Perhaps Hiroshi Sugimoto's iconic -- and sublime -- images of the ocean and cinema should come as no surprise when one discovers that he left Japan in the '70s to study at Los Angeles' Art Center. Arriving in an America steeped in Minimalism and Conceptual art, the Tokyo native eventually found his way to New York City and developed an art to accommodate traditional photographic techniques -- Sugimoto still uses a nineteenth-century camera -- while producing an object that engages contemporary thoughts in the guise o f traditional subjects. The winner of an Infinity Award (1999), a Hasselblad Foundation prize (2001), his recent international exhibitions include NYC's Dia (2001) and Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2002). In this country he has exhibited at White Cube (2001), and is currently showing at the Serpentine Gallery (ends 18/01/04).

Hiroshi Sugimoto (bn. 1948) lives and works in New York, USA.


Representation:
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA

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Profile/CV
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Eyestorm interview
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Conversation with Robert C. Morgan
Guggenheim Museum images and info
Sea of Buddha at Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA (2003-04)
Architecture at MCA, Chicago, USA (2003)
Architecture of Time at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2001-02)
Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2001)
The Architecture Series at SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA (2000)
The Times review of Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Serpentine Gallery (23/11/03)
Guardian review of Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Serpentine Gallery (21/11/03)
Guardian review of The Architecture of Time at the Fruitmarket Gallery (07/08/02)
Artforum review of Sonnabend exhibition (April 1995)
Guardian article (20/03/03)
postmedia.net article (2003)
Article on Portraits (04/05/01)
Article (1997)