Iba Yasuko

Installation View at MISA SHIN GALLERY
Iba Yasuko Paintings 2017
Photo: Keizo Kioku

ABOUT

Born in Kyoto in 1967. Kyoto Saga University of Arts, postgraduate degree in print. Recent solo exhibitions include Whereness of Brilliance at the Museum of Art Kamakura (2009), and A Way of Seeing at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (2019). Her work is part of many public collections, such as at places like The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura; the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; the National Museum of Art, Osaka; Shiseido Art House and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Iba Yasuko

Born in 1967 in Kyoto
Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan

– Education –

2001~02 Participated for ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) in New York, USA
1999 Scholarship of Daimler Chrysler Group in Japan Art Scope ’99, France
1990 Completed the postgraduate course of Saga Art College

– Selected Solo Exhibitions –

2019　Yasuko Iba, A Way of Seeing, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
2019　Yasuko Iba, grain – A Way of Seeing, Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2018　Yasuko Iba, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo
2017　Paintings, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2014　Mabayusa/Keshiki (Brilliance/View), Art Gallery X, Takashimaya Nihonbashi Store, Tokyo; Art Gallery, Takashimaya Shinjuku Store, Tokyo; Art Gallery NEXT, Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka, Japan
2013　Yasuko Iba Solo exhibition, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012　Paintings, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010　Yasuko Iba Solo exhibition, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009　Whereness of Brilliance, The Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2009　Yasuko Iba – resonance-, Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2008　Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2008　Yasuko Iba Solo exhibition, BASE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2008　SENSE OF TOUCH, eN arts, Kyoto, Japan

– Selected Group Exhibitions –

2019　Multiples, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
2019　Iba Yasuko, Kodama Yasue, Hakamada Kyotaro, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo
2019　Observation: Artists Confronting the Wonder of Looking Intently, Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma
2018　Pieces of Poetry – Principles of Beauty, Takashimaya galleries in Tokyo, Japan
2018　COMPLEX- edition & multiple, Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2018　All Stars, Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2017　Garden of the Mind-The Finale, Art space Niji, Kyoto
2016　touch of the light, Gallery Kashiwa, Rokkatei Sapporo Store, Hokkaido, Japan
2016　Trompe-l’œil, trick, trick, hat-trick, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2016　Painter of Poetry, Poet of the Picture, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan; Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan; Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
2015　Painter of Poetry, Poet of the Picture, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan; Hekinan City Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art, Aichi, Japan
2015　Group Show, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2915　Hokkori Museum,Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2013　Looking for Summer in Pictures and Sculptures,??Shiseido Art House, Shizuoka, Japan
2012　Over the Rainbow, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012　MOT Collection: Our Ninety 1923-2013, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
2012　Blindsight, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012　Going In/ Into the Painting, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011　Tricks & Humor, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2011　Come Have a Peek at Some Contemporary Art, Shiseido Art House, Shizuoka, Japan
2011　Art in an Office, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2010　Tsubaki-kai Exhibition 2010: Trans-Figurative, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010　29th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition in 2010 Presented by Sonpo Japan Fine Art Foundation, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2009　DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2009, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2009　Tsubaki-kai Exhibition 2009: Trans-Figurative, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

– Selected Awards –

2011　Incentive Prize, Shiga Prefectural Culture Prize
2010　The 20th Takashimaya Art Award, Takashimaya Culture Foundation
2003　Incentive Prize, The 21st Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize
2001　Excellence Prize, Selected Artists in Kyoto -2001 New Wave-
2001　Honorable Mention, Kanji Maeda Grand Prize Exhibition
1999　Daimler Chrysler Group in Japan Art Scope’99
1998　Encouragement Prize, VOCA’98: The Vision of Contemporary Art