Chronology
Edited by Tetsuo Miki
1922
January 13th: As the eldest of three siblings of Kiichiro and Cho Izumi. Born at 570 Tamaseitou, Ren-ku, Osaka (currently Mori/Miya 1-chome [8th block], Chuo-ku, Osaka).
1934
Graduated from Osaka Municipal Tozai Elementary School in March.
In April, he enrolled in the craft planning department of Osaka City Crafts School (currently Osaka City Crafts High School), where he studied under Rinsaku Akamatsu and Masaaki Yamaguchi, with Yoshio Hayakawa in his third year and Ryuichi Yama in his first year.
1938
From this year, he began attending the night classes at the Nakanoshima Western Painting Institute (Osaka) until the following year.
1939
Graduated from Osaka City Crafts School in March.
In April, he joined Daimaru Co., Ltd. Osaka branch. He worked in the advertising department.
1940
In September, he again attended the night class at the Nakanoshima Hiroshi Research Institute, until April 1942.
He was introduced to Tagunitaro and Kenichi Imai by Suda and visits him.
1941
At this time, he didn’t have any real work to do at Daimaru, so he went to Nara to sketch during work hours, and he was influenced by the art magazines he read at his workplace, “CAHIERS D’ART.” In April, he retired from the Daimaru Co., Ltd. Osaka store.
1942
He enlisted in the 4th Heavy Regiment.
1945
September: He lived at 1912 Inaka-cho, the evacuation destination for revenge. He returned to Daimaru Co., Ltd., Osaka store in the advertising department accessories section, and became friends with Nobuo Sawanoi.
1946
He wanted to go to Autumn Art School, so he took a class with Furuichi and his friend Mira Sugai. He visited Ito while he was in high school.
1947
April ● He retired from Daimaru Co., Ltd. Osaka store.
1948
October ● The works “Mountain Peach” and “Dry Road” were exhibited at the 2nd Pan Artist Association Exhibition (12th to 17th, Daimaru, Osaka, sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun) and won the Mainichi Shimbun Prize. He got to know Toshiro Maeda, who was a judge.
1949
April ● At the recommendation of Toshiro Maeda, the work “Cliff” was exhibited at the 26th Shunyokai Exhibition (1st to 16th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
June ● He participated in the formation of “Kai Variete.” There were 15 members, including Izumi, Shigeru Ueki, Nobuo Sawanoi, Kunita Suda, Kazuichi Tsudaka, Makoto Nakamura, Hiroshi Nojiri, and Yoshio Hayakawa. It held meetings about once a month and tried to explore new forms of Western cinema through free discussion.
October ● He exhibited at the 3rd Pan Artist Association Exhibition (18th to 23rd, Daimaru, Osaka)
In the same year, he learned about Saburo Hasegawa and Kei Mori through a discussion group on contemporary art held by Saburo Hasegawa, Taro Okamoto, and Makoto Nakamura (Asahi Shimbun Auditorium, Osaka) and a study group of the Jiyu Art Association.
1950
April ● He submitted to the 27th Shunyokai Exhibition (10th to 26th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum), but was not selected. He went to Tokyo on the first day and visited Oka Shikanosuke’s house, but was unable to meet him. At the venue, he asked Shiro Kayama why he was rejected and like him, he started having doubts about the open competition.
March ● Kai Variete 1st Exhibition (14th to 19th, Daimaru, Osaka).
November ● The works “Two Trees” and “Black House” were exibited at the 4th Pan-Artist Association Exhibition (11th to 19th, Abeno Kintetsu, Osaka). In the same year he participated in the exhibition on the joy of modeling by Variete members (November 27th~ 29th Osaka Daimaru, Wednesday Club) to which take part, in addition to Izumi, Yoshio Hayakawa, Ryuichi Yamashiro, Yasuko Ueda, Yoshiko Koide, and Fumi Danjo.
1951
January ● He participated in the formation of the “Osaka Modern Art Association” (tentative name), along with Kanichi Katsuta, Koichi Nakai, Kei Mori, Yoshio Hayakawa, Masaki Yamaguchi, and Toshiji Yoshida.
February ● Personal exhibition of Shigeru Izumi’s oil paintings (8th to 14th, Osaka/Hankyu). At his first solo exhibition, he exhibited 25 works, ranging from 1947 to recent works. The works titled “Mountains 6” (1947), “Solitary Star” (1948), “Two Trees,” “Winter Tree,” “Tree on a Hot Day,” “Lemon” (1949), “Group of Trees,” “Wheat Autumn,” “A Landscape,” “Thin branches,” “May,” “Watermelon,” “Back rose,” “Cornhorn flowers,” “White roses,” “Cornhorn flowers,” “At the table,” “Oranges,” “Hydrangeas,” “Celery and Fish,” “Still Life on Desk” (1950), “Corner of the Table,” “Bread and Knife,” and “Red Clay” were exhibited.
He went to Osaka to hold a solo exhibition with the introduction of Mori Kei (“Eikyu Photo Drawing Exhibition,” from 23rd to 28th at Umeda Gallery, Osaka). He learned about Ei-Ku, Ei-Ku and Katsu, a new group that was coming together around Kanichi Ta, Kaichi Nakai, Kei Mori, etc.
Participated in the art group show “New Generation” (tentative name).
April ● At Ei-Q’s suggestion, the members of the new art group agreed to separate themselves from all publicly recruiting groups, and decided to name it the “Demokrato Artists Association.”
August ● The works “Landscape” and “Still Life” were exhibited at the 2nd Democratic Art Exhibition (28th to September 2nd, Hankyu, Osaka).
1952
February ● 3rd Democratic Art Exhibition (5th to 9th, Osaka/Hankyu).
March ● The works “Billiard,” “Landscape A,” “Landscape B,” “Sand,” and “Desktop” were exhibited at the 1st Tokyo Democratic Art Exhibition (27th to April 2nd, Matsushima Gallery, Tokyo). He got to know Teijiro Kubo through Ei-Q’s introduction.
Autumn ● He visited Teijiro Kubo’s house in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture with friends from the Democratic Artists Association in Tokyo, including Ei-Q and Tadashi Kato. He became fascinated with prints after seeing his large collection of Western prints.
1953
January ● He exhibited in the three-person exhibition of works by Yoshio Hayakawa, Shigeru Izumi, and Ryuichi Yamashiro (13th to 18th, Hankyu, Osaka).
March ● 2nd Tokyo Democratic Art Exhibition (30th to April 4th, Maruzen Gallery, Tokyo).
May ● He married Akiko Nagao and moved into a new home in front of the gates of Ikoma-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture.
August ● Participated in the Karuizawa Democratic Seminar (1st to 4th, Teijiro Kubo Villa, Karuizawa). He moved to 1912 Fukai Nakacho, Sakai City.
September ● 2nd solo exhibition of Shigeru Izumi’s works (24th to 28th at Umeda Gallery, Osaka). 20 works from 1952 and 1953 will be exhibited, titled “Encounter,” “Conversation,” “Scandal,” “Revelation,” “Frustration,” “Lust,””Kanna,” “Seaside Story,” “Embrace the Sheep,””Tales on the Grass,” “Butterflies,” “Bells and Flowers,” “Iris,” “Kanna A,” “Kanna B,” “Suitopi A,” “Suitopi B,” (all oil paintings) — “Dream Plate,” “Crazy Head,” “Dangerous Person,” (all watercolors).
October ● He began etching at the recommendation of Kubo Ei and Teijiro Kubo. The only knowledge he had about etching was from a letter from Ei-Q, and he replaced the etching press with a second-hand stretcher.
November ● He sent his first etching work to Ei-Q and asked him some questions about the technique. After that, the exchange of letters continued.
1954
Around January: He selected works from around the end of the previous year — such as “Before Dawn,” “Cabaret,” “Black’s Rack Christmas,” “Lamentation,” “Shakehand,” and “Ascension,” etc., and created the “Izumi Shigeru Etching Collection” (first collection). Self-published.
February ● 3rd Tokyo Democratic Art Exhibition (8th to 13th, Maruzen Gallery, Tokyo). Exhibited etching works.
March ● Izumi Shigeru Etching Exhibition (14th to 20th, Kobe, coffee specialty store “K”).
April ● Self-published “Shigeru Izumi Etching Collection” (2nd 8-piece art collection, limited to 30 copies). Works include “Midnight Cello Player,” “Childhood Reminiscences,” “Strangers,” “Don Juan,” “Puzzle bear night story,” “Where to,” “Floating Play.”
May ● Exhibited works such as “Late Night Cello Player,” “Recollections of Childhood,” and “Stranger” at the Democratic Etching Exhibition [Ei-Q, Tadashi Kato, and Shigeru Izumi] (11th to 16th, Osaka, Hankyu).
June ● Kubo Collection Western Print Exhibition and Japanese Avant-garde Print Exhibition (26th to 28th, Kiryu, Textile Hall, November, Osaka, Umeda Gallery, etc.) “Midnight Cello Player,” “Osanna,” “Cook,” “The Happy Tribe” ( Various etchings) etc. are exhibited.
Oil paintings: “The Wandering Dutchman,” “The Apple Story,” “Floating,” “Frozen Zone” (Etchings) etc. are exhibited.
“Sphinx” (Planner: Shuzo Fuka Ryuguchi; Prints: Shigeru Izumi, Tamitsugu Kitagawa, Eiku, Ka; Authorized version of the old man: Yamashiro ~ 50 names)
Includes one piece, “Apple Lady” (etching), a tribute to Takiguchi’s poem “Sleep.”
October ● The 4th (Osaka) Democratic Art Exhibition (8th to 13th at Osaka Sogo) exhibited “Domino’s Prophecies,” “The Wandering Dutchman,” “Run Melos” (all oil paintings), “The Apple Story,” and “The Apple Story,” “Waiting” (each one an etching and on sale).
Exhibited “Facial Expression of Anxiety” (oil painting) at the 4th [Tokyo] Democratic Art Exhibition (11th to 17th, Mimatsu Shobo Gallery, Tokyo).
Autumn ● Moved to 8-36 Komagawa-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka (currently 5-22-31 Komagawa, Higashi-ku, Osaka). Ryuko Utsumi, Yoshihiro Takai, Yutaka Funai, Kaichi Yamanaka, Hideo Yoshiwara, and others began to visit frequently.
1955
January Exhibited works such as “Waiting” and “Women” at the 6-person copperplate print exhibition (4th to 10th at Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo). In addition to Izumi, Ei-Q, Tomoaki Hamada, Junichiro Sekino, Tadashi Kato, and Shosaku Ueno.
Exhibited “The Wandering Dutchman,” “Apple Story” (Etchings, 1954) at the 6th Selected Art Exhibition (11th to 23rd, Tokyo, sponsored by Mitsukoshi: Asahi Shimbun).
February ● Poetry and Modeling Exhibition (8th to 12th, Wednesday Club Hall, Daimaru, Osaka, sponsored by Yomiuri Shimbun). Poetry: Fuyu Anzai, Shizuo Ito, Juzaro Ono, Ikuzo Takenaka Style: In addition to Izumi, Shigeru Ueki, Nobuo Sawanoi, Kunita Suda, Kazuichi Tsutaka, Makoto Nakamura, Yoshio Hayakawa, Takao Yamazaki, Jiro Yoshihara.
Creative Aesthetics Association Doujin Exhibition (11th to 20th, Koperto Gallery, Urawa; Sponsored by: Creative Aesthetics Association Saitama Branch). In addition to Izumi, 17 other people exhibited, including Ei-Q and Kitagawa Tamiji.
5th (Osaka) Democratic Art Exhibition (15th to 20th, Osaka/Hankyu).
Three of his works included in the poetry collection “Osaka” (poetry: Juzaburo Ono, etchings: Shigeru Izumi, Nobuo Sawano, cover: Yoshio Hayakawa, limited to 100 copies).
March ● Exhibited “Wandering Journey” (etching) at the 7th Yomiuri Japan Independent Exhibition (1st to 17th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
May ● Exhibited (Bokyo) “Mechanist” at the [Osaka] Democratic Art Exhibition (1st to 5th, Umeda Gallery, Osaka).
Served as a lecturer at the “Osaka Sobi May Gathering” (15th at Izuo Kindergarten, Osaka).
A roundtable discussion on underestimating Fernand Léger published in Art Criticism No. 41 (May 1955) (Shinichi Segi, Yoshiaki Higashino, Kimihide Tokudaiji, Ichiro Hariyu “Internal Poverty” ), he contributed an article supporting Leger entitled “What should we do to see the sun?” in the same magazine. The contributed essay was be published in the 42nd issue of Art Criticism the following month.
Published “Izumi Shigeru, Etching Collection” (3rd 8-piece art collection, limited to 40 copies) at his own expense. The works are “Morning,” “Game Eyes,” “Kyoka,” “Jealous,” “Friends,” “Madame Ocarina,” “Escaped Spade,” Prayer.”
June ● [Osaka] Demokrato Art Exhibition (1st to 5th, Umeda Gallery, Osaka).
September ● Exhibited “Struggle” (oil painting) at the 5th (Tokyo) Democratic Art Exhibition (14th to 20th, Tokyo, Mimatsu Shobo Gallery).
November ● Shigeru Izumi solo exhibition (1st to 10th, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo). Composed of oil paintings, gouache, and etchings. “Ranbu” (1954), “Fighting Mechanists,” “Fleeing Spade,” “Sun,” “Arabian Nights’,” (all oil paintings) are on display.
December ● Etching works included in “Today’s Newcomer 1955 Exhibition” (1st to 10th, Kanagawa Museum of Modern Art), “Kuringo Monogatari” (1953), “Wandering Dutchman,” “Expectations,” “NO SMOKING,” (each 1954) “Signal Hand,” “Trumpet,” are exhibited.
1956
January Exhibition of 8 copperplate prints (4th to 10th, Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo).
3 works “Family,” and “Steamboat” are included in the collection of haiku paintings. “Murals” (haiku: Seiko Yamaguchi etchings: Shigeru Izumi, Nobuo Sawano binding: Yoshio Hayakawa, limited to 28 copies).
February ● 9-person lithography exhibition (28th to March 4th, Osaka/Hankyu). In addition to Izumi, exhibits include Ai from the Demokrato Artists Association, Yukihisa Isobe, Ryuko Utsumi, Tadashi Kato, Yoshihiro Takai, Yutaka Funai, and Hideo Yoshiwara.
April ● Lithograph and etching seminar (14th to 15th, sponsored by Osaka Education Center: Osaka Branch of Creative Arts Association). Izumi and Ei-Q teach etching, and Yutaka Funai, Kaichi Yamanaka, and Hideo Yoshihara will teach lithography.
May ● 1956 Group Exhibition (14th to 22nd, Osaka City Museum of Art, sponsored by Group Association Council) (1955) “Scream of the Horn” (etching) exhibited.
Plans to publish a collection of lithographs and requests text from Ei-Q and Shinjiro Kubo.
June ● 6th (Osaka) Democratic Art Exhibition (1st to 5th, Umeda Gallery, Osaka).
July ● 1st exhibition of “Selling Good Paintings at Cheap Exhibitions” (1st to 7th at Yuki Gallery, Tokyo).
Published “Izumi Shigeru Lithography Collection” (limited to 100 copies of a 3-piece set) at his own expense. It is a combination of three works with a limited edition of around 50 pieces, and there are several combinations of works, such as “Black Surge.”
Yamada Soushi, Oguchi Extras, etc. It was featured prominently in the “Asahi Shimbun” dated the 16th with an illustration.
“Indian,” “Black Nageki” (1956 each), “Ri,” “Impostor,” “Don Quixote,” “Serenade,” “Bear Festival,” “Initial period,” etc. exhibited. “Indian” in the Asahi Shimbun on the 26th. The work was widely introduced with illustrations, and more than 100 works were sold.
1957
March ● Modern print exhibition (14th to 20th, Hakuho Gallery, Osaka). In addition to Izumi, there are Thomas George, Genbei Kamei, Hideo Yoshiwara, Yasuhide Kobashi, and Takashi Niimi.
Solo exhibition by Shigeru Izumi (until the 26th at Umeda Gallery, Osaka) includes “Indian,” “Black Inage,” (each 1956), “Tori,” “Serenade,” “Festival,” “Telephone,” “Boy,” “Clouds and People.” ( Approximately 40 lithographs such as “Driving Wheel,” “Trio,” were on display.
April ● An illustration of “Serenade” (lithography) was featured on the cover of “Mizue” (No. 621, April 1957 issue).
May ● Exhibited four lithographs at the 1957 Group Exhibition (23rd to 31st, Osaka City Museum of Art).
June ● Exhibited “Cockfight,” “Swan” (each lithograph) at the 1st Tokyo International Print Biennale Exhibition (15th to July 14th, sponsored by Yomiuri Kaikan, National Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Yomiuri Shimbun). Received the Newcomer Encouragement Award.
● At Ei-Q insistence, the “Demokrato Artists Association” was dissolved (16th). The reason for the group’s disbandment was that Izumi won the Newcomer Encouragement Award at the 1st Tokyo International Print Biennale Exhibition, and Ei-Q feared that authority would be created in a group that denies authority.
● Atsuo Imaizumi, Teijiro Kubo, Masao Oshita and others aimed to popularize prints.
Formed the “Hanga Tomo no Kai.” He provided works with Ei-Q, Aiyu, Mitsuto Toneyama, and others. 1st Gofu works (Golden Bird) “Drifting” (each lithograph).
July ● Exhibited “Drifting” (lithography) at the 1st [Osaka] Asahi Newcomers Exhibition (2nd to 7th, hosted by Takashimaya, Osaka, Asahi Shimbun).
Received a request to produce the 1958 calendar for Bijutsu Publishing.
September ● Exhibited “Late Night Cello Player,” “Don Juan” (famous etching, 1954) and “Indian” (lithography, 1956) at the 4th São Paulo Biennale Exhibition (São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, Brazil).
Autumn ● Plans to travel to the United States at the recommendation of Thomas George.
December ● Exhibition of contemporary art works (16th to 28th, Hakuho Gallery, Osaka).
1958
January ● “Night Moth” (1957) “Ce Ci Bon,” “Seven-faced Bird” will be included in the three-person print exhibition of Shigeru Izumi, Yasuri Uchima, and Masatsugu Yoshida (20th to 25th at Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) (each lithograph) etc. were exhibited.
April ● Exhibited “Musician,” “Tall Blower,” “Confrontation,” and “Ballerina” (each lithograph) at the 26th Japan Print Association Exhibition (27th to May 13th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum). He became a member.
May ● Exhibited “Spring” and “Ham” (lithographic prints) at the 3rd Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (15th to June 2nd, sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: Bi-Nichi Shimbun).
June ● Submitted “Duel” and “Ballerina” (lithography) at the 1st International Color Print Triennial Exhibition in Grenchen (Switzerland).
Around July, the lithograph art book “MUSICIAN” (8 volumes: Yoshio Hayakawa, limited to 50 copies) was published by Osaka Form Gallery. The works included “La Pi en Rose,” “High Teen,” “Mr. Trombone,” “Rose,” “Flute,” “Violinist,” “Reminiscence,” “Abandoned Garden Song,””Clown.”
August ● Izumi Shigeru Gouache Recent Watercolor Exhibition (7th to 12th, Osaka, sponsored by Hakuho Gallery: Osaka Small Collector Club).
He was asked to contribute illustrations to a manga quarterly magazine whose members include Yoji Kuri, Hiroshi Manabe, Shinta Cho, Yosuke Inoue, Atsushi Kawahara, and Tatsuo Ikeda.
Participated in the Creative Beauty Education Seminar (Arima Onsen, Kobe) with Hideo Yoshiwara, Yutaka Funai, Yoshihiro Takai, Masuo Ikeda, Yukihisa Isobe, and others.
19th to October: Rental villa at 938 Old Road, Karuizawa, commonly known as “Mori no Ie.”
He stayed there and worked hard at creating watercolors and gouache to raise funds for his trip to the United States. He lived with Masuo Ikeda and Yukihisa Isobe.
Exhibited (lithography) at the Japan Print Association member exhibition (19th to 24th, Takashimaya, Tokyo).
September ● Entered the 1st Grenchen International Color Painting Triennial Exhibition. Exhibited “Duel,” “Valerie” (each lithograph) at the Wan Japanese Artists Exhibition (2nd to 7th, Shirokiya, Tokyo).
October ● “Collection of Eight Prints,” Exhibition (14th to 19th, Yoseido, Tokyo).
November ● Exhibited “Horse D” and other works at the Shigeru Izumi watercolor solo exhibition (24th to 29th, Minami Gallery, Tokyo).
● Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition toured Australia and New Zealand (November to July 1959, toured 9 cities including Sydney; domestic exhibition: September 4th to 10th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
1959
January ● Contemporary Japanese print exhibition to be held in Spain (Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art from February 24th to February 15th, then toured Spain and Italy).
February ● The 6th Society to Sell Good Paintings at Cheap Exhibitions (Camel A) (Camel B) (Desert) 34 works including various watercolor paintings will be exhibited.
April ● Exhibited “Kusurai,” “Refugee,” “Fable” (each lithograph) at the 27th Japan Print Association Exhibition (3rd to 19th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
Shigeru Izumi, Akira Tanaka, Kazuichi Ritsuko, Masato Kishi Exhibition (~12th, Osaka, Shiro).
Exhibited “Moon Desert,” “Attack” (each lithograph) at Gallery.
May ● Exhibited “Thirst” (lithography) at the 5th Japan International Art Exhibition (9th to June 2nd, sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Mainichi Shimbun.
August ● Meeting to send Mr. and Mrs. Shigeru Izumi to America (22nd, Sankei Kaikan, Osaka). Initiators: Nobuo Sawanoi, Yoshio Hayakawa, Kei Mori, Ryuichi Yamashiro.
September ● Went to the United States at the invitation of the Japan Society. He reunited with his beloved singer who had gone to the United States in May of the previous year, and lived in an apartment in New York (139W. 80 st. New York 24. N.Y., etc.). He eventually befriended Yasuko Uchima, Yayoi Kusama, Arthur Florey, and the returning Thomas George.
November ● Solo exhibition (New York, Pratt Graphic Arts Center).
December ● Print studio in New York, he became “Pratt Institute” visiting professor.
1960
April ● Exhibited “Bird,” “Playing Cards,” “Escaped Spade” (each 1955) at an exhibition of surreal paintings (1st to 24th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
November ● Submitted “Pond” (Lithograph) and “Breeze” (Etching) at the 2nd Tokyo International Print Biennale Exhibition (5th to December 4th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
Autumn ● Produced lithographs for the International Print Art Association (L.G. A.S. Headquarters: New York) at the recommendation of Ben Shahn. His friendship with Ben Shahn began when he purchased Izumi’s work at Yamada Gallery in Kyoto, where he stopped during a trip to the Far East in 1959, and when he returned to New York, he contacted Izumi Kuno.
1961
May ● Solo exhibition “ASPECTS OF THE PEACOCK” (May 15th ~ June 15th, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Lina Gallery).
In October, “FRAGMENT” (lithography) was included in the print collection “Eleven Prints by Eleven Printmakers” (published by Pratt Graphic Arts Center, New York).
December ● Shigeru Izumi and Ansei Uchima exhibition (4th to 23rd, New York, Mi Chou Gallery). Exhibiting etchings and lithographs.
1962
February Solo exhibition (12th to March 3rd, New York, Mi Chou Gallery). Exhibiting oil paintings.
Exhibited “Sound” (lithography) at the Lithograph and Intaglio Invitation Exhibition (12th to March 2nd, sponsored by 7 Iradelphia, Print Club).
44th American Print Association Exhibition (19th to March 17th, traveling exhibition sponsored by American Print Association).
March ● 13th American Print Exhibition (6th to June 3rd, Brooklyn Museum, New York).
April ● Exhibited “Sound” (lithography) at the 30th Japan Print Association Exhibition (1st to 19th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
October ● Exhibited “Flow,” “Sinking,” and “Layers” (Etchings, 1961) at the 3rd Tokyo International Print Biennale Exhibition (6th to November 11th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
Autumn ● He began to create oil paintings using only two colors of paint, blue and white, and begins to systematically title his oil paintings. (Example: A F1001) The first A means the year of production, 1962. B in 1963, C in 1964, and so on until S in 1980. The next F100 is the size of the canvas, and F type = person size 100. There are also P type = landscape type, M type – seascape type, and S type = modified size. The last 1 is the order of production of oil paintings in that year, except for 1962.
1963
January ● Moved to Paris. After a while, he lived in an apartment at 69 Rue Brillat-Savarin in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and befriended Jun Ebara and Kumi Sugai. He signs a contract with the Conanque Gallery, run by Suzanne de Conanque.
Exhibited two oil paintings at the Ecole de Paris exhibition (July 10th to September 15th, Musée Nantes, France).
1964
May Exhibited Works (1) and (2) at the 6th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (9th to 30th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (11th to 16th at Umeda Gallery, Tokyo, 25th to 30th at Umeda Gallery, Osaka) “BS5017,” “BF4018,” “BS5020,” “BS4021,” “BS4022,” (each 1963), “CP6023,” “CF5024,” “CF5025,” “CP5026,” “CF5027,” “CF5028,” “CF5029,” “CF4030,” “CF8031,” “CF8032,” “CF6033,” “CF6034,” “CF8035,” “CP8036,” “CS5037,” “CS5038,” and about 20 oil paintings were exhibited.
Exhibited three oil paintings at the Ecole de Paris Exhibition in July (10th to August 31st, Hostellerie du Lac Boulud, France).
October 1964 Autumn Exhibition of Japan Western Art Dealers Association (30th to November 4th, Shinsaibashi Sogo, Osaka). Also held in Nagoya and Tokyo.
In the same year, he exhibited “CP609” at the 14th Salon d’Art Sacre exhibition (Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris).
1965
April ● Japan’s New Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition (26th – December 26th, 1966 Toured 8 museums in the United States, including the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York) “BS5010,” “1963,” “CF507,” “1964,” “DF801,” were for sale.
May ● Exhibited “PAINTING (DF1005)” at the 8th Japan International Art Exhibition (10th to 30th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
Exhibited “DF1006” at the 21st Salon de Mai exhibition (Museum of Modern Art, Paris).
August ● Exhibited “CS2540,” (1964), “DF1013,” “DF3014,” “DF5015,” “DF2016,” “DF2017,” etc. at the Shigeru Izumi/NINO MAIELLO exhibition (Charapin, France, Hostellerie du Lac Bleu).
October Solo exhibition (2nd to November 6th, Göttingen, West Germany, DEUTSCHEN THEATER) “BF4012,” “BF4014,” “BF4015,” (each 1963) “CP801,” “CF8010,” “CS5014,” “CF6017,” “CF4020,” (each 1964) “DF407,” “DM1008,” “DF509,” “DF6010,” “DF12018,” etc.) were exhibited.
Ecole de Paris exhibition (9th to 24th, Bomans Konst Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden) “CF802,” “CP6011,” “CM8013,” “CF5015,” “CM5018,” “CP3042,” (1964 each) “DF2010,” “DF6011,” “DF2021,” etc. were exhibited.
“Blue and White,” “CF8012,” (1964), “Blue and White,” “DF1006,” 21st Salon at the Exhibition of Japanese Artists Abroad: Europe and America (15th to November 28th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) De Mai Exhibition.
December Solo exhibition (17th – January 1966, Conanque Gallery, Paris) “CF605,” “CP609,” “CF8010,” “CM8013,” “CM5014,” “CF6017,” “CF6041,” “CF2043,” (1964 each), “DF204,” “DF407,” “DF1013,” “DF3014,” “DM5015,” “DF2016,” “DS3017,” etc. were exhibited.
In the same year, “CF8010” (1964) was exhibited at La ville d’aujourd’hui et demain (Royen, France).
Exhibited CF 8013 (1964) at the 15th Salon d’ Art Sacre exhibition (Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris).
1966
January ● Lithograph “Indian” (1956) was exhibited at the 60th anniversary of the founding of “Mizue”, 20 years after the war, modern Japanese print exhibition (21st to 26th, Keio, Tokyo).
“Drift” (1957) and “Assault” (1958) are exhibited. March Exhibited “CF4020,” (1964) at the “Donner à voir” exhibition (3rd to 16th, Galerie Zunini, Paris).
Exhibited “DF1024,” “DF1025,” and “DF1026” (each 1965) at the 1st Japan Art Festival (held in February 1967 and toured four American cities including New York; sponsored by the International Art Exhibition Association).
April ● Exhibited the lithographs “Indian” (1956) and “Himuki” (1959) at the 100 Years of Prints from the Meiji Period to the Present Day Exhibition (9th to 24th, Osaka, Shin-Asahi Building, Bunka Hall).
May Exhibition at Ecole de Paris (31st to June 16th, Istanbul Museum, Turkey) “CF6017,” “CF2540,” (each 1964) “DF602,” “DF204,” “DF407,” “DM1008,” “DF509,” “DF6010,” “DF1013,” “DF3014,” “DF12018,””DF822” (each 1965) etc. were exhibited.
July ● Solo exhibition (16th – August 5th, Ascona, Switzerland, Kokusai Gallery) “EF504,” “EF405,” “EP407,” “EP408,” “EF4010,” “EF4011,” “EP6016,” “EF107,” “EM1218,” “EM1019,” etc. were exhibited.
1967
April ● Exhibited “FS1201,” “FS1203,” at the 1967 Spring Collection Exhibition (20th to May 10th, Galerie Zunini, Paris).
May ● Exhibited “FS2001,” at the Salon de Mai exhibition (10th to 16th, Museum of Modern Art, Paris).
Exhibited “Sinking” (Etching, 1961) at the Modern Japanese Print Exhibition (20th to June 18th, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
In the same year, the 17th Salon d’Art Sacre exhibition (Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris).
Resigned from the Japan Print Association.
1968
February ● Exhibited works such as “EF4031” (1966), “EP407,” (1967) at the 12 Japanese Artists Exhibition (toured to France’s Charat, Vinh, Lyon, and Dargoire from April 4th to April 24th).
Exhibition of 15 Contemporary Japanese Artists (from 24th to Argo Gallery, Nantes, France) “EF4027,” “EF5028,” (each 1966), “FF504,” “FF3014,” “FP1022,” “FP1023,” “FP1024,” (each 1967) etc. were exhibited.
April ● Return to Japan (20th). Lives in Kohama, Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City.
May ● Exhibited (PAINTING) at the 8th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (10th to 30th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
Welcome party for returning home (20th, Kofusha, Osaka).
October ● Solo exhibition (18th-30th, Liege, Belgium, A.P.I.W. Gallery “GP2022,” “GP2024,” “GP2025,” “GP2026,” “GP2027,” “GP2029,” “GF3031,” “GF3032,” “GF3033,” etc. were exhibited.
November ● Today’s Artists ’68 Exhibition (1st to 11th Yokohama Civic Gallery 1) “FS2008,” “FS20039,” (each 1967), “GF3036,” “GF3037,” “GF3038,” “GF3039,” were on sale.
Solo exhibition (23rd to December 24th, France, Lyon, Lutran Gallery).
December 2nd Contemporary Art Osaka 100 Artist Exhibition (16th to 22nd, Osaka, Gallery Ano/Shinanobashi Gallery).
1969
April ● Self-published “Silk Screen Process Print Collection” (volumes 1 to 3, published in one day, limited to 30 copies each). Each collection included three silkscreen works.
Shigeru Izumi oil paintings and prints exhibition (5th to 6th, Ono City Civic Hall).
May ● Exhibited “HF2002” at the 9th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (10th to 30th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
Exhibition of three modern prints, Shigeru Izumi, and Hideichi Yoshiwara (5th to 6th, Fukui City, Yamashita Camera).
June ● Solo exhibition (1st to 30th, Hostel du Lac Bleu, Charabin, France).
October ● 2nd Merinac International (Painting) Biennale Exhibition (10th – November 30th, Merinac Museum, France).
Exhibition of 18 contemporary prints (25th to November 16th, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) “Work 1~10” were exhibited.
1970
March ● Shigeru Izumi solo exhibition (30th – April 9th, Osaka, Osaka Form Gallery) “FS 2008” (1967), “IP 15015,” “OSAKA,” “IF 100 16,” “Saint German,” etc. 1967-1970 Exhibited are oil paintings (23 pieces, and other small pieces), prints (15 pieces), and lighting equipment (10 pieces).
April ● Appointed professor in the Department of Art, Osaka University of Arts.
June ● Exhibited “Work 1,” (silkscreen) from Gallery Coco (Kyoto) at the 3rd International Avant-Garde Gallery Exhibition (21st to October 4th, Lausanne, Switzerland; February to March 1971, Paris).
October ● Exhibits “Nikukurai Light Bulb” at the Fantastic Interior Exhibition (8th to 11th, Sanbo Hall Industrial Trade Exhibition Hall, Kobe).
November ● Modern Prints East and West Exhibition (5th to 15th, Sagittarius, Kyoto).
7-person exhibition commemorating the opening of Fujimi (9th to 21st, Fujimi Gallery, Osaka). In addition to Izumi, Ryoji Kawabata, Jiro Yoshihara, Kazuichi Tsudaka, Akira Kubo, Yoshio Kono, and Sadamasa Motonaga.
December ● Shigeru Izumi solo exhibition (3rd to 7th at Katsuyama City Civic Hall) “FS 2008,” “1967,” “IP 15015,” “OSAKA” (1970) “IF 100 16,” “Saint German” (1970) etc. 1967 Exhibited oil paintings and prints from 1970 to 1970.
The 7th Tokyo International Print Biennale Exhibition (10th to January 24th East).
Exhibited “Northern Sky” and “Shadow of Trees” at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
The same year he started creating works using air compressors.
1971
March Contemporary print exhibition (18th to 22nd, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art).
August ● Wakayama Contemporary Art Exhibition (19th to 23rd, Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art).
September ● Exhibited “IP15015,” “OSAKA,” (1970) at Today’s 100 People Exhibition (5th to October 3rd, Hyogo Museum of Modern Art).
October ● Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition (30th to November 10th, Yokohama Civic Gallery) “SUNSET,” “SUNRISE,” “BLUE,” “ATENNE,” “POSTER,” were on sale.
November ● Shigeru Izumi solo exhibition (1st to 20th, Fujimi Gallery, Osaka) “IF3038,” “IF5040,” (1970 each), “JP302,” “JF10011-A,” “JP2018.”
26 oil paintings and 10 prints were exhibited, including “JF15022,” “JF4027,” “JF4029,” “JF4030,” “JF4031,” “JF4032.”
1972
January GRAPHICS ’72 JAPAN Exhibition (sponsored by University of Kentucky ART GALLERY: University of Kentucky), “ATENNE,” “WORK 1,” “WORK 2,” (Each silkscreen, 1970), “SUN- SET,” “SUNRISE” (each silkscreen, 1971) were exhibited.
August ● “KF1506 (circle),” “KF15012 (square),” “WORK 3” were exhibited at the Bird’s-eye view exhibition of contemporary art (5th to 27th at National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto).
“WORK 4” (each oil painting) was exhibited.
September ● Three-person exhibition of monochrome prints (5th to 27th, Kyoto, Gallery Coco, organized by Tadao Ogura). In addition to Izumi, there were also Jo Oda and Manabu Onogi.
October ● 1st Japanese Contemporary Print Exhibition (2nd to 15th, London, I.C.A. Sponsored by: (Tokyo) Galleria Grafica).
Shigeru Izumi Oil Painting Print Exhibition (16th to 29th, Gallery Kono, Tokyo) “IF 3038,” “IF5040” (each 1970) “KF1505,” “KF307 (Shin I),” “KF308 (Shin II),” “KF309 (Shin II),” “KF3010 (Kira V),” 15 prints (72cm x 72cm series), etc. were exhibited.
17th Contemporary Print Exhibition (Sponsored by Tokyo American Club: C.W.AJ.).
November ● Shigeru Izumi Print Exhibition (13th to 25th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka). (72cm×72cm series) 15 items on sale.
Same year ● Japan-America Print Exhibition (Osaka American Center).
72 Shinpo Selection Exhibition (Tokyo, Osaka, Mitsukoshi).
1973
January ● Exhibited “It was 100yen” and “ANYTHING ELSE” at the 1st 8th Print Exhibition (29th to February 10th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
March ● Solo exhibition by Shigeru Izumi (19th-30th, Shunjukan Gallery, Osaka). He exhibits oil paintings and prints such as “Tube C.”
June ● Exhibited (72cm x 72cm Series) “No. 15” at the 10th Ljubljana International Print Biennale Exhibition (4th, Yugoslavia, Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art).
July ● 20-year record exhibition by Shigeru Izumi (30th to August 11th, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka).
August ● Exhibited “Tube A,” “Tube B,” and “Sphere A” at the Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition (1st to 31st, Boston Museum of Art; September 21st to October 28th, THE NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER).
Ei-Q and Democrat Exhibition (19th to 30th, Umeda Museum of Modern Art).
Exhibiting “Shamo” (oil painting, 1957), “Indian” (lithography, 1956), and “Swaying” (oil painting).
September ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (24th to 30th sponsored by Takefu City Central Community Center: Takefu City Children’s Art Research Group) exhibited prints such as 8 pieces from the “MEASURE” series, 15 pieces from the “WORK” series, and 4 pieces from the “TUBE” series were exhibited.
October ●18th Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club).
November ● Exhibited “Major II” and “Major III’” at the Shigeru Izumi Print Exhibition (19th to 30th, Tokyo, Gallery Print Art).
1974
Month ● 2nd 8th Print Exhibition (12th to 23rd, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
Shigeru Izumi print exhibition (19th to 24th, Gallery Kawachi, Osaka).
March ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (19th to 31st Kyoto/Sagittarius) “KF307(Shining),””KF308 (Kira II),””KF309 (Kira III),” “KF3010 (Kira V)” (each 1972), “Ultra blue I,” “Ultra blue II,” “Ultra blue III,” “Ultra blue V,” etc.
April ● Print ’74 Osaka University of Arts Print Exhibition (2nd to 14th, Kyoto, Print Gallery).
Exhibited “RED HEAT” at the May print collection “NATURE” exhibition (21st to June 14th, Kyoto Print Gallery).
June ● 3rd Contemporary Print Exhibition (5th to 9th Takefu City Civic Hall) “WORK B,” “WORK C” were exhibited.
July ● The Poster Exhibition (18th to 28th, Shibuya Parco, Tokyo).
September ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (23rd to October 5th, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka).
October ● 19th Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club).
November ● Exhibited “Form 1,” “Form 2,” “Form 3” and other works at the “Prospects of Contemporary Prints: 28 Artists in Japan” exhibition (8th to 13th, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo).
December ● Traveling exhibition of modern Japanese prints in Mexico (December – March 1975 – Sponsored by Mexico’s National Museum of Modern Art and two other locations: International Art Fair Association).
1975
January ● Exhibited “Breeding” a composition of size 0 oil paintings at the Art Now ’75 exhibition (5th to 19th, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art).
Battle Royale Art Show (14th to 19th, Osaka Prefectural Government) Exhibited “MP20020,” “MF20021” (each 1974) at Gallery.
February ● 3rd 8th Print Exhibition (10th to 22nd, Osaka, Gallery Miyazaki).
Exhibition (25th to March 2nd, Osaka Prefectural Gallery).
July ● Exhibited “FORM” and “FORM IⅣ” (each 1974) at the Japanese Print Exhibition (27th to September 14th, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art).
August ● Mexico Touring Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition Domestic Exhibition (14th to 19th, Tokyo, Isetan; January 16th to 21st, 1976, Osaka, Hankyu).
September ● Shigeru Izumi Solo Exhibition Part 1 Theme: “Gathering” (9th – 14th, Osaka Fumin Gallery). Composed of 1000 size 0 oil paintings.
Solo exhibition by Shigeru Izumi Part 2 Theme: “Analysis” (16th – 21st, Imabashi Gallery, Osaka). Composed of 1000 size 0 oil paintings.
October ● Exhibited “Layer” (1961), “RED HEAT” (1974) at the 20th Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club).
In the same year, a solo exhibition (San Francisco, Upstair Gallery 1).
1976
January ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition and Collection (12th to 21st, Galleria Grafica, Tokyo).
February ● 4th Print 8 Exhibition (9th to 21st, Osaka, Gallery Miyazaki).
March ● Exhibition (16th to 21st, Osaka Prefectural Gallery).
April ● Print Art 23 Exhibition (20th to 25th Kyoto/Sagittarius).
May ● Exhibited 15 of his works, including “TUBE (A)” and “TUBE (D)” (each 1973), at the Japanese Print Exhibition (9th to June 20th, Museo d’Art Moderna di Ferrara, Italy).
July ● Four-person exhibition of Shigeru Izumi, Kazuichi Tsudaka, Yoshio Hayakawa, and Sadamasa Motonaga (3rd to 16th, Osaka, Shunko Gallery).
September ● Traveling exhibition of Japanese contemporary prints in Belgium and Venezuela (11th to 26th, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent International Fairgrounds; March 1977: Caracas, Venezuela, Caracas International Fairgrounds).
October ● Shigeru Izumi solo exhibition (1st to 9th, Asahi Kaikan, Kyoto) with “Color Positive.” On display are “Tib”, “Color Negative”, “OF4010”, “OF4011”, etc.
Contemporary art exhibition by five artists (25th to November 3rd, Osaka, Imabashi Gallery). In addition to Izumi, there are Sadamasa Motonaga, Hideo Yoshiwara, Kozo Mio, and Kazuo Yagi.
Exhibited “Assemblage-A” and “Assemblage-B” (oil paintings, 1975) at the 11th Japan Art Festival (Los Angeles, THE BROADWAY, November, Seattle, Henry Gallery, University of Washington).
21st Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club).
December ● Panorama ’77 – A comprehensive exhibition of the Japanese art world (18th – January 30th, 1977, Tokyo, Central Art Museum).
1977
February 5th 8th Print Exhibition (7th to 19th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
March ● Exhibited “PEEPING I~V” at the Japanese Contemporary Print Exhibition (21st to April 7th, also touring Brussels, Antwerp, and Liège; sponsored by the Japan Ukiyo-e Association and the Japan Society of Belgium).
May ● Japan Art Festival 10th Anniversary Exhibition (19th to 24th, Takashimaya, Tokyo; August 2nd to 7th, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art).
Exhibiting 3 works, including “MADE IN JAPAN” (1974), at the Exhibition of Contemporary Prints (29th to June 26th, Otani Memorial Museum of Art, Nishinomiya City).
October ● 22nd Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club).
November ● Exhibition (14th to 19th, Osaka Prefectural Gallery).
December ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (13th to 18th, Kyoto, Art Core Gallery).
1978
January ● Shigeru Izumi Print Exhibition (9th to 21st, Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto) Exhibited the “Dots and Lines” series.
September ● “Art Book: Shigeru Izumi” (published on September 20th, Imabashi Gallery cover: Yoshio Hayakawa, limited to 620 copies) is published.
147 works from 1963 to 1978 were exhibited in Today’s Artist Series: “Shigeru Izumi Exhibition – Since 1963” (25th to October 7th, Osaka Prefectural Gallery). The breakdown includes 76 works including oil paintings “BS5517,” (1963), 55 works such as prints “Sky in the North” (1970), and 16 drawings. Roundtable discussion “Talk with the artist” (30th) Interviewer: Tadashi Anguro attended).
October ● “Now Drawings…” Exhibition (2nd to 7th Osaka, Imabashi Painting).
23rd Contemporary Print Exhibition (19th to 22nd, Tokyo American Club).
Exhibited “QS1508” at the December 8 Eyes Neue Kunst Osaka exhibition (11th to 23rd at Osaka German Culture Center). Participated as a panelist at the symposium “On an Art Questioning Contemporary Media” (15th).
1979
March ● Fictitious Communication Exhibition: From Imagination to Creation (5th to 10th, Osaka Prefectural Gallery). He participated as a panelist in the symposium “From Imagination to Creation” (5th).
Silkscreen print exhibited at his symposium “Work Shop KYOTO ’79” exhibition (5th to 11th, Saga Art Junior College, Kyoto). Attended the debate (13th).
Exhibited “Four Pieces in One Triangle” (“Dots and Lines” series, 1978) at the Yusaku Art Works Exhibition Purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (6th to 8th, Tokyo, Japan Academy of Arts).
Shigeru Izumi “No. 0 Exhibition” (19th to 28th, Nippon Gallery, Osaka).
April ● Solo exhibition by Shigeru Izumi, “BOX” series (2nd to 14th, Osaka, Gallery 2).
Silkscreen Method Exhibition (16th to 28th, Gallery Etouta, Osaka).
May ● Modern Japanese Print Exhibition (5th to 27th New York, Azuma). Display (overlapping squares, square triangles, and black circles in Gallery).
Exhibited “Jealousy” (lithography, 1954) and 7 other works at the 1945-1956 exhibition (27th to 31st, Toyota City, Shosakudo Art Museum, touring 6 venues nationwide).
June ● Exhibited “RF1001,” “RF1002,” and “RF1003” at the gallery opening commemorative exhibition of Shigeru Izumi, Kozo Mio, and Sadamasa Motonaga (20th to 30th, Ban Gallery, Osaka).
Silkscreen Print Symposium 79 Works Exhibition (23rd to July 1st, Kyoto, Gallery Coco).
79 Silkscreen Symposium Exhibition (25th to July 10th, Nagoya, GALLERY OFF).
Exhibition commemorating the opening of the Osaka City Crafts High School Works Exhibition Room (Osaka City Crafts High School on the 30th).
July ● Contemporary visual and print exhibition (17th to 22nd, Otsu Citizens Gallery – Planning: Yoshiaki Inui).
September ● Izumi Shigeru “No. 0 Exhibition” – Series Low (5th to 14th, Osaka/Nippon Gallery).
October ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (6th to 15th, Shiga, Galerie de Mace). Consisted of oil paintings and prints from 1965 onwards.
Collection of prints exhibition (11th to 20th, Osaka, Gallery Miyazaki).
November ● Exhibition (26th to December 1st, Osaka Prefectural Gallery).
December ● Exhibited “Four Pieces in One Triangle” (“Dots and Lines” Series, 1978) at the 13th Contemporary Art Selection Exhibition (8th to 22nd, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Touring 4 venues across the country, organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs)
1980
January ● Western Record Exhibition (12th to 21st, Shiga, Galerie de Maine).
Contemporary art auction exhibition (21st to 30th, Ban Gallery, Osaka).
Exhibited “A Line-up of 31 etchings” (1979) at Shigeru Izumi’s solo exhibition (31st to February 9th, Ban Gallery, Osaka).
February ● Small three-dimensional work exhibition (4th to 13th, Gallery Shiro, Osaka).
March ● Modern Japanese print exhibition (1st to 30th, Matsumoto Japanese Folklore Museum).
Gave a lecture entitled “My Art Journey” at the lecture “A Contemporary Art Talked by an Artist” (16th, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art).
April ● Izumi Shigeru “No. 0 Exhibition” – Series III – (7th to 12th, Osaka/Nippon Gallery).
June Exhibition of contemporary artists using Japanese paper (16th to 21st, Gallery Shiro, Osaka). July Alice 10th Anniversary Exhibition (17th-26th Osaka Gallery White).
October ● Japanese Print Exhibition (26th-November 23rd Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts).
A Line-up of 31 etchings XXIII) (A Line-up of 31 etchings XXXI) (each 1979) for sale.
Akari Exhibition (27th to November 1st, Gallery Shiro, Osaka).
HOKUSAI’S ENKEL Exhibition (28th – April 30th, 1982 Bellri).
Exhibited “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXII” (1979), which toured to Galerie Marina Denkeller and 7 other venues.
November ● Untitled work exhibited at the 1st Fictional Communication Tent Museum Exhibition (1st to 5th, temporary venue in Shukugawa Park, Hyogo).
Today’s “Paintings Is One” OSAKA ’80 Exhibition (10th to 15th, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center).
December ● Japanese Contemporary Prints Paris Exhibition (2nd to 11th, Hall Pierre Cardin, Paris) “A Line-up of 31 etchings,” “IXA Line-up of 31 etchings XXI,” “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXIII” (each 1979) were on sale.
Copperplate Print ’80 Exhibition (15th to 25th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
1981
January ● Japanese Contemporary Print Exhibition (London, Mall Gallery, sponsored by the International Art Promotion Association).
6th Print 8 Exhibition (16th to 28th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
Exhibition of three abstract artists from Osaka (23rd to 28th, Gallery Azuchi, Osaka). In addition to Izumi, Hideyuki Sugiyama and Sadamasa Motonaga.
