Biography:
Born in 1947
Ryuji Miyamoto is best known for a series in which he documented an unfathomable quality of the city by photographing disintegrating architecture. Many of his works have been shown in publications such as "Architectural Apocalypse" (1986), a collection of photographs documenting architecture falling to ruin as a result of urban modernization; "Kau Lun Shing Chai (Kowloon Walled City)" (1998), in which he photographed Hong Kong slums just before the handover to China; "ANGKOR" (1992), a documentary on Angkor Wat; "KOBE 1995 after the earthquake" (1995), featuring images taken immediately after the Great Hanshin Earthquake; and "CARDBOARD HOUSES" (2002), which focused on street people's self-built cardboard shelters. Miyamoto has held numerous solo and group exhibitions both domestically and abroad, at the 6th International Architecture Exhibition as part of the Venice Biennale, Miyamo was highly respected for his collaboration in the exhibited Japanese Pavilion called “Fracture” which embodied the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The pavilion was awarded with the most prestigious Leone d'oro In the 2004, Miyamoto’s work was featured in the Berlin Biennale, and this was followed by his first major retrospective in Tokyo’s Setagaya Art Museum in May 2004.

Exhibitions:

Main Exhibitions
2006 forgotten, TARO NASU, Tokyo (also 2005, 2004, 2002)
2004 3rd Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2002 Documenta 11 _Platform5: Ausstellung / Exhibition, Kassel
1996 Venice Biennale: 6th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice