Izumi Keiji: Small Relationships in a Big World

EVENT DESCRIPTION

BELOWGROUND welcomes Quiet Gallery, which debuts with “Small Relationships in a Big World,” a solo exhibition by Tokyo-based artist Izumi Keiji.

“Creating friends with wooden sculpture” and “expanding my image from the combination of shapes” – “This style of work has led me to think about the possibilities of sculpture and my own possibilities. I have chosen this as the theme of this exhibition in the hope that each piece I create will broaden my horizons.”

The exhibition features the newly created sculptures by the Artist. The Artist’s using familiar people as motifs, with precise wood carving techniques to create humorous human figures intertwined with landscapes and objects. Each sculpture has its unique style and interesting visual. Through the exhibition, the audience could appreciate and feel the creative ideas and interesting thoughts from the Artist.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Izumi Keiji: Sculptor Born in Fukushima, 1973. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University Sculpture Department.
Using familiar people as motifs, with precise wood carving techniques, he creates humorous human figures intertwined with landscapes and objects. His recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition titled PERSON-FORM, Taipei (2019), Hairy to the bone ARATANIURANO, Tokyo (2013), a group exhibition KALEIDOSCOPE AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong (2022), Spring Fever Komagome Warehouse, Tokyo (2017), “N COLLECTION: Ship of Theseus”, ART BASE MOMOSHIMA, Hiroshima (2015), and more. His work is in the collection of National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan. In 2016, his first artist book in three languages, Japanese, English and Chinese, was published.