Tokuko USHIODA
潮田登久子
Born in Tokyo, Japan. Tokuko Ushioda studied under Kiyoji Otsuji at Kuwasawa Design School and graduated in 1963. She taught at Kuwasawa Design School and Tokyo Zokei University from 1966 to 1978. She has worked as a freelance photographer since 1975. In 2018 her Bibliotheca series won the Domon Ken Award, the Photographic Society of Japan’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Higashikawa International Photo Festival’s Domestic Photographer Award. Other representative works include ICE BOX, in which she photographed the contents of various families’ refrigerators. In 2019 she won the Kuwasawa Special Award.
©Tokuko Ushioda, courtesy of PGI
Chronology
1940 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1963 Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School
1963 Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School
Publications
2022 My husband, torch press
2017 BIBLIOTHECA, Genkishobou
My Teacher’s Atelier, Genkishobou
2016 Misuzu, Genkishobou
2004 HATS, Parol
1996 ICE BOX, Beebooks
1986 Chinese People, Self-published
2017 BIBLIOTHECA, Genkishobou
My Teacher’s Atelier, Genkishobou
2016 Misuzu, Genkishobou
2004 HATS, Parol
1996 ICE BOX, Beebooks
1986 Chinese People, Self-published
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Lifelong Learning , Azamino Photo Annual, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Yokohama
2022 Past Winners Exhibition, The Higashikawa Awards , Town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido
My Husband , book obscura, Tokyo
From S tudent to Master: Tokuko Ushioda and Her Teachers , Alison Bradley Projects, NY
My Husband , Seikosha, Kyoto
My Husband , blackbird books, Osaka
My Husband , PGI, Tokyo
2018 Domon Ken Award Winner’s Exhibition, BIBLIOTHECA , Ken Domon Museum of Photography (Yamagata)
Domon Ken Award Winner’s Exhibition , BIBLIOTHECA , The Gallery, Nikon Plaza (Shinjuku, Osaka)
2017 BIBLIOTHECA , PGI, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , Galerie 412, Tokyo
2010 BIBLIOTHECA , Morioka Shoten, Tokyo
2009 ICE BOX , CAFÉ UNIZON, Okinawa
2008 ICE BOX , Port Gallery T, Osaka
2006 BIBLIOTHECA , Imbrie Hall Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo
2004 Bookmart , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2003 BIBLIOTHECA , Waseda University Library, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , The 5th Library Fair at Tokyo International Forum
2002 Seika/Sacred Song , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2001 HATS , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
1999 ICE BOX , Setagaya Lifestyle Design Center, Tokyo
1998 ICE BOX , Art Gallery Artium, Tokyo
1994 HATS , Gallery MOLE, Tokyo
1992 ICE BOX , Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo
1989 Seikatsu/ LIFE , Film Round Gallery, Tokyo
1976 Hohoemi no tejo/Smile was handcuffed , Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2022 Past Winners Exhibition, The Higashikawa Awards , Town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido
My Husband , book obscura, Tokyo
From S tudent to Master: Tokuko Ushioda and Her Teachers , Alison Bradley Projects, NY
My Husband , Seikosha, Kyoto
My Husband , blackbird books, Osaka
My Husband , PGI, Tokyo
2018 Domon Ken Award Winner’s Exhibition, BIBLIOTHECA , Ken Domon Museum of Photography (Yamagata)
Domon Ken Award Winner’s Exhibition , BIBLIOTHECA , The Gallery, Nikon Plaza (Shinjuku, Osaka)
2017 BIBLIOTHECA , PGI, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , Galerie 412, Tokyo
2010 BIBLIOTHECA , Morioka Shoten, Tokyo
2009 ICE BOX , CAFÉ UNIZON, Okinawa
2008 ICE BOX , Port Gallery T, Osaka
2006 BIBLIOTHECA , Imbrie Hall Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo
2004 Bookmart , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2003 BIBLIOTHECA , Waseda University Library, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
BIBLIOTHECA , The 5th Library Fair at Tokyo International Forum
2002 Seika/Sacred Song , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2001 HATS , Contemporary Photo Gallery, Tokyo
1999 ICE BOX , Setagaya Lifestyle Design Center, Tokyo
1998 ICE BOX , Art Gallery Artium, Tokyo
1994 HATS , Gallery MOLE, Tokyo
1992 ICE BOX , Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo
1989 Seikatsu/ LIFE , Film Round Gallery, Tokyo
1976 Hohoemi no tejo/Smile was handcuffed , Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 BUTSUDORI The Photographic Expression of “Objects”, Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga
2024 Life that unfolds, JAPAN HOUSE SÃO PAULO, Brazil
Ice Box + My Husband, From Our Windows, Supported by KERING’S Women In Motion, Kyotographie, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto
Absolute Chairs. TheMuseum of Modern Art, Saitama
Artists Along the Railway Lines: The Odakyu Line, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
2021 Anneke Hymmen & Kumi Hiroi, Tokuko Ushioda, Mari Katayama, Maiko Haruki, Mayumi
Hosokura, and Your Perspectives , Shiseido Gallery, tokyo
2019 A Bright Home , Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2018 The Higashikawa Award s , Award Winning Exhibition , Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido
The Photographic Society of Japan Award s , Winner’s Exhibition , Fujifilm Square, Tokyo
A Moveable Feast , Xian Memories Museum, Xian, China
2016 Dislocations , Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
2015 The Kaji House , Hayama, Kanagawa
2012 Reinventing Tokyo , Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2008 China/Bibliotheca/Manga , Lee Ka-sing Gallery, Toront, Canada
2004 Maho-chan-chi (Mah o-chan’s Love l y Home ) , Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
1995 Tokyo/City of Photo , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1989 6・ un・ expressionism , FROG, Tokyo
1982 China Life Report , Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
1981 Jinwa Jinmin kosha , OWL, Tokyo
2024 Life that unfolds, JAPAN HOUSE SÃO PAULO, Brazil
Ice Box + My Husband, From Our Windows, Supported by KERING’S Women In Motion, Kyotographie, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto
Absolute Chairs. TheMuseum of Modern Art, Saitama
Artists Along the Railway Lines: The Odakyu Line, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
2021 Anneke Hymmen & Kumi Hiroi, Tokuko Ushioda, Mari Katayama, Maiko Haruki, Mayumi
Hosokura, and Your Perspectives , Shiseido Gallery, tokyo
2019 A Bright Home , Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2018 The Higashikawa Award s , Award Winning Exhibition , Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido
The Photographic Society of Japan Award s , Winner’s Exhibition , Fujifilm Square, Tokyo
A Moveable Feast , Xian Memories Museum, Xian, China
2016 Dislocations , Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
2015 The Kaji House , Hayama, Kanagawa
2012 Reinventing Tokyo , Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2008 China/Bibliotheca/Manga , Lee Ka-sing Gallery, Toront, Canada
2004 Maho-chan-chi (Mah o-chan’s Love l y Home ) , Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
1995 Tokyo/City of Photo , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1989 6・ un・ expressionism , FROG, Tokyo
1982 China Life Report , Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
1981 Jinwa Jinmin kosha , OWL, Tokyo
Awards
2019 Kuwasawa Special Award
2018 The 37th Domon Ken Award
Lifetime Achievement Award, Photographic Society of Japan Awards
Domestic Photographer Award, The 34th Higashikawa Awards
2018 The 37th Domon Ken Award
Lifetime Achievement Award, Photographic Society of Japan Awards
Domestic Photographer Award, The 34th Higashikawa Awards
Collections
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
National museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan
Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
National museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata, Japan
Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan
