CONTACTS
POLKA GALERIE
Adelie Genester de Ipanema (Director)
12, rue Saint-Gilles, 75003 Paris, France
T +33 1 76 21 41 31
contact@polkagalerie.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 · âSlightly elsewhereâ, Polka Galerie, Paris , France
2024 · âVanishing existenceâ, MusĂ©e Cernuschi, Paris, France
2019 · âIbasyoâ, Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan
2018 · âIbasyo book projectâ, Tokyo Institute of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2018 · âIbasyo book projectâ, Mirage Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2017 · âRhapsody in the darkâ, Festival Photoreporter, Saint-Brieuc, France
2016 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Polka Galerie, Paris , France
2016 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris , France
2016 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Espace Kuu, Tokyo, Japan
2016 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Kobe, Japan
2015 · âAlmost Paradiseâ, Only Photography, Berlin, Germany
2015 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Photo Antalya, Antalya, Turkey
2013 · âSurviving for existence, Abkhaziaâ, Festival Photoreporter, Saint-Brieuc, France
2011 · âIbasyoâ, Kunsthal museum, Rotterdam, Holland
2011 · âAny given dayâ, Chobimela, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010 · âResistance -Darfur Conflict-â, Festiwal Fotodocumentu, Poznan, Poland
2010 · âChanceâ, Festiwal Fotodocumentu, Poznan, Poland
2009 · âIbasyoâ, Noorderlicht, Groningen, Holland
2009 · âVanishing Existenceâ, Chobimela V, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2008 · âRebels on the edgeâ, TOPS CHINA, Shenyang, China
2006 · âResistance -Darfur Conflict-â, FCCT, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 · âResistance -Darfur Conflict-â, Shinjuku NIKON Salon, Tokyo, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 · âblue affairâ, World Press Photo Exhibition Global Tour
2022 · âPhotobooks. Art page by pageâ, Grassi Museum, Leipzig ,Germany
2021 · âblue affairâ, Hong Kong International Photo Festival
2020 · âVeritiges des joursâ, Polka Galerie, Paris, France
2019 · âMagnum Live Labâ, Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan
2018 · âTerres des Ălesâ, Polka Galerie, Paris, France
2017 · âSHOWCASEâ, Bavaria State Library, Munich, Germany
2016 · âFragments/Fukushimaâ, Med Photo Fest, Catania, Italy
2015 · â100 years of Leica Photographyâ, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2015 · âEmergingâ, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angels, USA
2014 · â100 years of Leica Photographyâ, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
2011 · âKosuke Okahara et Jehsong Baakâ, Galerie KJB, Paris, France
2011 · âVanishing existenceâ, Polka Galerie, Paris, France
2011 · âIbasyoâ, Photo Quai, MusĂ©e du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2010 · âIbasyoâ, Orange International Photography Festival, Changsha, China
2010 · âIbasyoâ, Fotografia, Rome , Italy
2010 · âVanishing Existenceâ, Gallery 21, Tokyo, Japan
2009 · âChanceâ, POLKA Galerie, Paris, France
2009 · âIbasyoâ, 10th Photo Gathering, Aleppo, Syria
2009 · âIbasyoâ, Sony World Photography Award, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA
2009 · âAlmost Paradiseâ, Editorsâ Choice, Ricoh Ring Cube, Tokyo, Japan
2009 · âVanishing Existenceâ, Prix Kodak de la Critique Photographique, Paris, France
2006 · âResistance -Darfur Conflict-â, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2005 · âResistance -Darfur Conflict-â, Kyusan University Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Bavarian state library, Munich, Germany
F11 Foto Museum, Hong Kong
Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
Kiyosato Photo Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 · Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation Travel Grant
2024 · Japan Artists Association Production Grant
2022 · World Press Photo â Asia, Open format category
2021 · 16th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Best Comtemporary Experimental Short
2021 · 20th Las Palmas de Grand Canaria International Film Festival, Juryâs Special Mention,
2017 · Saint-Brieuc Festival Grant
2014 · Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award
2013 · Saint-Brieuc Festival Grant
2012 · Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography
2012 · European Publishers Award Finalist
2010 · W.Eugene Smith Fellowship
2009 · World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass
2009 · Sony World Photography Awards, Contemporary Issue, 2nd place
2009 · PDNâs 30
2009 · Young Reporterâs Award Nominee, Visa Pour lâImage
2009 · 2nd place, Best Published Picture Story category, NPPA
2009 · 2nd place, Non-Traditional Photojournalism Publishing category, NPPA
2008 · Prix Kodak, Special mention
2008 · Overseas Training Grant, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
2007 · Young Reporterâs Award Nominee, Visa Pour lâImage
2007 · 3rd place, Freature Photo Gallery, NPPA
2005 · Ueno Hikoma Award
ART FAIRS
2025 · âParis Photoâ, Polka Galerie
2022 · âParis Photoâ, Polka Galerie
2021 · âParis Photoâ, Polka Galerie
2019 · âParis Photoâ, Only Photography
2019 · âAIPADâ, Only Photography
2018 · âAIPADâ, Only Photography
2017 · âParis Photoâ, Only Photography
2017 · âAIPADâ, Only Photography
2016 · âAIPADâ, Only Photography
2015 · âParis Photoâ, Only Photography
2010 · âTokyo Photoâ, Gallery 21
FILM FESTIVALS
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, International competition, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, International competition, Sapporo International Short Film Festival
2021 · âblue affairâ, Les Nuits Photo
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, Short film competition, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, Court Câest Courtl
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, Experimental film competition, Bueu International Short Film Festival
2021 · âblue affairâ, Juryâs Special Mention, Short Film Competition, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
2021 · âblue affairâ, Official Selection, LAB Competition, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
ARTIST’S BOOKS
2024 · Vanishing Existence -2nd edition-
2016 · Vanishing Existence · Oban edition
2014 · Ibasyo Book Journey, Not for sale
2013 · Vanishing Existence · Special edition
2013 · Vanishing Existence
MONOGRAPHS
2020 · blue affair, Backyard, Japan
2018 · Ibasyo, Kousakusha, Japan
2015 · Fukushima Fragments, Editions de La MartiniÚre, France
2014 · Almost Paradise, Only Photography, Germany
2013 · CONTACT #1 -Any given day-, Backyard, Japan
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