Japanese  
Umaba Maki

Born in Tokyo.
Began to take pictures while she was still in Musashino Art University
Short term Faculty Department of Oil Painting.
Worked as a freelance after working at Photographic department
of newspaper office.
Went to France in 2002 and studied in Ecole Nationale Superieure
de la Photographie d'Arles as a member of Oversea
Program of Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Currently, resident in Tokyo.
works as a part-time lecturer at a Bunka Gakuen University and Nippon Photography Institute
Award
1996   The33rd Semi-grand Taiyo Award
1996   The5rd Shashin-shinseiki Award

Selected Exhibitions
2022   [ Maboroshi ] / OM SYSTEM GALLERY ,Tokyo , Japan
2021   [ Flora ] / Ginza Tsutaya Books（GINZA SIX）, Tokyo , Japan
2020   [ Futari ] / Promenades Photographiques Festival Vendome, France
2019   [ OGU MAG PHOTO BOOK FAIR + Umaba Maki PhotoExhibition ] / OGUMAGU Tokyo, Japan
2018   [ We are here ] / Mo-house Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
2018   [ presence ] / Nikon Plaza Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2018   [ presence ] / Nikon Plaza Ginza, Nagoya, Japan
2017   [ We are here ] / FOCUS ROCK STUDIO & gallery, Aichi, Japan
2016   [ We are here ] / PlaceM, Tokyo,Japan
2016   [ We are here ] / OGUMAG, Tokyo, Japan
2009   [ Domani: The Art of Tomorrow 2008 ] / The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2008   [ Young Photographers Exhibition ] / Gallery Past Rays, Kanagawa, Japan
2005   [ Riviere de la Nuit ] / Gallery Past Rays, Kanagawa,Japan
2001   [ Nude ] / NaviculasArtis, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2001   [ Nude ] / Egg Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001   [ Nude ] / National Central Exhibition Center Manege, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1996   [ Futari ] / Olympus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Publication
2022   [ Maboroshi ] self publishing
2016   [ We are here ] Akaakasha
2008   [ Absence ] Sokyusha