Izima Kaoru

Geboren 1954, lebt und arbeitet in Tokyo

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Angela Reynolds wears Valentino (#511, from Landscapes with a Corpse), 2011
Photograph under Diasec, framed, 197 x 125 cm, Ed.3

Izima Kaoru

Geboren 1954, lebt und arbeitet in Tokyo

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Izima Kaoru © Michael Oreal

#321 Fukasawa Elisa wears John Galliano 2001

#322 Fukasawa Elisa wears John Galliano 2001

#323 Fukasawa Elisa wears John Galliano 2001

#324 Fukasawa Elisa wears John Galliano 2001

#422 Koike Eiko wears Gianni Versace 2004
Lambda Print, Diasec, framed
124 x 104 cm
Ed. 5

#512 Angela Reynolds wears Valentino 2011

#513 Angela Reynolds wears Valentino 2011

#294 Helena Noguerra wears Vivienne Westwood 2001
Lambda Print, Diasec, Framed
124 x 98 cm
Ed. 5

#141 Michele Reis wears Givenchy 1997

#143 Michele Reis wears Givenchy 1997

#142 Michele Reis wears Givenchy 1997

#252 Yûki Nae wears Jil Sander 2000
Lambda Print Diasec, framed
100 x 79 cm
Ed. 5

Curriculum Vitae

1954 Born in Kyoto / JP
Current Lives and works in Tokyo / JP

Grants and awards

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2020 Yamazaki-Bunko, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Meguroba, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Kyotoba, Kyoto, Japan
iTohen, Osaka, Japan
2017 Kyotoba, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Joshibi Art Gallery, Shanghai, CH
2013 Angela Reynolds wears Valentino, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
Ai Kowada Gallery, Tokio /JP
2012 Carpe diem – seize the day, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City / JP (cat.)
2010 One Sun, Kudelk van der Grinten Galerie,Cologne / DE
One Sun, Von Lintel Gallery, New York / US
One Sun, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2009 One Sun, BLD Gallery Tokyo / JP
2008 Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
Thomas von Lintel Gallery, New York / US
2007 Early Series, Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
f a projects, London / UK
von Lintel Gallery, New York / USA
2006 Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
Studio la Citta, Verona / IT
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2005 f a projects, London / UK
Von Lintel Gallery, New York / US
2004 Landscapes with a corpse, the new series, Büro für Fotos, Cologne / DE
Von Lintel Gallery, New York / US
2003 Landscapes with a Corpse, Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg / LU
Landscapes with a Corpse, Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia / IT
Landscapes with a Corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2002 Landscapes with a Corpse, f a project, London / UK
Landscapes with a Corpse, designlab.Miami, Miami / US
2001 Von Lintel & Nusser, New York / USA
Landscapes with a Corpse, Büro für Fotos, Cologne / DE
Landscapes with a Corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2000 Landscapes with a Corpse, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
Landscapes with a Corpse, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / FR
Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia / IT
1999 Hillside Forum, Tokyo / JP
20 landscapes with a corpse, Büro für Fotos, Cologne / DE
1996 Shinjuku Park Tower Gallery 1, Tokyo / JP
1995 Solaria Plaza Zephyr, Fukuoka / JP
1993 Gallery Verita, Tokyo / JP
PRINZ, Kyoto / JP

