TOP 30th Anniversary State of the Artist: So Far and From Now On

Oct. 15, 2025—Jan. 25, 2026

• Oct. 15, 2025—Jan. 25, 2026
• Closed Mondays (except when Monday falls on a holiday, in which case the museum is open and closed the following day), New Year’s holidays(12/29-1/1)
• Admission：Adults ￥700(560)／College Students ￥560(440)／High School Students, Over 65 ￥350(280) *Prices in parenthesis apply to groups of 20 or more. (Reservation is required.) *Free for junior high school students or younger, and holders of Japan’s disability identification cards (shogaisha techo) together with two caregiver. *Those over 65 years old receive free admission on the third Wednesday of every month by presenting proof of age at the ticket counter.

This year, 2025, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum commemorates its 30th anniversary. Over the last three decades since the museum opened in 1995, a wide range of artistic expressions have emerged, and while responding to societal changes, photography has continuously evolved without interruption.

This exhibition, State of the Artist: So Far and From Now On, introduces the latest pursuits of outstanding Japanese artists, active both at home and abroad, along with their past works, which are already contained in the museum collection. It is our hope that this opportunity to encounter the artists’ current activities will both deepen understanding of their works, and inspire an exploration of creative possibilities in the future.

Exhibiting Artists: Ishiuchi Miyako, Shiga Lieko, Kanemura Osamu, Fujioka Aya, Kawada Kikuji


Ishiuchi Miyako, #145 donor: Sachiko, M. from the series ひろしま/Hiroshima, 2025, Chromogenic print　
©Ishiuchi Miyako, courtesy of The Third Gallery Aya


Shiga Lieko, “Someday these guys might save me. I could sell the iron, but rather than doing that I make my living and let them rest here until they eventually return to the earth.”, 2021, Chromogenic print　Photo: artist, ©Lieko Shiga, Courtesy of the artist


Kanemura Osamu, from the series Today’s Japan, 1993, Gelatin silver print　Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum


Kawada Kikuji, The Last Sunrise of Showa Era–D from the series The Last Cosmology, 1989, Gelatin silver print　
Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum