BIOGRAPHY (B.1947)

1947 Born in Tokyo.

1973 Completed a degree in graphic design at Tama Art University.

1975 Began his career as a freelance photographer while serving as a staff editor at Jutaku kenchiku (Residential Architecture) Magazine.

1987 Photographed the destruction of the slums in Kau Lung Shing Chai (Kowloon Walled City) in Hong Kong.

1989 Won the Kimura Ihee Award.

1996 Received the Leone d’Oro prize at the Venice Biennale for the best national pavilion at the international architecture exhibition.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1996 Venice Biennale: 6th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice.

2002 Documenta 11 Platform5: Ausstellung / Exhibition, Kassel.

2004 Museum Island", TARO NASU GALLERY, Tokyo (also 2002).?
2004 3rd Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin.

2004 Ryuji Miyamoto Retrospective, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo.?
2007 Ryuji Miyamoto - Palast, Kicken Berlin, Berlin.