Proof of Existence, 2011, 80 x 100cm
Works by Tomohisa Ishizuka (Japan, *1980)
in the exhibition
Four Positions of Contemporary Painting
February 27th - June 14th, 2014
"What I want to paint, are pieces that excite me, pieces that shiver my soul.
Running lines and throwing colors onto a white blank canvas as the body wishes to move. Concentrating on the ever-changing screen, selecting the lines and colors that catch the eye of the heart. As a result, my work becomes complete.
In addition, my soul is in the pursuit of "truth" at all times. To me, "truth" is absolute, universal, and "invisible impor- tant thing". This soul of mine is making me create these pieces."
1980 - born in Akita, JAPAN
1999 to 2003 - Ibaraki University, JAPAN (the educational faculty)
2003 - 2010 - live and work in Tokyo, JAPAN
Since Aug. 2010 - live and work in Berlin, GERMANY
Four paintings by Tomohisa Ishizuka, 2014, Acrylic, Charcoal and Color Pencil on Canvas, 80 x 100cm
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 "YES BUT NO by KOIKLUB 11th September" KRACH STUDIO, Berlin, GERMANY -- "APART" Das Café Pappelreihe, Berlin, GERMANY --
2011 "08. Berliner KUNSTSALON" UFERHALLEN, Berlin, GERMANY --
2010 "Japanese & German Contemporary ART" Gallery DEN, Berlin, GERMANY --
2009 "YOUNG ARTIST JAPAN Vol.2" TOKYO KOTSU KAIKAN, Tokyo, JAPAN -- "Elmur.net" Lleida, SPAIN -- "Spring Award 2009" CREARE AOYAMA, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2008 "Lineart 2008" Flanders Expo, Gent, BELGIUM -- "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2008" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 "Our Café, Our Neighbourhood" Das Café Pappelreihe, Berlin, GERMANY -- VINGT VINS D'ART, Paris, FRANCE --
2013 "Our Café" Das Café Pappelreihe, Berlin, GERMANY -- "November 2012" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2011 "The Proof of Existence" Link Hair Design, Berlin, GERMANY --
2010 "The One Before Word" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2009 "TWS-Emerging130 : Soul Where It Lived For 29 Years" Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, JAPAN -- "I'm Living?" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN -- "Trace of Soul" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2008 "The Scene of Live of Death" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo , JAPAN -- "Delicate Monster" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2007 "November, 2007" GALLERY SOURCE, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, JAPAN -- "Untitled (about a studio)" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN -- "about a story" coco laboratory, Akita, JAPAN -- "Boku to Boku no" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN --
2006 "Intence Thing" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN -- "Melancholic Soldier and Mad Planet" K.S.GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo, JAPAN
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2010 "Portraits of The Soul" Art book, GERMANY --
2008 "November, 2007" Art book, JAPAN --
2007 "Grain of Soul" Art book, JAPAN --
2003 "Encounters of Petroglyphs" Travel journal, JAPAN
art place berlin - forum for contemporary art - international gallery - public
exhibition space