March ● Exhibited “Stretching Triangle” at the Art Now 1970-1980 exhibition (7th to 29th, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art).
Exhibition of three-dimensional works that crawl on a flat surface (9th to 27th, Gallery Shiro, Osaka).
April ● Japanese Modern Print Exhibition (6th to 26th, Tokyo, sponsored by Ryu Gallery, sponsored by Japan Foundation for the Promotion of Arts).
Modern print exhibition around Ichiei-ku (27th to May 15th, Sakata City, Hon. Ma Art Museum).
May ● 6-person print exhibition (11th to 23rd, Surugadai Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo). In addition to Izumi, Toshinobu Onosato, Kumi Sugai, Yutaka Takayanagi, Tsunesaku Maeda, and Yoshio Murakami.
Exhibited “A Line-up of 31 screenprints” at the Shigeru Izumi Print Exhibition (22nd to June 3rd, Sumiyoshi Club, Kobe). Roundtable discussion: “Contemporary Art is a Yamabanashi Shigeru Izumi vs. Sadamasa Motonaga” (23rd).
June ● Exhibition (1st to 6th, Daikoro Gallery, Osaka).
Six-person exhibition of Shigeru Izumi, Keiko Ikeda, Keiko Kondo, Junko Nishida, Mitsuhiro Mizutani, and Masahiko Tsubota (15th to 27th, Chayamachi Gallery, Osaka).
Participated as a panelist in the symposium “Japanese Art and America after World War II” (19th – 20th, Osaka American Center Hall, sponsored by Osaka University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Aesthetics, Art History 2nd Course).
Artworks (1967) “ULTRA BLUE II” (1974), “OF405” (1976), “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXXI” (1979) were included in the contemporary painting exhibition (20th to July 5th, Honma Art Museum).
July ● Exhibition of Tsuneo Fujisawa’s works and friends exhibition (6th to 11th, Gallery Shiro, Osaka).
Five-person exhibition of Shigeru Izumi, Tosumatsu Kuremoto, Kozo Shibataka, Nobuyoshi Yamada, and Hiroki Yoshida (16th to 28th, Nakamura Gallery, Osaka).
Served as a member of the steering committee for the 28th All Kansai Art Exhibition (18th to 29th, Osaka City Museum of Art), and has exhibited since then.
August 81: Navio Art Forum Contemporary Art’s Top Picture His Nurses Exhibition (21st – September 9th, Navio Gallery, Osaka)
Exhibited “Nik” and “His Usaku Room,” September Art Festival Exhibition of short works by 39 artists (1st to 30th, Osaka Gallery Sculpture Painting).
Lithographs “Indian,” “Night Moth” (each 1956) and “Ballerina” (1958) will be included in “Modern Art Trends I 1950s: Darkness and Light Exhibition” (12th – November 8th, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).
Japan Art Festival 81 Exhibition (15th to 25th, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, October, Ueno Royal Museum, January 1982).
60th anniversary song show. Exhibited “NaA Square,” “NaB Circle.”
Exhibited an oil painting and “A Line-up of 31 etchings” (1979) at the Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (19th to October 2nd, Ginza 81 Museum, Tokyo).
October ● Exhibition of Shigeru Izumi’s works – Series 1 by Silver Pace (1st – 31st, Kobe Jidai Gallery).
Exhibited works such as “Bending Square” and “Concave Inasa Circle,” “A Line-up of 31 screenprints,” at Shigeru Izumi’s solo exhibition (5th to 16th, Osaka Ban Gallery).
The 2nd Small Pieces Exhibition for the Tent Art Museum Fund (19th to October 24th, Ban Gallery, Osaka).
November ● 2nd Fictitious Communication Tent Museum Exhibition (3rd to 9th, temporary venue in Shukugawa Park, Hyogo).
Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (4th to 27th, Suntory Foundation Gallery, Osaka).
The current painting is his OSAKA ’81 exhibition (16th to 21st, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center).
December ● Shigeru Izumi and Sadamasa Motonaga exhibition (4th to 16th, Sumiyoshi Waraku Club, Kobe). Attended the roundtable discussion “Contemporary Art Yomoyama Story: Shigeru Izumi vs. Sadamasa Motonaga PART II” (3rd).
81 Gallery Coco Year-End Bazaar Small Print Exhibition (8th to 25th Kyoto Gallery Coco).
Modern Print Quartet Exhibition (20th to January 19th, 1982, Hiramatsu Gallery, Osaka).
Modern print exhibition (21st to January 16, 1982, Fuji Gallery, Osaka).
1982
January ● New Year Mini Exhibition (7th to February 2nd, Nakamura Gallery, Osaka).
February ● 7th Print 8 Exhibition (15th to 27th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
Two-man exhibition of Shigeru Izumi and Masahiko Tsubota (23rd to March 13th, Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo).
March ● Shigeru Izumi print exhibition (2nd to 31st, Homma Art Museum).
April ● 50th Anniversary Book Print Association Exhibition (8th to 24th, Tokyo)
“A Line-up of 31 etchings XX,” “A Line-up of 31 etchings were exhibited.
May ● Kigochacho (7th to 22nd, Osaka).
June ● Exhibited “Work” (1980) at Gel (C1st – July 5th, Daikoro Gallery, Osaka).
July ● Contemporary Artist Uchi Noh Exhibition (20th – August 24th Osaka – Plane).
August ● NHK Educational TV “The World of Art – Abstract Paintings” (31st Nichikoin, April 7th, November 12th).
October ● Sale (31st Osaka Store Cultural Center Sponsored by: Izumi no Kai). The theme is “the taste of chairs between professionals and amateurs in art work.”
November ● Perspectives on Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (3rd to December 11th) Exhibited April (yen) at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.
Modern Japanese Art Exhibition at Atlanta College (1st to 6th, Osaka University of Arts Information Center Shuji Hall).
The current painting is by OSAKA WIE (158-21, Osaka Prefectural Modern Art Center).
Gallery 100 – Opening Commemorative Exhibition (23rd to December 25th Voice, Gallery 900OU).
December ● Wonderland miniature painting viewing party (11th to 19th at Tokyo Art Museum).
”Pieces on the Cone” Exhibition Kaiichi Kaze (138~238 Osaka Chinese painting) in a square square.
Exhibition of small pieces called Christmas cards (138-25th, Osaka ~ Salary White).
Modern Sea Japan and One Exhibition (13th to 27th Seoul/Kuni ① Shikibi February 22nd to 25th, 1988 Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art April 2nd).
Original edition commemorative performance (15th Bolsho Japan Osaka Tanji).
1983
January ● Friday Exhibition (10th to 15th at Chayamachi Gallery, Osaka).
Exhibition of works close to size 0 (15th to February 6th, Eiya Gallery).
February ● Prologue 83/10 people exhibition (4th to 9th, Art Garage, Nishinomiya).
8th Print 8 Exhibition (14th to 26th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
Early Spring Exhibition (21st to March 5th, Chayamachi Gallery, Osaka).
March ● Ge and his friends exhibition (20th to April 10th, Nishida Painting Post, Nara).
July ● Ge Exhibition (4th to 9th, Daikoro Gallery, Osaka).
84 works from 1947 to 1982 exhibited at the Kazuichi Tsudaka, Shigeru Izumi, and Hideo Yoshiwara exhibition (9th to 31st, Wakayama Museum of Modern Art). The breakdown includes 27 oil paintings, including Yamachira (1947), and 57, including prints (Shakehand) (1953).
6-person print exhibition (18th to 23rd, Tokyo, Ginza Suruga Daigakan).
November ● “Toward the sky…” The dedicated plaza exhibits 12 artists’ exhibition (10th to 30th, Sogetsu Kaikan, Tokyo) with their works (broken rectangles) (breakable triangles).
8 exhibitions of prints (8th to December 9th, Gallery Honmachi, Osaka).
December ● “Now Paintings – OSAKA ’83 Exhibition” (5th to 10th, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center).
Mini Prints Fair (6th-25th Kyoto, Gallery Coco).
Exhibition of small prints (12th to 24th, Hiramatsu Gallery, Osaka).
1984
January ● Osaka, 1950s graphics (23rd to February 18th, Tokyo, Tokyo Designers Space).
