MITSUKA UEMURA
Cluster Exhibitor | Photography & Print Fair 2022
MITSUKA UEMURA is a Japanese Photographer and Lith-print artist. His art deals with the accumulated time, and the memories that human beings have potentially from ancient times. His work was exhibited in group and solo shows, in Japan and Lithuania. He got his Master of Arts degree from International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2012. In 2019, he received a ‘Letter of Appreciation’ from the Government of Lithuania for his efforts in promoting Japanese culture and for sharing the spirit of genuine photography art.
Memory of Dream | Japanese pampas grass | 2021
Universe and Object #1 | 2009
Universe and Object #2 | 2009
One of his uniqueness is his style of shooting that lets his work evolve as a collaboration with his subjects. In 2007, he released a family portrait series ‘Photo Studio Four Seasons’. By asking his subjects to hold an antique, and think of it as a symbol of family links with the past or the future, he tried to conjure the emotional bonds between them.
In 2009, he released a portrait and still-life series of ‘UNIVERSE’ in the concept that there exists a memory of the earth in humans and the object evokes their memory that a person has potentially.
Universe and Object #3 | 2009
Universe | 2009
In his recent works, he uses the Japanese nature as a main motif, and tries to capture the beauty as something temporary and unstable rather than eternally fixed. He also seeks to explore the unique aesthetic consciousness cultivated by the Japanese over centuries.
He is deeply attached to a long process of Lithprint to ripen one print, which also matures his love silently for the picture in a dark room.
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Memory of Dream | Mt. Fuji | 2021
Memory of Dream | Stone| 2021
Photo Studio Four Seasons | 2010