Kazha IMURA

Born 1980, Imura began to take photographs at the age of 16, and began to publish those along her own essays in a self-made and hand-copied magazine titled “paper.” So far, she has produced 15 issues. In 2002, she participated in the 5th “Jugemu – Cloning” exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery (Shibuya). This was followed by “Jugemu 2004 – Super Multiple Art Project” at Contemporary Art Factory. Her first solo exhibition “Kazha Imura: Self-Portraits” (Japanese only) was held in the same year at Gallery Toki-no-Wasuremono.

Imura’s rather intense (?) photography and prose of “paper” and her own somewhat polished appearance are two poles that still await reconciliation. She first came to Toki-no-Wasuremono just one day before her high school graduation. Calling herself “Yayora,” Imura back then deeply admired the work of Yayoi Kusama. When she managed to get a picture together with Kusama at the retrospective at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, it was as if a spell cast off of her. Meeting Kusama encouraged her to continue exploring her own modes of expression.

 


"Bloom"

2007
Gelatin silver print
Pin-scratched
59.5x38.5cm
Ed. 1
Signed

"Garden 1"

2008
Gelatin silver print
Pin-scratched
59.0x39.0cm
Ed. 1
Signed

"Garden 2"

2008
Gelatin silver print
Pin-scratched
59.0x81.0cm
Ed. 1
Signed
SOLD

 


"Fluid 1"

2008
Gelatin silver print
Pin-scratched
59.0x39.0cm
Ed. 1
Signed
SOLD

"Uka"

2007
Pin-scratched photograph
23.8x15.8cm
Signed

"Dream"

2006
Pin-scratched photograph
23.8x15.8cm
Signed

 


"Solo"

2007
Pin-scratched photograph
59.2x39.3cm
Signed

"Microscope"

2007
Pin-scratched photograph
23.8x15.8cm
Signed
SOLD

"Bathtub"

2003
Type-C print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5

 


"Blanket"

2000
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

"Lawn"

2004
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

"Umbrella"

2003
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

 


"Window"

2003
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

"Key"

2003
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

"Sailing Ship"

2003
Color print
22.7x34.0cm
Ed. 5
Signed on the back

 

◆ "Imura Kazha Plays Imura Kazha"
2007, Limited Edition of 50
B5 (25.4x20.3cm)
44 pages
Signed
Includes one original print

 

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Exhibitions (Japanese only)
2012
213th Gallery exhibition: Beauty of Silver Prints III: Nudes, Jan. 27-Feb. 4


2010
195th Gallery exhibition: Nine Muses, Nov. 16-Nov. 21
186th Gallery exhibition: The Nude, Apr. 4-Apr. 24

2009
Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair (TCAF) 2009, Nov. 21-Nov. 23

2007
149th Gallery exhibition: Body and Soul, Part II, Oct. 19-Oct. 27
144th Gallery exhibition: Kazha Imura: Self-Portraits, Jun. 15-Jun. 23

2004
118th Gallery exhibition: Kazha Imura: Self-Portraits, Dec. 3-Dec. 18