Born in 1972 in Tokyo. Ninagawa graduated from Tama Art University in Tokyo, majoring in Graphic Design. She is a Japanese photographer known for her vibrant and brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes. She has enjoyed significant commercial success in fashion and advertising. Ninagawa has been awarded numerous prizes such as the Grand Prize at "7th Shashin Hitotsubo Ten (3.3m2 photography)" (1996); "13th New Cosmos of Photography" (1996); Encouragement Award at "9th Konica Award"(1998); "The 26th Kimura Ihei Award"(2001); "Ohara Museum of Art Prize"(2006). She has held various solo exhibitions including; "Liquid Dreams" (2003, Tokyo/Nagoya); "Mika over the Rainbow" (2004, Nagoya/Tokyo/Osaka/Hiroshima/Hukuoka); "Mika Ninagawa Photo Exhibition In London 2005" (2005, London); "Floating Yesterday" (2005, Tokyo); "The Vision Of Contemporary Art 2006" (2006, Tokyo); "Mika Ninagawa Exhibition" (2007, Berlin); " Mika's Daydreaming Theater" (2008, Tokyo/Sapporo/Nagoya/Kochi/Sendai) ; "Mika Ninagawa: Earthly Flowers, Heavenly Colors" (2005, Tokyo/Iwate/Kagoshima/Hyoko).