Art Basel in Basel 2026
Ei-Q, AMANO Ryuichi, IWAMIYA Takeji
June 18 - 21, 2026
©︎AMANO Ryuichi
The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce participation in the Art Basel in Basel 2026.
We will present the works of Ei-Q, AMANO Ryuichi and IWAMIYA Takeji.
Please join us.
June 18 – 21, 2026
https://www.artbasel.com
The ThirdGallery Aya presents works by Ei-Q, Amano Ryuichi and IWAMIYA Takeji, exploring Japanese avant-garde photography of the 1950s. Linked by the Democrat Artists Association, founded in Osaka in 1951, the three advances experimental practices outside established art institutions. Ei-Q pioneered photo-dessin and made a mark on postwar discourse through both art and writing. Amano, of the Tanpei Photography Club, pursued photograms, while Iwamiya produced the Forms series and founded the influential Iwamiya Photos studio. At a time when Japanese photography was dominated by documentary approaches rejecting prewar modes, their work reveals contrasting avant-garde currents still little known internationally.
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The Third Gallery Aya
Untitledunknown before 196128 x 21.5cmPhoto-dessin (Photogram)
Alu-photo197040 x 30cmPhoto-anodized Aluminum Print
Date and Time
VIP Days (By invitation only)
Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 11am – 8pm
First Choice & Preview, 4pm – 8pm
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 11am – 8pm,
First Choice, Preview, One-Day VIP & Two-Day VIP
Vernissage (access with a ticket or by invitation)
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 4pm – 8pm
Public Days (access with a ticket or a VIP Card)
Thursday, June 18 – Sunday, June 21 2026
11am – 7pm
Ei-Q
Biography
| 1911 | Born in Miyazaki |
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| 1960 | Dies in Tokyo |
Selected solo exhibitions
| 1960 | Ei-Q,Ginza Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 1957 | Ei-Q, Miyazaki City Library Gallery, Miyazaki |
| 1957 | Ei-Q,Takemiya Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1957 | Ei-Q Recent Works, Pensee, Miyazaki |
| 1956 | Ei-Q,Koga Dapartment Store, Miyazaki |
| 1955 | Ei-Q, Miyazaki City Library Gallery, Miyazaki |
| 1955 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins, Takashimaya Department Store,Tokyo |
| 1954 | Ei-Q Painting, Kanda Bonbodo , Tokyo |
| 1954 | Ei-Q, Cobalt Gallery, Urawa |
| 1953 | Ei-Q Etching, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1953 | Ei-Q, Nobeoka City Central Community Center, Nobeoka |
| 1952 | Ei-Q, Miyazaki City Library Gallery, Miyazaki |
| 1952 | Ei-Q, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1952 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins,Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1951 | Ei-Q,Ei-Q, Miyazaki City Library Gallery, Miyazaki |
| 1951 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins,Umeda Gallery, Osaka |
| 1951 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins,the Miyazaki City Chamber of Commerce and Industry,Miyazaki |
| 1950 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins,Matsuzakaya Department Store,Tokyo |
| 1939 | Ei-Q, Miyazaki |
| 1936 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins,Nishimura Gakki,Miyazaki |
| 1936 | Sankaku-do, Osaka |
Selected Group exhibitions
| 1960 | Four Artists-HISHIDA Shunso, Ei-Q, KOSAKA Gajin and TAKAMURA Kotaro,National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| 1957 | Contemporary Print Artists Exhibition, Fukui Bank Katsuyama Branch Hall, Katsuyama |
| 1957 | 3rd Etching exhibition, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1956 | The West and Japan-Kubo collection,Honma Museum, Sakata |
| 1956 | Print exhibition,Katoya Bunbogu store, Tokyo |
| 1956 | 6th Tokyo Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Matsumura Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1956 | 2nd Etching exhibition, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1955 | 5th Tokyo Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Mimatsu Shobo Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1955 | 7th Nihon Independent exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum |
| 1955 | Etching 6 Artists Exhibition, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1954 | The exhibition by Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition,Kanda Bonbodo, Tokyo |
| 1954 | Demokrato Etching Exhibition, Hankyu Gallery, Osaka |
| 1954 | 3rd Tokyo Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Maruzen Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1954 | 5th Selected Masterpieces Art exhibition, Mitsukoshi Department,Tokyo |
| 1953 | Abstraction and Surrealism ,National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo,Tokyo |
| 1953 | Contemporary Photography ,National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo,Tokyo |
| 1953 | 2nd Tokyo Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Maruzen Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1952 | 1st Tokyo Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Matsushima Gallery,Tokyo |
| 1952 | 3rd Osaka Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Hankyu Gallery,Osaka |
| 1951 | 2nd Osaka Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Hankyu Gallery,Osaka |
| 1951 | 5th The Shinjukai, Tokyo |
| 1951 | 1st Osaka Demokrato (Democrat Artists Association) exhibition, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts,Osaka |
| 1951 | Ei-Q and KATSUDA Hirokazu, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka |
| 1950 | 14st Liberal Artists Association exhibition ,Tokyo |
| 1939 | Liberal Artists Association exhibition ,Tokyo |
| 1937 | 2nd Liberal Artists Association exhibition, Brützke Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1937 | 1st Liberal Artists Association exhibition,Tokyo |
| 1937 | Ei-Q Photo-dessins and KITAO Junichiro Real Photo, Brützke Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1935 | Furusatosha October exhibition, Nishimura Gakki,Miyazaki 1937 |
| 1935 | 1st Furusatosha exhibition, Nishimura Gakki,Miyazaki |
Amano Ryuichi
Biography
| 1902 | Born in Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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| c.1922 | Joined the "Hibari-kai" photography circle; influenced by Fukuhara Shinzo's Light and Its Gradation |
| 1926 | Joined the All Japan Photographic Federation |
| 1933 | Joined the Tanpei Photography Club |
| 1995 | Died, October 4 |
Solo Exhibition
| 1949 | Solo exhibition. Sydney and Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | Trio: Modern Art Collections from Paris. Tokyo and Osaka, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka |
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| 2023–2024 | The 100th Anniversary of “ Manifesto du surréalisme” Surrealism and Japan. The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu |
| 2022 | Avant-Garde Rising: The Photographic Vanguard in Modern Japan. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo |
| 2022 | Our Town: Portraits of Osaka. Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka |
| 2008 | Photography as Art / Art Photography: From Naniwa and Tanpei to Morimura Yasumasa. Osaka Museum of History, Osaka |
| 2007 | 100 Years of Kansai Photographers. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery, Kobe |
| 1990 | Surrealism in Japan 1925–1945. Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya |
| 1988 | Japanese Photography in the 1930s. Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kamakura |
| 1987 | Houston City Photography Exhibition. , Houston |
| 1986 | All-Kansai Photo Group exhibition. |
| 1981 | All-Kansai Photo Group 125th exhibition. |
| 1980 | Modern Art exhibition. |
| 1961 | Paris Biennale, Photography section. , Paris |
| 1953 | The Exhibition of Contemporary Photography- Japan and America. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
| 1951 | Tokyo Tanpei exhibition. Matsushima Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1950 | Tanpei exhibition (20th Anniversary). Kintetsu Department Store Abeno, Osaka |
| 1949 | 27th Tanpei exhibition. |
| 1948 | 22nd Kokugakai exhibition. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Maruei Department Store, Nagoya, Takashimaya, Osaka, Autumn exhibition, Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, |
| 1941 | 15th All-Kansai Photographic Federation, Osaka Branch exhibition. |
| 1938 | 17th Tanpei Photography Club exhibition. |
Public Collections
| Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
Publications
| 1992 | Michi: Collected Photographic Works |
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| 1963 | Five Lights: Special Photographic Techniques. Japan: Five Club |
Iwamiya Takeji
Biography
| 1920 | Born in January 4, in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture |
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| 1938 | Graduated from Yonago Syosan School, Commercial Course |
