Biography
Born in a small coal-mine village in 1967,in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, where he lived until 18.
Entered college in kyoto and he studied Latin American affairs. After college performed as a club DJ,
worked as a construction worker and he got a job with a cement manufacturer, worked tunnel construction
sites across the country as a concrete expert.
And he got a Leica and he began photographing the places he worked. After 18 years working,
he quit his job and photographed countries and regions wandering around the world. He now works
as a freelance photographer as same time as farmer and lumberjack, based in Yamaguchi.
exhibition and activity
indivisual
2006 | SEIZEN IEI(WOULD-BE FUNERAL PORTRAITS) at Yamayama-do,Nagoya,Japan |
2007 | KEMURI NI MAKARERU ROUNYAKU-NANNYO(PEOPLE HAZED IN SMOKE)at Sottakudouji,Gifu,Japan |
2007 | OTONA NO ONNA(MATURE WOMEN) at Yamayama-do,Nagoya,Japan |
2008 | TOKYO DINING at Bentobar,Milan,Italy |
2009 | JUNKU NISHIMURA EXHIBITION '09 at Yamayama-do,Nagoya,Japan |
2009 | TAIYO TO TUKI NI SOMUITE(TOTAL ECLIPSE) at Sottakudouji,Gifu,Japan |
2010 | BARCELONA 11TH PHOTOGRAGH FORUM[slide show/contest judge],Can Baste Barcelona,Spain |
2011 | MEET JUNKU at IPA gallery in Singapore |
2011 | Junku Exposição at Japonique,São Paulo,Brasil |
2011 | TSUNAMI,IF I HAD WINGS at São Carlos University,Brasil |
2011 | Junku Exposições at São Paulo University,Brasil |
2011 | SO FAR,SO CLOSE(with Alfonso de Castro) at CAN BASTE,Barcelona,Spain |
2011 | slide show and lecture at photography class in Barcelona university,Barcelona,Spain |
2012 | INVISIBLE PHOTOGRAPHER ASIA WORKSHOP at Hansar Hotel,Bangkok,Thailand |
2012 | ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP,Kyoto |
2013 | IF I HAD WINGS at YAMAYAMADO,Nagoya |
2013 | IPA workshop at IPA Gallery,Singapore |
2013 | IPA CAMP MANILA workshop and slideshow,Pioneer Studio,Manila,Philippine |
2013 | IF I HAD WINGS at Gallery Maggot,Osaka |
2014 | stranger in paradise (with Kazunori Ohki) at Gallery Maggot,Osaka |
2014 | stranger in paradise (with Kazunori Ohki) at Yamayamado,Nagoya |
2014 | Junku Nishimura (with Tatsuo Suzuki) at Optika audiovisual festival,Gijon,Spain |
2015 | SWEAT HOME OSAKA at Gallery Maggot,Osaka |
2015 | Unlike Memories at in-between gallery,Paris,France |
2016 | KYONGSANDONG at K-Base,Osaka |
2016 | ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP, Kyoto,Japan |
2017 | wearethestreet workshop at Leica store,Seoul,South Korea |
2017 | Burn My Eye workshop Taipei,Taiwan |
2018 | mixed culture town at Kawanoya,Tajimi,Gifu,Japan |
2018 | mixed culture town at Yamaguchi city hall, Yamaguchi,Japan |
2018 | night peel off people'mask at necco,Nagoya,Japan |
2018 | IF I HAD WINGS 名古屋市 at Sotoborishokudo&NICO,Nagoya,Japan |
group
2008 | ARLES PHOTO FESTIVAL [Street Pulse slide show],Arles,France |
2010 | NOVOSIBIRSK INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL,Novosibirsk State Art Museum,Russia |
2011 | IMAGE OF TOHOKU at Zen Photo Gallery.Tokyo,Japan |
2011 | DYAPORAMA / TSUNAMI, IF I HAD WINGS [slide show] at Li-Po,Tokyo,Japan |
2011 | IPA gallery opening exhibition at IPA,Singapore |
2011 | IMAGE OF TOHOKU,TOKYO PHOTO 2011,Tokyo midtown hall, Tokyo,Japan |
2012 | IMAGE OF TOHOKU at Brunei Gallery,SOAS university of London,UK |
2012 | INSTANTES PRIVADES at FNAC,Madrid and other 5cities,Spain |
2012 | FACE at AREZZO&FOTOGRAFIA2012,Italy |
2014 | Burn My Eye video show at Map Festival,Toulouse,France |
2014 | Burn My Eye collective at Brighton Photo Biennial,Brighton,UK |
2014 | Street Parade/Burn My Eye collective at Paris Photo.Paris,France |
2014 | Invisible Photographer Asia Slide Show at Angkor Photo Festival,Siem Reap,Combodia |
2014 | STREET at Gulf Photo Plus,Dubai,UAE |
2015 | Photoquai at Quai Branly musee,Paris,France |
2015 | PHOTO DOC at La Bellevilloise,Paris,France |
2015 | PHOTO DOC at GalerieHuit,Arle photo festival,Arle,France |
2016 | Takara Bune at in in-between gallery,Paris,France |
2016 | NIGHT at Russia state museum of oriental art,Moscow,Russia |
2017 | CHRONOTOPE at studio e gallery,Seattle,USA |
2017 | Takara Bune at ZÜRCHER gallery,NYC,USA |
2017 | WEARETHESTREET at Leica store,Seoul,South Korea |
2017 | Tua-Tiu-Tiann international art festival at Le Zinc,Taipei,Taiwan |
2018 | a small look into Japan at in-between gallery,Paris,France |
interview
INVISIBLE PHOTOGRAPHER
THE LEICA CAMERA BLOG
FLICKR
FLICKR GERMAN
JOTDOWN CULTURA MAGAZINE
ONTOSHIKI PHOTOGRAPHY
JAPAN CAMERA HUNTER
ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
HESO MAGAZINE
VISIONS interviewed by Alfonso De Castro
Alex Coghe Photography
THE LEICA CAMERA BLOG
FLICKR
FLICKR GERMAN
JOTDOWN CULTURA MAGAZINE
ONTOSHIKI PHOTOGRAPHY
JAPAN CAMERA HUNTER
ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
HESO MAGAZINE
VISIONS interviewed by Alfonso De Castro
Alex Coghe Photography