Tetsugo Hyakutake

is a Japanese artist and photographer. His work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Philadelphia, New York, Madrid, and Venice.

Biography Hyakutake graduated from the University of the Arts in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, receiving the Promising Artist Award and Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Region Scholarship Award. In 2009, Hyakutake obtained a master's degree of Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was awarded a Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship. In 2009 he was a winner of the International Photography Awards Competition for his project Post-Industrialization.

Hyakutake’s work is fueled by historical, economic, and social issues of post-war Japan connected to his own personal experiences and the voices of his generation.

Hyakutake currently lives and works in Japan.

Solo exhibitions 2010 Pathos:Tetsugo Hyakutake, Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Ephemeral Existence:Tetsugo Hyakutake, Gallery339, Philadelphia, PA 2018 Postwar Conditions:Tetsugo Hyakutake, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria

Selected exhibitions 2003: Danica, Yokikai Photo Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 2004: Vanessa, Yokikai Photo Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 2005: Day to Day, Day by Day, Yokikai Photo Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (Received the Award of Distinction) 2006: The University of the Arts Thesis Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2007: The University of Pennsylvania MFA First Year Exhibition, Class of 2009, Philadelphia, PA 2008: The AIPAD Photography Show 2008, New York, NY 2008: The University of Pennsylvania, Self-Generated Exhibition, Class of 2009, Philadelphia, PA 2009: Extended Views: Tetsugo Hyakutake + Daniel Lobdell, Gallery339, Philadelphia, PA 2009: Costa Nostra (Our Thing) Show, Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY 2009: The University of Pennsylvania “La Jetee” Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2009: The University of Pennsylvania MFA Thesis Exhibition, Class of 2009, Philadelphia, PA 2009: The University of Pennsylvania East West South North Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2009: PHotoEspaña 2009, Madrid, Spain 2009: The University of Pennsylvania MFA Thesis Exhibition, Class of 2009, New York, NY 2009: 2009 International Photography Awards Best of Show, New York, NY 2010: Open Video Call: Selected Works 2009-2010, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pa 2010: Imperial Video, Ramis Barquet, New York, NY

Awards

2003: Best of Quarter Award, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2005: The Innova fine paper award for inkjet printmaking 2005: Society for Photographic Education, Mid Atlantic Region, Scholarship Award 2005-06: Promising Artist Award, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2006: Shades of Paper Award, The Innova fine paper award for inkjet printmaking 2006: Best of Photography, Photographer’s Forum Magazine Annual Spring Photography Contest, Finalist 2009-2010: Fleisher Art Memorial Challenge Artist 2009: Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship 2009: Third place in Architecture (Buildings), International Photography Awards Competition 2009: First place in Architecture (Bridges), International Photography Awards Competition