Ninagawa Mika

Other Name: 蜷川 実花

Age: 52

Birthday: October 18, 1972

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Female

Ninagawa Mika is a multidisciplinary artist who works in photography and film. Ninagawa currently lives and works in Tokyo. The appeal of her photography can best be summed up by a signature approach that is bathed in dreamlike vivid colors. Whether it is portraiture, landscape, or still life, at the heart of her work are themed looks that rotate between flora, fauna, landscapes, and empowered women to create Ninagawa’s lush tableaux. Ninagawa is one of Japan’s most celebrated photographers, where celebrities seek her portraiture, she is now breaking out in the West. She captures her ornately clad human subjects against baroque stylings that suggest a firm grasp of practical scenography, and the work achieves a calm, pictorial mastery. Portraits of local and international personalities, from Chiaki Kuriyama to Beyoncé, pepper her portfolio, and her distinct and vibrant aesthetic has been influential around the world. Lauded in Japan as an art photographer and film director, she is formally represented by Tomio Koyama’s influential art gallery. (Source: Official Site).