1982 年 福岡生まれ。
デザイン専門学校を卒業後、約 10 年間にわたりデザイナー・イラストレーターとしてキャリアを積む。
2015 年より Instagram でオリジナルイラストの投稿を開始し、本格的に作家活動をスタート。
2019 年には東京・原宿と大阪・梅田で個展を開催し、2021 年「ART
FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021」より現代アートの世界へ。
isayamax の作品は、自身の青春期である 90 年代のカウンターカルチャーと、そのルーツとなる 70 年代の時代性・文化を背景にしている。美人画やイラストレーションと密接に関わりのある 70 年代の少女漫画やキャラクター文化を発端とする“カワイイ文化”は、90 年代の渋谷ギャルや原宿デコラを経て、現代の SNS や多様なポップカルチャーへと連続している。
isayamax は、その“ドメスティックなカワイイ文化”の文脈を独自に再構築し、イラストレーションの技術を駆使して現代に昇華。懐かしさと新しさが交錯するビジュアル表現で、世代や国境を越えた共感を生み出す。
Born in Fukuoka in 1982.
After graduating from a design school, he built a career as a designer and illustrator.
In 2015, he started posting original illustrations on Instagram and began his artist activities in full force.
In 2019, Isayama held solo exhibitions in Harajuku, Tokyo and Umeda, Osaka, and enter the world of contemporary art from “ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021” in 2021.
isayamax’s work is grounded in the counterculture of the 90s and the zeitgeist and culture of the 70s.
The “kawaii culture” that originated in manga and character culture of the 70s, which is closely related to bijin-ga and illustration, has continued through the Shibuya gyaru and Harajuku décora of the 90s to the SNS and diverse pop culture of the present day.
isayamax has reconstructed the context of “domestic kawaii culture” in its own unique way, and sublimated it into the modern age by making full use of illustration techniques. The visual expression that mixes nostalgia and novelty creates empathy that transcends generations and national borders.
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Born in 1982, Fukuoka, Japan
Graduated from Fukuoka design vocational school
[Solo Exhibitions]
2024
“GINGIRAGIN” VALIANT GALLERY / Fukuoka, Japan
“#FR2 梅 × isayamax Collaboration Art Exhibition” #FR2gallery / Tokyo, Japan
“CASKET” SEIBU IKEBUKURO / Tokyo, Japan
2023
“DECORUME” 0%SHIBUYA / Tokyo, Japan
2019
“Fed up” Galerie LE MONDE / Tokyo, Japan
“The Strength” Vintage shop MORI / Osaka, Japan
[Group Exhibitions]
2025
“RE:WEAR / RE:WOR(L)D <アートと古着が編む、記憶の再発見>”(SH GALLERY/Tokyo)
2023
“A4WALL MATSUYAGINZA” MATSUYA GINZA / Tokyo, Japan
“装いの光芒” BLOCK32 / Hyogo, Japan
“ONNA NO KO” The old street gallery / London, UK
“FANCY SANRIO CHARACTERS Vol.8” ISETAN SHINJYUKU / Tokyo, Japan
2022
“Relive -artworks Fukuoka 2022-” UNION SODA / Fukuoka, Japan
“FANCY SANRIO CHARACTERS Vol.7”ISETAN SHINJYUKU / Tokyo, Japan
“ART PLANTS MARKET” DDD ART_苑 / Tokyo, Japan
“WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.22” WHAT CAFE / Tokyo, Japan
2021
“O.C.S.D presents Charity art exhibition” hotel koe tokyo / Tokyo, Japan
“NUMBERSHOT 2021 POP UP SHOP” HAKATA HANKYU / Fukuoka, Japan
“100nin10・2021” Shinwa Art Museum / Tokyo, Japan
“Meet the Art” CAITAC SQUARE GARDEN / Fukuoka, Japan
2020
“Sharekotsu Masturbation” FUKUOKA PARCO / Fukuoka, Japan
“STRAYM 2020 FEEL/FAN/FUTURE” elephant STUDIO / Tokyo, Japan
[Art Fair]
2024
“Progressing Art of Japan“ Humarish Club / Macau
“Mango Art Festival 2024“ RIVER CITY BANGKOK / Bangkok, Thailand
2023
“Art Fair Philippines 2023“ The Link, Ayala Center / Makati, Philippines
“Art Taichung 2023“ The Lin Hotel Taichung / Taichung, Taiwan
“ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023“ Marin Messe FUKUOKA / Fukuoka, Japan
“ART TAIPEI 2023“ Taipei World Trade Center / Taipei, Taiwan
2022
“ART NAGOYA 2022“ Nagoya Kanko Hotel / Aichi, Japan
“ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2022“ Fukuoka International Conference
Center / Fukuoka, Japan
“KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2022“ Hyatt Centric Kanazawa / Ishikawa, Japan
2021
“ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021” HAKATA HANKYU / Fukuoka, Japan
“KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2021“ Hyatt Centric Kanazawa / Ishikawa, Japan
[Award]
2021
“100nin10・2021” 「PEACH JOHN AWARD」
“100nin10・2021” 「IVXLCDM AWARD」