| 1940 | Participated in Taipei Shashin Club |
| 1941 | Drafted to Japanese troops and went to Manchuria |
| 1946 | Started a photo processing store in Sanomiya, Kobe |
| 1951 | Participated in Demokrato Art Association instituted by EiQ |
| 1955 | Established Iwamiya Fotos |
| 1966 | Appointed to a professor of Osaka University of Arts, Photography Course |
| 1989 | June 26, dies of lung cancer |
| 1994 | 745 works were collected by Osaka Prefecture |
Prize
| 1966 | Awarded the 7th Mainichi Art Award |
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| 1969 | Awarded the 19th Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts |
| 1969 | Awarded the 6th Amagasaki Citizen Art Award |
| 1976 | Awarded The All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies Meritorious Service Award |
| 1980 | Awarded the 18th Osaka Art Prize |
| 1988 | Awarded the 21st Hyogo Culture Award |
| 1989 | Awarded Photographic Society of Japan’s Annual Award |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2020 | Solo Exhibition, Enokojima Art, Culture and Creative Center, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2017 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition; Kekkai no bi and Katachi. Canon Gallery Osaka, Osaka |
| 2001 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition; the beauty and the climates of local captured by camera. Amagasaki Cultural Center, Amagasaki |
| 2001 | Iwamiya Takeji's world of photography, ima ni ikiru. Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka |
| 1996 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. the Museum of Arts & Crafts Itami , Itami |
| 1995 | wamiya Takeji photo exhibition; the works between post-war and 1970s. JCII Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1990 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition; celebrated the opening of Amagasaki City Central Library. Amagasaki City Central Library, Amagasaki |
| 1990 | Seize the day. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo・Osaka |
| 1990 | Borobudur revival. Nikon Salon, Osaka. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo |
| 1989 | Seize the day. Navio Museum, Osaka |
| 1987 | Angkor. Ginza Wako Hall , Tokyo. Keihan gallery of Arts & Science , Osaka |
| 1986 | The Image of the Buddha. the Art Galley Itami, Itami |
| 1983 | The Image of the Buddha. Osaka University of Arts, the Art Information Center , Osaka |
| 1982 | Memories. Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo |
| 1982 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1981 | The Image of the Buddha. Nagase Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1981 | The eyes of Iwamiya Takeji: his 35 years trajectory between 1946 and 1981. Minolta Photo Space, Osaka |
| 1981 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Olympus Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1980 | Mucho Sol, the Mediterranean. Canon Salon, Tokyo・Osaka・Nagoya |
| 1979 | The faces of Nepal. Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo. Fuji Photo Salon, Osaka |
| 1976 | WORKS from 30 YEARS. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo・Osaka. Wakita Gallery, Nagoya |
| 1975 | Kyō. Asahi Gallery, Kyoto |
| 1975 | I looked at and photographed. Pentax Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1975 | Series I looked at and photographed Europe. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo |
| 1975 | The Image of the Buddha. Takashimaya Hall, Kyoto. Sogo, Hiroshima. Ginza Wako Hall , Tokyo. Hongik University Musem, Seoul |
| 1974 | Series I looked at and photographed Europe. Nikon Salon, Osaka |
| 1970 | EXPO'70 Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Hanshin , Osaka |
| 1970 | Photo-illustrations. Imabashi Gallery, Osaka, Ginsen Gallery, Tokyo, Kahala Mall Shopping Center, Honolulu |
| 1969 | Sculptures in Angkor. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo |
| 1968 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Sogo , Osaka |
| 1966 | Ryūkyū. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1964 | Tōshōgū. Gekko Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1962 | Katachi: Japanese forms. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1959 | Hawaii・photography in color. Takashimaya, Osaka, Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo |
Group Exhibitions
| 2025 | Collection 1, New Acquisitions Exhibition, New Encounter . Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago |
