AI KOWADA GALLERY

ARTIST

Landscapes with a Corpse “Sakai Maki wears Jil Sander"
Gelatine silver print, 1800 x 2175 mm
2008

IZIMA Kaoru

Highly recognized as a commercial photographer in Japan, Izima started to produce personal photographic artwork since 1980s. He became widely known with "Landscapes with a Corpse" series and the series has been exhibited in a numerous exhibitions in the countries such as Germany, the UK, Italy and the USA since the early 90s. Also in Japan, one of the images from the series was used as a main visual of "Carpe Diem -seize the day-" held at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, the group exhibition recorded 20,000 visitors in March 2012.

1954
Born in Kyoto
Lives and works in Tokyo

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
"Angela Reynolds wears Valentino", Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne
2010
“One Sun”, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
“One Sun”, Kudlek Van Der Grinten, Cologne
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2009
BLD Gallery, Tokyo
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
2008
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2007
“Landscape with A Corpse”, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
fa projects, London
“Early Series”, Kudlek Van der Grinten, Cologne
2006
Galerie Andreas Binder “New Works”, Munich
Kudlek Van der Grinten, Cologne
Studio la Citta, Verona
2005
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
fa projects, London
2004
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
“Landscapes with a corpes, the new series”, Büro für Fotos, Cologne
2003
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, Galerie Andreas Binder “Landscapes with a Corpse”, Munich
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia
2002
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, fa projects, London
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, designlab.miami, Miami
2001
“Landscapes with a Corpes”, Büro für Fotos, Cologne
“Landscapes With A Corpse 1999 – 2000”, Von Lintel & Nusser, New York
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2000
Galerie Andeas Binder, Munich
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia
1999
“20 Landscapes with a Corpse”, Hillside Forum, Tokyo
“20 Landscapes with a Corpse”, Büro für Fotos, Cologne
1996
“Colored Beauty”, Shinjuku Park Tower Gallery 1, Tokyo
1995
“Colored Beauty”, Solaria Plaza 'Zephyr', Fukuoka (Japan)
1993
“Tamao”, Gallery Verita, Tokyo
Prinz “Tamao,” Kyoto
1984
“Pigmo”, Tokyo Designer's Space, Tokyo
“Pigmo”, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
“Pigmo”, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Tokyo
1980
“Kouraku no Mori”, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
1977
“It's a Beautiful Day”, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
“Carpe Diem, Seize the day”, Toyota Muicipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
2011
“No Fashion, Please!”, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2010
“BASARA”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo
“Rund-Form, Grenze, Körper, Erscheinung, Gesellschaft für Kunst & Gestaltung”, Bonn
“Brave New World: From the Perspective of Mudam Collection”, Mudam Luxebourg, Luxembourg Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2009
“Ophelia - Desire, Melancholy and Death Wish”, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem
“Flower Power project”, Villa Giulia, Verbania
2008
“Wir für Euch”, Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne
“Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900”, Städtische Galerie Stadt Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen
“Der tödliche Eros oder der erotische Tod”, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel
2007
“JUBILEE” Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
“Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900”,Kunsthalle Emden
“Six feet under”, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
“Six feet under”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
“Der Kontrakt des Photographen / The Photographer’s Contract”,Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
2006
“Shining” Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
“Berlin-Tokyo/ Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte”, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin
“Erblätterte Identitäten“, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm
“Six feet under”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
“Der Kontrakt des Photographen / The Photographer’s Contract”,Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Hanseatenweg) (C)
“Excess” Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2005
“Haben wir den Ozean verloren? Inszenierte Fotografie”, Städtische Galerie, Gladbeck
“Selcted_View”, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
“Things Fall Apart” Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago
“Characters, Scene I and II” Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan
2004
“True Fictions” Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, Hofheim am Taunus
“Mirror, mirror, Reflections On Beauty” Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
“Mirror, mirror, Reflections On Beauty” National Museum of Australia, Canberra
“The Amazing & The Immutable” University of South Florida, Tampa
2003
“Images Against War" Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne
“Mon Paris” Galerie 21, Tokyo
“True Fictions” Stadt Galerie Saarbrücken
“True Fictions” Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Erlangen
2002
“Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion 1970-2001” Barbican Centre, London
“Shoe” City Gallery National Touring Exhibition, England and Scotland
“History of Modern Photos II” Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
“The World of Polaroid Photography - Beyond Time” Nipppon Polaroid Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
“Ten Years Phase 1” Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
“Constructed Realities” Grand Rapids Art Museum, Kansas City
“The morning after” Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam / Rotterdam
“Formen der Gewalt” Galerie Gabriele Rivet, Cologne
“der Berg” Galerie Friedrich & Ungar, Munich
“Fashion and Body” Gallery Anne Mörchen, Hamburg
2001
“Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing”Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca
“History of Modern Photos II” Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
“Tokyo Pop” Kansas City Jewish Museum, Kansas City
“SURFACE - contemporary photography and video from Japan”nederlands foto instituut, Rotterdam
2000
“Is photography at an end? Recent Photo and Media Art” Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle
“Bill Owens, Tracey Moffatt, Chris Verene, Izima Kaoru” Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
“Köper, Hüllen, Oberflächen” Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
“And She Will Have Your Eyes… “ Analix Forever, Geneva
1999
“Tokyo Shock” Büro für Fotos, Cologne
1991
“High-tech Plants” Gallery Artium, Fukuoka, Japan
1990
“High-tech Plants” Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
1987
“Hara Annual” Hara Museum, Tokyo
“X-Rated” Neikrug Gallery, New York
1986
“Foto' 86 Amsterdam”, Amsterdam

COLLECTION

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Museum Grand-Duc Jean in Luxemburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Huston Museum of Fine Arts, Collection Alison and Peter W. Klein, International Corporate Art Burger Collection, Zabludowicz Collection, Botland Collection, AmsterdsmNL, Wilhelm Schürmann's Collection, Peter Klein's Collection, Fine Art International, Guernsey Deutsche Bank AG, Garry and Warren Smith Group Toyota Municipal Museum of Art

ART FAIRS

2004
Paris Photo, Paris
1999
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial

Landscapes with a Corpse “UA wears Toga”
Gelatine silver print, 1800 x 2400mm
2003

One Sun_Nanyuki_Kenya_1200mm

One Sun_Nordkapp_Norway_02_1200mm

Landscapes with a Corpse “Tominaga Ai Wears Prada”
1800 x 2400 mm
2003