With more than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata started his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's ground breaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Hata's photography is part of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Hata’s work has been shown in "AKIMAHEN" and "EIJYANAIKA," the biggest exhibition of Japanese young artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, Nobuyosi Araki.
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