The Inside of Life
ISHIKAWA Ryuichi
Saturday, January 29, 2022–Saturday, February 26, 2022
12:00–19:00(Wednesday – Friday), 12:00–17:00(Saturday)
By Appointment only on Tuesday
©︎ISHIKAWA Ryuichi
We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition of the work of Ishikawa Ryuichi, titled Inside of Life.
For his series Camp, exhibited in 2016, the artist completed a survival climb, ascending a mountain with minimal equipment, securing his own food on site, and documenting the experience on film.
Five years after Camp, he has produced a new series, which was exhibited at a solo show in Tokyo in 2021. It will be shown in Osaka for the first time.
Ishikawa says, “I have ventured deep into the natural world and experienced its overwhelming power. This enabled me to realize that things and phenomena are not distinct but linked in a continuous gradation, a cycle of which I too am part.”
Here, too, he maintains the stance of capturing the essence of his subjects by engaging with them head-on through the camera lens. The viewer of these photographs may experience an unprecedented illusion of actually encountering living things.
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
| 2022 | RECORDry. gallery kto, Nagoya, Japan The Inside of Life. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan zk. PURPLE, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 2021 | The Inside of Life. Saiart, Tokyo, Japan Skin of Grass. Gallery KTO, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2019 | home work. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2018 | OUTREMER. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan zkop: a blessing in disguise. Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix, London, Japan home work. Chiten, Kyoto, Japan adrenamix. PIN-UP, Ginowan, Japan |
| 2017 | For vegetation, For land. Chiten, Kyoto, Japan OUTREMER. ATSUKOBAROUH arts drinks talk, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | Camp. PINEBROOKLYN, Osaka, Japan adrenamix. Pulp, Osaka, Japan Camp. WAG Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Camp / A Grand Polyphony. Have a nice day Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Camp. SLANT, Kanazawa, Japan okinawan portraits 2012-2016. ART GALLERY MITSUBISHI ESTATE ARTIUM, Fukuoka, Japan okinawan portraits 2012-2016. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan okinawan portraits 2012-2016. AM, Tokyo, Japan okinawan portraits 2012-2016. Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite (epSITE), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | ＋zkop. Okinawa Contemporary Art Center, Naha, Japan adrenamix. Shinjuku Photo & Bar nagune, Tokyo, Japan Okinawan Portraits. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan A Grand Polyphony. Galerie Nord, Paris, France |
| 2014 | zkop. ATSUKOBAROUH, Tokyo, Japan Okinawan Portraits 2010-2012. PLACE M, Tokyo, Japan A Grand Polyphony. Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan RYUICHI ISHIKAWA. gallery Lafayette, Okinawa, Japan |
| 2010 | Brain Portraits. Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Naha, Japan Mei. Gallery oMac , Naha, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Collection 1 Distant Place / Nearby Place. The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Nujun. Gallery rougheryet, Okinawa, Japan Paris Photo 2022 Online Viewing Room. Still Alive: Aichi Triennale 2022. Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan Mori Ishikawa Sansui Pictures. Ku Ren Boh, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2021 | Alternative Kyoto. Hachiman, Kyoto, Japan A Grand Moment. The 5TH Floor, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2020 | Decades 2000_2020. Kana Kawanishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2019 | Heroes and People in the Japanese Contemporary Art. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan Artist Today. Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, Naha, Japan Reborn Art Festival 2019. Ishinomaki, Japan |
| 2018 | ISHIKAWA Naoki / ISHIKAWA Ryuichi Photo exhibition in Shiretoko Top End2. Yume Hall Shiretoko, Shiretoko, Japan |
| 2017 | Nissan Art Award 2017: Exhibition of New Works by Five Finalists. BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2016 | Dubai Photo. Dubai Design District, Dubai ROPPONGI CROSSING 2016 My Body, Your Voice. Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan BODY/PLAY/POLITICS. Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan OKINAWA : UNE EXCEPTION JAPONAISE. Le Plac'Art Photo, Paris, France |
| 2015 | Manifesto for a Wild faction. ongoing, Tokyo, Japan portraits. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan 40th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award’s exhibition. konica-minolta plaza, Tokyo, Japan The Photographic Society of Japan’s Award’s exhibition. Fuji film photo salon 1,2, Tokyo, Japan Kusamurax10. NADiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo, Japan |
| 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
| 2021 | The Inside of Life. Kyoto: AKAAKA Art Publishing |
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| 2016 | CAMP. Kanazawa: SLANT okinawan portraits 2012-2016. Kyoto: AKAAKA Art Publishing |
| 2015 | adrenamix. Kyoto: AKAAKA Art Publishing |
| 2014 | RYUICHI ISHIKAWA. Self-publishing OKINAWAN PORTRAITS. Photo Street okinawan portraits 2010-2012. Kyoto: AKAAKA Art Publishing A Grand Polyphony. Kyoto: AKAAKA Art Publishing |
| 2013 | Shiba:Dancing Planet. Self-publishing |
| 2010 | Shiba:Allure of the Female-Role Player. Self-publishing |