Izima Kaoru
Izima Kaoru One Sun
Izima Kaoru One Sun Exhibition Views
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2008
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2007
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2006
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2004
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2003
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2002
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2001
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 2000
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 1999
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 1997
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse 1995
Izima Kaoru Landscape With A Corpse Exhibition Views
Izima Kaoru Biography
Born in Kyoto in 1954
Lives and works in Tokyo
Izima Kaoru Solo Exhibitions
2009
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
BLD Gallery, Tokyo
2008
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2007
Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
f a projects, London
2006
Studio la Citta, Verona
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
van der grinten galerie (the former Büro für Fotos), Cologne
2005
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
f a projects, London
2004
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Büro für Fotos, Cologne
f a projects, London
Casino, Luxembourg
Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Germany
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
2002
f a projects, London
Design Lab, Miami
Büro für Fotos, Cologne
Von Lintel & Nusser, New York
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2000
Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
1999
Hillside Forum, Tokyo
Büro für Fotos, Cologne
Colored Beauty, Shinjuku Park Tower Gallery 1, Tokyo
1995
Colored Beauty, Solaria Plaza "Zephyr", Fukuoka
1993
Tamao, Gallery Verita, Tokyo
Tamao, PRINZ, Tokyo
1984
Pigmo, Tokyo Designer's Space, Tokyo
Pigmo, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo
Pigmo, Pithecantropus Erectus, Tokyo
1980
Kourako no Mori, Shinjukku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
1977
It’s a Beautiful Day, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Izima Kaoru Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Flower Power project, Villa Giulia, Verbania / Italy (upcoming)
Ophelia. Sehnsucht, melancholia and desire for death, Museum for Modern Art in
Arnhem, Austria
2008
The Garden of Eden, Kunsthalle, Emden
Der tödliche Eros oder der erotische Tod, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel
2007
JUBILEE, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Six Feet Under, Dresden
The Light Fantastic, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Façade-Space-Architecture, Cook Fine Art, New York, NY
2006
Excess, Angel Row Gallery/ Nottingham
Der Kontrakt des Photographen/ The Photographer’s Contract, Akademie der
Kunste/Berlin - Hanseatenweg
Six feet under, Kunstmuseum/Bern
Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo”, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Erblätterte Identitäten” (Foliated Identities), the Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm
Shining, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
2005
Things Fall Apart, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
Characters, Scene I, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Characters, Scene II, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Selected view on the human portrait, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Haben wir den Ozean verloren? Inszenierte Fotografie, Stadtische Galerie, Gladbeck
2004
The Amazing & The Immutable, University of South Florida, Florida
Paris Photo, Paris
True Fictions, Stadtmuseum Hofmeim am Taunus
2003
True Fictions, Stadt Galerie Saarbrucken
True Fictions, Stadtische Galerie Erlangen
Mon Paris, Galerie 21, Tokyo
Images Against War, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne
2002
Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion 1970-2001, Barbican Center, London
Fashion and Body, Gallery Anne Mörchen, Hamburg
History of Modern Photos II, Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka
The World of Polaroid Photography – Beyond Time, Nippon Polaroid
Shoe, f a projects, traveling exhibition, Scotland and England
Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Ten Years Phase 1, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
The morning after, Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Constructed Realites, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Kansas City, MO
Formen der Gewalt, Galerie Gabriele Rivet, Cologne
Der Berg, Galerie Friedrich & Ungar, Munich
Uncommon Threads, curated by Sean Ulmer, Cornell University
Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
History of Modern Photos II, Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo
Tokyo Pop, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Kansas City, MO
SURFACE, contemporary photography and video from Japan, Netherlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam
2000
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
Bill Owens, Tracey Moffatt, Chris Verene, Izima Kaoru, Rececca Camhi Gallery, Athens Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
Is photography at an end? Recent Photo- and Media-Art, organized by The German Society of Photography, Lichtblick Gallery, Halle
Photography 2000, Staatliche Kunsthalle Moritzburg, Halle
Körper, Hüllen, Oberflächen, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
And She Will Have Your Eyes…, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
1999
Tokyo Shock, Büro für Fotos, Cologne, Germany
1991
High-tech Plants, Gallery Artium, Fukuoka
1990
High-tech Plants, Hankyu Dept. Store, Osaka
Hara Annual, Hara Museum, Tokyo
X-RATED, Neikrug Gallery, New York
1986
Foto '86 Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Izima Kaoru Selected Reviews and Publications
2009
Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, April 6, 2009, p. 13.
Silberman, Lucy, Death Becomes Her, Interview Magazine online, January 28, illustration
Stappert, Elke, New York Culture Club: Izima Kaoru, New Work, Tout va Bien,
January—March 2009 (nr. 04-2008), p. 66, illustration
2007
Grossenick, Uta, Photoart: Photography in the 21st Century, Aperture, 2007, p. 210-213, illustration.
Leon, Genevieve, Izima Kaoru, New York Magazine, March 2007, illustration.
2006
Bazer, Gina, Penthouse Rocks, Chicago Social, March, p. 184-185, illustration.
