Kumiko Strahan

Opening Event: Sunday 6 May, 2 – 4pm,
Artist Talk at 2.30pm
Runs 3 – 13 May 2018

On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy sailed into Tokyo and on behalf of the U.S. government, forced Japan to enter into trade with the United States and demanded a treaty permitting unequal trade conditions, along with the opening of Japanese ports to U.S. merchant ships.

With the election of President Trump and the increasing tension in Eastern Asia, Kumiko Strahan reflects again on the arrival of Commodore Perry and ponders the future that awaits Japan and the United States of America.

Kumiko Strahan won the Ken Domon Memorial Museum in Osaka in 2017 and was invited to be a guest photographer at Mt Rokko International Photo Festival, Kobe in 2017.