Fumiko Imano
Born in Japan but raised for many years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fumiko studied fine art at Central St. Martins before studying photography and fashion styling at The London College of Fashion. She is now best known for her self portrait photography in which she is often accompanied in her images by her identical but wholly fictional twin sister. In 2018 she began a collaboration with Jonathan Anderson on Loewe campaigns and various contributions for the brand’s biannual cultural publication. Her vivacious and appealing images are regularly included in other fashion publications. Since 2005 she has published over ten books of her photography and exhibited extensively worldwide. She now lives in Hitachi, Japan.
Clients:
- Cecilie Bahnsen
- Cream
- Dazed
- Departures
- Dune
- Dutch
- Family Portrait
- Homme Girls
- i-D
- Kiko Kostadinov
- Loewe
- Madhappy
- Marni
- Middle Plane
- Puss Puss
- Repossi
- SSAW
- The Face
- The Fashion Post
- The Ingenue
- The Plant
- Valextra
- Vans
- Vogue
Highlights
The Plant
Loewe
iD x Marni
Valextra
Adidas x Moncler
Going Nowhere
Le Fumistol
Kiko
Exhibitions and Awards
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2023
Le Fumistol, Kosaku Kanechika Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2020
somehow somewhere sometimes at some place for some reason, Kosaku Kanechika Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2018
There is only one Fumiko, Dover St Market, Tokyo, Japan
- 2018
We Oui!, Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
- 2015
I Shot Myself, Utrecht/Now Idea, Tokyo, Japan
- 2014
I do it myself (Self Portraiture 1999 -2014) & Don’t stop being you (Installation), Contemporary Art Center, Mito, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2016
Plexus - The Project 8 Ball Community (Curated by Lele Saveli), Unseen Niche, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016
New Material - 8 Japanese Photographers, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2015
Fumiko Imano (Representing Little Big Man Gallery), Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- 2015
A LIE ABOUT A LIE; A TRUTH ABOUT A TRUTH (Curated by Tyrone Lebon)
Little Big Man Gallery, LA, USA
Awards & Prizes
Finalist International Festival of the Art of Fashion 2002, Hyeres, France
Publications
Le Fumistol
Self Published
2023