Nobuyoshi Araki
Japanese photographer and artist
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| 2018 | Exhibited 'Monstrous Paradise' at the European Cultural Centre and held exhibitions 'Nobuyoshi Araki: KATA-ME' at Rat Hole Gallery and 'Nobuyoshi Araki: Monstrous Paradise' at RuArts Gallery in Moscow. |
| 2018 | Created a limited special edition photo series 'Monstrous Paradise' for the European Cultural Centre, representing his feelings about life in Tokyo. |
| December 2018 | The Angry Asian Girls Association protested the opening of Araki's photography exhibition at C/O Berlin to raise awareness about Kaori's allegations. |
| April 2018 | Kaori wrote a blog post publicly accusing Araki of financial and artistic exploitation, detailing her experiences of working without a contract, being forced into explicit shoots, irregular payment, and unauthorized use of her nude images. |
| 2017 | Published 'Tokyo', a collection of 28 diptychs with essays, limited to 300 copies. |
| 2017 | Kaori requested that Araki stop republishing or exhibiting her photographs, to which Araki responded by warning her that she had no rights. |
| 2015 | Commissioned by Bottega Veneta to photograph Saskia de Brauw and Sung Jin Park for their spring/summer campaign in Tokyo. |
| 2014 | Published 'Photography for the Afterlife' with an essay by Mario Perniola titled 'Araki's Hell'. |
| June 21 2014 | Held the 'Love on the left eye' exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery in Tokyo, inspired by his vision loss. |
| October 2013 | Lost vision in his right eye due to a retinal artery obstruction at age 74. |
| 2011 | Araki publicly bragged about gaining intimate access to models through sex during an interview. |
| 2010 | His cat Chiro died of old age. |
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