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| 2018 | Iwamiya Takeji and his friends photo exhibition. Fujifilm Photo Salon Osaka, Osaka |
| 1970 | Tsudaka kazuichi, Hayakawa Yosio and Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Abeno Arts Center, Osaka |
| 1969〜 | Akiyama Syotaro, Nakamura Masaya, Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Pentax Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1957〜 | Akiyama Syotaro, Horiuchi Hatsutaro, Ueda Syoji, Midorikawa Yoichi, Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo |
| 1955 | Iwamiya Takeji photo exhibition. Matsushimaya, Tokyo |
Publications
| 2018 | The Works of IWAMIYA Takeji Beauty and Shapes. Kyoto: Mitsumura Suiko Shoin |
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| 1999 | Katachi : Japanese sacred geometry. Tokyo: Pie Books |
| 1995 | Iwamiya Takeji sakuhin ten: Sengo kara 1970nendai madeno sakkakatsudo. Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon |
| 1990 | Borobudur. Tokyo: Iwanami shote |
| 1989 | Iwamiya Takeji ten, ima ni ikiru. Tokyo: PPS Tsūshinsha |
| 1989 | Asia no butsuzou. Tokyo: Shueisha |
| 1987 | Radakku shinsyu. Osaka: Iwamiya Takeji photography studio |
| 1987 | Radakku mandara. Tokyo: Iwanami shoten |
| 1984 | Angkor. Tokyo: Iwanami shoten |
| 1979 | Forms, textures, images : traditional Japanese craftsmanship in everyday life. New York: John Weatherhill Inc. |
| 1978 | Kyoto: Iwamiya Takeji jisen syu. Nara: Tokishobo |
| 1978 | Nihon no bi. Tokyo: Shueisha |
| 1978 | Nihon no katachi. Kyoto: Tankō sha |
| 1977 | The Image of the Buddha. Tokyo: Kodansya International, Paris: Unesco |
| 1976 | Takeji Iwamiya shasin syu Worksfrom 30years. Tokyo: Nihon syashin kikaku |
| 1976 | Kyo no niwa. Tokyo: Kokusai Jōhōsha |
| 1975 | The Image of the Buddha: Photo exhibition. Osaka: Osaka University of Arts |
| 1975 | Nihon no senshoku. Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers |
| 1980 | Mokuzen shingo. Osaka: Iwamiya Takeji photography studio |
| 1974 | Nihon no teien. Tokyo: Shueisha |
| 1974 | Shiragi no sekibutsu. Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| 1973 | Tōrō. Tokyo: Shueisha |
| 1972 | The Japanese garden : an approach to nature. New Haven: Yale University Press |
| 1972 | Nihon kai. Kyoto: Tankōsha |
| 1972 | Karā kyōto no miryoku. rakuchiyu. Kyoto: Tankōsha |
| 1971 | Kyoto. Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers |
| 1971 | Nihon no niwa. Tokyo: Chuokoronsha |
| 1970 | Imperial gardens of Japan. New York: John Weatherhill Inc. |
| 1969 | Arte del objeto japonés. Art of the Japanese object. Art de l'objet japonais. Kunst des japanischen Gegenstands. . Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa |
| 1968 | Karā kyōto no niwa. Kyoto: Tankōsha |
| 1968 | Kyūtei no niwa 3: Shugakuin rikyu. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1968 | Kyūtei no niwa 2: Katsura rikyu. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1968 | Kyūtei no niwa 1: Sento gosho. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1968 | The World of the Japanese Garden.(Loreine Kuck). New York: John Weatherhill Inc. |
| 1967 | Toka no bi : Koto no dezain. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1966 | Nihon no kōgei. bekkan: Ryukyu. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1966 | Ryūkyū no shinwa : Kamera kikō. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1966 | Kekkai no bi : Koto no dezain. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1965 | Kyō; Kyoto in Kyoto. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1965 | Ishi no tera. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1965 | Yamato no sekibutsu. Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha |
| 1964 | Design and craftsmanship of Japan: stone, metal, fibers and fabrics, bamboo. New York: H.N. Abrams |
| 1964 | Nihon no yashiro Itsukushima. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha |
| 1963 | Forme giapponesi, di Donald Richie e Atsuko N. Nii, fotografie di Takeji Iwamiya.. Milano: Silvana editoriale d'arte |
| 1963 | Tōshōgū. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha |
| 1962 | Nihon no Yashiro: Nikko. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha |
| 1962 | Katachi : Nihon no densho Ⅰ・Ⅱ. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha |
| 1962 | Sado. Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| 1956 | Sadogashima. Tokyo: Kadokawa shoten |