Yoko Kusano is a photographer based in Tokyo. Known for her sensitive and intuitive approach to everyday subjects, Kusano captures fleeting emotions and atmospheres through photography. Alongside her photobooks EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY and Across the Sea, she has developed a distinctive practice spanning both the contemporary art and editorial fields.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017 EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY, QUIET NOISE arts and break, Tokyo, Japan
2018 LUMIX MEETS BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6, Amsterdam/Paris/Tokyo 2019 Far Away, dessin, Tokyo, Japan
2019 S S vision, dessin, Terrace Square, Tokyo, Japan
2019 The 10th Gelatin Silver Session ̶ Photographs We Want to Preserve for the Next 100. Years, dessin,
Roppongi Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Homes vol.0, flotsam books, Tokyo, Japan
2021-2024 Double focus, with Kohey Kanno, Kyoto/Tokyo/Hiroshima/Nagoya
2023 Ghostly Tools, Group Exhibition: Naohiro Udagawa, Yoko Kusano, Kanade Hamamoto, Naoto Furuta, Daisuke Yokota, Seiko Watanabe, Curated by Sprout, Tokyo, Japan
2024 SCALES, Curated by Sprout, Tokyo, Japan

PUBLICATIONS

2015 UNTITLED
2017 EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY
2017 YOKO KUSANO / MOTOLA SERENA 2018 Across the Sea

AWARDS

2014 Canon New Cosmos of Photography 2014 Tokyo, Excellence Award: Selected by Masafumi Sanai, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan