Born in Kyoto in 1982, Genta Ishizuka currently lives and works in Kyoto.  He earned a BFA from Kyoto City University of Arts, during which time he participated in an exchange program at the Royal College of Art, London in 2006.  He graduated with a MFA in Urushi Lacquering from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2008.  

Following several solo exhibitions in Kyoto and Osaka, Ishizuka’s work has received international recognition and awards, and is included in important public collections, including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

In 2019, Ishizuka won the annual LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, and The Best Young Artist Award by the City of Kyoto. He was later awarded the Incentive Prize of the Kyoto Prefectural Culture Prize in 2024.

Portrait: Genta Ishizuka in his studio, 2025. Photographed by Takeru Koroda, courtesy of ARTCOURT Gallery.

Solo Exhibitions

1. Genta Ishizuka: absence, presence 1 - 23 May 2026
2. Genta Ishizuka: Internal 29 May - 21 June 2024
3. Genta Ishizuka - Membrane 21 February - 22 March 2018

Group Exhibitions

1. Small Works, Great Artists 24 February - 14 March 2026
2. Small Works, Great Artists 25 February - 21 March 2025
3. Winter Exhibition 12 - 21 December 2023
4. Small Works, Great Artists 4 - 27 April 2023
5. Small Works, Great Artists 18 February - 15 March 2020
6. Yo Akiyama & Genta Ishizuka 2 - 24 October 2019