ARTIST PROFILE

Ryo Yamauchi

  • Japan (b. 1985)
  • Currently in Australia.
  • After spending many nights in the remote wilderness I came to believe in the benefits of nurturing one’s personal connection with nature. My aim is to create an empowering and inspiring experience from nature and deliver a piece of wilderness to you.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012

  • Still, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Terrain Art Fair, Terrain Spokane, Spokane, United States.
  • TURNINTENSIVE, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany.
  • Relationship of Places, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

2013

  • Independent Photography Festival, The Workers Club, Melbourne, Australia.

2012

  • Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1985 in Japan.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2011
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
    Graduate Certificate in Project Management (Project Management)
  • 2010 - 2010
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
    Certificate IV in Photography (Media and Communication)
  • 2004 - 2008
    International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
    Bachelor of Arts in Semiotics (Photography)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Silver Awards in AIPP EPSON Victorian Professional Photographer of the Year
    The Australian Institute of Professional Photography, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2012
    Silver Award in AIPP EPSON Victorian Professional Photography of the Year
    The Australian Institute of Professional Photography, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011
    Silver with Distinction Award and Silver Award in AIPP Australian Professional Photographers of the Year
    The Australian Institute of Professional Photography, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011
    Image selected for Australian Annual Photography iBook
    The Australian Institute of Professional Photography, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011
    Bronze Awards in EPSON Pano Awards
    EPSON International, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011
    Commended Architecture Photogarpher in Sony World Photography Awards
    World Photography Organization, London, United Kingdom

RESIDENCIES

  • 2017
    BigCi Artist Residency, Bilpin, Australia
  • 2015
    Artist in Residence, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
  • 2014
    Artist in Residence, NES Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland
  • 2014
    Artist in Residence, Gil Society Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland
  • 2014
    Artist in Residence, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany