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Ryoko Kimura

Ryoko Kimura (木村了子, Kimura Ryoko, born 1971) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works in Nihonga painting. She studied at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, graduating from the oil painting course in 1995,[1] and earning her Master's Degree in 1997.[2] Her artwork subject matter is traditional Bijin-ga (literally "beautiful person picture") but rather than depicting women, she instead observes the male figure from the "sexual gaze from a heterosexual female standpoint."[3] Her artwork has been exhibited in Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Germany, and USA. [2]

Ryoko Kimura
木村了子
Born
Kyoto, Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationMaster's Degree, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 1997
Known forContemporary Art, Nihonga painting
Websitehttp://ryokokimura.com/index.html

Art style edit

Kimura frequently depicts the motif of ikemen (good-looking men)[4][5] and notes her inspiration from "Johnny's boys", a male entertainment and talent agency famous in Japan.[6] Though her backgrounds and Nihonga style appear quite conservative and hearken back to Muromachi Period works, her modern human subjects and inversion of the male-gaze from Bijin-ga demonstrate her contemporary influences.[3][4][6] She is also inspired by stained glass of Christian art, which she studied before seriously pursuing painting from 2003.[7] In an essay, Kimura compares the black sumi ink outlines of Nihonga to the thick linework in stained glass windows.[8]


In 2007, Christie's reported that her painting of Beauty of My Dish, which was of a man's body dish for L'opera gateau au chocolat was sold at auction for HKD 247,500.[9]

Exhibitions edit

Solo exhibitions edit

  • 2007 “Prince Come True” GalleryES / Produced by MIZUMA ACTION, Tokyo, Japan [2]
  • 2008 “Prince Come True” The Butchart International Contemporary Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan [2]
  • 2009 “Born to be WILD” Mizuma and One Gallery , Beijing, China [2]
  • 2009 “Born to be WILD” The Butchart International Contemporary Art Space, Taipai, Taiwan [2]
  • 2010 “The Date for Marriage Hunting ★ SUGOROKU” KIDO press, Tokyo, Japan [2]
  • 2011 “PARADISE” Mizuma Action, Tokyo, Japan [2][7]
  • 2012 “LA FASCINATION DES BEAUX HOMMES” Galerie Vanessa Rau, Paris, France [2]
  • 2013 “MA PETITE AVANTURE – Where is my Prince?” KANAZAWA ART GUMMI, Kanazawa, Japan [2]
  • 2014 “Be your animals” TORAUMARIS SPACE, Tokyo, Japan [2]
  • 2015 “Beaute Animale de L'Hmme” Galerie Vanessa Rau, Paris, France.
  • 2016 “IkemenMärchen” Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.[10]
  • 2018 “Tenderheartedness” Kyoto-ba, Kyoto, Japan [2]
  • 2021 Solo show at DUB GALLERY AKIHABARA, Tokyo, Japan [11]

Group exhibitions edit

  • 2010 “The 6th Chinese Character Festival. Making Waves Contemporary Art Exhibition” National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. [2]
  • 2010 “GOLD EXPERIENCE: Contemporary Painting with Gold Leaf from Korea and Japan ”HYUN GALLERY Seoul, Korea. [2]
  • 2010 “ELe Japon Vintage et Contemporian ”Galerie Vanessa Rau, Paris, France. [2]
  • 2011 “Gekitotsu -ten ”unseal contemporary, Tokyo, Japan. [2]
  • 2011 “Kan-Hikari Art Expo” Jijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. [2]
  • 2012 “Gold Experience 2: – Homage to the Golden Tiger fish,” Satellite Gallery of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Nagoya Japan [2]
  • 2013 “Tainai-meguri & Miyage of GAZOKU” The Kyoto traditional craft Museum , Kyoto Japan [2]
  • 2013 “Soluble Fish Continued Realities s” Gallery Fleur of Kyoto SEIKA University of Fine Arts, Kyoto Japan [2]
  • 2013 “KIZUNA – emerging women artists from Japan” MICHEKO GALERIE, Munich Germany [2]
  • 2013“ Tokyo Miyage of GAZOKU ”Book gallery Popotam, Tokyo Japan [2]
  • 2013” View of the movie world of MITANI Kouki by TANEDA Yohei “The Ueno Royal Museum Tokyo Japan [2]
  • 2014 “Koganecho Bazzar 2014” “Yokohama, Japan.[2]
  • 2014 “Impacts! Japan Art Festival” Zane Bennet Contemporary Art Santa-fe, USA [2][12]
  • 2014 “ZAUBERBOX” MICHEKO GALERIE, Munich Germany [2]
  • 2015 “for humans” JIRO MIURA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan. [2]
  • 2016–17 “IMAYŌ: JAPAN'S NEW TRADITIONISTS” The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu, USA, Shoto Museum of Art Tokyo Japan.[2][13][14]
  • 2016–17 “Asian contemporary Scene Part I” Modern Art Museum Shanghai China [2]
  • 2019 "Eyes & Curiosity ー Flowers in the Field" Mizuma Gallery, Singapore [4]
  • 2021 "Handsome Men They Are" Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan [15]

Collections edit

Her work is featured in the public collections of the Spencer Museum of Art and Honolulu Museum of Art.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ryoko KIMURA - Artists". Galerie Vanessa Rau. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Ryoko KIMURA CV – Ryoko Kimura Art Works" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  3. ^ a b "21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. | FEMINISMS". 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  4. ^ a b c "Eyes & Curiosity—Flowers in the Field | MIZUMA GALLERY". Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  5. ^ "KIMURA Ryōko". Department of Art and Art History: University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. ^ a b Yamashita, Yuji. "Perverted or perfectly Normal? Ryoko Kimura's take on "danshi [boy]"" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b "1105_KimuraRyoko – MIZUMA ART GALLERY". Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  8. ^ Kimura, Ryoko (2006). "SHUNGA – Sexyal Stained Glass [Bessatsu TAIYO -SHUNGA 2006]". KIMURA Ryoko Art Works. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  9. ^ "RYOKO KIMURA (Born in 1971)". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  10. ^ "The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo". www.gallerycomplex.com. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  11. ^ "木村了子個展2021". DUB GALLERY AKIHABARA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  12. ^ "Preview: IMPACTS! Japanese Exhibition at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  13. ^ "『今様』". 渋谷区立松濤美術館. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  14. ^ "Imayo: Japan's New Traditionists". University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Art and Art History. February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  15. ^ "2021.9.23 – 11.3 美男におわす - 埼玉県立近代美術館". pref.spec.ed.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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