Chika & Ichio Usui

They have worked together as “Chika & Ichio Usui” since 2016.
Chika exhibited at WonderFotoDay in Taiwan as an invited artist, in 2019.
Ichio’s major solo exhibition, “Kiseki,” (Wide Gallery&Studio, Kobe). In addition, he has a lot of experiences and won prizes in international contests.

They are based in Kansai, Japan.
In 2019, they were included in the KG+ “Select 12 Artists” category, and held a solo exhibition in Kyoto during the 2019 KYOTOGRAPHIE [Kyoto International Photography Festival].

Afterwards, they were selected to receive the Bergonzo First Floor Paris Prize, from more than 200 participating artists included in the KG+ “Select 12 Artists” category, as well as the entire KG+ exhibition. In November 2019, they held a solo exhibition in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in Paris, France.
In 2020, they published their first photo book by AVGI in New York.

– Awards –
2019 KYOTOGRAPHIE
└ Bergonzo First Floor Paris Prize : “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -“
└ KG+SELECT 12 Artists

– Group Exhibition & Art Fair –
2020 “100人10 Extra exhibition GINZA” (Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo)
2020 “100人10” (Tokyo)
2019 “KG+ IN TOKYO” (Art-U room, Tokyo)
2019 “fotofever” (Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)

– Solo Exhibitions –
2019 “Communities bound together by a common destiny” (Bergonzo First Floor Gallery, Paris)
2019 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -” (KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+SELECT, Kyoto)

– Publication –
2020 “運命共同体 – Communities bound together by a common destiny -” (AVGI, New York)