Genta Ishizuka
b. 1982
Solo Exhibitions
| 2026 | Genta Ishizuka: absence, presence, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2025 | Absence, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan 'Primary Surface' by ARTCOURT Gallery, Space L, CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2024 | Genta Ishizuka: Internal, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2021 | ACG Window Gallery: Genta Ishizuka, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2019 | Polyphase Membrane, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2018 | Genta Ishizuka: Membrane, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2017 | Relative Tactile, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2015 | Surface Tactility, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2013 | Gloss Reaction, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2011 | Drifting Boundaries, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 | Wonderment, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2009 | Extra Dimension, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2007 | Sign from the Surface, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2026 | Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2025 | MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2025, Tennozu Canal area, Tokyo, Japan LOEWE Crafted World, Yodobashi J6 Building, Tokyo, Japan Materiality in Progress: Exploring New Materialism in Contemporary Art, Curated by Akari Endo-Gaut, Nina Johnson, Miami, USA Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2024 | Art Kogei from Japan to the World 'The Future of Artisanal Beauty: Vessels, Wrappings, Decorations', TERRADA ART COMPLEX II BONDED GALLERY, Tokyo / Kenninji Temple, Kyoto, Japan LOEWE Lamps, Palazzo Citterio, Milan, Italy LOEWE Crafted World, Shanghai, China |
| 2023 | Worlds in Balance: Art in Japan from the Postwar to the Present, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Shippudoto, Wajima Museum of Urushi Art, Ishikawa, Japan Slow Culture #kogei, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan Yo Akiyama, Genta Ishizuka, Hitoshi Nomura, Kozo Nishino, Kyotaro Hakamata – ACG 20th Anniversary Vol.2, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Visionaries: Making Another Perspective, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Higashiyama Cube, Kyoto, Japan Shiroato Art Exhibition 2023, Ruins of Tamba Kameyama Castle, Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2022 | Kogei, Koko Ga Suteki! (Craft: What Makes it Wonderful!), The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2021 | Genta Ishizuka & Akane Saijo, presented by ARTCOURT Gallery, CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan THE POWER OF ORIGIN, The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka, Japan |
| 2020 | Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2019 | Yo Akiyama & Genta Ishizuka, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK 4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa - Kogei as Contemporary Craft: Transcending Boundaries, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and People's Gallery A and B, Ishikawa, Japan LOEWE Craft Prize 2019, Sogetsu Kaikan, Sogetsu Plaza 'Heaven,' Tokyo, Japan ACG Villa Kyoto Vol.002 Kyotaro Hakamata x Genta Ishizuka, ACG Villa Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2018 | 15 Years, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan Contemporary Lacquer, Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum, Kanazawa, Japan |
| 2017 | Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA Takamijima-Kyoto: On the Far Side of Daily Life, (participated via App Arts Studio), Gallery Fleur, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan KAAT Exhibition 2017 – Open Theatre 2017, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2016 | Setouchi Triennale 2016, (participated via App Arts Studio), Takamijima, Kagawa, Japan Reflection, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan Bi no Yokan ('Sign of Beauty'), Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (travelling exhibition to Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and Yokohama) Artists Workshop @KCUA: Feather, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2015 | Rendez-vous, Onomichi City Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan Japan spirit × 15 ~URUSHI~, Orie Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Still Moving, (participated via App Arts Studio), Former Sujin Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan Selected Artists in Kyoto Celebrating 400 Years of Rimpa, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2014 | New Horizons in Contemporary Craft Art, Part 1: Lacquer and Pottery Beyond Materiality, Shibuya Hikarie 8 / Cube 1, 2, 3, Tokyo, Japan Selected Artists in Kyoto - The Way of Parasophia, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2011 | Rokko Meets Art [participated via unit (yu)], Rokko Sanjo Station, Kobe, Japan VOCA 2011, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | Kyo-Sei, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2008 | Art Court Frontier #6, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan CRIA, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2006 | Kyoto Gense Art Museum, Zenkyo-an, Kennin-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2005 | Frame, Contemporary Art Space Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
Art Fairs
| 2023 | Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2021 | Art Collaboration Kyoto, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2017 | 3331 Art Fair, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
| 2011 | Ultra 004, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan Art Fair Kyoto 2011, Hotel Monterey, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2009 | Ultra 002, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan |
Public Collections
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
LOEWE Art Collection, Madrid, Spain
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA
The British Museum, London, UK
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Ueshima Museum Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Installations
Four Seasons Hotel Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, Kyoto, Japan
soma (Fmr Kyoto Art Hostel kumagusuku), Kyoto, Japan
Suntory World Research Center, Kyoto, Japan
Toranomon Hills Residential Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
| 2024 | The Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Prize, Incentive Prize |
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| 2019 | LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, Winner The Best Young Artist Award by the City of Kyoto |
| 2015 | Selected Artists in Kyoto Celebrating 400 Years of Rimpa, Asahi Shimbun Prize |
| 2014 | Selected Artists in Kyoto - The Way of Parasophia, Grand Prize |
| 2006 | Kyoto City University of Art Works Exhibition, Encouragement Prize |
Education
| 2008 | MFA in Urushi Lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 2006 | BFA, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan Exchange program at the Royal College of Art, London, UK |