Hiro Nishikawa
Tokyo, Japan
An artist based primarily in Tokyo
He studied electrical engineering at university with the aim of becoming a recording engineer. During his studies, he became deeply involved in creating silkscreen prints, which led him to begin his career as a graphic designer after graduation. Throughout this time, he continued to search for his own form of artistic expression.
The motifs of his work arise from his own fantasies and hypotheses. He imagines what silent plants might think about humans, forming speculative narratives around them. Giving concrete form to these ideas through photography—a medium that records reality—was a radical approach. By collecting evidence that imagination could exist as reality, he shapes these ideas into finished works. This is his creative method.
His encounter with the platinum–palladium printing process was also fateful. Images created through this technique will not disappear as long as their support—the paper itself—endures, a lifespan said to extend for a thousand years or more. Long after his body has decayed, his works may remain somewhere on Earth, quietly watching over the fate of human civilization.
東京を中心に活動するアーティスト
大学ではレコーディングエンジニアを目指し電気工学を学ぶ。在学中にシルクスクリーンによる版画作品制作に傾倒し、それがきっかけで卒業後はグラフィックデザイナーとしてキャリアをスタート。その間も自分の芸術表現を模索し続ける。
私の作品のモチーフは自身の妄想や仮説。物言わぬ植物が、人間に対して何を想うのかを妄想し仮説をたてます。現実を写し取る写真という技法でそれらを具体化するというのは斬新な発想でした。妄想が現実でありうる証拠を集め、作品として仕上げる。それが私の創作スタイルです。
プラチナパラジウムプリントという特別なプリント技法との出会いも運命的でした。この技法で創られたイメージは、支持体（紙）が朽ちない限り消えることはありません。千年ともそれ以上ともいわれています。私の体が朽ちたのちも、私の作品が地上のどこかで文明の行く末を見守ることでしょう。
Awards and Honors
2026: PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS
Honorable Mentions / "Drifts of Memory" Analog
2026: International Photography Awards
IPA 2026 Official Selection / "Drifts of Memory" Analog / Film, Other
2026: London Photography Awards
Gold Award / "Drifts of Memory" Landscapes
Gold Award / "Drifts of Memory" Urban Scenes
2025: Tokyo International Poto Awards
Honorable Mention / "WALL (from THEY HATE US)" Analog / Film-Nature / Landscape
2025: PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS
Silver Award / "THEY HATE US" Analog
2025: London Photography Awards
Gold Award / "THEY HATE US" Cityscape
Gold Award / "THEY HATE US" Black & White Photography
2024: New York Photography Awards
Silver Award / "THEY HATE US" Cityscape
Silver Award / "THEY HATE US" Film Photography
2024: Tokyo International Poto Awards
Gold Award / "THEY HATE US" Analog/Film
2024: Monochrome Awards
Honorable Mention / "Frankenstein" Landscapes
Honorable Mention / "Stranded #2" Landscapes
Exhibitions
2026: Static Cinema
curated by Danila Tkachenko, organized by ART-ICON, Venice, Italy
2025: Static Cinema
curated by Danila Tkachenko, organized by ART-ICON, Venice, Italy
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