Chikara Komura
Biography
2006-2020 has attended the field seminar (lecturer, Atsushi Sato) at Yotsuya Shasin Juju.
Select Recent Shows
2007-2020 Portrait Gallery, Yotsuya Shasinjuku Group Exhibition
2014, 2016, 2019 RAIEC Tokyo Satellite Portfolio Exhibition，
2016.5.24-29 Solo Photo Exhibition ‘Flowers in the Sea’ at Roonee 247 Photography. Yotsuya, Tokyo
Select Awards
2013 Selected in 38th JPS for ”Tokorozawa”
2013, 2015, 2018 Mt. ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL Photo Review, selected.
2015 Nominated for Award of Excellence in 40th JPS for "Murmur of Stones”
2020 Art Expo New York, nominated as Finalist for ‘Agave in the Sea’ which should be exhibited in New York in November 2021
2020 September 17-November 14, Texas Photographic Society’s exhibition, 33rd Annual Members-Only Show, juried by Bill Wright
Honorable Mention Award, for ‘Hydrangea in the Sea’
Exhibited at Bill and Alice Wright Photo Gallery, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX.
Select Publications
2012 ASAHI CAMERA Nominated for the Second prize by Hiroh Kikai with “Red Juban Kimono”
2016 ‘Flowers in the Sea’, PhotoCon, pp.164-6.
2016 May Photo Book, ‘Flowers in the Sea’, Tokorozawa Photo Studio, available at Amazon, Japan
2020 April/May SPOTLIGHT Contemporary Art Magazine #19 pp. 62-63, 'Agave in the Sea’ & ‘Toritoma in the Sea’
Instagram: chikara_landscape
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Statement:
Photography is an expression of the real world, seen through my filter.
I work with several projects of which two project statements are:
Flowers in the Sea. Flowers exhibit beauty as if they flow in the sea against the indigo blue sky in the evening. Beauty is ephemeral and radiant beauty is expressed in a moment. Flowers turn to seeds and transcend themselves to the next generation. Metempsychosis of flowers might trigger our fantasy towards the old home of creatures.
Murmur of Stones. Stones at the seashore were formed after 4.6 billion years history of the Earth. Reflecting its long history, they sometimes look erotic and welcome me. Through communication with stones, I feel like touching the body of the Earth and realize the place where I go back after my life. What I take is the various looks of stones reflecting the long history of the Earth.
