UESHIMA MUSEUM The 3rd Collection Exhibition “The Image Burns, Distorts, and Sublimates into Light” 2026.9.2 —

KEI IMAZU

Asyura

All works in the collection (16)

  • The Sea is Barely Wrinkled Title: The Sea is Barely Wrinkled
    Year: 2025
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 300 x 1,000 cm (118 1/8 x 393 3/4 in.)
  • Image of Mt. 1 Title: Image of Mt. 1
    Year: 2014
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 145.5 x 89.4 cm (57 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
  • Olive Sea Title: Olive Sea
    Year: 2012
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 145.5 x 89.4 cm
  • Pelvis Title: Pelvis
    Year: 2020
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 100 x 140 cm (39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in.)
  • Red Lines Title: Red Lines
    Year: 2021
    Medium: Oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 200.0×135.0cm
  • Missing 1969 Title: Missing 1969
    Year: 2015年
    Medium: Oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 100.0×80.3cm
  • Broadcaster Title: Broadcaster
    Year: 2009年
    Medium: Oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 130.3×162.1cm (F100)
  • Asyura Title: Asyura
    Year: 2022
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 100 x 80 cm
  • Survivor Title: Survivor
    Year: 2019
    Medium: oil on canvas, digital print on vinyl sheet
    Dimensions: canvas: 292 x 388 cm (115 x 152 3/4 in.) vinyl sheet: 1100 x 295 cm (433 x 116 1/8 in.), 2 sheets
  • Orange Desert on Blue Sheet Title: Orange Desert on Blue Sheet
    Year: 2009
    Medium: acrylic on canvas
    Dimensions: 116.8 x 91 cm (46 x 35 7/8 in.)
  • Moment Title: Moment
    Year: 2008
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 162 x 194 cm (63 3/4 x 76 3/8 in.)
  • Blue Ribbon Title: Blue Ribbon
    Year: 2008
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 162 x 131 cm (63 3/4 x 51 5/8 in.)
  • Drowsiness Title: Drowsiness
    Year: 2022
    Medium: oil on linen
    Dimensions: 194 x 162 cm (76 5/8 x 63 3/4 in.)
  • The End of the Search Title: The End of the Search
    Year: 2009
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 97 x 145.5 cm (38 1/4 × 57 1/4 in.)
  • Escaping the Light Title: Escaping the Light
    Year: 2008
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 162.1 × 112.1 cm (63 7/8 × 44 1/8 in.)
  • Mermaid of Banda Sea Title: Mermaid of Banda Sea
    Year: 2024
    Medium: oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 200 x 300 cm (78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in.)
Kei Imazu was born in 1980, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She graduated with an M.F.A. from Tama Art University. Imazu was awarded the VOCA 2009 Prize for Excellence, and the 2013 Kinutani Koji Award, Encouragement Award. In 2017, her large works measuring over 4 meters in scale were added to the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (USA). In 2019, Imazu took part in “Roppongi Crossing 2019: Connexions (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) and “Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion.” She was selected as a Finalist for Prix Jean-François Prat (France) in 2020 and was invited to exhibit in “dOCUMENTA 15” (Kassel, Germany) in 2022. Imazu continues to receive high international acclaim, and currently lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia. Imazu's works are produced through the process of creating preliminary collages by editing various images from the Internet using Photoshop©︎, which she then transcribes into oil paintings on canvas. She draws on a diverse range of sources for the imagery within her artwork: from historical masterpieces, illustrated museum catalogues, advertisements, and even private photographs found on social media, creating meticulously orchestrated multi-layered compositions through various interventions such as applying brushstrokes with editing software. In recent years, she has expanded the scope of her interests and concerns, engaging with global issues such as climate change and the global south.
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