Miki Hasegawa, born in 1973 in Fukuoka, Japan, lives and works in Kanagawa.She earned her B.A. degree in Human Environmental Science and in Design from Showa Women’s University, After working as an architect for several years, she started working as a professional photographer. In recent years she has been expressing what exactly maternal love is, while dealing with the social issues facing Japanese women and children.
She was one of the 100 chosen for the 2014 the Review Santa Fe.
Her work, "Jewels", was selected as one of the LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Top 50, and received high acclaim. Hasegawa's first handmade book, "The Path Of Million Pens" has been selected as one of the finalist of 2014 Unseen Dummy Award. and is famous throughout the world, being selected for various global photography collection fairs. She is currently working on her own project based upon "child abuse", a theme very close to her heart.
Education
2015: THE RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2015,
by Teun van der Heijden and Sandra van der Doelen, Yumi Goto,
Remainders Photography Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 : Photobook Making Workshop "Staples and Stiches",
by Jan Rosseel and Yumi Goto,
Remainders Photography Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 : Editting workshop "The Final Choice"
by Eliseo Barbara and Yumi Goto,Tokyo
2013 : "Rising Sun" Workshop by Marc Prust, Japan
2008 : Workshop 2B by Satoru Watanabe, Japan
1997 : BA,Human Environmental Science and in Design,
Showa Women's University, Japan
Exhibition
2018: Athens Photo Festival Main Exhibition,
Benaki Museum, Athens
2017: Solo Exhibition “Internal Notebook”,
Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo Japan, Curated by Yomi Goto
2016:Lianzhou Foto 2016
2015: Athens Photo Festival The PhotoBook Exhibition,
Benaki Museum, Athens
2015: Photobook Bristol, UK
2015 : Photo Book 2014, Griffin Museum, Winchester MA, USA
2015 : Chobi Mela International Festival Of Photography Bangladesh,
"She's There" - Curated Slideshow
by Eliseo Barbàra Goethe-Institut, Bangladesh
2014 : Photo Book 2014, The Best Of Show Davis Orton Gallery,
NY, USA
2014 : LensCulture Emerging Talents Exhibition Barcelona, Spain
2014 : Seoul Lunar Photo Fest, Lunar Photo Night,
Curated Slideshow by Song Sujong, Seoul, Korea
2014 : The PhotoBook Museum, Germany
2014 : Filter Photo festival 2014, Chicago, IL, USA
2014 : INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks,
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
2014 : The photobook-making workshop,
with esteemed photographer Jan Rosseel
and curator Yumi Goto,Reminders Photography Stronghold,
Tokyo, Japan
2014 : "Portfolio Showcase Vol. 7", The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror, Alexa Becker, CO, USA
Award
2017 : Awarded with the special mention of the Unseen Photo Fair Dummy Award, Amsterdam
2017 : Best Publication Award, 第七届大理国际影会 / THE 7TH DALI INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, China
2017 : Awarded with the special mention of the Photoboox Award 2017 from Photolux Festival.
2017 : Shortlisted DUMMY AWARD KASSEL, Kassel Germany
2015 : Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival” main Exihibithion
2015 : Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival” photobook show
2014 : Cadoc.nl's Top ten books in 2014
2014 : Photobook 2014. 20 photobooks, photographs by 4 best of show. Juried by Paula Tognarelli of Griffin Museum of Photography and Karen Davis
2014 : Photolucida Critical Mass 2013 Finalist
2014 : Filter Photo Festival 2014 Photobook Exhibition-Finalist
2014 : INFOCUS Juried Exhibtion of Self-Published 2014 - Finalist
2014 : Shortlisted at Unseen Photo Fair Dummy Award,Amsterdam)
2014 : LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Top 50, Paris
2013 : "Portfolio Showcase Vol. 7",
The Center for Fine Art Photography , Juror, Alexa Becker, CO, USA
Juried Portfolio Reviews
2015 : Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Portfolio Reviews, Kobe, Japan
2014 : Tokyo International Photography Festival Competition,
Portfolio Reviews, Tokyo, Japan
2014 : Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2013 : Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Portfolio Reviews, Kobe, Japan
2013 : Shiogama Photo Festival Portfolio Review, Sendai, Japan
Selected Press
2015
Bleek Magazine, Russia
2014
Lens culture, Paris, France
Feature Shoot, USA
TrendHunter, Toronto, Canada
Photoblog HK, China
A Photo Editor, USA
Mutantspace, Ireland
Fraction Magazine Japan Portfolio Issue 15, Japan
Frankie Magazine, Australia
il post, Milano, Italy
2013
Foto visura, NY, USA
Publication
2014
ELLE China ,PHaT PHOTO Magazine
2013
Camera Life, Vol-14
Book
The Path Of Million Pens (self-publishing) edition of 100 - Sold out! -