Contemporary Photography by Japanese artist Yoshida Kimiko

YOSHIDA KIMIKO (Japanese, b. 1963)
The Berber Bride, Morocoo, early XXth century; self-portrait
C-print, Diasec; aluminum mounted
Signed, titled and dated to artist's label verso
Edition 2/10
Size: 47.25 x 47.25 in.
Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. Feeling oppressed as a woman, she left Japan in 1995 and moved to France to pursue her artistic ambitions. She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles and the Studio National des Arts Contemporains in "Le Fresnoy".
Her work revolves around feminine identity and the transformative power of art. In her series of "intangible self-portraits" which can be read as a quest for the hybridization of cultures, for the transformation of the being, and perhaps even as a deletion of identities. The metamorphosis of her own identity into a multiplicity of identifications expresses the fading of uniqueness, the "deconstruction" of the self. For her self-portraits, Yoshida received the International Photography Award in 2005. She continues to exhibit worldwide, and her work is found in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museum of Houston, the Israel Museum, the Kawasaki City Museum, and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.