小泉は2016年からカリグラファーとして活動し、2019年には書の基本線を円相で連続して描く「enso」シリーズを展開した。
ensoシリーズでは、禅の書のひとつである「円相」からインスピレーションを得た。禅において円相は、虚無、統一、無限、悟りの境地を表しているが、解釈は見る人に委ねられており、見る人の心を映し出すと言われている。
小泉の描く根源的なシンボルは、抽象と具象が曖昧になりつつある私たちの世界感を示しているかのようだ。
小泉は2021年から「Halo」シリーズの制作を開始した。
Haloシリーズは色彩の偶発性を取り込み、空中に見える光の純粋な視覚イメージを抽象絵画としてキャンバス上に存在させた。ensoシリーズから受け継いだ東洋的な神秘性を秘めながら、光の力に満ちた小泉の新たな境地を表現した。
KOIZUMI has been working as a calligrapher since 2016, and in 2019 he developed his “enso” series of paintings, in which the basic lines of calligraphy are drawn continuously in a circular pattern.
In the “enso” series, I was inspired by one of the Zen calligraphic works, Enso. In Zen, Enso represents emptiness, unity, infinity, and a state of enlightenment, but the interpretation is left to the viewer, and is said to reflect the mind of the viewer.
KOIZUMI’s repetition of primitive symbols in relation to himself seems to indicate our sense of the world in which abstraction and figuration are becoming unclear.
Koizumi began working on the “Halo” series in 2021.
“Halo” series embraced the contingency of color, making the pure visual image of light seen in the aerial exist on the canvas as an abstract painting.
The “Halo” series expresses a new level of Koizumi’s work that is full of the power of light, while hiding the oriental mystique inherited from the “enso” series.
RYO KOIZUMI
Based in 1985, Fukushima, Japan
Graduated from IBARAKI University
KOIZUMI has been working as a calligrapher since 2016, and in 2019 he developed his “enso” series of paintings, in which the basic lines of calligraphy are drawn continuously in a circular pattern.
In the “enso” series, I was inspired by one of the Zen calligraphic works, Enso. In Zen, Enso represents emptiness, unity, infinity, and a state of enlightenment, but the interpretation is left to the viewer, and is said to reflect the mind of the viewer.
KOIZUMI’s repetition of primitive symbols in relation to himself seems to indicate our sense of the world in which abstraction and figuration are becoming unclear.
Koizumi began working on the “Halo” series in 2021.
“Halo” series embraced the contingency of color, making the pure visual image of light seen in the aerial exist on the canvas as an abstract painting.
The “Halo” series expresses a new level of Koizumi’s work that is full of the power of light, while hiding the oriental mystique inherited from the “enso” series.
CV
2023
「 Solo Exhibition BREATH｣ (SH GALLERY SEOUL Seoul ,Korea)
「 1st GROUP EXHIBITION」(SH GALLERY SEOUL Seoul ,Korea)
「KIAF Seoul 2023」 (COEX 1F, Hall A&B, Grand Ballroom Seoul ,Korea)
「Hankyu Art Fair 2023」 (Hankyu Umeda Gallery Art Stage, 9th floor)
「 FURLA x Ryo Koizumi」(ISETAN SHINJYUKU store / Tokyo, Japan)
2022
「時代の一片/ Piece of the times」(Ginza Tsutaya GINZA ATRIUM)
「Solo exhibition, LOCUS」(SH GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan )
「ART BUSAN 2022」（BEXCO 1, Busan,Korea）
「ART Fair Tokyo 2022」( SH GALLERY/ Tokyo, Japan )
2021
FURLA collaboration event, ISETAN, Tokyo
Solo exhibition, LUMINOUS, SH GALLERY, Tokyo
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021, SH GALLERY, Fukuoka
Group exhibition, SH GALLERY GROUP EXHIBITION, SH GALLERY, Tokyo Group exhibition ,100nin10, Tokyo
Solo exhibition, en, Firsthand, Tokyo
2020
Solo exhibition, en, NFACES, Toyama
Solo exhibition, en, fons, Nagoya
PIERRE HERMExTara Jarmon collaboration event, PIERRE HERME PARIS Aoyama, Tokyo White atelier by CONVERSE collaboration
Chupa Chups Live paint, RELISHxCOIN PARKING DELIVERY, Shibiya109, Tokyo
2019
「Solo exhibition, en」(Revolution, Sendai ,Japan)
「dunhill collaboration event」, (dunhill Ginza, Tokyo , Japan)
「Solo exhibition, en, 」(ONIJUS COFFEE VILLAGE, Osaka ,Japan)
「GREENANDBLACKSMITH」 (LOBBY, Tokyo ,Japan)
2018
「NHK historical drama, SEGODON」,Title design