okinawan portraits 2012-2016
2016.10.18 tue.– 11.12 sat.
12:00-19:00/Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00/Sat
Closed on Sun and Mon

The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce a solo show titled “okinawan portraits 2012-2016” by ISHIKAWA Ryuichi.
The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce a solo show by Ishikawa Ryuichi entitled Okinawan Portraits 2012–2016.
Two photo books were released after last year’s show, and Ishikawa has been engaged in wide-ranging activities including not only solo and group exhibitions at galleries and museums but also participation in photo festivals.
We exhibit works from his okinawan portraits series that he photographed after his last show at our gallery. Ishikawa’s images have changed from a square format, with extraneous elements omitted, to a rectangular one in which he captures both Okinawan people and the landscapes in the background, the artist’s gaze penetrating more deeply into multiple layers.
We hope to see you at the exhibition.
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 |