About

Hayato Nishimura (b. 1977, Izumo, Japan) is a visual artist based in Kawagoe, Japan.

His photographic practice has focused on the relationship between individuals in unique locations or situations and their surrounding environments, creating series that suggest these singular worlds. Alongside photographic works inspired by scientific research sites and science itself, he continues to photograph landscapes bearing traces of human activity. Key themes include: Thinkings, Cool Physics, 宇宙は数学の言葉で書かれている (The Universe is Written in the Language of Mathematics, and Commons – photographing experimental facilities, equipment, and blackboards within scientific laboratories; 根ノ国 (Ne-no-Kuni), Distance, and うぶすな (Ubusuna) – photographing the Izumo region, his birthplace, known for its rich nature, ancient myths and history, and unique culture; and Mounds – focusing on ancient burial mounds existing alongside contemporary life.

From 2015 to 2025, he co-managed RED Photo Gallery (Tokyo). Master of Management of Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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Past Exhibitions/Events

2025

Mounds, ニコンサロン (Nikon Salon), Tokyo (JP)

Mounds 2024-25, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2024

Mounds 2023-24, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2023

Commons, gallery 176, Toyonaka (JP)

Taiwan Photo 2023 - Mounds, Taipei (TW)

うぶすな (Ubusuna), RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2022

テクノライン (Technoline), RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Mounds, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2021

Mounds, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

Distance, RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2020

2000s, RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Lives, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2019

美術考古 forgotten object/remembered things: Joint Exhibition, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

Commons, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2018

遠ツ根ノ国 (Distant Ne-no-Kuni), RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Interference Experiment, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

Mounds , RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2017

No Curiosity, No Life, RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Commons, 元淳風小学校 (Former Junpu Elementary School), Kyoto (JP)

Commons, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2016

宇宙は数学の言葉で書かれている (The Universe is Written in the Language of Mathematics), RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Passage, RED Photo Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

Thinkings, MATSUO MEGUMI+VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

2015

Spectrum ― 大坪晶との2人展 (Two-Person Exhibition with Otsubo Akira), Bloom Gallery, Osaka (JP)

Spectrum ― 大坪晶との2人展 (Two-Person Exhibition with Otsubo Akira), M2 Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2014

Cool Physics, MATSUO MEGUMI＋VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto (JP)

Transitions, M2 Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2013

No Curiosity, No Life, 函館市地域交流まちづくりセンター (Hakodate Community Design Center), Hakodate (JP)

2012

Thinkings, M2 Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

No Curiosity, No Life, コニカミノルタプラザ (Konica Minolta Plaza), Tokyo (JP)

根ノ国 (Ne-no-Kuni), M2 Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2011

From the Lab Bench, M2 Gallery, Tokyo (JP)

2010

No Curiosity, No Life, Place M, Tokyo

Shape of Life ― MIO Photo Award 2009 Winners Exhibition, 天王寺ミオ (Tennoji MIO), Osaka (JP)

2009

Polaroid Blue ― MIO Photo Award 2008 Winners Exhibition, 天王寺ミオ (Tennoji MIO), Osaka (JP)

Awards

2016

KG+ AWARD 2016 flinalist (TOP3) - Thinkings

2010

MIO Photo Award 2009 Special Jury Prize (selected by Mitsuhiko Imamori) - Shape of Life

2009

MIO Photo Award 2008 finalist - Polaroid Blue

Publications