Biography
Graduated from Kansei Gakuin University Kobe Japan, Majored in perceptual psychology.
1980 a fateful encounter with the Thoreau’s Walden: moved by the absolute freedom of the spirit and the ability to enjoy harmony with nature, he quit commercial photography and retreated to the countryside from Tokyo to pursue fine art photography.
He has been photographing in the US, since he received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (part of John D. Rockefeller III Fund) in 1990. For decade, concentrate on photographing project in Lozere France and Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota.
These series named “CHI SUI KI” (Terrasphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere) in which he captures the
mysterious relationship between the three spheres of earth with large Platinum prints on handmade
Japanese paper.
The next series “ Perceiving”, which is based on the ideas of perceptual psychology he
studied in college. His latest project is “Beyond Spheres”, which is inspired by the literature of Henry
David Thoreau. Kurita will attempt to visually explore Thoreau’s philosophy and the relationship
between nature and humans, as contemplated by Thoreau through the landscapes of Mid Atlantic and
New England. Kurita uses the Calotype (Talbotype-paper negative) process, which was invented by
William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the earliest photography pioneers and a contemporary of Thoreau.
Solo Exhibitions (extract)
2012 “Beyond Spheres” , Wada Garou & FOTOSPHRE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 "Beyond Spheres", Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT
2011 "Meditations on Thoreau", Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2010 "Koichiro Kurita", Mary Adams Gallery, S. Birmingham, AL
2009 "Perceiving", Sepia International, NY, NY
2008 "Landscape as Metaphor", Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
2007 "Perceiving", FOTOSPHERE Gallery, NY, NY
2006 "Landscapes", Joseph Bellows Gallery, San Diego, CA
2006 "Terrasphere/Hydrosphere/Atmosphere", FOTOSPHERE Gallery, NY, NY
Group Exhibitions (extract)
2013 nofond PHOTO FAIR, Paris, France
2011 "Contemprary Photographs", Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2008 "Photographer's Eyes", Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
2008 "Museum Collections", Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis , MN
2007 "The World of Photography", Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
2007 "Japanese Photographs", Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
2006 "Through Wider Windows", Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN
2006 "Time", Moin de la photo, Paris, France
2005 "Time", FOTOSPHERE Gallery, NY, NY
2003 "Ocean", Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Collections (extract)
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Gorge Eastman House, Rochester, NH
Harvard University The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, San Diego, CA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Santa Barbara Museum of Arts, Santa Barbara, CA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
The Museum Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Toledo Museum of Arts, Toledo, OH
Yale University Art Gallery, New Heaven, CT
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