2005
Hanin, France, Izima Kaoru, Belles a mort, in DITS, 3, 5, winter-spring 2005, p.84-93
Zaleski, Erin, The Picture of Death, Newsweek, July 11, 2005
Femmes fatales, Esquire Magazine, May 2005
Edwards, Charlotte, Art Review, May 2005
Lack, Jessica, Izima Kaoru, I-D Magazine, Vol. II/IV, May 2005
Howgego, Charles, The Big Issue, Snapshot, April 25 – May 1, 2005
McNeill, David, Drop-dead gorgeous, The Japan Times, April 10, 2005
Lack, Jessica, Review: Izima Kaoru, Koike Eido wears Gianni Versace, Guardian Guide, April 23-29, 2005
Murphy, Siobhan, Metro Life, Photography, Metro, April 28, 2005
2004
Murakami, Ryu, I Am A Novelist, The New Yorker, January 2005, p. 64
Glueck, Grace, New York Times pp 37, November 12, 2004
Shion, Miura, The Amazing & The Immutable “Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse” Asahi Shinbun, November 2004
Von Lintel Gallery: Izima Kaoru, Gallery Hopper, October 18, 2004
Zeitgenossische Japanese Fotografie, Kunstforum
MADAME, March, 2004
Fondation Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg; & Casino Luxembourg-Foum d’art contemporain: Luxembourg
(A project book for the film: Landscapes with a Corpse with Tarantula)
Photofile, Winter, 2004
Frankfurther Rundschau, December, 2004
Photofile Winter 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2004
2003
Evans, Caroline, The Death of Beautiful Women, Fashion at the Edge, Yale
University Press New Haven and London
Adbuster
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2003
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2003
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2003
2002
Izima Kaoru 2000-1, f a projects, London
Townsend, Chris, Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 2002
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Winter 2002
Taichi, Matsumoto, The Hypnotic Interview 02 Izima Kaoru, Kohkoku, July & August
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2002
Camera Crazy, Elle, April, 2002
Chapman, Anna, Dead Fashionable, Sleazenation, March, 2002
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2002
Restorff, Jörg, Stilsicherer Abgang, Kunstzeitung, February, 2002
Ayar, Afshan, ‘The Morning After…’, Tube Light, January/ February, 2002
2001
Landscapes with a corpse 1999-2000, Verlag Robert Gessler
Instituut news, November, 2001
Gierstberg, Frits, SURFACE - Contemporary Photography and Video from Japan,
Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
History of Modern Photos II, Nikon Nikkor Club
Boecker, Susanne, Gespräche Mit Künstlern: Izima Kaoru, Kunstforum
International, Bd. 157 November – December, 2001
Boecker, Susanne, Die Schönheit dient ihm als Faustpfand, Kölner Stadt – Anzeiger, January, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Winter, 2001
Griffin, Tim, Izima Kaoru Traffic Accident, Artext, no.74 August – October, 2001
Izima Kaoru – New Landscapes, Prinz/Cologne, January, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2001
Wenn Schönheit und Grausamkeit für den Augenblick zusammentreffen, Ärzte Zeitung February 15, 2001
Izima Kaoru, The Village Voice, March 6, 2001
Schwendener Martha, Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Time Out New York, March 1-8, 2001
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial Executive Committee, March, 2001
Siedenberg Sven, Der Tod und das Mädchen, SZ Extra Ausstellungen, April 25, 2001
2000
Curto, Alessio, Izima Kaoru, Juliet Art Magazine, no.99 October – November 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Winter 2000
Izima Kaoru, Zoo, Issue 6, August 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Autumn 2000
D’abord la beauté, Art Actuel, no.8. May – June 2000
Gespräche Mit Künstlern: Izima Kaoru
History of Modern Photos II, Nikon Nikkor Club
Arkhipoff, Elisabeth, Célèbres mais morbides, Nova magazine, May 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Summer 2000
Ono, Philbert, Eye-Ai Japanese Entertainment and Culture Straight from Tokyo, April 2000, p.19, Kunstforum International, April – June 2000
Böcken, Jörg, Der Tod steht ihr gut, Kultur Spiegel, April 2000
Horny, Tinga, Die Anziehungskraft des Exotischen, Kunstmarkt, February 26, 2000
Best, Cristina, Die ästhetisch – perfekten Todesfälle des Modefotografen Izima Kaoru, Ärzte Zeitung, February 14, 2000
Kunstmarkt, February 5, 2000
Gockel, Cornelia, Die Eleganz des Todes, Feuilleton, February 1, 2000
People – Abata mo Ekubo, Prints 21, Spring, 2000
Gliewe, Gert, Landschaft mit Leiche, Münchener Abendzeitung, January 2000
Portfolio - The Artist, the body and the clothes, Special Edition Beaux Arts
Magazine-what is fashion (today)? , 2000
Hors-Serie Art, Crash, 2000
Ist die Photographie am Ende? Aktuelle Photo- und Medienkunst, mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2000
Ulmer, Sean M., Uncommon threads Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Regener, Susanne, Verbrechen, Schönheit, Tod, Fotogeschichte no. 78, 2000
Publications
2008
Izima Kaoru – Landscapes with a Corpse, essays by Roy Exley, Yuko Hasegawa,
and Peter Weierman, published by Hatje Kantz, hardcover
2004
Izima Kaoru 2002-2004, Bijutsu Publisher
20 Landscapes with a corpse, Korinha Press & Co., Ltd.
New Beauty II - Colored Beauty, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Hairmode, Bilutsu shuppan-sha LtdNew Beauty, Pipeline Books
Tamao, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Color Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Black and White Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
1990
Color Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd.
