Postgraduate of Kyoto University of Fine Art

2007
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA

2006
MADAME COMET, Ohara Museum of Art, Yurinso, Japan *
SUNA ONNA, Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

2005
MIWA YANAGI: THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF THE INNOCENT OLD LADY AND THE HEARTLESS YOUNG GIRL, Hara Museum Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Ohara Museum, Okahama, Japan
MIWA YANAGI, Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim

2004
MIWA YANAGI DARKNESS OF GIRLHOOD AND LIGHTNESS OF AGING, Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art,Marugame, Japan
MIWA YANAGI – SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHE BANK, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
Mimoca - Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame, Japan
MIWA YANAGI, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

2003
MY GRANDMOTHERS, Wohnmaschine, Berlin
Galeria Leyendecker, Canarie Islands

2002
MY GRANDMOTHERS, Kirin Plaza Gallery, Osaka
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
GRANDDAUGHTERS, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris

2001
Gallery Kodama, Osaka

2000
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris

1999
Gallery Kodama, Osaka

1998
Wohnmaschine, Berlin
Art Space Niji, Kyoto

2007
GLOBAL FEMINISMS, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen *

2006
DER KONTRAKT DES FOTOGRAFEN, Akademie der Künste, Berlin *
LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
PUBLIC/PRIVAT, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
CHIKAKU- Perception, Time and Memory of Art, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
TOKYO BLOSSOMS- Deutsche Bank meets Zaha Hadid, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan
SELECTIONS FROM THE HARA MUSEUM’S PERMANENT COLLECTION, Hara Museum Arc, Gunma-ken, Japan
SLOWTECH, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Taipei
DER PALAST DER DRACHENKÖNIGIN, Galerie Claudia Delank, Köln
COLLECTION 1, The National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka

2005
FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Moscow International Festival 2005, Moscow Russia

2004
TAKARAZUKA: THE LAND OF DREAMS, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo

2003
LOCATION OF THE SPIRIT - Japanese Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
LILLE 2004, Eglise Sainte Marie-Madeleine, Lille
THE AMERICAN EFFECT, Whitney Museum of Art, New York
THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
GIRLS DON’T CRY, Parco Gallery, Tokyo

2002
FUTURE PLAN, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
GIRLS VS. GRANDMOTHERS, Photo Espana, Madrid
THE WORLD MAY BE FANTASTIC, Sydney Biennial

2001
NEO TOKYO: Japanese Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
SENRITSUMIRAI - Arte Attuale dal Giappone, Centro per l’Arter Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
MEGA-WAVE, 1st Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
CONNIVENCE, 6th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon

2000
JAPAN MEDIUM LIGHT, Montevideo Amsterdam
GENDAI – Between the Body and Space, Art Centrer Warszawa
ELYSIAN FIELDS, Centre George Pompidou, Paris
FREEZE, Espasio Cultural Sergio Port, Rio de Janeiro

1999
A SENSE OF REALITY, Utsunomiya Museum
FANCY DANCE—CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART AFTER 1990, Art Sonje Museum, Kyongju, Seoul
LOOKING FOR A PLACE, Site SantaFe Biennal, SantaFe
SINGS OF LIFE, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne
A WINDOW- Inside and Outside, Kwangj Museum, Korea
VISIONS OF THE BODY, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
VOCA, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

1998
TASTES AND PURSUITS, National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi
TECHNO THERAPY, produced by Yasumasa Morimura, Nakanoshima, Osaka
ART NOW IN JAPAN AND KOREA, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
TAIPEI BIENNIAL, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
SUBTERRANEAN, Gallery Nikko, Tokyo