Summer Shimizu
BInfSci, BFA (Hons), MFA (First Class Honours)
2023 - Living and working in Tokyo
1997 - 2023 Lived and worked in New Zealand
EDUCATIONS
2019 Master of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, NZ
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, NZ
2015 Visual Arts and Design Y2, Bachelor of Applied Arts, Porirua, Whitireia New Zealand, NZ
2012 Visual Arts and Design Y1, Bachelor of Applied Arts, Porirua, Whitireia New Zealand, NZ
2003 Bachelor of Information Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ
AWARDS
2020 Estuary Art and Ecology Prize 2020 - Finalist, UXBRIDGE ARTS & CULTURE
2019 Estuary Art and Ecology Prize 2019 - Finalist, UXBRIDGE ARTS & CULTURE
2019 The University of Auckland Partnership Appeal Award - Round 1, 2019
2018 Jean Hamlin Memorial Scholarship 2018, The University of Auckland
2018 Elam Art Prize 2017, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland
2015 "My Nightmare Switch", Honourable Mention - Selfportrait, International Photo Awards (IPA)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 That, That’s The Feeling, Sankaido Building, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Organic Wallpaper, Depot Artspace, Auckland, NZ
2018 Post Internet, Mikawa 37 Café Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
2017 L'affART, L'affare, Melrose, Auckland, NZ
2017 Japanese Funeral - The Chief Mourner, Projectspace Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2017 LIFE-789, Mikawa 37 Café Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
2017 Half Japanese living in New Zealand, Matto Furusato-kan, Ishikawa, Japan
TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
2019 Granddad and I, Mikawa 37 Café Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
2018 Sublime, Projectspace Gallery, Auckland, NZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 A Month of Sundays - Responses to the Covid-19 Lockdown (Online Exhibition), Photospace Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2019 Simon Devitt Prize for Photography (Auckland Festival of Photography), Elam Projectspace Gallery, Auckland NZ
2019 New Perspectives (Auckland Festival of Photography), White Studios, Auckland NZ
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO EXHIBITION (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+ SPECIAL EXHIBITION 京都国際写真祭), Anteroom Kyoto, Japan
2019 TOKYO/JAPAN - FEB 2019, Hotel The Knot, Tokyo, Japan
2019 TOKYO/JAPAN - JAN 2019, Hotel The Knot, Tokyo, Japan
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 7, CHI-KA, Dubai, U.A.E.
2019 Photobook JP, Yokohama, Japan
2018 HARU NO KAWA 春の川 (Auckland Artweek), Parnell, Auckland, NZ
2018 Bangkok Art Book Fair, Bangkok, Thailand
2018 NY Art Book Fair, New York, U.S.A.
2018 Counter-Sites: Onsite, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2018 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 5, CHI-KA, Dubai, U.A.E.
2017 CAI showcase, Auckland, NZ
2017 L’affART, Cafe L'affare, Wellington, NZ
2017 NY Art Book Fair, New York, U.S.A.
2017 in short supply, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2016 Creative Arts and Industries Showcase by NSA, Grand Millennium, Auckland, NZ
2016 amalgamation /əmalɡəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/, Projectspace Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2016 The Show Case 2016, NICAI Students' Association, Auckland, NZ
2015 STEPPING STONES, Photospace Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2015 I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel, Switzerland
2013 One Night, Two Days, AIPA, Flash Dog Studio, Wellington, NZ
INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
2021 Organic Wallpaper, Depot Artspace, Auckland, NZ
2015 Simple White, FLANELLE Magazine
2014 To inspire Summer Shimizu, Aleisha Rasmussen, Wellington, NZ
PUBLICATIONS
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 8, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 7, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 TOKYO / JAPAN -FAB 2019, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 TOKYO / JAPAN -JAN 2019, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 TOKYO / JAPAN -DEC 2018, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 6, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 TOKYO / JAPAN -JUL 2018, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 5, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 TOKYO / JAPAN -FEB 2018, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2018 TOKYO / JAPAN -JAN 2018, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 CARS / JAPAN Issue.1, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 4, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOKYO / JAPAN -DEC 2017, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOKYO / JAPAN -JUL 2017, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOKYO / JAPAN -JUN 2017, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOKYO / JAPAN -FEB 2017, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 TOKYO / JAPAN -JAN 2017, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2016 TOKYO / JAPAN -DEC 2016, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2016 TOKYO / JAPAN -JUL 2016, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
2016 TOKYO / JAPAN -JUN 2016, EINSTEIN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan