TSUKIYAMA SHOTA
S Direction
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TSUKIYAMA SHOTA
S Direction
This work explores the relationship between Kasuga Shrine and Sarushima Island, both located in Yokosuka. Historically, Kasuga Shrine once stood on Sarushima itself, but when it was relocated to the mainland, it was deliberately rebuilt to face back toward the island. Inspired by this spatial and spiritual orientation, the artist created a series of photographs taken from within Yokosuka, all with the camera pointed in the direction of Sarushima. Though the island is not visible in any of the images, each frame is imbued with a quiet gesture of alignment—an unseen axis linking land, memory, and reverence.
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TSUKIYAMA SHOTA
Photographer, Born in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. Lives and work in Japan.graduated from Nippon Photography Institute in 2019. His interest in seeing has led him to develop photographic works, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional, that deal with the vision newly acquired through tools (cameras) and through the roles, knowledge, and physicality of his own position in the world. In recent years, based on the affinity between sniping and photography, he has been creating works that attempt to acquire new visual images by incorporating the actions of snipers and observers toward their targets, such as observation, reconnaissance, research, tactics, disguise, and camouflage, in the process before and after shooting.
Notable exhibitions include “ENCOUNTERS” (ANB TOKYO, Tokyo, 2020), “constellation #02” (rin art association, Takasaki, 2021), “P.O.N.D” (PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, 2021), “EENT” (POST-FAKE projects, Tokyo, 2023), “ATAMI ART GRANT 2023” (ATAMIX, Atami, 2023) “NEW ANXIETIES” (N/A & FF Seoul, Seoul, 2025).