Photographer & Creator

Chika Usui

1988年福岡県北九州市生まれ。兵庫県在住。
義肢装具士として約6年間の実務経験後、日本写真映像専門学校フォトファイン学科を卒業し写真家へ転身。夫婦ユニットChika & Ichio Usuiとしても作品を共同制作している。現在は関西を中心に活動。

 

– Awards –
2016年　APAアワード2017 入選
2017年　PHOTO IS 50,000人の写真展2017 心に響いた100選 (野口健 選)
2017年　明治安田生命 マイハピネスコンテスト 入選
2018年　御苗場2018 Wonder Foto Day賞
2019年　KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT 2019 12Artists
2019年　KYOTOGRAPHIE Paris Gallery First Floor Award
2020年　KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT 2020 10Artists

 

– Group Exhibitions –
2018年　御苗場 (CASO, 大阪)
2019年　Wonder Foto Day (松山文創園區, 台湾)
2019年　fotofever (カルーセル・デュ・ルーブル, パリ)
2019年　KG+ IN TOKYO (Art-U room, 東京)

 

– Solo Exhibitions –
2019年　”運命共同体 -Communities bound together by a common destiny-” (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT, 京都)
2019年　”Hello! The Beautiful Kakashi World!” (奥播磨かかしの里, 姫路)
2019年　”Communities bound together by a common destiny” (BERGONZO FIRST FLOOR, パリ)
2020年　”The Beautiful Kakashi World” (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT, 京都)

 

– Publication –
2020 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -” (AVGI, New York)

She was born in 1988 in Kita-Kyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She lives in Hyogo Prefecture.
After working as a prosthetist and orthotist for about six years, she graduated from the Photo Fine Department at the Japan Institute of Photography and Film, making a career transition to become a photographer. She also collaborates with her husband as a duo under the name Chika & Ichio Usui, creating joint works. She currently works mainly in the Kansai region.

 

– Awards –
2020. – KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT 2020 10Artists
2019. – KYOTOGRAPHIE Paris Gallery First Floor Award
2019. – KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT 2019 12Artists
2018. – Wonder Foto Day Award
2017. – Meiji Yasuda Life My Happiness Contest Selected
2017. – PHOTO IS 50,000 photo exhibitions 2017 100 selections that resonated with the heart (Selected by Ken Noguchi)
2016. – APA Awards2017

 

– Group Exhibitions –
2019. – KG+ IN TOKYO (Art-U room, Tokyo)
2019. – fotofever (Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
2019. – Wonder Foto Day (Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taiwan)
2019. – Onaeba (CASO, Osaka)

 

– Solo Exhibitions –
2020. – ”The Beautiful Kakashi World” (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT, Kyoto)
2019. – ”Communities bound together by a common destiny” (BERGONZO FIRST FLOOR, Paris)
2019. – ”Hello! The Beautiful Kakashi World!” (Okuharima Scarecrow village, Himeji)
2019. – ”Communities bound together by a common destiny” (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG＋SELECT, Kyoto)

 

– Publication –
2020 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -” (AVGI, New York)