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Born 1992 in Kyoto, Japan. Lives and works in Kyoto.

Education

2013 AA in Career Design (Fashion & Apparel), Seibo Jogakuin Junior College

2023 BA in Photography & Film, Kyoto University of the Arts

2025 MA in Photography & Film, Kyoto University of the Arts

Exhibitions

【Solo】

2026 "clonal images : thanatosis" (PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi)
2025 "clonal images : specimens" (PHOTO GALLERY FLOW NAGOYA, Aichi)
2025 KG+ pick up "clonal images" (MOGANA, Kyoto)
2024 "STARBURST" (Gallery Collage Plus at Dohjidai Gallery, Kyoto)

【Group】

2026 "Unis in Unison 2025: Kyoto Rising Artists Project" (TERRADA ART STUDIO Kyoto)
2026 Xie Yuejing & Momo Nakagawa "OORT cloud" (LICHT, Kyoto)
2025 OFF Bratislava "TRIP WITHOUT A TICKET" curatorial section (PRIOR, Slovakia)
2025 T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO 2025 "STUDIO+ | Expanding Contemporary Photography" (TODA BUILDING, Tokyo)
2025 8th Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talent (LUMA Arles, France)
2025 CAPS 2025 (Takashimaya Osaka)
2025 MA Degree Show, Kyoto University of the Arts
2024 Takuma Oue & Momo Nakagawa "Keep it soaked" (GALLERY GARAGE, Kyoto)
2024 "SPURT 2024" MA Exhibition (Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of the Arts)
2024 Genki Isayama, Hideyuki Shimauchi & Momo Nakagawa "missing link" (Syndicate, Kagawa)
2023 "HOP 2023" MA Exhibition (Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of the Arts)
2023 "DOUBLE ANNUAL 2023" (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2023 "Photographs Transformed 3: INTERPLAY on POST/PHOTOGRAPHY" (Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of the Arts)

Awards & Grants

2025 The 2nd "Yoake Mae | New Photography Award", Grand Prix

2025 Marunouchi Art Award, Machi Workers Prize

2025 8th Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talent, Finalist

2025 Kyoto University of the Arts MA Degree Show Award

2023 Japan Culture and Arts Scholarship

2023 TOKYO FRONTLINE PHOTO AWARD 2023, 2nd Prize

2023 IDEA Consultants Environmental and Cultural Foundation Scholarship

2023 Hasegawa Memorial Scholarship

Biography / Archive

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