Seiichi furuya biography definition

Seiichi FURUYA was born in Izu, Japan, in He left the port of Yokohama to travel to Europe on the Trans-Siberian Railway in , after graduating from Tokyo Polytechnic University in He lived in Vienna until he moved to Graz in There he met Christine Gössler (born ) in February The couple married in May of the same year in Seiichi’s hometown Izu in Japan. Their son, Komyo-Klaus, was born in In , they moved to Vienna so that Christine could study drama. In , Seiichi took a job as an interpreter and the family moved to Dresden, East Germany; and then in , to East Berlin.

In late , Christine began to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia. In , she entered a hospital in Graz for treatment; she had to interrupt her acting studies and has since been hospitalized from time to time. Shortly after noon on October 7th, , the 36th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic, Christine threw herself from a window on the 9th floor of the apartment building where the family lived. Seiichi continued to work as an interpreter in East Berlin until Afterwards he returned to Graz.

Since , FURUYA has had numerous exhibitions, both in Japan and overseas, at such venues as: Forum Stadtpark (Graz, Austria), Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria), Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Museum (Tokyo, Japan). He has published several photo books featuring Christine, starting with his Mémoires (Camera Austria, ) and continuing with Mémoires (Scalo Books, ), Christine Furuya-Gössler, Mémoires (Korinsha Press, ), Portrait (Fotohof, ), Last Trip to Venice (self-published, ), Mémoires (Akaaka Art Publishing, ), Mémoires (Izu Photo Museum/Camera Austria, ), Border (spector, ), WHY DRESDEN / (spector, ). The latest publication Face to Face (Chose Commune) was published in

What’s more, he has been active in a wide range of projects: he was one of the founders of the photography magazine Camera Austria and has also curated exhibitions introducing Japanese photographers to Europe, such as Daido Moriyama, (Graz, ), Shomei Tomatsu: Japan (Graz, ), Nobuyoshi Araki: Akt-Tokyo (Graz, ), Keep in Touch. Positions in Japanese Photography (Graz, ).

Publications

- “AMS” Edition Camera Austria
- “Mémoires” Edition Camera Austria
- “Seiichi Furuya, Mémoires ” Scalo
- “Christine Furuya-Gössler, Mémoires, ”, Korinsha
- “Portriat” Fotohof
- “Last Trip to Venice”, private edition
- “alive” Scalo
- “Mémoires ”, Akaasha
- “Aus den Fugen” Akaakasha
- “Mémoires. ” NOHARA / Camera Austria
- “国境 シュターツグレンツェ ” Spector Books / IZU PHOTO MUSEUM

Awards

- 27th Ina Nobuo Award
- Sagamihara Photography Award