home work
February 2 Sat. – February 23 Sat. 2019
12:00–19:00 (Sat 12:00–17:00)
Closed on Sunday and Monday

Ishikawa Ryuichi is an artist known for photographing the landscapes and people of Okinawa, where he was born and raised. Now, he exhibits for the first time in Osaka his series Home Work, focusing on the interior of his residence and views from its windows. At first look, the series may seem to have toned down Ishikawa’s intense energy, which is conveyed directly in previous series like A Grand Polyphony and Okinawan Portraits. However, the photographs compellingly show the artist’s new discoveries in his living space via the camera, and makes connections across various boundaries like those between inside and outside, individual and society.
Ishikawa says, “These pictures were shot at home and from the landing of the stairs. They have political implications, but more than that explore highly private realms.” This could be called the core concept of this series. Ishikawa’s fourth exhibition at The Third Gallery Aya promises to be quite different from the previous ones, and we are sure you will enjoy it.
Ishikawa Ryuichi
Outline
1984 | Born in Okinawa Prefecture |
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2006 | Begins photography. Graduates from Okinawa International University |
2008 | Studies avant-garde dance with Seiryu Shiba |
2010 | Studies photography with Tetsushi Yuzaki |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 | "The Inside of Life" Saiart, Tokyo "Skin of Grass" Gallery KTO, Tokyo |
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2019 | "home work" The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka |
2018 | "OUTREMER" The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka "zkop: a blessing in disguise" Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix, London "home work" Chiten, Kyoto "adrenamix" PIN-UP, Okinawa |
2017 | "For vegetation, For land" Chiten, Kyoto "OUTREMER" ATSUKOBAROUH arts drinks talk, Tokyo |
2016 | “Camp” PINEBROOKLYN, Osaka "adrenamix" Pulp, Osaka “Camp” WAG Gallery, Tokyo “Camp / A Grand Polyphony” Have a nice day Gallery, Taiwan “Camp” SLANT, Kanazawa "okinawan portraits 2012-2016" ART GALLERY MITSUBISHI ESTATE ARTIUM, FUkuoka "okinawan portraits 2012-2016" The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka "okinawan portraits 2012-2016" AM, Tokyo "okinawan portraits 2012-2016" Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite (epSITE), Tokyo |
2015 | “Okinawan Portraits” The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka “A Grand Polyphony” Galerie Nord, Paris |
2014 | “RYUICHI ISHIKAWA” gallery Lafayette, Okinawa |
2014 | “zkop” ATSUKOBAROUH, Tokyo “Okinawan Portraits 2010-2012” PLACE M, Tokyo “A Grand Polyphony” Ginza Nikon Salon,Tokyo / Osaka Nikon Salon |
2010 | “Brain Portraits” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum “Mei” Gallery oMac , Okinawa |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 | “Altanative Kyoto ” Hachiman, Kyoto “A Grand Moment ” The 5TH Floor, Tokyo |
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2020 | “Decades 2000_2020” Kana Kawanishi Gallery, Tokyo |
2019 | “Fotografia Europea 2019” Chiostri di San Pietro, Italy “Heroes and People in the Japanese Contemporary Art” Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art “Artist Today” Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum “Reborn Art Festival 2019” Ishimaki |
2018 | ISHIKAWA Naoki / ISHIKAWA Ryuichi Photo exhibition in Shiretoko "Top End2" Yume Hall Shiretoko, Hokkaido |
2017 | “Nissan Art Award 2017: Exhibition of New Works by Five Finalists, BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa |
2016 | “Dubai Photo” Dobai Design District “ROPPONGI CROSSING 2016 My Body, Your Voice” Mori Museum, Tokyo "BODY/PLAY/POLITICS" Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa “OKINAWA : UNE EXCEPTION JAPONAISE “Le Plac'Art Photo, Paris, France |
2015 | “Manifesto for a Wild faction” ongoing, Tokyo “portraits” The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka “40th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award’s exhibition” konica-minolta plaza, Tokyo “The Photographic Society of Japan’s Award’s exhibition” Fuji film photo salon 1,2, Tokyo “Kusamurax10” NADiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo |
2014 | “Daido Moriyama Portfolio Review” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum |
2014 | “show case #3” eN arts, Kyoto “Fragments 4” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum “Fragments 3” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum. |
2012 | “Okinawa 0 Point: Exhibition Marking 40th Anniversary of Okinawa's Return to Japan" |
2011 | “Fragments 2” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum “The 3rd Shomei Tomatsu Workshop Exhibition” Okinawa Times Building “Open Okinawa” space tropical, Okinawa |
Publication
2016 | “CAMP”, SLANT “okinawan portraits 2012-2016”, AKAAKA Art Publishing |
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2015 | “adrenamix”, AKAAKA Art Publishing |
2014 | “RYUICHI ISHIKAWA”, Self-publishing “OKINAWAN PORTRAITS”, Photo Street “okinawan portraits 2010-2012”, AKAAKA Art Publishing “A Grand Polyphony”, AKAAKA Art Publishing |
2013 | “Shiba:Dancing Planet”, Self-publishing |
2010 | “Shiba:Allure of the Female-Role Player”, Self-publishing |