Rinko Kawauchi

About Rinko Kawauchi

Born in 1972 in Shiga, Rinko Kawauchi lives and works in Tokyo (JP). She graduated from the Seian University of Art and Design, and she made a remarkable entry into the world of photography in 2002, simultaneously publishing three books that revealed her to the Japanese public: Utatane, Hanabi and Hanako. Several other books followed, including Illuminance (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2011) and Halo (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2016). She has received numerous awards, including the Kimura Ihei Award (2002) and the Annual Infinity Award from the ICP in New York (2009).

Exhibitions at Hangar : Des oiseaux (2022)