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2021 Today I would like to be a tree, Studio la Città, Verona / IT
2018 About Green, a cura di Hélène de Franchis e Aldo Parisotto, P+F Box, Milano / IT
2017 “Izima Kaoru & Izima Kuntaro”, AL, Tokyo /JP
2016–2017 "Bling Bling Baby, Glitzer, Glamour und ein Flirt mit dem Pop", NRW FORUM Dusseldorf / DE
2015 Crime Art - Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg / DE
2014 Phänomen Horizont – Grenze ‒ Summe ‒ Übergang, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn / DE
AMBITIOUS, Von Lintel gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Bäume in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - ATLANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair - Haus, Bad Homburg / DE
Phänomen Horizont - Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn / DE
2013 Japon, Centre d'art Contemporain (cac) Abbaye Saint André, Meymac / FR
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn / USA; Barbican Art Centre, London / UK; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne / AU; Grand Palais, Paris / F; Kunsthalle, Munich / D
gulf, Center Gallery, Fordham University, New York / US
2012 WON OCEAN, Neue Galerie Gladbeck / DE
Highlights from the collection of Gunter Sachs, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich / DE
Carpe diem, Seize the day , Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City / JP
2011/2012 No Fashion, please! – Fotografie zwischen Gender und Lifestyle, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna / AT (cat.)
2010 Rund-Form, Grenze, Körper, Erscheinung, Gesellschaft für Kunst & Gestaltung, Bonn / DE
Brave New World: From the perspective of Mudam Collection, Musee d' Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg / LU
BASARA, Spiral Hall, Tokyo / JP (cat.)
2009 Ophelia - Desire, Melancholy and Death Wish, museum voor moderne kunst arnhem, NL
Flower Power project, Villa Giulia, Verbania / IT
2008 Wir für Euch, Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
2007 Six Feet Under, Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden / DE
JUBILEE, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2006 Excess, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham / UK
Der Kontrakt des Photographen / The Photographer's Contract, Akademie der Künste/Berlin / DE
Six feet under, Kunstmuseum, Bern / CH
Tokyo-Berlin.Berlin-Tokyo, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin / D
Erblätterte Identitäten (Foliated Identities), Stadthaus, Ulm / DE
Shining, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
2005 Characters, Scene I and II, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan / US
Things Fall Apart, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago / US
Selected view_on the human portrait, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
Haben wir den Ozean verloren? Inszenierte Fotografie, Stadtische Galerie, Gladbeck / DE
2004 The Amazing & The Immutable, University of South Florida / US
Paris Photo, Paris / FR
True Fictions, Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus / DE
2003 Rethinking Photography V, Forum Stadtpark Graz /, AT
photography group show at Great Eastern Hotel, London / UK
True Fictions, Stadt Galerie Saarbrucken / D
True Fictions, Stadtische Galerie Erlangen / DE
Images Against War, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne / DE
2002 Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion 1970-2001, Barbican Centre, London / GB
Fashion and Body, Gallery Anne Mörchen, Hamburg / D
Shoe, City Gallery National Touring Exhibition, England and Scotland /UK
History of Modern Photos II, Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka / JP
The World of Polaroid Photography – Beyond Time, Nipppon Polaroid Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo / JP
Ten Years Phase 1, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich / DE
Constructed Realities, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Kansas City / US
The Morning after, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam, Rotterdam / NL
Formen der Gewalt, Galerie Gaby Rivet, Cologne / DE
der berg, Galerie Friedrich & Ungar, Munich / DE
2001 Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithica, NY / US
History of Modern Photos II, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo / JP
Tokyo Pop, Jewish Museum, Kansas / USA

ONE SUN, Izima Kaoru zu seiner Arbeit, 2009

« Die Schöne Frauenleiche lag im Sonnenblumenfeld », Artikel von Damian Zimmermann

Kölner StadtAnzeiger, 14.06.2013

« Wo möchtest Du am liebsten sterben? Der Japaner Izima Kaoru inszeniert Modefotos als Bilder eines Tatorts », Artikel von Thomas Linden

Kölnische Rundschau, Kölnische Kultur, 20. Juli 2013

Izima Kaoru’s »Landscape With A Corpse«

Huffington Post, 28/05/2013

« Izima Kaoru, 5 Minuti Dopo. Il tema della morte », by Marta Galli (Italienisch / Englisch)

