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Ena Ishii will hold a solo exhibition, "Texture: Overlapping Signs," from August 17 (Thu.) to 25 (Fri.), 2017.
Based on the theme of "Texture," a word that refers to the visual and tactile sensations created by "objects," such as touch and texture, approximately 20 platinum prints and cyanoprints will be on display.
We hope you will take this opportunity to view the exhibition.
Based on the theme of "Texture," a word that refers to the visual and tactile sensations created by "objects," such as touch and texture, approximately 20 platinum prints and cyanoprints will be on display.
We hope you will take this opportunity to view the exhibition.
Artist's Message
When I photograph, I always try to touch the object that will be the subject of the photograph. I feel that I can get closer to the essence of the object through the feel of my hands and body heat when I touch it. From the moment of touch, time and memory begin to overlap.
In this exhibition, I expressed the feelings I have accumulated day by day since the moment I was born into this world, using colors and textures that I find beautiful today.
I would be happy if you could feel in your hearts the presence that exists in a quiet yet absolute way by gently overlapping each other.
When I photograph, I always try to touch the object that will be the subject of the photograph. I feel that I can get closer to the essence of the object through the feel of my hands and body heat when I touch it. From the moment of touch, time and memory begin to overlap.
In this exhibition, I expressed the feelings I have accumulated day by day since the moment I was born into this world, using colors and textures that I find beautiful today.
I would be happy if you could feel in your hearts the presence that exists in a quiet yet absolute way by gently overlapping each other.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Solo exhibition "Precious one" at MARINE&WALK YOKOHAMA
Platinum print "Miraculous Layers" exhibited at Soho Photo Gallery/ New York
Selected for "Ashiya Photo Exhibition 2015". Exhibited at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan.
"11th Annual National Alternative Processes Competition", Selected.
2015 Group exhibition (Bright Photo Salon/Tokyo), "Affectionate World" series
Learned the process of platinum printing by New York FOTOSPHERE method.
2014 Studied under Ryuji Taira, a photographer active mainly in the U.S. and Europe, and learned the process of platinum printing by the New York FOTOSPHERE method.
Continued to study painting and photography on her own.
1998 While working as a freelance announcer as a news and sports anchor for commercial TV stations
Studied abroad in Paris while a student at Rikkyo University in 1994. After returning to Japan, she joined Aomori Asahi Broadcasting, a TV Asahi affiliate, as an announcer.
Ena Ishii Platinum Print Artist（enaclassyee.com)
Platinum print "Miraculous Layers" exhibited at Soho Photo Gallery/ New York
Selected for "Ashiya Photo Exhibition 2015". Exhibited at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan.
"11th Annual National Alternative Processes Competition", Selected.
2015 Group exhibition (Bright Photo Salon/Tokyo), "Affectionate World" series
Learned the process of platinum printing by New York FOTOSPHERE method.
2014 Studied under Ryuji Taira, a photographer active mainly in the U.S. and Europe, and learned the process of platinum printing by the New York FOTOSPHERE method.
Continued to study painting and photography on her own.
1998 While working as a freelance announcer as a news and sports anchor for commercial TV stations
Studied abroad in Paris while a student at Rikkyo University in 1994. After returning to Japan, she joined Aomori Asahi Broadcasting, a TV Asahi affiliate, as an announcer.
Ena Ishii Platinum Print Artist（enaclassyee.com)