ERI IWASAKI
Born in 1968 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan
Eri Iwasaki (b. 1968 in Hyogo, Japan) brings new portraits to the fair. Pitch dark backgrounds painted in ground minerals, feature ethereal characters and swirling clouds rendered in platinum paint. The serene faces with a steady gaze and straight postures are reminiscent of Buddhist statues in Kyoto, where the artist lives and works.
EDUCATION
1990
Graduated from Kyoto Saga University of Arts (former Kyoto Saga Junior College of Arts)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Eri Iwasaki: Tiny Night, Tiny Light (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2017
Eri Iwasaki Nihonga Exhibition: Hibi (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi)
2015
Eri Iwasaki Nihonga Exhibition: Distant Light, the World Begins (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo; Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi)
2013
Eri Iwasaki Nihonga Exhibition: Niwa, a Garden (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
2011
Eri Iwasaki Nihonga Exhibition: Stories, Hito wo egaku (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo; JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, Osaka; Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi)
2005 - 2007
Solo Exhibitions (Tokyo)
1999 - 2009
Solo Exhibitions (Kyoto)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2018
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2017 - 2018
The Red Women (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
Group Seishin Nihonga-ten (Kyoto Takashimaya; Osaka Takashimaya; Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo)
2016 - 2018
So to Zo 2016: Gendai Nihon Kaiga, Kogei, Shinsaku-ten (Tokyo Art Club, Kyoto Art Club, Kanazawa Art Club, Osaka Art Club, Nagoya Art Club)
2014
Wakate Nihonga-ten (Niigata Mitsukoshi)
2012
Exhibited at art fairs: Asia Top Gallery Art Fair HK12, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong; ART KYOTO 2012; ART TAIPEI
2010, 2011
Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo Intrnational Forum, SEIZAN Gallery Booth)
Nihonga-kyo (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, until 2018; travelled to JR Osaka Mitsukoshi and Isetan, Tokyo in 2011, 2014)
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Seoul
Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair (Tokyo Art Forum)
2009
Kyoto Nihonga Shin-ten (JR Kyoto Isetan, Art Museum “Eki”, Kyoto)
Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Tokyo)
2008
Nihonga, Kyoto kara no Hyogen NEXT no 10-nenkan, 1998 – 2007 (Osaka Seikei University)
Sho: Jidai wo Kirihiraku Nihonga-ten (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo)
2007
Nihonga Hyogen no Tayosei (Osaka Seikei University)
2006
Nihonga no Miryoku – Utsukushiki Hito to Kokoro, Ningen Hyogen, Meiji Kara Gendai Made (Tokushima Modern Art Museum)
2001
Kyoto-fu Bijutsu Kōgei Senbatsu-ten (Kyoto Bunka Museum, Kyoto, continued in 2003, 2005)
2000
Group Exhibition NEXT-ten (Kyoto, continued in 2004-2007)
AWARDS
2010
Kyoto City Emerging Artist Award
2001
Kyo-ten Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art), Mayor's Award
1998
Kyoto Nihonga Painters Association Selection Exhibition, Mainichi Newspaper Award
1997
Aogaki 2001 Nihonga-ten, Hyogo Arts and Cultural Association Award
Kyo-ten Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art), Kurenai Award
1993
Kyo-ten Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto)Kurnai Award
1991
Ohmishima Art Museum New Kyoto Nihonga Artist Exhibition, Honorable Mention
1990
Daikakuji Award for Thesis Work
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Kyoto Prefecture
EXHIBITIONS
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan
Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji
Eri Iwasaki: Tiny Night, Tiny Light