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Izima Kaoru Biography
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1954 |
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Born in Kyoto, Japan
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1980 |
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Helped to establish the free paper "Sale"
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1983 |
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Assisted in establishing the cassette magazine "Tra"
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1994 |
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Became editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine "Zyappu" which he founded
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Lives and works in Tokyo (Japan)
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Active in photography, video and film since the late ‘70s
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Carpe diem – seize the day, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City, Japan (cat.)
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2011 - 2012
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No Fashion, please! – Fotografie zwischen Gender und Lifestyle, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
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2010
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BASARA, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan (group)
Rund-Form, Grenze, Koerper, Erscheinung, Gesellschaft fuer Kunst & Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany (group)
Brave New World: From the perspective of Mudam Collection, Musee d' Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (group)
Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Kudlek Van Der Grinten, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2009
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BLD Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Ophelia - Desire, Melancholy and Death Wish, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Netherlands, Arnhem Flower project, Villa Giulia, Verbania, Italy (group)
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2008
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Wir fuer Euch, Kudlek Van Der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany (group)
Garten Eden - Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900, Staedtische Galerie Stadt Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany (group)
Der taedliche Eros oder der erotische Tod, Museum fuer Sepulkralkultur, Kassel, Germany (group)
Nostalgie, L'istante e la durata del tempo, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genua, Italy (solo)
Landscape with a corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Monaco (solo)
Nostalgie, L'istante e la durata del tempo, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genua, Italy (group)
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2007 - 2008
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Six feet Under, Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany (group)
Garten Eden, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
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2007
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Kudlek Van Der Grinden Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
f a prokects, London, The UK (solo)
JUBILEE, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (group)
Der Contract des Photographen, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (group)
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2006
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Excess, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, The UK (group)
Six feet under, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, (group)
Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Staedte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (group)
Der Kontrakt des Photographen, Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin (Hanseatenweg), Germany (group)
Buero fuer Fotos, Cologne, Germany (solo)
van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (solo)
Shining, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (group)
Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy (solo)
Erblaetterte Identitaeten, Stadthaus Ulm, Germany (group)
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2005
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Haben wir den Ozean verloren? Inszenierte Fotografie, Staedtische Galerie, Gladbeck, Germany
Selected View on the Human Portrait, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (group)
f a projects, London, The UK (solo)
Thomas von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Characters, Scene I and II, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, USA (group)
Things Fall Apart, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, USA (group)
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2004
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Thomas von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Buero fuer Fotos, Cologne, Germany (solo)
True Fictions, Stadtmuseuum Hofheim am Taunus, Germany (group)
Mirror, mirror, Reflections On Beauty, Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Mirror, mirror, Reflections On Beauty, National Museum of Australia
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2003
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True Fictions, Stadt Galerie Saarbrücken, Germany (group)
Images Against War, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany (group)
Casino Luxembourg, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Andreas Binder, Open Art September 2003 (solo)
Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy (solo)
True Fictions, Staedtische Galerie Erlangen, Germany (group)
Landscapes with a Corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (solo)
Mon Paris, Galerie 21, Tokyo, Japan (group)
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2002
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Der Berg, Galerie Friedrich & Ungar, Munich, Germany (group)
Formen der Gewalt, Galerie Gabriele Rivet, Cologne, Germany (group)
The morning after, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam/Rotterdam, The Netherlands (group)
Constructed Realities, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Kansas City, KS, USA (group)
Ten Years Phase 1, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (group)
f a projects, London, The UK (solo)
designlab.miami, Miami, USA (solo)
Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion 1970 - 2001, Barbican Centre, London, The UK (group)
Fashion and Body, Gallery Anne Moerchen, Hamburg, Germany (group)
Shoe, City Gallery National, Touring Exhibition, England and Scotland (group)
History of Modern Photos II, Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan (group)
The World of Polaroid Photography - Beyond Time, Nippon Polaroid Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan (group)
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2001
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Landscapes with a corpse, Buero fuer Fotos, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Landscapes with a corpse, Gallery Thomas von Lintel, New York, USA (solo)
Landscapes with a corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (solo)
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Cornell University, USA (group)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, USA (group)
History of Modern Photos II, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan (group)
Tokyo Pop, Jewish Museum, Kansas, KS, USA (group)
SURFACE - contemporary photography and video from Japan, nederlands foto instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (group)
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2000
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 'Is photography at an end?', Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, Germany (group)
Recent Photo and Media Art, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, Germany
Bill Owens, Tracey Moffatt, Chris Verene, Izima Kaoru, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece (group)
Koerper, Huellen, Oberflaechen, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany (group)
And She Will Have Your Eyes', Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland (group)
Landscapes with a corpse, Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy (solo)
Landscapes with a corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich (solo)
Landscapes with a corpse, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
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1999
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20 landscapes with a corpse, Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
20 landscapes with a corpse, Buero fuer Fotos, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Tokyo Shock, Buero fuer Fotos, Cologne, Germany (group)
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1996
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Colored Beauty, Shinjuku Park Tower Gallery 1, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1995
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Colored Beauty, Solaria Plaza 'Zephyr', Fukuoka, Japan (solo)
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1993
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TAMAO, Gallery Verita, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
TAMAO, PRINZ, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1992
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TAMAO, Gallery Verita, Tokyo (solo)
TAMAO, PRINZ, Tokyo (solo)
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1991
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High-tech Plants, Gallery Artium, Fukuoka, Japan (group)
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1990
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High-tech Plants, Hankyu Dept Store, Osaka, Japan (group)
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1987
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Hara Annual, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan (group)
X-Rated, Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY, USA (group)
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1986
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Foto '86 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands (group)
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1984
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Pigmo, Tokyo Designer's Space, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Pigmo, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Pigmo, Pithecantropus Erectus, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
X-RATED, Neikrug Gallery, New York, USA (group)
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1980
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Kouraku no Mori, Shinjukku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1977
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It's a Beautiful Day, Ginza Nikon Salon,Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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| Literature |
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2003
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C. Evans, Fashion at the edge, “The death of Beautiful Women†(Yale University Press, New Haven and London)
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2001
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Landscapes with a corpse 1999-2000 (Edition Lintel & Nusser)
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1999
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20 Landscapes with a corpse (Korinha Press & Co., Ltd.)
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1995
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New Beauty II - Colored Beauty- (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd)
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1994
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Hairmode (Bilutsu shuppan-sha Ltd.)
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1993
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New Beauty (Pipeline Books)
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1993
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Tamao (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd)
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1992
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Color Photographs (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd)
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1992
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Black and White Photographs (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd)
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1991
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Color Photographs (Korinsha Press & Co,. Ltd)
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1991
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Black and White Photographs (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd)
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1990
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Color Photograph (Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd.)
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