SHIKATA KARIN
Photographer
After leaving the Takarazuka Revue, I spent eight years in Berlin (2016–2024) working as a photographer.
In 2025, I moved to Matsumoto, Nagano, where I continue to create surrounded by mountains, lakes, and shifting light. I photograph the quiet movements of nature — the shimmer of water, the trembling of leaves, the colors that appear only for a moment.
These fleeting traces, like memories dissolving into light, are the core of my work.
During my time in Europe, I collaborated with dancers, musicians, and artists, and exhibited in cities including Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, London, and Amsterdam. My photographs have also been featured in films, stage posters, CDs, and ballet publications.
Since 2021, I have been creating Kakejiku that blend photography with traditional Japanese craftsmanship, in collaboration with my husband, Kakejiku artist Ryo Ueno.
Together, we explore a quiet dialogue between light, movement, and time.
四方花林
写真家
宝塚歌劇団を退団後、2016-2024年ベルリンを拠点に写真家として活動。
2025年より長野県松本市に拠点を移す。
湖や森で自然が作り出す動きや光、その残像を捉えた作品を撮り続けている。ヨーロッパで出会ったダンサーや音楽家などのアーティストと多くのコラボレーション作品を制作。東京、ベルリン、パリ、ロンドン、アムステルダムなどで展示を開催。映画、舞台ポスターやCD、バレエ雑誌などの撮影も手掛ける。
2021年より、夫で掛軸アーティストの上野亮と写真を使った掛軸の制作をしている。
EXHIBITIONS
| 2024.3 | Voices of the Lake | granfront osaka |
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| 2023.5 | Kakejiku & Photography | THE ART OF SEPTEMBER, |
| 2023.1 | The Baltic journey | Cultivate Gallery, KOBE |
| 2023.1 | The Baltic journey | APARTMENT HOTEL SHINJUKU, TOKYO |
| 2023.1 | Kakejiku & Photography | sioribi, NAGANO |
| 2022.1 | Kakejiku & Photography | FELLINI GALLERY, KYOTO |
| 2022.1 | REFLECTIONS ON THE WATER | GALLERY ROOM・A , TOKYO |
| 2021.1 | Malerei und Fotos | Gesundheitszentrum Potsdamer Platz, BERLIN |
| 2020.9 | SICF21 | SPIRAL, TOKYO |
| 2019.12 | Your past and your future | THE ART OF SEPTEMBER, AMSTERDAM |
| 2019.11 | Two sides of the Moon in Japan | Sta. , TOKYO |
| 2019.07 | Musik in der Komorebi | Geelvinck Muziek Museum, ZUTPHEN |
| 2019.5 | Two sides of the Moon in UK | 971620 art gallery, LUTON |
| 2018.12 | flow | THE ART OF SEPTEMBER, AMSTERDAM |
| 2018.11 | Falling | Picture Books, BERLIN |
| 2018.11 | You & I | strobe cafe, TOKYO |
| 2018.10 | feeling blue | duvetica, TOKYO |
| 2018.9 | Afterimage of emotion | fringe coffee paris, PARIS |
| 2018.5 | berlin food stylistics | Apartment Hotel Shinjuku, TOKYO |
| 2018.4 | berlin food stylistics | soho print store, LONDON |
| 2017.11 | Feeling blue at the end of summer | Picture Books, BERLIN |
| 2017.9 | LOVE | Inspired By Starbucks Ikejiri, TOKYO |
| 2017.4 | after image dance | Soho Print Store , LONDON |
| 2017.2 | Hybrid Art Fair | Hotel Petit Palace Santa Bárbara , MADRID |
| 2016.11 | TOKIO ALIENS | Cafe Ole , BERLIN |
| 2016.9 | MORGEN MORGEN | Gallery JIB , TOKYO |
| 2016.6 | I R O I R O | Mozzino, LONDON |
| 2016.2 | r i a r i a | Gallery small view, TOKYO |
| 2016.2 | OSAKA COLORFUL KEIKAKU | Hankyu Department Store, OSAKA |
| 2015.11 | LONDON★LONDON | Hanshin Department Store, OSAKA |
| 2015.10 | K i R A K i R A | Gallery JIB, TOKYO |
| 2015.1 | Tokyo Cinderella Dolls | SPRMRKT, SINGAPORE |
| 2014.12 | Fall in Love with KYOTO, beginning of the journey | Iemon Salon, KYOTO |
| 2014.8 | Origami Daydreaming | Cafe Salvador, TOKYO |
| 2014.8 | LONDON tour experience in GINZA | Matsuya Ginza, TOKYO |
| 2014.7 | I’ll be a Superstar & come to get you by Vespa!! | Mozzino, LONDON |
MEDIA
| 2024.3 | SHOOTING |
|---|---|
| 2022.1 | ADF webmagazine |
| 2022.1 | 水の反映 ArtSticker |
| 2020.10 | アサヒカメラ/インタビュー |
| 2020.7 | CINRA NEWS |
| 2020.2 | テレビ朝日のそこの〇〇止まりなさい！に出演しました。 |
| 2018.2 | Young Germany |