Events

Exhibition

10/15/2026 - 01/11/2027
New York, NY

I’m So Happy You are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

*Yanagi Miwa, Elevator Girl House 1F, 1997; from the series Elevator Girl. Courtesy the artist and Aperture*

Time and Location

Oct. 15, 2026 – Jan. 11, 2027
International Center of Photography (New York, NY)

About

I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now reconsiders and expands on the history of Japanese photography through the work twenty-eight intergenerational artists from the 1950s to today.

Ishikawa Mao, Kin, Koza (present-day Okinawa City), Okinawa Prefecture, 1975–77; from the series *Akabanaa* (Red flower). Courtesy Nap Gallery, Tokyo, and Aperture 2)

Presented in partnership with Aperture and curated by Pauline Vermare, Lesley A. Martin, and Takeuchi Mariko, the exhibition includes work by Fujioka Aya, Hara Mikiko, Hiromix, Ishikawa Mao, Ishiuchi Miyako, Katayama Mari, Kawauchi Rinko, Komatsu Hiroko, Kon Michiko, Nagashima Yurie, Narahashi Asako, Ninagawa Mika, Nishimura Tamiko, Noguchi Rika, Nomura Sakiko, Okabe Momo, Okanoue Toshiko, Onodera Yuki, Sawada Tomoko, Shiga Lieko, Sugiura Kunié, Suzuki Nozomi, Tawada Yuki, Tokiwa Toyoko, Ushioda Tokuko, Watanabe Hitomi, Yamazawa Eiko and Yanagi Miwa.

Narahashi Asako, *Kawaguchiko*, 2003; from the series *half awake and half asleep in the water*. Courtesy Osiris, Tokyo, and Aperture

For more information: I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now | International Center of Photography

This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.