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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yasutaka Seki is a photographer based in Japan.
Born in 1973 in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, he currently lives and works there.
He develops long-term photographic projects exploring human migration, the memory of place, and the boundaries between the individual and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I believe that photography is not merely a means of recording the reality before us, but also a way of engaging with the memories that remain beneath its surface and with emotions that have not yet found words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work has focused on the relationship between people and place, on what is being lost and what is being passed on, and on our shifting sense of belonging amid change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earthquake that struck my hometown of Kumamoto made me realize that even the ordinary routines of everyday life will one day come to an end. As I confronted the ageing of people close to me and the transformation of the land, I began to understand loss not simply as an ending, but also as a beginning\u2014one in which those who remain carry memories forward and rebuild their relationship with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, I have been tracing the footsteps of relatives who migrated from Japan to Bolivia after the Second World War. Through this work, I explore how the memories and cultures of those who left their homeland change across generations and are inherited as new forms of identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using fragments found in landscapes, portraits, and archives as points of departure, I examine the connections between individual memory and the histories and societies that lie behind it. For me, photography is not simply a means of preserving the past. It is a form of expression that connects what has been lost with the present, allowing me to continue questioning where we come from, where we are going, and to what we belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2026\u3000GFX Challenge Grant Program 2025 \u2014 Global Grant Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026\u3000Group photography exhibition \u201corigin\u201d
\u3000\u3000\u3000Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026\u3000Group photography exhibition \u201csilent perspectives\u201d
\u3000\u3000\u3000NEUTRAL, Kyoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025\u3000Solo exhibition \u201cAshita Mu ni Kaeru\u201d (Vanishing Tomorrow)
\u3000\u3000\u3000NEUTRAL, Kyoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025\u3000Group exhibition \u201cChotto, Kawareru Hi. 2025\u201d
\u3000\u3000\u3000Nine Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024\u3000Group exhibition \u201cTranscendence \/ Ch\u014detsu\u201d
\u3000\u3000\u3000Roppongi Stripe\u2019s Space, Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024\u3000Group exhibition \u201cChotto, Kawareru Hi.\u201d
\u3000\u3000\u3000Nine Gallery, Tokyo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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