__NOTOC__ is a Japanese artist and photographer, whose photographs often show his artworks in the open air. Born Masaaki Komoto (, ''Komoto Masaaki'') in Ōmori-ku, Tokyo (now Ōta-ku, Tokyo) on 14 August 1935,Mihashi Junko (), "Nomoto Akira", ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ),　p.139. (Despite the English language alternative title, in Japanese only.) Komoto was brought up in Seki,

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, ...

.Shizen e / shizen kara
", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008. He studied at Gifu University, graduating in 1958; and until 1962 at the graduate school of Tokyo University of Education (now

Tsukuba University is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 college ...

). Nomoto has created paintings, prints and photographs from the 1960s. From the 1980s these have gained critical acclaim outside Japan, bringing Nomoto invitations to Spain and elsewhere in Europe. From 1971 to 1974 Nomoto taught at Gifu College of Education (now

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University is a private university in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefec ...

); since 1994 he has been teaching at

Joshibi University of Art and Design (abbreviated "") is a private women's art school in Suginami and Sagamihara in Japan. The mission and aims of Joshibi, developing creative minds, encourages students to contribute to local, national and international societies, female independe ...

Exhibitions

One-man exhibitions

* Gallery Stratford,

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is an art museum located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Situated in Rockland, Victoria, the museum occupies a building complex; made up of the Spencer Mansion, and the Exhibition Galleries. The ...

, and elsewhere in North America, 1994–2000 *"Fūkei to no kōkan: Komoto Akira ten", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts 1998 *"Komoto Akira ten", Minokamo City Museum 2004 *"60 nendai to genzai: Komoto Akira ten", Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum, 2005 *"Shizen to no kōkan",　Komoto Akira ten", Hekinan-shi Tetsugaku-taiken-mura Mugaen, 2008 *"Shizen e / shizen kara", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008.

Other exhibitions

*"Gendai bijutsu no dōkōten",

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto The is an art museum in Kyoto, Japan. This Kyoto museum is also known by the English acronym MoMAK (Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto). History The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK) was initially created as the Annex Museum of the Natio ...

1965 *"Gendai bijutsu ni okeru shashinten",

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo The in Tokyo, Japan, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting modern Japanese art. This Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym MOMAT (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo). The museum is known for its collection of 20th-centu ...

and

1983 *

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT) is an international contemporary art festival held once every three years in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The festival was created by the Tokyo commercial gallery Art Front Gallery (AFG) and is directed by g ...

2003 2000/2003

Collections

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...

(Paris);

Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art is a purpose built municipal art gallery in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2002. The major collections of the museum are foreign and Japanese sculptures, foreign and Japanese prints, Western-style and Japanese-style ...

;

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Düsseldorf. Building The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available preca ...

;

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo The is a contemporary art museum in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Kiba Park. It was opened in 1995. Collections *''Marilyn Monroe'' by Andy Warhol (1967) *'' Girl with Hair Ribbon'' by Roy Lichtenstein (1965) *''Honey-pop'' by ...

;

Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu The is art museum located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west b ...

; Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama;

;

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography The is an art museum concentrating on photography. As the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, it was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo. The museum al ...

;

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

(London);.

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Photographs by Komoto
Japanese photographers 1935 births Living people People from Tokyo People from Gifu Prefecture Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University faculty University of Tsukuba alumni Joshibi University of Art and Design faculty {{Japan-photographer-stub