Bio
Eri Morita was born in Kumamoto, Japan, and grew up in Tokyo. After graduating from Ferris University in Yokohama, she moved to New York City to study photography at the International Center of Photography, concluding the General Studies of Photography program in 1997. She worked as an editorial photographer while pursuing personal projects.
Her fine art project, "Home Drama," initiated in 1999, has garnered widespread exhibition and received awards across the USA, France, Russia, and Japan. The corresponding book, "Home Drama," was published by Shingpoosha Publishing in 2005. Morita has been recognized with various awards, including the 7th Canon Cosmos of Photography Award (Jury: Takashi Honnma) in 1998, the Itaru Hirama Award in 2005, PDN's 30 in 2005, the Japan Photo Award (Jury: Taka Ishii) in 2014, and the 6th Annual JGS Artist Award in 2015. Notably, her recent works, "Close your eyes, make a wish." and "Like Clouds over the Moon, Wind over the flowers," were featured in a slide presentation at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in 2022. She was honored with the Tory Burch x ICP fellowship in 2023. Morita's solo exhibitions include shows at Tory Burch Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, in 2023; Ginza Nikon Salon in Tokyo, Japan, in 2015; and Soho Photo Gallery in New York, USA, in 2004. Her works have been collected by institutions such as Joy of Giving Inc. (New York), Kiyosato Photo Art Museum (Yamanashi, Japan), Milwaukee Museum of Art (Wisconsin), among others. Currently, she resides and works in Encinitas, CA. |
熊本県に生まれ、東京大田区で育つ。1993年フェリス女学院大学文学部英米文学科卒業。1997年International Center of Photography(米ニューヨーク)ジェネラルスタディース科修了。
1998 年『第7回写真新世紀』優秀賞受賞(ホンマタカシ氏選)、2004年『新風舎平間至写真賞』大賞受賞、05年 Photo District News『PDN's 30』、2014年 Forward Thinking Museum Photography Competition、2014 Japan Photo Award(タカ・イシイ氏選)、2015年第6回JGS アーティストアワード、2023年Tory Burch x ICP Fellowship他受賞多数。 主な写真展に2023年個展『Serendipity in Family and Everyday Life』Tory Burch Ginza、2015年個展『Close your eyes, make a wish.』銀座ニコンサロン、2004年個展 『Home Drama』SOHO Photo Galleryがある。グループ企画展に1999年『Surface Tension』Art In General(米ニューヨーク)、2000年『Self in Situation』Museum of Youth(ロシア連邦エカテリンブルク)、2002年『Futuring Power 写真新世紀十周年記念展』東京都写真美術館、2005年『Water』The Center for Contemporary Art Santa Fe(米ニューメキシコ)、2011年『ワールドワイド@ヤングポートフォリオ』清里フォトアートミュージアム、2014年『原点を、永遠に。』東京都写真美術館 など参加多数。 Joy of Giving Inc.( 米ニューヨーク)、清里フォトアートミュージアム、Milwaukee Museum of Art ( 米ウィスコンシン)他に作品が所蔵されている。 2005年に写真集『ホームドラマ』(新風舎刊)が出版された。カリフォルニア州サンディエゴ在住。 |