RIKA NOGUCHI

   
       

1971

Born in Saitama, Japan

   
 

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

   
       

2005

Stayed in Germany and East Africa on a fellowship from Pola Art Foundation

   

1999

Stayed in Amsterdam as a guest artist at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunstverein (1999/2000)

   

1998

Stayed in New York on a fellowship from Asian Cultural Council

   

1996

Participated in the fourth artist-in-residence program in Hinode-cho, Tokyo, Japan

   

1995

Took a graduate course in Film/Image Art, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

   

1994

Graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

   
       
 

www.noguchirika.com

   
       
       
 

SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)

   

2017

At The Bottom Of The Sea, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

   

2016

To The Night Planet, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany

   

2015

A Town Of The Birds, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

To The Night Planet, Canon gallery S, Tokyo, Japan

   

2014

My Father's Album / Small Miracle, Gallery916, Tokyo, Japan

   

2013

A Man And Some Birds, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany

   

2011

Light Reaching The Future, Izu Photo Museum, Shizuoka, Japan(-2012)

   

2009

The Sun, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA

   

2007

Marabu–The Sun, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

The Sun, Mongin Art Center, Seoul, South Korea

   

2006

Color Of The Planet, daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany

   

2005

I Dreamt Of Flying, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA

   

2004

I Dreamt Of Flying: Noguchi Rika, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Somebodies: Noguchi Rika, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

   

2003

Noguchi Rika, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria (–2004)

   
 

Rocket Hill, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA

   

2002

Catching Water, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

   

2001

Mimoca’s Eye Vol.1: Noguchi Rika. A Feeling Of Something Happening, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan

   
 

Did He Reach The Moon?, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA

   
 

Noguchi Rika: Did He Reach The Moon?, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

   

1999

Noguchi Rika, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

   

1998

Seeing Birds, Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany

   

1997

A Prime, P3 art and environment, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Seeing Birds, Higashikawa Art Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan

   

1996

Record of Creation, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan

   

1995

To Dive, Gallery Rafu, Saitama, Japan

   
       
       
 

GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)

   

2018

Superposition: Art Of Equilibrium And Engagement, The 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018), Sydney, Australia

   
 

Floating World, Ruya Shop, Bagdad, Iraq

   
 

Foever (and again), Izu photo museum, Shizuoka, Japan

   

2016

Saitama Triennale 2016: Envisioning The Future!, Musashi-Urawa Station area and etc. Saitama, Japan

   

2014

The Hara Museum Collection at 35, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Collection Exhibition Ⅱ, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

   
 

Non-Profit & Profit, Spazio A & Uscita Pistoia, Italy

   
 

Exhibition of the 30th Higashikawa Award Winners, Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan

   
 

MOMAT Collection, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

   

2013

Selection of the works from SAF Art Space, Al Mureijah, Sharjah, UAE

   
 

Re-encounters, Izu photo museum, Shizuoka, Japan

   
 

On This Planet, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan

   
 

Re: Quest - Japanese Contemporary Art Since The 1970s, Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

   
 

National Universitu, Seoul

   
 

Welcom To The Small World!, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan

   

2012

Gelatin Silver Session 2012, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

The Living Years, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (-2015)

   

2011

Drift - An Exploration Of Urban & Suburban Landscapes, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

   
 

Yokohama Triennale 2011: Our Magic Hour – How Much Of The World Can We Know?, The Yokohama Museum of Art/NYK Waterfront Warehouse (BankART Studio NYK), Yokohama, Japan

   
 

Documented, Doubted, and Imagined Realities. Contemporary Photography from Japan and Taiwan, Yi&C. Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan

   
 

Visions of Fuji: A Portrait Of The Japanese People As Seen Through Mt. Fuji, Izu Photo Museum, Shizuoka, Japan

   
 

Still And Sparkling, Gazelli Art House, London, UK

   

2010

Negotiation–Today’s Documents 2010, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

   

2009

Young Ladies, Old Chaps, and Some Thai Friends, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, Italy

   
 

The Light: Matsumoto Yoko/Noguchi Rika, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

The Camera Show, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

   

2008

Asian Dub Photography, Fonddazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (–2009)

   
 

55th Carnegie International: Life On Mars, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (–2009)

   

2007

Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (–2008)/La Collection Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico (2008)

   
 

Rising Sun, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de San Benito, Valladolid, Spain/Caja San Fernando, Sevilla, Spain

   
 

Sharjah Biennial 8, Still Life: Art, Ecology & The Politics of Change, Sharjah Art Museum/Expocentre Sharjah, UAE

   
 

The Door Into Summer–The Age Of Micropop, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

   

2006

Les Peintres de la vie Moderne: Donation – Collection Photographique de la Caisse des Dépôts, The Centre National d’art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (–2007)

   
 

DIC Special Exhibition 2006–Color Of 10, DIC Color Square, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

PHOTOESPAÑA 2006–Naturaleza: Experiencia, Museo San Roman, Toledo, Spain

   

2005

Takeo Paper Show 2005 [COLOR+S], Spiral Garden & Hall, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Cruising Landscapes, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan

   

2004

Commonscapes: Photography Today, Views Of The Everyday, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan

   

2003

Spread In Prato 2003, Dryphoto arte contemporanea, Prato, Italy

   
 

Time After Time: Asia And Our Moment, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA

   
 

Going 1992–2002: Guardian Garden `3.3m2 Exhibition’, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan

   

2002

Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery/The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan (–2003)

   
 

Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (–2003)/Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (2003–2004)

   
 

Emotional Site, Shokuryo Building, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

New Cosmos of Photography by Canon, 10th Anniversary exhibition-Futuring Power, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Photography Today 2–[sa´it] site/sight, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Under Construction/Fantasia, East Modern Art Centre, Beijing, China

   

2001

The Standard, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (currently Benesse Art Site Naoshima), Kagawa, Japan

   
 

Facts of Life: Contemporary Japanese Art, Hayward Gallery, London, UK

   
 

ficçào/fotografias e vídeos na coleçào da caisse des dépôts, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   

2000

Japan Medium Light, Montevideo, Amsterdam, Uruguay/Netherlands

   
 

Sensitive, Printemps de Cahors, Lot, France

   

1999

Neuland, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

   
 

Private Room II: Photographs By A New Generation Of Women In Japan

   
 

Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

   

1998

GEL, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA

   
 

Kareidosukopu: 90 Nendai no Joseishashinkatachi [Kaleidoscope: Female Photographers in the 90’s], Shinjuku Park Tower, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

Tokyo Fashion Story, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

The Special Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the Guardian Garden, Gardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan

   

1997

Photography Tower, Higashikawa-cho Cultural Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan

   
 

The 5th New Cosmos Of Photography By Canon, Gallery Raku, Kyoto, Japan

   

1996

The 5th New Cosmos Of Photography By Canon, P3 and environment, Tokyo, Japan

   
 

For Your Vision, Morris Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

   

1995

The 1st Young Portfolio Exhibition, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan

   
 

The 5th 3.3m2 Exhibition, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan (–1996)