IKEMOTO Sayaka

Born in Tokyo
Moved to New York at age 7 till 11 years old, with family.
Finished junior high and high school in Chiba, Japan.
Graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Spanish Dept.
Masters degree of Latin American Regional Studies of the same University.

1993 Mar. Staff Photographer at Asahi Shimbun (press company) Kyushu, Japan till 1994 Dec.
1995 Jan. Assistant to Underwater Photographer Ikuo Nakaumra of Squall Productions, till July (Tokyo)
1995 Jul. Became Freelance (Tokyo)
1999 Aug. Exhibition "Symmetry in Blue & Black" (Tokyo)
1999 Sep. Exhibition "Symmetry in Blue & Black" (Kyoto)
2000 Jan. Exhibition "The Silent Message" (Tokyo)
2000 Jan. Exhibition "In the Underwater Wander-Land" (Tokyo)
2000 Feb. Group exhibition "See you at Sea IV" (Tokyo)
2000 Sep. Attends Photography School in Paris, moves to France
2001 Jul.-Sep. Staff photographer of making film "The White Ship" (Shimane, Japan)
2001 Oct. Photographer of Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
2001 Dec. Collaboration "Nobody and Nowhere in Particular" (Paris, France)
2002 Apr. Moves to Japan
2002 Nov. Exhibition "Sky in Paris & Portfolio in Black & White" (Tokyo)
2002 Nov.-2003 Mar. Instructor of photography lessons for beginners at Tokyo Photographic Culture Center
2003 Mar. Exhibition "In the Underwater Wander-Land" (Revival; Tokyo)
2003 Apr. (onward) Instructor of photography lessons for beginners at Japan Camera Industry Institute
2003 Jun. Exhibition at JCII CLUB 25 (planned; Tokyo)
2003 Jun.-Jul. Exhibition at Bon Color Lab. Kojimachi Photo Gallery (planned; Tokyo)

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