Photomanipulation nominee

When I imagine the primitive life forms of prehistoric times, my thoughts arrive at the shapes and movements of cells and bacteria within my own body, invisible to the naked eye but ceaselessly passed down across generations. They have evolved through many stages and at this very moment continue their unending activity within human bodies living in a technological society capable of manipulating genetic material.

Although this project is quite far from actual bioscience, the primitive life forms that live on within the natural environment of the human body in contemporary society where genetic engineering has developed—whether they are like some sort of aquatic organism, bacteria, or plant—have taken on new shapes and wisdom within my imagination. Similar to eukaryotes, these neo primitive organisms are vigorously coming to life.

Eriko Kaniwa is a digital artist based in Tokyo and the creator of SENSEGRAPHIA FINE ART. SENSEGRAPHIA is a conceptual redefinition of photography, and aims to develop and express the sense of nature through fine art that enables us to recognize that humans are a part of nature and its profound relationship with humans. Her artworks have been seen not only at the international Art Fair such as FOTOFEVER Paris or Barcelona Foto Viennale, but also in a major magazine such as British VOGUE, British GQ, HOUSE and GARDEN, LONDON LIFE MAGAZINE, and the other ART medias, CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR MAGAZINE, OPENEYE, CREATIVPAPER and so on.

AWARDS
- NEUTRAL DENSITY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 
/ ND Discovery of The Year, Fine Art Discovery of The Year 

- THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS / 13th POLLUX AWARDS 
/Overall Winner
- FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 
/1st. place: Professional Wildlife/

- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 
1st. place: in Book
- PX3 / Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris 
/Silver prize in Book

Publication
-Texture of Absurdity ~Collective Abstract Art works

-浄景 Nature Worship, Sacred Places in Japan

-100 ARTISTS OF THE FUTURE 

-Art Collector's Choice