We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a solo exhibition by artist Iori Nagashima, "TULIP," on the second floor of LURF GALLERY.

Using photography and video as a guide, Iori Nagashima pursues the realism that only painting can provide, creating works that visualize memories and emotions. In this exhibition, he will present new works that explore childhood memories, life and death, the ambiguity of memory, and the temporality of images. He will also exhibit a large-scale work measuring 200cm, venturing into large-scale expression.

Please come and enjoy the works and feel the flow of time and the shapes of memories that are embodied in them.
In addition, to coincide with this exhibition, original Nagashima Iori x LURF GALLERY merchandise will be sold at the venue and on the website. The exhibition will run from Friday, March 7, 2025 to Monday, April 14, 2025.

Exhibition overview

Iori Nagashima solo exhibition "TULIP"

Date: March 7th (Friday) – April 14th (Monday), 2025
Closed: March 11th (Tue) - March 12th (Wed), 2025
Venue | LURF GALLERY / Roof Gallery 2F
Time｜11:00 - 19:00
Address: Roob1, 28-13 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033
Admission: Free Organizer: LURF GALLERY
Cooperation: mona art office
*Purchasing exhibited works requires application.

For information on selling artwork, click here

Applications are now closed. Thank you for your many applications.

statement

The exhibition title "TULIP" is based on a childhood memory. I have a vivid memory of going for a walk to a cemetery to see tulips. I loved flowers, so I would go to the cemetery to see them. I don't know if this memory is true, but it is very important to me, and it is engraved clearly and deeply in my memory.

At the time, I perceived cemeteries as places where flowers bloom, but looking back now, I think I was drawn to the contrast between cemeteries, which are places that symbolize death, and beautiful flowers. This memory and the word "TULIP" often come to mind when I paint, and they make me question my views on life and death, their contradictions, and their reality.

The works in this exhibition were created under the influence of such memories, and using the studio as a stage, I considered images, memories, and reality, attempting to express something fresh, more concrete, and ambiguous.

Iori Nagashima

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Iori Nagashima

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1997
2020 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting

Solo Exhibition
2024 Sign (YUVAN Gallery, Tokyo)
2024 Tone (Art Salon SCÈNE, Tokyo)
2024 Still life (Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Osaka)
2023 SURFACE (Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, Tokyo)
2023 Another Film (Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore, Tokyo / Okazaki Tsutaya Bookstore, Kyoto)
2022 nonfiction image (biscuit gallery, Tokyo)
2022 By the window (Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Osaka)
2022 Outline (SOGO Hiroshima Store, Hiroshima)
2021 Letters from the Road (Art Salon SCÈNE, Tokyo)
2021 Walking Within the Frame (Musashino Art University FAL, Tokyo)
2021 WINGSPAN (Gallery Wada, Tokyo)
2021 Fragment (SOGO Yokohama store, Kanagawa)
2020 ULTRAMARINE (Seibu Shibuya Store, Tokyo)

Major group exhibitions
2024 9 stories (Hankyu Men's Osaka Contemporary Art Gallery, Osaka)
2024 New Acquisitions (Gunma Museum of Modern Art, Gunma)
2024 Abstract, concrete, and sometimes history - Focusing on the F collection (ASTER Curator Museum, Ishikawa)
2024 6 drawings vol.2 (biscuit gallery, Tokyo)
2024 Seaside and Chairs -the Chairs, by the SeaII- (Art Salon SCÈNE, Tokyo)
2023 Drawing Lines and Shapes with My Maps (Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi, Gunma)
2022 ENTROPY [Two-person exhibition with Risa Miura] (THE LOOP GALLERY, Tokyo)
2022 nine colors (Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Osaka)
2021 Hazy Memories (SOGO Yokohama, Kanagawa)
2020 LOVE & ART-Xmas2020 (Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore, Tokyo)
2020 nine colors XIV (Seibu Shibuya store, Tokyo)
2019 SHIBUYA STYLE Vol. 13 (Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo)

Website｜ iorinagashima.com
Instagram｜ @iorinagashima
Twitter｜ @iorinagashima