Inc., Canon. "Hiromix 'Seventeen Girl Days' | 1995 Grand Prize winning work | Canon New Cosmos of Photography". Canon Global. Retrieved 4 April 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Bornoff, Nicholas (1999). "Figures in the Landscape." In: Brittain, David (ed.), Creative camera: thirty years of writing, Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 272.
  6. ^ "Real People: Interview – Hiromix: Portrait of the artist as a little". 31 January 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. ^ Remy, Patrick (1998). Hiromix. Göttingen: Steidl.
  8. ^ DrDejvu (8 February 2008). "YSL Jazz Live – 1990's UK Advert". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Tillmans, Wolfgang (2003). If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters, London: Tate Publishing, p. 142.
  10. ^ https://black-harpoon.medium.com/lost-in-translation-filming-locations-daikanyama-air-and-nakameguro-453f56f37c7f
  11. ^ "Kenzo Clothing | Men, Women & Kids collections". www.kenzo.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

External links[edit]

  • Ono, Philbert. "Hiromix". Profile at PhotoGuide Japan.
  • Romano, Gianni. "Hiromix". PhotoArts Journal.
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