Can Tamura

Can Tamura is an artist, filmmaker, and audiovisual anthropologist. He earned his BA in film at Antioch College (USA) and MA in Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices at the University of Münster (Germany). Working primarily in Japan, Turkey, and Mongolia, he makes experimental documentary films that explore the intersection between ethnographic film and art. Mediums include 16mm film, analog and digital video, analog and digital photography, oil and acrylic paints, sound, and text.

MA in Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices, University of Münster, Germany, 2020.

BA in Communications (film and video production), Antioch College, 1993.

Exchange program, Kyoto Seika University, 1993.

2021:
Group Exhibition: Oku-Noto Triennale 2020+／奥能登国際芸術祭2020＋, Suzu, Japan, September 5 to October 25, 2021.

2021:
Group Exhibition: Echigo-Tsumari this year／今年の越後妻有, Tōkamachi, Japan, Kamigo Clove Theatre and Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, MonET, July 22 to October 31, 2021. Work in progress currently online: The 24 Solar Terms of Echigo-Tsumari／越後妻有の二十四節気.