February ● 9th Print Exhibition (13th to 25th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
June ● Shigeru Izumi’s solo exhibition (18th to 27th, Ban Gallery, Osaka), exhibited “Circle with a Shadow,” “Square with a Shadow,” “Oval with a Shadow,” and “Rectangle with a Shadow.”
Exhibited works such as (Ibun Crab Cooking = Soft Structure) at Shigeru Izumi’s solo exhibition “Ichigo no Kiseki” (18th to July 15th, Daiken Gallery, Osaka).
Solo exhibition by Shigeru Izumi (25th to July 7th, Hiramatsu Gallery, Osaka). Exhibited a series of prints (circle, triangle, square).
Small, small, large exhibitions (Tokyo, Ao Gallery, Nagoya, Gallery Asato).
July Silkscreen ’84 Exhibition (9th to 14th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
Now in Copper Prints (30th to August 4th, Osaka, Amanoga Corridor).
August ● Ceramic board exhibition (27th to September 1st, Osaka, Gallery Azuchi).
September ● Exhibited “Wrinkle” at the Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (15th to 24th, Galerie de la Paix, Kobe).
Ge Kyoto Exhibition (18th to 24th, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art).
The 4th Tent Art Museum Fund Exhibition (24th to 29th, Osaka Gallery Shiro).
October Osaka Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition (1st to 8th Osaka, Gallery Cuore).
November ● Prospects of Contemporary Japanese Art – Graphic Art & Design Exhibition (1st to December 16th, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art), featured prints “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXIII,” “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXXI” (1979 each), “Silhouette II,” “Silhouette XXV” (1982 each), “Variety-24(A),” “Variety-24(B),” (1984 each) were exhibited.
Exhibited “Indian” (lithography, 1956) at the Contemporary Art 1950-1970 Exhibition 1: “Kansai Contemporary Artist’s Trajectory 1” (17th to December 5th, Yao Seibu Hall, Osaka).
1985
January ● Small BOX100 Exhibition (21st to February 2nd, Osaka Gallery Cuore).
February ● 10th Print Exhibition (11th to 23rd, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
The Trajectory of Contemporary Prints Exhibition (15th to March 24th, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art), “Northern Sky,” “Shadow of Trees” (each 1970), “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXIII,” “A Line-up of 31 etchings XXXI” (each 1979) were for sale.
April ● Kitsch exhibition (1st to 6th, Ban Gallery, Osaka).
June ● 4th 6-person print exhibition (3rd to 8th, Tokyo, Ginza Surugadai Gallery).
July ● Silkscreen ’85 (8th to 13th, Osaka, Gallery Miyaza tree).
Oil painting exhibition (15th to 27th, Osaka, Gallery Cuore).
October ● Exhibited (Triangle) (1983) at Ge special exhibition (15th-16th, ABC Gallery, Osaka).
November ● Hiroshi Yuda and his friends exhibition (1st to 13th, ABC Gallery, Osaka).
1986
January ● Ge pieces exhibition (5th to 21st, Daigakudo Gallery, Osaka).
February ● Ei-Q and Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (1st to 9th, Tokyo Central Annex).
11th Print 8 Exhibition (17th to March 1st, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
May ● Moved to 5-22-31 Komagawa, Higashi-ku, Osaka.
June ● Ge Kyoto Exhibition (3rd to 8th, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art).
Works from 1953 to 1959 were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (14th to August 3rd), Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Contemporary Art (September 6th to 28th), and Wakayama Museum of Modern Art (October 4th to 27th). 8 items were for sale.
The breakdown includes five oil paintings, including “Arabian Nights” (1955), and three prints, including “Shakehand” (1953).
July ● Exhibited “Folding Ellipse” (1985) at Hirosaku’s 12 Art Exhibition (25th to August 18th, Daigakudo Gallery, Osaka).
August: Publication of “1986 Contemporary Art Today” edited and written by Teru Hidaka, and exhibition of short works by the authors (25th to 30th, Chayamachi Gallery, Osaka).
September ● Shigeru Izumi Exhibition “24 Etudes” (16th to 28th Kyoto, Gallery Nakamura).
October ● Shows works such as “Triangle and Leaves” at the Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (10th to November 3rd, Daymanche Hall, Fukui).
November ● Ge exhibition (14th to 26th, ABC Gallery, Osaka).
Exhibited “Four Pieces in One Triangle” (“Dots and Lines” series, 1978) at the Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition (21st to December 7th, Hachinohe City Museum of Art).
1987
January ● “Now is contemporary art…” exhibition (13th to February 1st, Ikeda City, Gallery Blanchu).
February ● 12th Print 8 Exhibition (16th to 28th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
April ● Poetry to Form: Shigeru Izumi Painting Exhibition 1948-1987 (10th to 22nd, Osaka, Keihan Gallery of Arts and Sciences; sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun); 53 works from 1949 to 1987 exhibited. The breakdown includes 28 works, including the oil painting “Gaku Cliff” (1949), two works, including watercolor painting “Left-winding Clock” (1953), and 23 works, including the print “Gaku Shakehand” (1953).
Exhibited works such as “Poacher” and “Flower of Evil” (lithography) at Shigeru Izumi’s new work exhibition (20th to 25th at Osaka Ban Gallery).
June ● Exhibited “Ballad of Triangle” (Rhapsody in Autumn) and other works at the Shigeru Izumi Exhibition “One Shape Wanders” (1st to 28th, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo).
August ● Exhibited “Rhapsody in Autumn” at the Saito Toyosaku and Japanese Pointillism Exhibition (8th to September 30th, Saitama Museum of Modern Art).
October ● Exhibited “Autumn Frost” at the 1st Contemporary Art Expo Association Exhibition (8th to October 14th, Ashiya Laporte Hall, Ashiya City)
Ge exhibition (9th to 21st, ABC Gallery, Osaka).
November ● Shigeru Izumi’s new work exhibition (7th to 10th, Nakagami Residence Isozaki Hall, Katsuyama City).
1988
January ● 88Ge New Year’s Pieces Exhibition (5th to 17th, Ikeda City, Gallery Branshu).
February ● 13th Print Exhibition (29th – March 12th, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka).
May ● Exhibited 12 works from 1955 to 1958 at the Ei Kyu and His Friends Exhibition (21st to June 26th, Machida City International Print Museum).
The breakdown includes three oil paintings, including “Arabian Nights” (1955), and nine lithographs, including Indians (1956).
Exhibited works such as “Maze,” “Requiem,” and “Autumn Sonatine” at the Shigeru Izumi Exhibition (23rd to June 5th at Gallery TAKA, Kyoto).
June ● Exhibited “Requiem” at the Ge Kyoto Exhibition (14th to 19th, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art).
Modern Print Exhibition I (21st to July 16th, Hiramatsu Gallery, Osaka).
July ● 6-person print exhibition (11th to 16th, Tokyo, Suruga Taiwan Gallery).
September ● 4-person contemporary art exhibition (30th to October 12th, Osaka/ABC).
Exhibited works such as “Square Dance” (1987), “Orpheus (Black),” “Escaped Spade (2),” “Prism Phenomenon (Day),” “Prism Phenomenon (Night),” “Requiem,” etc.
October ● Exhibited “Prism Phenomenon (Day),” “Prism Phenomenon (Night),” “Requiem” at the Dynamic Paintings of Contemporary Japanese Art Part 2-Exhibition (29th ~ December 11th, Toyama Museum of Modern Art).
November ● THE 1ST SHOW WINDOW SHOW – A competitive exhibition by nine contemporary artists (11th to 30th, Osaka, Okunobashi Terminal Building, Promenade Gallery).
1989
January ● ’89 Ge New Year Pieces Exhibition (5th to 15th, Ikeda City, Gaburanshu).
February ● 14th Print Exhibition (13th-25th Osaka, Gallery Miyaza).
Shigeru Izumi exhibition in June (7th to 17th at Art Salon Arikata, Himeji).
August ● Participated in the symposium “Looking at Action Paintings Now” (20th, Osaka, ABC Gallery, Aine Kinashi’s posthumous exhibition venue) as a panelist.
October ● Ge exhibition (13th to 25th, ABC Gallery, Osaka).
Shigeru Izumi Exhibition in November (27th-December 2nd, Bangabu, Osaka).