ARTISTS
NOGUCHI Rika
Born in 1971 in Omiya (current Saitama), Saitama prefecture. Currently lives and works in Naha, Okinawa. Noguchi graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art at Nihon University in 1994. She began producing photographic works while a student at university. Noguchi is celebrated both in Japan and abroad for her richly poetic photographs characterized by a luminous color palette, unique perspectives that chart a course between the microscopic and the macrocosmic, and choices of subjects that evoke primal human mysteries. Her work transcends the field of photography and has been showcased in many international exhibitions of contemporary art.
Her major solo shows include: “Small Miracles”, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2022); “Light Reaching the Future”, IZU PHOTO MUSEUM, Shizuoka (2011); “The Sun”, Mongin Art Center, Seoul (2007); “Color of the Planet”, DAAD Gallery, Berlin (2006); “Somebodies: Noguchi Rika”, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2004) and “I Dreamt of Flying: Noguchi Rika”, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2004). Her Major group shows include: “Overlapping Circles”, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Chiba (2020); Biennale of Sydney (2018); Saitama Triennale (2016); “The Living Years”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2012); Yokohama Triennale 2011, The Yokohama Museum of Art / NYK Waterfront Warehouse, Yokohama (2011); “The Light: MATSUMOTO Yoko / NOGUCHI Rika”, The National Art Center, Tokyo (2009); 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2008); Sharjah Biennial 8, Sharjah Art Museum / Expocentre Sharjah (2007); “The Door into Summer―The Age of Micropop”, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki (2007); PHOTOESPAÑA 2006, Museo San Roman, Toledo (2006); “Commonscapes: Photography Today, Views of the Everyday”, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan (2004); “Moving Pictures”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2002) / Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2003); “Photography Today 2―[sa´it] site/sight”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2002); “Facts of Life: Contemporary Japanese Art”, Hayward Gallery, London (2001) and “The Standard”, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (currently Benesse Art Site Naoshima), Kagawa (2001).
