Hirofumi ISOYA


Works

 

Someone's Moon, 2011

lamp (Amber), chain, mirror polished stainless steel, MDF board,
brass screw, noctornal insects from south east asia, and paint

 

Fluorescent lamp (Yellow), chain, mirror polished stainless steel, MDF board,
iron, south east asian insects fly during night, vanish and paint

 

Installation View, Goldsmiths College, 2011

 

from left :

Idea and Ignorance, 2011

Narrowed Eyes, 2011

After Brick Slips, 2011

Form Follows Function, Fashion and Fiction, 2011

 

Idea and Ignorance, detail, 2011

Fluorescent lamp (Yellow), chain, mirror polished stainless steel, MDF board,
iron, south east asian insects fly during night, vanish and paint

 

Idea and Ignorance, detail, 2011

 

Idea and Ignorance, detail, 2011

 

Narrowed Eyes, 2011

Men's suit jacket

 

from left :

Form Follows Function, Fashion and Fiction, 2011

Flat Square Black Sleeping Head, 2011

Father, 2011

 

Form Follows Function, Fashion and Fiction, detail, 2011

porcelain tile, iron, wood and paint

 

Installation View, 2011

 

Flat Square Black Sleeping Head, 2011

Men's suit jacket

 

Father, 2011

Men's suit jacket

 

from left :

Father, 2011

Test on a Mimic Facade of an Experimental House, 2011

After Brick Slips, 2011

 

After Brick Slips, 2011 (left)

brick slip, iron, wood and paint

Test on a Mimic Facade of an Experimental House, 2011 (right)

brick slip, porcelain tile, iron, wood and paint

 

Heavy Dreamer, 2011 (left)

Men's suit jacket

Heavy Sleeper, 2011 (right)

Men's suit jacket

 

Displacing, Installation View, 2011

 

Growth and Development, 2011

antique Japanese low table, rope, iron, coke bottle and resin

 

Growth and Development detail, 2011

antique Japanese low table, rope, iron, coke bottle and resin

 

Old Tailors, 2011

Men's suit jacket

 

Waiting Master, 2011 (left)

Men's suit jacket and frame

Mimic Skin and New Order, 2011 (right)

brick slip, porcelain tile, iron, wood and paint

 

from left:

Single Lines, 2010

One and Gravity, 2010

a Head, 2010

 

One and Gravity, detail, 2010

coke bottle, resin, MDF board and paint

 

Smokes, 2009

straw, cup, resin, aluminum and lead

 

Grid, 2009

porcelain tile, steel, cement, wood and paint

 

Grid, detail, 2009

porcelain tile, steel, cement, wood and paint

 

One and Gravity, 2008

straw, cup, resin, aluminum and lead

Single Line and Flat Coke, 2008

straw, cup, resin, aluminum and lead

 

Low Events, 2009

Installation View

 

Gossip after Tree Structure, 2008

branches assembled without adhesive, paint

 

Gossip after Tree Structure, detail, 2008

branches assembled without adhesive, paint

 

More or Another Autonomy, 2008

straw, cup, resin, aluminum and lead

 

Diffused Reflection of Reading, 2008

mirror, resin

 

Once Night Falls, 2007

fuorescent Lamp, chain, insects fly during night, varnish and paint
350x480x200cm

 

Days in Nights, 2007

Fluorescent lamp (Red, Blue, White), chain, insects fly during night, resin and paint
250x360x340cm

 

Land, 2007

scanned photocopy and Lambda print,
dutch Navy trainers which I wore for 1000 days, paint
image size 177.5 (artist`s life size) x123x3.4cm

 

Compass of Physiology (Shinjyuku),2007

circle drew with urine, print

 

After the Urinal (Los Angels), 2007

circle drew with urine, print

 

Benjamin Half a World Away, 2004

benjamin,resin
100x50x50cm

CV

Biography


1978 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2011 Associate Research, Goldsmiths College, University of London
2005 MFA (Inter Media Art), Tokyo University of The Arts
2003 BFA (Architecture), Tokyo University of The Arts
    Currently lives and works in London


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2012  "Solo Show", Aoyama|Meguro, Tokyo (Forthcoming)
2009  "Low Events", THEBEAUTYSALON, Tokyo
2007  "Once Night Falls", Diesel Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Hiromi Kitazawa
2007  "Nighthopper", Mizuma Action, Tokyo
2006  "Days In Nights", Studio, Tokyo
2004  "Komainu 04 Private Journal", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo


Selected Group Exhibitions


2012  "Anticipation", Selfridges ultralounge, London (Forthcoming)
2012  "Academy", Bologna, Italy (Forthcoming)
2011  "The Face of The Shape", curated by Valentina Fois, La Scatola Gallery, London
2011  "Art and Product", Ai Kogawa Gallery, Tokyo
2011  "Villa Tokyo", Kyobashi 2 Chome Area, Tokyo, organised by Raster Gallery, Warsaw
2011  "Goldsmiths Show", Goldsmiths College, London
2010  "Still in Love", LLOYD HOTEL,
2008  "Drop Box", ZAIM, Yokohama
2008  "Off the Rail", Mizuma and One Gallery, Beijing, China
2007  "Keren", Museum of Tokyo Uiversity of The Arts, Tokyo
2005  "Nishiogi Biennale", Makoto Aida's house, Tokyo
2005  "Since 1994 -10th Anniversary Exhibition", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2005  "Project the Projectors 04-05 Taito", Former Sakamoto elementry School, Tokyo
2003  "Graduation Exhibition",Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum


Public Collection


2003  "Birthday Box", Museum of Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo


Awards


2002  "GEISAI-2, Grandprix"

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