Profile
Shota Nagase
In 2015, inspired by a failed photo of fireworks and the manga "Phoenix" (by Tezuka Osamu), he developed the camera drawing method.
In 2017, he became the first person in the world to successfully capture a photo of a Phoenix.
In 2024, he invented the rotational drawing method, which applies the camera drawing method.
He continues his quest to discover "a world never seen before" from the fireworks that burn up and disappear in the night sky.
1975 Born in Osaka, live in Gunma, Japan
- Solo -
2014 HKU SPACE Hong Kong University entrance
2014 International Tashkent Photo Biennale International Caravanserai of Culture of Ikuo Hirayama in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2014 Shota Nagase Japanese paper photo exhibition RICOH IMAGING SQUARE SHINJUKU in Tokyo, Japan
2018 Shota Nagase Japanese paper photo exhibition Akutsu gallery in Gunma, Japan
2020 火の鳥 "Phoenix" Gallery artkan in Gunma, Japan
2020 火の鳥Ⅱ "PhoenixⅡ" Gallery space2*3 in Tokyo, Japan
2022 漫画 × 写真 ＝ 火の鳥 FUJI PhotoGallery GINZA in Tokyo, Japan
2022 Shota Nagase Phoenix Photo Exhibition Akutsu gallery in Gunma, Japan
2023 Wings of Prayer Gallery artkan in Gunma, Japan
- Group -
2013～2016・2019 ＣＰ＋ AWA Japanese paper booth in Yokohama, Japan
2014・2016 Photokina World of Imaging AWA Japanese paper booth in Cologne, Germany
2014 Creative Japanese Artist in Milan, Italy
2014 Onward-Navigating the Japanese Future in Los Angeles, USA
2019 1st Armenian International Photo Festival in Yerevan, Armenia
2019 Imadoki ART 2019 Fukuzawa Ichiro Memorial Museum in Gunma, Japan
2019 International Art competition ART OLYMPIA Tokyo metropolitan Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan
2020 Art of Maebashi 2020 Arts Maebashi in Gunma, Japan
2020 Mr. Akiyama Collection Takasaki Museum of Art in Gunma, Japan
2021 ARTEXPO NEW YORK Pier36 in NY, USA
2024 Art of Maebashi 2024 Arts Maebashi in Gunma, Japan
- Awards -
2019 International Art competition ART OLYMPIA Honorable mention
- Public -
2018 International Caravanserai of Culture of Ikuo Hirayama in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2019 Embassy of Japan in Yerevan, Armenia
2022 Maebashi City Hall in Gunma, Japan
- Private -
2018 Mr. I Collection Japan
2018 AKIYAMA Collection Japan
2021 “鉄板焼 龍見 泰正” Japan
2023 私の本もの美術館 Japan
- Jury -
2019 1st Armenian International Photo Fest Honorary board members of Jury, Armenia
-Seminar -
2019 1st Armenian International Photo Fest Master Class, Armenia