Iyamari
Iyamari is a Japanese contemporary artist who has been active since 2008. She has held solo exhibitions and directed various art projects in Tokyo and London before relocating to Amsterdam in 2019.
Iyamari’s work primarily explores time and perception as its central themes, inspired by a near-death experience at the age of 20. Her focus is on creating a discernible model of “a moment” to examine and transcend the boundaries of human cognition, with the aim of expanding and complementing it.
With a background in traditional handcrafts and Japanese painting techniques, Iyamari utilises these skills in innovative, experimental, and expressive ways. Her artistic practice spans a variety of media, including multimedia installations and presentations.
Notably, Iyamari is the founder and director of the Telescore Project, which brings together artists and performers from diverse disciplines, such as dance, music, and software programming.
Pick Up
2025 Upcoming Exhibitions & Release
Grope show: 'Beast of Urban'
5th - 16th February
Galerie kunstRUIM, Jodenbreestraat 25, 1011 PZ Amsterdam
Opening party: 8th February 17:00-20:30
Event: Picture your mind: Mind exercise drawing workshop
5th / 9th February 14:00-15:30
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1200376019989?aff=oddtdtcreator
Solo show: 'Solo Exhibition'
1st - 30th June
MINA Gallery, Weteringschans 69, 1017 RX Amsterdam
Further details will be provided soon.
New Music Release: 'Telescore - Japanese cherry blossom'
& 'Telescore - Welsh sessile oak'
Telescore Project will release songs created by Iyamari's wooden prints.
Here you can listen a music from trees!
Further details will be provided soon.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Theatre Show
/participated as a director
Telescore Theatre Show 2018 UK - JAPAN
John Lyon's Theatre in City lit
2018 / London, UK
Curated Exhibitions
/participated as a curator and an artist
Ogikubo Gallery 2023 / Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2015, Tokyo
2015, Tokyo
2012, Tokyo
2014, Tokyo
Artworks
Installations
530 cm × 30 cmφ / Sumi-ink, silver leaf, Japanese paper / 2014
150 × 300 × 230 cm / PVC, Sumi ink, Japanese paper, golden leaf / 2014
(approximately) 25 × 25cm, Sumi-ink, Japanese paper / 2016
230 × 100 × 530cm / Sumi-ink, Japanese paper, polycarbonate, mixed media / 2015
Pictures
23 × 23cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
33 × 33 cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
74 × 32cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
64 × 13cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
Other works
Telescore Project
Started in the Spring of 2016, Telescore Project is a world-wide collaborative art project, which takes Iyamari’s artistic interest in time and perception into a different direction. In this project, Iyamari tries to use materials that cannot exist without time itself.
It aims to familiarise the viewers with the cross-species interaction and coexistence of trees and humans. Specific trees, and their area of origin, are presented in short films inspired by the local area's culture.
The films use a soundtrack created by digitally processing hand printed cross sections of trees, and transforming them into unique musical scores, which serves as a tonal rendition of the tree’s unique life memories and environmental circumstances.
The soundtrack is incorporated into the project work for the performance artists to interpret the music, along with the tree's significance to the given area, into a dance or performance.
Trees and humans have been sharing the environment for a long time. There are trees with symbolic meanings in almost every area in every country. Additionally, there are particular cultural traditions which have flourished around the use of these trees. This shows us how human cultures are affected by land and the environment. This project tries to bring them together and present the ‘universal relationship of the tree and human'.
Reading musical note from tree bark print.
Official trailer for "Telescore Project Opening Exhibition"
by TELESCORE PROJECT, 2016
Have a listen the music created from Japanese Cherry Blossom.
Contact
Please feel free to get in touch if you wish to feature Iyamari's artwork in your exhibition, project or would like to collaborate with her.
The Telescore Project is looking for individuals who are interested in working collaboratively, especially dancers, actors, instrument players, photographers and film cameramen, to work with on our new film and music projects. Please get in touch if you fit the above-listed criteria.