Independent Curator & Critic. M.A.in History of Western Philosophy, at Kyushu University. He worked as curator at the Kawasaki City Museum (referred to as kcm),1988-2016, curated many exhibitions concerning photography, design and contemporary art. Since 2017 he has been working as independent curator & critic.
The representative exhibitions:“The Bauhaus – Revolution and Experiment of Art Education”(1994 kcm), “Aspects of contemporary photography”(1995, 2001 kcm), “Photography at the Bauhaus” (1997 kcm), “Distance and Proximity: Horizons of Bechers and their Students”(1997 kcm), “Towards a Game of Photography” (2008 kcm), “Japanese Design Today 100”〔joint-curation〕(2004, 2014, 2023 International exhibition of Japan Foundation ), “WA: The Spirit of Harmony and Japanese Design Today” 〔joint-curation〕(2008 International exhibition of Japan Foundation ), “TATSUMI ORIMOTO: ART x LIFE” (2016 kcm) and “Come to Bauhaus! – the basis of education in art and design” 〔joint-curation〕(2019). He set up the bauhaus100 japan project (http://www.bauhaus.ac/bauhaus100/) as a member of the bauhaus 100 Japan committee in 2017, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus in 2019.
Publications: A Project of Light – Photography beyond Modernism (Seikyu-sha 2007), TATSUMI ORIMOTO: ART x LIFE (Bijutsu Shuppan Sha 2024), Vilém Flusser: Towards a Philosophy of Photography 〔German/Translation〕 (Keiso-Shobo 1999 Tokyo), Akira Yoshimura Works 〔joint authorship〕(Osumishoten 2014), Eyes of Akira Yoshimura〔editing〕(Saihate-Sha 2022), Principles of Contemporary Photography – towards an Evolutionary of Photography as Contemporary Art – (What is the contemporary art of photography in the age of Instagram?)〔joint-authorship〕 (Film Arts Company 2019) Lectures on Media and Art at Musashino Art University and Tokyo College of Photography. Editor in chief of THE PHOTO REVIEW (TCP PRESS)
Official website: Art & Article by Masafumi Fukagawa
https://www.mfukagawa.com/