Kenro Izu

Using a turn of the century technique, photographer Kenro Izu takes platinum palladium prints with a custom built camera that produces 14 x 20-inch negatives. Born in Japan, but now a New York resident, Izu has work in such collections as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His work consists of various subject matter including flowers, the human form, ancient monuments, and foreign cities. The Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will have an exhibition of Izu’s photographs in 2002

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  • Druk #131, Taksang monastery, Paro, Bhutan 2003, platinum palladium print, 20 x
  • Druk #1, Mt. Jomolhari, Jagothang, Bhutan 2002, Carbon pigment print, 52 x 36 in
  • Druk #323 (plate 36), Paro Dzong, Paro, Bhutan 2006, platinum palladium print, 1
  • Druk #432, Tamshing Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan 2006, Carbon pigment print, 52 x
  • Druk #446, Prakhar, Bumthang, Bhutan 2006, platinum palladium print, 19 x 13 inc
  • Druk #342 (plate 32), Ura Tsechu, Ura, Bhutan 2006, platinum palladium print, 19
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Kenro Izu

Using a turn of the century technique, photographer Kenro Izu takes platinum palladium prints with a custom built camera that produces 14 x 20-inch negatives. Born in Japan, but now a New York resident, Izu has work in such collections as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His work consists of various subject matter including flowers, the human form, ancient monuments, and foreign cities. The Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will have an exhibition of Izu’s photographs in 2002.

Background

Born: Japan 1949
Education: Nihon University/ College of Art, Tokyo, 1969-1972
 

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan.
2008 Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI. Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC.
  Persiehl & Heine, Galerie Fur Fotografie.
2007 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  The Art Museum, University of Kentucky, Lexington, NY
  Museum of Art, New York, NY.
  Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
  The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME.
  TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
  Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA. Sarah Lee Art Works, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA.
  Camera Work Gallery, Humburg, Germany.
  Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy.
  Shimose Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2004 Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY.
  Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
  Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects, Santa Monica, CA.
  Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, TX.
  Focus Gallery, London, England.
  ACTE2 Gallery, Paris, France.
2003 Tonami museum, Toyama, Japan.
  Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
  Sepia International Gallery, New York, NY.
2002 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.
  Rihga Royal Gallery, Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan.
  John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY.
  Shimose Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
  Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
  Dana Gallery in the Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshal College, Lancaster, PA.
2001 Adell McMillan Gallery, Eugene, OR.
  Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato,Japan.
  Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
  Shadai Gallery, Tokyo. Polytechnics University, Tokyo, Japan
  Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
  Sepia International Gallery, New York, NY.
2000 Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL.
  Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA.
  Lrigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI.

Public Exhibitions

  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.
  • Boston Museum of Art, MA
  • Canadian Center for Architecture, Canada
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
  • Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
  • J.Paul Getty Museum, LA
  • Galleria Civica Modena, Modena, Italy
  • Houston Museum of Fine Art, TX
  • Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
  • Los Angelos county Museum, CA
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
  • Museum of Photographic Arts, CA
  • Nihon University, College of Arts, Japan
  • Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, NY
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Arts, CA
  • Southeast Museum of Photography, FL
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan 
  • Tokyo Poly-Tech. University, Japan
  • The Lane Collection, MA
  • The Art Museum, University of Kentucky, KY

Awards and Grants

2007
Visionary Award by Lucie Awards
2005
Vision Award by Center for Photography of Art, Woodstock, NY
2002
Guggenheim Fellowship, NY
2000
Cultural Award by Japan Photographic Society, Japan
 
Lou Stouman Award, CA
1985
New York Foundation for Arts, NY
1984
National Endowment for Arts, Washington D.C.
1983
Fellowship from Woodstock Photography Center, NY

Publications

2007
BHUTAN Sacred Within, Nazraeli Press
2004
KENRO IZU: BLUE, Howard Greenberg Gallery
2003
Passage To Angkor, Channel Photographic
2001
Sacred Places Arena, Editions
 
Light Over Sacred Places of Asia, K*MoPA
1998
Kenro Izu: Still Life Arena, Editions
1996
Light Over Ancient Angkor K'Mopa and Friends Without A Border
1994
KENRO IZU, Howard Greenberg Gallery

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