Gentaro Ishizuka
OVERVIEW
Gentaro Ishizuka (Tokyo, b. 1977) was awarded for the Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer’s Award in 2004, and later in 2011, he was selected as the member of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists of the Cultural Agency Pro-gram. In his early works, Ishizuka explored photography through documenta-ry and artistic approach, and his photobook “PIPELINE ICELAND/ALASKA” (pub. Kodansha), the compilation of these early works, took the Higashikawa New Photographer Award in 2014. In 2016, he took the grand prize for Steidl Book Award Japan and his photobook “GOLD RUSH ALASKA” is planned to be published from Steidl. He joined the exhibition Syncopation: Contempo-rary encounters with the Modern Masters held in Pola Museum of Art and attracted attention for its installation work that was composed together with the modern paintings by Cézanne and Magritte. Recently, he has been explor-ing with spatiality of photographic expressions, for example, sculptural work made from a photographic paper exposed in the darkroom and mosaic work that weaves photographic papers in layers, whilst photography has become perceived as a plain code in our social media era. This year in 2022, Ishizuka will be exhibiting at, not just at KOTARO NUKAGA, Roppongi, but also in a group exhibition at Arts Maebashi and yearly exhibition called “DOMANI: tomorrow” at The National Art Center, Tokyo.

HISTORY
2020
Gold Rush California/ NZ, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Middle of the Night, Akio Nagasawa Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
2017
panorama, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Demarcation, Gallery 916, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Pipeline Iceland/Alaska (collection exhibition for the New Photographer Award in the Higashikawa Awards) , Hasselblad Japan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Gold Rush Alaska Bonanza Trail, Gallery 916 Small, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Compound Eyes, Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Japan
Glacier Diary Glacier Bay, Slope Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gold Rush Alaska Chilkoot Trail, Slant, Kanazawa, Japan
2010
Glacial Diary In Patagonia, Slope Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Inner Passage, Gallery White Room, Tokyo, Japan
2007
WWWWW, Harajuku Kurkku Library, Tokyo, Japan
You Went Too Far North,Gallery Sora, Osaka, Japan
Trans Alaska Pipeline, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo 10, Shinjuku Epsite, Tokyo, Japan
10, Lotus Root Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
WWWWW, Lotus Root Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Worldwidewarp, Visual Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka (traveling exhibition) , Japan
2001
Worldwidewonderful, Shinjuku Epsite, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Concrete Major Strategy, Galley Niepce, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Godsummer, Konica Photo Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2021
The Past in Motion, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Syncopation: Contemporary encounters with the Modern Masters, POLA Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
The 10th Gelatin Silver Session 2019, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Tokyo Now, Espace des Coutures Saint Gervais, Paris, France
2015
Pipeline Australia, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata, Japan
2013
We Like Ueda: Shoji Ueda Centenary Event, Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, Tottori, Japan
2012
The 6th Gelatin Silver Session 2012, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Silent Month, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Tokyo-ga, Gallery 21, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Breezeless, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2010
The 5th Gelatin Silver Session 2010, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Paris Photo 2009, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
2006
New Vision Of Photography, Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003
Japan Professional Photographers’ Society Exhibition, Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Wacoal Art Center, Japan

WORKS
NEWS
Gentaro Ishizuka ‘Ondulatoire’
From February 5th (Sat) to March 31st (Thu), 2022, KOTARO NUKAGA, Roppongi is pleased to present ‘Ondulatoire’, a solo exhibition by Gentaro Ishizuka. The exhibition will present 17 artworks including new worksby the artist. EXHIBITION DETAILS Gentaro Ishizuka, ‘Ondulatoire’ February 5 (Sat) – March 31 (Thu), 2022 11:00-18:00 (Tue – Sat) *Closed on Sun, Mon
Group Exhibition ‘The Past in Motion’
KOTARO NUKAGA, Tennoz will be pleased to announce a group exhibition by nine artists, ‘The Past in Motion’ from August 7th (Sat) to September 11th (Sat), 2021. Learn more Exhibition Outline Title : The Past in Motion Artist : Jean-Eugéne Atget, Darren Almond, Gentaro Ishizuka, Hirofumi Isoya, Ritsue Mishima, Man Ray, Kyoji Takubo, Kouichi Tabata, Tomoko Yoneda Date : August 7 (Sat) – September 11(Sat), 2021
Gentaro Ishizuka “Gold Rush California/NZ”
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to present Gold Rush California/NZ, an exhibition of works by Gentaro Ishizuka. The show will open on July 11 and remain on view through August 29, 2020. Ishizuka is known for tackling motifs such as pipelines and glaciers, and this time he focused on the gold rush. In this exhibition we