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YUKI KAWAMURA


Born in Japan in 1979.
Lives and works in Paris.

In 2005, he works with composer Yoshihiro Hanno on a project called SLIDE,
shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, at the V & A Museum in London,
and at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.In 2008 he shoots his first fiction short film SENKO,
winner of the Ecumenical prize at the Internatonal Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
In 2009, he directs the documentary GRANDMOTHER, and wins the Short Film Prize
at the International Documentary Film Festival,Cinema du Reel, in Paris. He comes back
to fiction in 2010 with the adaptation of a short story written by Yoko Ogawa: CHINESE VEGETABLE,
and wins Best Short Award (Japan Competition) at Short Short Film Festival & Asia 2011 in Tokyo.
He is currently preparing a documentary feature film.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art , Montreal / Canada
Le Cube, Issy-les Moulineaux / France
2008
"Label Bete" Museum Confluences , Lyon / France
Lumen Eclipse , Cambridge / USA
2007
Microwave International New Media Art Festival , Hong Kong l / China
"Comunismo Da Forma" Gallery Vermelho , Sao Paulo / Brazil
2006
Festival Nouveau Cinema , Montreal / Canada
Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum , Napoli / Italy
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung / Taiwan
2005
Biennale of Video and New Media , Santiago / Chili
2004
Vooruit Art Center , Gent / Belgium

SELECTED SCREENINGS

2011
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo / Japan
Cine´mateque Quebecois, Montreal / Canada
Short Short Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo / Japan
Kaohsiung Film Festival , Taichung / Taiwan
2010
Cinema du Reel , Paris / France
Indie Lisboa , Lisbon / Portugal
2009
The Montreal World Film Festival , Montreal / Canada
Torino International Film Festival , Turin / Italy
2008
54th Internatonal Short Film Festival Oberhausen / Germany
16 th International Film Festival Curtas Vila do Condo / Portugal
24 th Warsaw International Film Festival / Poland
Onedotzero Digital Creativity Festival / UK
2007
Maison de la culture du Japon , Paris / France
Japan Society , NY /   U.S.A
2006
Palais de Tokyo, Paris / France
V&A, London / UK
Nuit Blanche , Paris / France
Austin Museum of Digital Art,Austin / U.S.A
2005
Centre Cultuel Fancais , Belgrade / Serbia
Dotmov Festival , Sapporo / Japan
Rencontres Internationals Paris / Berlin,Paris / France
2004
Museum of Contemporary Art , Lyon / France
Biennnale of Biwako , Shiga / Japan
2003
Mori Art Museum , Tokyo / Japan

PRIZE