Biography
Kimono Yoshida was born in Tokyo in 1963.
In 1995 she joined the Tokyo College of Photography, and the National School of Photography in Arles, France.In 1996 she met Jean-Michel Ribettes and integrates the national studio of contemporary arts at Le Fresnoy in 1999.
Between 1998 and 2015 she exibited in many places.
2000 : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, japon : The 100 smilles of Monna Lisa.
2002 : Maison Européenne de la photographie (MEP), Paris, France : le diaphane & l’obscur.
2004 : Art Basel, Basel, Suisse : galerie Erna Hecey.
2005 : The Chelsea Art Museum, New-York,NY, USA : The bogey man (after goya).
2006 : Grand Palais, paris, France: FIAC, génération Picasso (Citroën).
2007 : Maison Européenne de la photographie (MEP) paris, France : Acquisitions 1999-2006.
2013 : Museum of fine arts, Houston, Texas, usa: self, model and self as other.
2014: La maison rouge, Paris, France : The wall. Collection Antoine de Galbert’s.
2015 : Tefaf, Maastricht, Netherlands: Homage to derain (galerie patrice trigano).