ERI IWASAKI 岩崎絵里
1968
Born in Hyogo, 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
AA, Kyoto Saga Junior College of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Eri Iwasaki: Nihonga-ten, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, Japan
Eri Iwasaki-ten, KAHO Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2021
Eri Iwasaki: Nihonga-ten, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Tiny Light, Tiny Night, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Eri Iwasaki: Chiisana Hikari Chiisana Yoru, Takashimaya Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2019
Eri Iwasaki: Nihonga-ten, KAHO Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2018
Eri Iwasaki: Nihonga-ten, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Hibi, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, Japan
2015
Kanata no Hikari Sekaino Hajimari, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, Japan
2013
Niwa, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Stories: Hito o Egaku, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo,
JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, Osaka, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, Japan
2009
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2007
Solo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2006
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2005
Solo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2001
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1999
Solo Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Summer Group Show, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Kazari Uchiwa to Nihonga 6nin-ten, Osaka Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan
2022
HAKU: The Art of Gold and Silver Leafing, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Art on Paper, SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York
Summer Group Show, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
2021
Market Art & Design -The Hamptons, SEIZAN Gallery booth, Bridgehampton, NY
2020
Art on Paper, SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York
JO SAI SHO FUKU (Ward Off Calamities, Invite Good Luck): Gods and Yokai In Time of Pandemic, SEIZAN Gallery New York, Tokyo, Online
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
The Red: Women, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nihonga Group “Seishin” Nihonga-ten, Kyoto Takashimaya, Kyoto,
Osaka, Takashimaya, Osaka, Nihombashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan (through 2018)
2016
Sō to Zō 2016: Gendai Nihonkaiga Kogei Shinsaku-ten, various locations, Japan (through 2018)
2015
Something Precious, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (through 2018)
2014
Wakate Nihonga-ten, Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata, Japan
2013
ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair HK12, Hong Kong
ART KYOTO 2012, Kyoto, Japan
ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Soul, Korea
2009
Nihonga: Kyo, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Tokyo (through 2018)
JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, Osaka, Japan (from 2011 to 2014)
Art Fair Tokyo 2009, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Tokyo, Japan
KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Soul, Korea
Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Nihonga Shin-ten, JR Kyoto Isetan, Art Museum “Eki”, Kyoto, Japan (through 2011)
2008
Nihonga, Kyoto kara no Hyogen NEXT no 10-nen, 1998 – 2007, Tonami Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Sho: Jidai o Kirihiraku Nihonga-ten, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Nihonga Hyogen no Tayosei,Osaka Seikei University, Osaka, Japan
2006
Nihonga no Miryoku – Utsukushiki Hito to Kokoro, Ningen Hyogen, Meiji Kara Gendai Made, Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan
2005
Kyoto-fu Bijutsu Kōgei Senbatsu-ten, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
2004
NEXT-ten, Kyoto, Japan (through 2007)
2003
Kyoto-fu Bijutsu Kōgei Senbatsu-ten, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
2001
Kyoto-fu Bijutsu Kōgei Senbatsu-ten, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan
2000
NEXT-ten, Kyoto, Japan
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, Mainich Newspaper Award
1997
Aogaki 2001 Nihonga-ten, Hyogo Arts & Culture Association Award
Kyo-ten Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kurenai Award
1993
Kyo-ten, Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kurenai Award
1991
Ohmishima Art Museum New Kyoto Nihonga Artist Exhibition, Honorable Mention
1990
Daikakuji Award for Thesis Work
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Collection of Kyoto Prefecture
EXHIBITIONS
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan
Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji
Eri Iwasaki: Tiny Night, Tiny Light