Born in Gifu Prefecture. Worked for a production company and commercial studio in Nagoya while studying at an arts college. Relocated to Tokyo where she worked in the photography department at a publishing company and as an assistant to a professional photographer before eventually going freelance. Currently focused on portrait photography for magazines and advertisements, while showing her works at various exhibitions. Known and liked for her energetic colorful sensibility and painting-like rendition.
Instructor at Digital Hollywood University and part-time instructor at Nagaoka Institute of Design.
Member of the Kanto Chapter of the All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies.
Wakako Jet's latest photobook “Kitsch a MYAA MYAA Owari-Nagoya” will be sold in the gallery and at the below website during the exhibition.
https://wakakojet.thebase.in/
Exhibitions
- 2019
- “Kitsch a Churachura Okinawa” (Olympus Gallery Tokyo/Osaka)
- 2016
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“Playful Girl” (Photokina 2016, Koln, Germany)
“Kitsch a Go!! Go!! Replay Naniwa” (Olympus Gallery Tokyo/Osaka)
- 2015
- “Daniela’s Day Off” (Gallery-Café Jalona)
- 2014
- “Beauty and The Truth” (Nikon Photo Promenade Shinjuku/Umeda)
- 2013
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“Asian Photography Now - In Memory of Shomei Tomatsu” (Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum)
“Stroll in Sunny Yokohama” (Popeye Camera)
- 2012
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“Sentimental Girl” (Canon Gallery Ginza/Sendai/Nagoya/Umeda)
“Kitsch a Go!! Go!! Naniwa” (Olympus Gallery Tokyo/Osaka)
- 2007
- “Floating on Sentiment” (Shinjuku Konika-Minolta)
Photobooks
- 2023
- “Kitsch a MYAA MYAA Owari-Nagoya”
- 2019
- “Kitsch a Churachura Okinawa”
- 2016
- “Kitsch a Go!! Go!! Naniwa” (LibroArte) and many more
The souvenirs and knick-knacks that decorate my drawing room are cute yet rather coquettish prized possessions of mine. My hunt for the gaudy and ornate (aka “kitsch”) began after a friend who I invited into the room described the décor as “very kitsch”. So, my thing is to visit places with diverse histories, taking photos along the way. The works I am showing here were taken predominantly in the western reaches of Aichi Prefecture in an area historically called Owarinokuni. Dotted with numerous old shrines, hamlets and shell middens, the area is known today for its quaint streetscapes. You'll see photos I took while tracing historical routes in that kind of environment. I've tried in my own way to convey the uniqueness that amiably characterized things I discovered walking about kitsch locations where you can literally see the layers of urban development. With the curiosity, I continue my kitsch adventure after nightfall, too. I hope you like it.