Keiichiro Muramatsu was born in 1972 in Shizuoka, Japan. He attended a Focal Point professional photography course in Vancouver in 2001-2002. After going back to Japan, he established a portrait studio ”The Fourth Avenue Studio” in 2008 in Shizuoka, Japan. He has started to learn “Nageire” (literally, “thrown into”) which is a freer form of flower arrangement, placing innocent wildflowers simply in rough-hewn vessels, from 2013. He also established an atelier for producing his works in 2014.
AWARDS
- BIFA 2023 (Budapest International Foto Awards) Silver Prize, “Plate“, Professional-Portfolio/Fine Art
- BIFA 2023 (Budapest International Foto Awards) Bronze Prize, “Plate“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- PX3 2023 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Silver Prize, “Colony“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- PX3 2023 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Honorable Mention, “State“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- PX3 2023 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Honorable Mention, “State“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- Minimalist Photography Awards Honorable Mention, “Colony“, Fine Art
- IPA 2023 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, “Colony“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2023 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, “State“, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2020 (International Photography Awards) 1st place, “White Light”, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- TIFA 2019 (Tokyo International Foto Awards) Silver Prize, “In Harmony-Sparkle-“, Professional-Fine Art/Other
- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards) 3rd place, ” IN HARMONY”, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards) OneShot: Street Photography, Specials (shadows, reflections…) Honorable Mention
- TIFA 2018 (Tokyo International Foto Awards) Gold Prize, “White Light”, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2018 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2018 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, Professional-Fine Art/Still Life
- PX3 2018 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Honorable Mention, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2017 (International Photography Awards) 1st place, “Golden Light”, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2016 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- PX3 2015 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Second Prize, “A STAGE”, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- PX3 2015 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) Honorable Mention, Professional-Fine Art/Still Life
- IPA 2015 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, Professional-Nature/Flowers
- IPA 2015 (International Photography Awards) Honorable Mention, Professional-Fine Art/Still Life
- 2015 the 40th exhibition of the JPS (Japan Professional Photographers Society) Honorable Mention
- 2013 the 38th exhibition of the JPS (Japan Professional Photographers Society) Honorable Mention
EDUCATION
- Focal Point professional photography course in Vancouver in 2001-2002
- Faculty of Science and Technology (at Tokyo Denki University) Division of Electronic Engineering– 1989–1993
SOLO & TWO-PERSON SHOWS
- July 2020 “Living Flowers” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- Apr. 2019 “SHINE A LIGHT” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- Nov. 2018 “WHITE LIGHT” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- Apr. 2018 “Struct” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- June 2017 “Lumières d’Or/Golden Light” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- Nov. 2015 “A STAGE” at Marie-Robin (Paris, France)
- Aug. 2002 “Vancouver” at Center A (Vancouver, BC)
GROUP EXHIBITION
- Juried exhibition “the 40th exhibition of the JPS” at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 2015
- Juried exhibition “the 38th exhibition of the JPS” at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2013
- Group exhibition “Focal Point’s Full-Time Graduate Exhibition” at Exposure Gallery (Vancouver, BC) June 2002
- Juried exhibition “Explore Asian 2002-One more time-” at Turks (Vancouver, BC) May 2002
- Group exhibition Annual Exhibition-“Relation” etc. at Ai gallery (Shizuoka, Japan) 1998-2002
ART FAIR
- FOTOFEVER PARIS 2017 10>12 NOV. 2017 at CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE (Paris, France)
COLLECTIONS
- Private collections around the world.
MEDIA
SIGMA FRANCE “CLUB FOVENON #12”
