Using a turn of the century technique, photographer Kenro Izu takes platinum palladium prints with a custom built camera that produces 14 x 20-inch negatives. Born in Japan, but now a New York resident, Izu has work in such collections as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His work consists of various subject matter including flowers, the human form, ancient monuments, and foreign cities. The Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will have an exhibition of Izu’s photographs in 2002
Druk #1, Mt. Jomolhari, Jagothang, Bhutan 2002 Carbon pigment print, 52 x 36 inches, ed. 1/3
Druk #432 (plate 30), Tamshing Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan 2006 (Two boys with drums, dressed in Tsechu costume), 19 x 13 inches, ed. of 20
Druk #258 (plate 57), Gantey Palace, Paro, Bhutan 2005 (Still life of pots and vegetables with wall painting), 19 x 13 inches, ed. of 20
KENRO IZU
Born: Japan 1949
Education: Nihon University/ College of Art, Tokyo, 1969-1972
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan.
2008 Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI. Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC.
Persiehl & Heine, Galerie Fur Fotografie.
2007 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
The Art Museum, University of Kentucky, Lexington, NY
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME.
TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA. Sarah Lee Art Works, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA.
Camera Work Gallery, Humburg, Germany.
Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy.
Shimose Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2004 Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects, Santa Monica, CA.
Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, TX.
Focus Gallery, London, England.
ACTE2 Gallery, Paris, France.
2003 Tonami museum, Toyama, Japan.
Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
Sepia International Gallery, New York, NY.
2002 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.
Rihga Royal Gallery, Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan.
John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY.
Shimose Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
Dana Gallery in the Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshal College, Lancaster, PA.
2001 Adell McMillan Gallery, Eugene, OR.
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato,Japan.
Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Shadai Gallery, Tokyo. Polytechnics University, Tokyo, Japan
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
Sepia International Gallery, New York, NY.
2000 Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL.
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA.
Lrigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI.
Public Exhibitions
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.
Boston Museum of Art, MA
Canadian Center for Architecture, Canada
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
J.Paul Getty Museum, LA
Galleria Civica Modena, Modena, Italy
Houston Museum of Fine Art, TX
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
Los Angelos county Museum, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Museum of Photographic Arts, CA
Nihon University, College of Arts, Japan
Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Arts, CA
Southeast Museum of Photography, FL
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Tokyo Poly-Tech. University, Japan
The Lane Collection, MA
The Art Museum, University of Kentucky, KY
Awards and Grants
2007 Visionary Award by Lucie Awards
2005 Vision Award by Center for Photography of Art, Woodstock, NY
2002 Guggenheim Fellowship, NY
2000 Cultural Award by Japan Photographic Society, Japan
Lou Stouman Award, CA
1985 New York Foundation for Arts, NY
1984 National Endowment for Arts, Washington D.C.
1983 Fellowship from Woodstock Photography Center, NY
Publications
2007 BHUTAN Sacred Within, Nazraeli Press
2004 KENRO IZU: BLUE, Howard Greenberg Gallery
2003 Passage To Angkor, Channel Photographic
2001 Sacred Places Arena, Editions
Light Over Sacred Places of Asia, K*MoPA
1998 Kenro Izu: Still Life Arena, Editions
1996 Light Over Ancient Angkor K’Mopa and Friends Without A Border
1994 KENRO IZU, Howard Greenberg Gallery