NISHIMURA Ryo

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Born in Kyoto in 1993. Lives and works in Kyoto. Graduated with an MFA in Printmaking from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2018.

Aiming to visualize things that we rarely pay attention to, such as the fluidity of nature, life processes, and the passage of time, Nishimura Ryo creates print works by observing his subjects and carving images into transparent plastic boards. The prints capture the “lines” that exist there together with flow and energy, and the ink that oozes into the carved and curled-up areas gives them an appearance as if imbued with vital force.


Recent Exhibitions:
2025 “Shake Nishimura Ryo / Yanagi,” Junbicyu, Ituki, Tokyo
2025 “Putting life on paper / Planting seeds of Light,” TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY, Tokyo
2025 “Putting life on paper / Planting seeds of Light,” quo/to, Nara

Recent Activities:
2024-2025 “Takamatsu Artist in Residence 2024,” Kagawa
2023 “Artist in Residence Program 2023 ‘starquakes',” Aomori Contemporary Art Centre [ACAC]
2023 “New Mutation#5 KURASHIKI Aya, NISHIMURA Ryo ‘Trans-communicating' Residency Program,” Kyoto Art Center

Recent Awards:
2024 “Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2024 Selected - New Artists from Kyoto Prefecture,” Asahi Shimbun Prize
2020 “19th Exhibition for Minamishimabara City Seminario Pring Exhibition,” Asahi Shimbun Prize
2019 “19th Sarcelles International Graving Biennial,” Residence Prize

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