Firmato magazin, 2009

Izima Kaoru im Interview über den schönen Tod

foto.tv, 02.02.2007

Sigmund Bulb – Episode 5

Izima Kaoru. Photographer, Tokyo

Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse

Documentary Trailer

2009 One Sun, BLD Gallery Tokyo (catalogue, japanese)
Ophelia, Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem (Exhibition book, dutch/engl.)
Marta Galli, Izima Kaoru, 5 Minuti Dopo, in: FIRMATO, april/mai 2009 (italian)
Japan, Shashin, in: Silverschotz, the international Journal of Fine ARt Photography, (pp. 38, 50-54)
2008 Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Hatje Cantz (monography, 192 pages, german/english)
2007 STYLE on series #45, in: Sunday Times, February 2007 (english)
Garten Eden, der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900, Kunsthalle Emden, Dumont (german, 304 pp)
2006 LA SANTA CULTURAL VISUAL, first edition, March 2006
Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, (Catalogue of the show, 350 pp. german)
2005 New Beauty, in: Photography Now 2.05
Pluk Issue 25 July / August 2005 Review
Erin Zaleski The picture of Death: Izima Kaoru, in: Newsweek, July 11, 2005
David Messen Koike Eiko wears Gianni Versace, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine
Landscapes with a Corpse Femmes fatales, in: Esquire VOL.15 NO.5 MAY 2005
Guardian Guide April 2005 Landscapes with a Corpse
Charles Howgego, Landscapes with a Corpse, in: THE MONITOR
Landscapes with a Corpse, in: Art Review May 2005
Charlotte Edwards Death becomes her, in: Metro April 2005
Siobhan Murphy, Photography
Jessica Lack Landscapes with a Corpse, in: I-D VOL.II / IV MAY 2005
Landscapes with a Corpse, in: The Japan Times
David Mcneill Drop-Dead Gorgeous
France Hanin, Izima Kaoru Belles à mort, in DITS, no. 5: spring 2005, MAC‘s Grand Hornu (french)
The Amazing & The Immutable, Photography from the Collections of Robert Drapkin and Martin Margulies
Asahi Shinbun Dokusho Nikki – sanshirou ha sorekara mon wo deta
2004 Miura Shion. November, 2004
Grace Glueck, Art in Review, in: New York Times November, 2004
Zeitgenossische Japanese Fotografie, in: Kunstforum (german)
MADAME March 2004
Landscapes with a Corpse, with Tarantula, Casino Luxembourg, 2004 (87 pp., french/engl.)
2003 Caroline Evans Fashion at the edge
The death of Beautiful Women, Yale University press, New Haven, London
Adbuster Frankfurter Rundschau Dec, 2004
2002 Izima Kaoru 2000 – 2001, f a projects (monography, engl.)
Chris Townsend Rapture Art’s Seduction by Fashion Thames & Hudson 2002
Matsumoto Taichi Kohkoku The Hypnotic Interview 02 Izima Kaoru Jul.+Aug. 2002
Elle April 2002 Camera Crazy
Anna Chapman Dead Fashionable, in: Sleazenation March 2002 (engl.)
Jörg Restorff Stilsicherer Abgang, in: Kunstzeitung February 2002 (german)
Afshan Ayar The Morning After… in: Tube Light 19 January / February 2002
2001 Landscapes with a corpse 1999-2000, Edition Lintel & Nusser, Verlag Robert Gessler (monography)
Frits Gierstberg Surface –Contemporary Photography and Video from Japan, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, Nov. 2001
History of Modern Photos II Nikon Nikkor Club
Susanne Boecker Gespräche Mit Künstlern: Izima Kaoru, in: Kunstforum International Bd. 157, Nov–Dec 2001 (german)
Tim Griffin Izima Kaoru Traffic Accident, in: Artext no.7, August – October 2001
Sven Siedenberg, Der Tod und das Mädchen, in: SZ Extra Ausstellungen April 25 2001
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, March 2001
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial Executive Committee
Martha Schwendener Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, in: Time Out New York March 1-8 2001
Izima Kaoru in: The Village Voice March 6 2001
Wenn Schönheit und Grausamkeit für den Augenblick zusammentreffen, in: Ärzte Zeitung Feb. 15, 2001
Izima Kaoru – New Landscapes, in: Prinz / Köln January 2001
Susanne Boecker Die Schönheit dient ihm als Faustpfand, in: Kölner Stadt – Anzeiger January 2001
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal / CA
; Museum Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg / LU
; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg / DE; 
Huston Museum of Fine Arts / USA; 
Kunstwerk, Eberdingen / DE; Burger Art Collection, Hong Kong / HK
; Zabludowicz Collection, London / GB; 
Botland Collection, Barcelona / SP; 
Wilhelm Schürmann's Collection, Frankfurt / DE; Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt / DE; Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota / JP