Artists
Izumi Miyazaki
In her series of self-portraits, Izumi Miyazaki composes surreal photographs in which she takes centre stage, constructing compelling images that mix the mundane, the deadpan, and the grotesque. Making use of photo-editing software to achieve a dreamy (or nightmarish) aesthetic, Miyazaki offers a critical response to the standard representations and irrational obsessions that trap women in stereotypical categories, roles, and frameworks. She is her own model—sometimes doubled or fragmented—and makes use of various objects from her daily life, food being a recurring element. Using satire and irony—her decapitated head bathing in tomato juice or acting as a cracked shell spilling a raw egg—Miyazaki addresses issues of alienation in a world full of rules.
Exhibited work(s):
Gut Feeling (2019)
Ikura (2019)
Ketchup and Mustard (2019)
Taraco (2019)
Open the Eye (2018)
Up (2018)
Bloom (2017)
Broccoli (2017)
Energy (2017)
Riceball Mountain (2016)
Sharpness (2016)
Consciousness (2014)
Nuage (2014)
- Born
- 1994, Yamanashi, Japan
- Countries / Nations
- Japan
- Lives
- London, United Kingdom
- Website
- izumiofficial.org
Works

Izumi Miyazaki
Open the Eye
2019
Exhibition view, M Coiffure, Montréal
Photo credit: Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
© MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and M Coiffure.

Izumi Miyazaki
Izumi Miyazaki, Consciousness, exhibition view, Loft Créatif / Société Jeux, Montréal, 2019.
Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
2019
Exhibition view, Loft créatif / Société Jeux, Montréal
Photo credit: Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
© MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain and Loft créatif / Société Jeux.

Izumi Miyazaki
Nuage
2019
Exhibition view, Aire Commune, Montréal
Photo credit: Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
© MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and Aire Commune.

Izumi Miyazaki
Nuage
2014
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Consciousness
2014
Self-portraits series
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Sharpness
2016
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Riceball Mountain
2016
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Energy
2017
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Broccoli
2017
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Bloom
2017
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Up
2018
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Open the Eye
2018
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Taraco
2019
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Ketchup and Mustard
2019
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Ikura
2019
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Gut Feeling
2019
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Gut Feeling
2019
Self-portraits series
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki

Izumi Miyazaki
Gut Feeling
2019
Digital print
© Izumi Miyazaki