Tomoko YONEDA

Crystals, Siberia II

1998/2023, gelatin silver print, image:10x10cm, ed.15, [17572]

Crystals, 2024, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

EchoesーCrashing waves, 2022, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

The 70th 6 August, Hiroshima

2015, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.5, [12062]

Dialogue with A.C., 2019, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Entwined—Trees in the middle of a former trench at the Battle of the Marne

2017, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.10, [13240]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2014, Himeji City Museum of Art

Photo by Kazuo Fukunaga

Minefield—View of minefield located by tourist attraction in the Demilitarized Zone, Paju City, South Korea

2004, chromogenic print, 76x96cm, ed.5, [05545]

Former residence of the daughter of Japanese Prime Minister, Kantaro Suzuki who accepted the Potsdam Declaration and full surrender to the Allied Powers ending the Second World War, Qingtian Street, II

2010, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.10, [09531]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2014, Himeji City Museum of Art

Photo by Kazuo Fukunaga

KIMUSA 10

2009, type C Print, image: 65x83cm, ed.10, [08922]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2013, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Path—Path to the cliff where Japanese committed suicide after the American landings, Saipan

2003, chromogenic print, 76×96, ed.5, [05354]

Ice Rink – Located at a coal mining town that was once an important resource for the South Manchurian Railway during the Japanese Occupation, Fushun, China

2007, type C print, image: 76.0×96.0cm, ed.5, [8042]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2013, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Sakura—Yasukuni Shrine,Tokyo

2006, type C print, image: 76.0×96.0cm, ed.5, [07184]

An End is a Beginning, 2008, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo by Shigeo Muto

An End is a Beginning, 2008, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Gandhi’s Glasses—Viewing a note on his ‘day of silence’ shortly before his death

2003, gelatin silver print, 120x120cm ed.5, 75x75cm ed.7, 38x38cm ed.8, [06868]

Mahler’s Glasses—Viewing his last Symphony No. 10

1999, gelatin silver print, 120x120cm ed.5, 75x75cm ed.7, 38x38cm ed.8, [06828]

Le Corbusier’s Glasses—Viewing his Paris lecture notes, L’Habitation Moderne

2003, gelatin silver print, image: 120x120cm ed.5, image: 75x75cm ed.7, image: 38x38cm ed.8, [06830]

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Crystals, Siberia II

1998/2023, gelatin silver print, image:10x10cm, ed.15, [17572]

Crystals, 2024, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

EchoesーCrashing waves, 2022, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

The 70th 6 August, Hiroshima

2015, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.5, [12062]

Dialogue with A.C., 2019, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Entwined—Trees in the middle of a former trench at the Battle of the Marne

2017, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.10, [13240]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2014, Himeji City Museum of Art

Photo by Kazuo Fukunaga

Minefield—View of minefield located by tourist attraction in the Demilitarized Zone, Paju City, South Korea

2004, chromogenic print, 76x96cm, ed.5, [05545]

Former residence of the daughter of Japanese Prime Minister, Kantaro Suzuki who accepted the Potsdam Declaration and full surrender to the Allied Powers ending the Second World War, Qingtian Street, II

2010, chromogenic print, 65x83cm, ed.10, [09531]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2014, Himeji City Museum of Art

Photo by Kazuo Fukunaga

KIMUSA 10

2009, type C Print, image: 65x83cm, ed.10, [08922]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2013, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Path—Path to the cliff where Japanese committed suicide after the American landings, Saipan

2003, chromogenic print, 76×96, ed.5, [05354]

Ice Rink – Located at a coal mining town that was once an important resource for the South Manchurian Railway during the Japanese Occupation, Fushun, China

2007, type C print, image: 76.0×96.0cm, ed.5, [8042]

We shall meet in place where there is no darkness, 2013, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Sakura—Yasukuni Shrine,Tokyo

2006, type C print, image: 76.0×96.0cm, ed.5, [07184]

An End is a Beginning, 2008, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo by Shigeo Muto

An End is a Beginning, 2008, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Gandhi’s Glasses—Viewing a note on his ‘day of silence’ shortly before his death

2003, gelatin silver print, 120x120cm ed.5, 75x75cm ed.7, 38x38cm ed.8, [06868]

Mahler’s Glasses—Viewing his last Symphony No. 10

1999, gelatin silver print, 120x120cm ed.5, 75x75cm ed.7, 38x38cm ed.8, [06828]

Le Corbusier’s Glasses—Viewing his Paris lecture notes, L’Habitation Moderne

2003, gelatin silver print, image: 120x120cm ed.5, image: 75x75cm ed.7, image: 38x38cm ed.8, [06830]

Biography

Born in Hyogo, Japan, in 1965. Currently lives and works in London. In her practice, Yoneda incorporates her laborious research in order to deal with the ideologies of the 20th century. The nature of her artmaking has taken her not only to places in Japan where the past wars and earthquakes are still traceable, but also to regions in both Western and Eastern Europe and Asia where people’s memories are still strongly ingrained. Yoneda probes into historical facts that are embedded in specific locations and objects through her photography, which recalls multi-layered memories offering a cornucopia of poetic sensibility behind each scene.

 

Selected exhibitions: Crystals, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2024; Echoes―Crashing waves, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2022; Tomoko Yoneda, Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, 2021; Dialogue with A.C., ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2019; 12th Shanghai Biennale 2018, Shanghai, 2018-19; Dialogue with Albert Camus, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, 2018; Discordant Harmony, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015/ Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, 2016; The 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, 2014; Aichi Triennale, Aichi, 2013; We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo, 2014/ Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, 2013; Arsenale 2012: The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2012; Japanese House, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2011; An End is a Beginning, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2008; Venice Biennale, The 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice, 2007; A Decade After, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo, 2005; Beyond Memory and Uncertainty, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2003