Opening Reception for “I’m So Happy You Are Here” at ICP

Please join us at ICP for the opening reception of I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now, curated by Lesley A. Martin, Takeuchi Mariko, and Pauline Vermare. 

I’m So Happy You Are Here offers a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon—an electrifying expansion of our understanding of Japanese photographic history, but also of photo history writ large. This restorative survey presents a wide range of photographic approaches brought to bear on the experiences and perspectives of women on their lives and on Japanese society, and showcases their creativity through key images, installation-based works, video, and photobooks. 

Featuring the work of 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.

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Image credits: Kawauchi Rinko, Untitled, 2004; from the series the eyes the ears

I’m So Happy You Are Here is organized by Aperture in collaboration with the Rencontres d’Arles, with support from Ishibashi Foundation, Anne Levy Charitable Trust, 1970 Japan World’s Exposition Memorial Fund. Additional support for Aperture exhibitions provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. We wish to thank Sato Masako, Contact, Tokyo who oversaw production of the show in Japan.