NANA SHIOMI : LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR POND
Jan 20 - Mar 18, 2010
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Nana Shiomi to
coincide with the publication of her catalogue, "Looking into the Mirror Pond". Nana Shiomi came to
London in 1989 to study at the Royal College of Art after having practised printmaking in Japan. After
re-examining Western culture in the early 1990s she has moved on to a consideration of her own
Japanese culture.
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AKIKO TAKIZAWA : OVER THE PARCHED FIELD
Jan 18 - Mar 1, 2012
Private view Wed Jan 18 6pm - 8pm
Akiko Takizawa is a Japanese artist based in London. The exhibition, ‘Over the Parched Field’, showcases a selection of Takizawa’s photographs since 2006, including new works made especially for the exhibition. This is Takizawa’s first solo show in London.
Her latest series of photographs were taken in a volcanic mountain area, Osorezan in Aomori, where people go to talk to their deceased family members through a medium. Aomori is in the Tohoku area where local people live in a traditional close-knit society to survive in the severe natural environment. Takizawa says that Osorezan (which means ‘Fear Mountain’) is one of the few places where her soul feels purely happy, even though the place sharpens her sense of isolation and solitude.
Takizawa in conversation with Tate curator of photographs Dr. Simon Baker: 16th Feb.

AKIKO TAKIZAWA IN CONVERSATION WITH DR SIMON BAKER
Feb 16, 2012 6:00pm talk/event
Akiko Takizawa is a Japanese artist based in London. The exhibition, Over the Parched Field, showcases a selection of Takizawa’s photographs since 2006, including new works made especially for the exhibition. This is Takizawa’s first solo show in London.
In conversation with Dr Simon Baker, Curator of Photography and International Art at the Tate Gallery.
Contact DAJF for further info.

PIP DICKENS : PATTERNS OF SHADOWS
Mar 6 - Apr 17, 2012
Private view Tue Mar 6 6pm - 8pm
Patterns of Shadows is derived from her research in Kyoto in 2011 as part of a Artist in Residence project with collaboration with composer Professor Monty Adkins. The paintings draw upon colour, pattern, rhythm and vibration, associated with kimono fabrics and katagami stencils, and frequently juxtapose these with quieter, understated greys, shadows and subtle interplays of light. These extractive works observe distinctions within Japanese visual culture. www.pip-dickens.com
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