CV

Keiju Kita
Artist / Contemporary Art Investigator

1977 Born in Tama City, Tokyo, Japan 
(Currently lives in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan.)
1996-2000 Graduate, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
2003-2004 Graduate, Visual-Techno Academy, Tokyo, Japan
2012-2016 Graduate, Photography Course, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2018- 2020 Master of Fine Arts, Major: Contemporary art,  Kyoto University of Art and Desing, Kyoto, Japan
2020-          Doctor of Fine Arts, Major: Contemporary art,  Kyoto University of the arts, Kyoto, Japan

Awards and Selections: 
2017
Laboratory Award  – Kyoto University of Art and Design

2016
Selected EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE 2016 - Mt. Rokko International Photography festival

2015  
Honorable Mentions (Fine Art, Abstract / Fine Art, Still Life) –  2015 IPA ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION  
Honorable Mention – PX3 2015 PHOTO COMPETITION  

2014  
Honorable Mention (Fine Art, Abstract) –  2014 IPA ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION  
Finalist – ONWARD Compé 2014  

2013  
Selected –  THE MEMORIAL CONTEST OF ANNUAL DAY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, TOKYO 2013  
Monochrome Award (Free category) and Jury’s Special Award (Challenge category) –  PICTORICO PHOTO CONTEST 2012  

Solo Exhibition:  
2018
"AA+A," Gallery TOSEI, Japan

2016 
“Máni,” Hasselblad Japan Store, Japan 
“Máni,” Gallery TOSEI, Japan 

Group Exhibition:  
2020
"アタラシイアタリマエノカタチ",, Saitama, Japan
"SEE YOU AGAIN," GALERIE MONIKA WERTHEIMER,, Basel, Swizterland

2019
"Lost in Japan," GALERIE MONIKA WERTHEIMER,, Basel, Swizterland

2017
“Beyond the Visibility,“ 1839 Contemporary Gallery,,Taipei, Taiwan
“Graduation Exhibition,” Kyoto University of Art and Design,, Kyoto, Japan 

2014 
“The ONWORD Compé ’14 Exhibition,” Project Basho Gallery, United States  

Publication: 
2020
"LABOLATORIUM 001," GOTO LAB, Japan

2018
"AA+A," TOSEI-SHA, Japan

2016 
“Máni,” TOSEI-SHA, Japan  

Art Fair/Photobook Fair:
2019
"PHOTO BASEL 2019," ,,Basel Swizterland 

2018
"TAIWAN PHOTO FAIR 2018," ,,Taipei, Taiwan
"HK Photobook Fair," ,, Hong Kong, China

2017
"TAIWAN PHOTO FAIR 2017," ,,Taipei, Taiwan
"PHOTO EYE at Young Art Taipei" ,,Taipei, Taiwan
"HK Photobook Fair," ,, Hong Kong, China

2016
"HK Photobook Fair," ,, Hong Kong, China