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Awards & Selections / Exhibitions / Patents / Media Coverage

Taiki Ueki / 上木 大汽

Awards & Selections

2026 Grand Prize, 13th 500m Museum Award
“Becoming Now After Loss”
2026 Honorable Mention, The 2nd THE NEW CREATORS
“I am Not Trying to Preserve Photographs”
2024 Excellence Award,5th JMPA Internet Photo Contest
“The Coat Without a Face”

Exhibitions

2026 13th 500m Museum Award Exhibition (Sapporo, Japan)
2026 The 18th Japan Modern Photographers Association Exhibition (Tokyo / Nagano / Aichi, Japan)
Special Exhibition within the Venue: Individual display on a dedicated wall section.
2025 17th Japan Modern Photographers Association Members Exhibition (Tokyo / Nagano / Aichi, Japan)

Patent

2025 Japanese Patent No. 7759681
“Printing Method for Ice-like Objects”
(Registered under his legal name, Taiki Ueki.)

Media Coverage

2026 The Tokyo Shimbun (Aug 3, Issue No. 30013, “From TOKYO” section)
“Ice Photography — Fragments of ‘Memory’ That Melt Away”
2026 Hokkaido Shimbun (Feb 28, Issue No. 29871, “Saturday Doshin” section)
“Grand Prix of the 13th 500m Museum Award goes to Taiki Ueki”
2026 Monthly lifestyle information magazine Wendy (Feb, Issue No. 441)
“Fading Forms of Memory — A New Expression Printing Photographs Directly onto Ice”