ISAO MIURA CV
1985-88 BA, Chelsea School of Art, London
1988-90 MA, Royal College of Art, London
Selected Exhibitions/Events:
2021
August: 'Cascade: new work by Isao Miura in oils and paper, on theme of Japanese waterfalls', Le Moulin des Arts, Entrecasteaux, France
April/July: 'JAPAN WATER: an exhibition about the importance of pure water in Japanese life & culture', at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn. With Lisa Keiko Kirton, Nana Shiomi, Isao Miura, Jonathan Meuli & Hakan Topal
2020
July: 'Talking to the Sun' by Isao Miura on cover of Chris Beckett's new collection Tenderfoot, published by Carcanet Press
2019
October: 'Visiting the bird' on the cover of Patrick Curry's new book Enchantment, published by Floris Books
May: Festival des Arts de Claviers, near Bargemon, France: a joint exhibition of recent work by Nadia Schmidt & Isao Miura in the Chapelle Saint-Sylvestre
Jan: 'Putting on the Paper Coat: linguistic and artistic approaches to translating Basho in the 21st century', a presentation by Isao Miura & Chris Beckett as part of the SOAS Global Translation Lecture Series
2018
'Travels in a Paper Coat', a collaborative exhibition with video artist Nikolai Azariah & poet Chris Beckett, at APT Gallery, Creekside, Deptford
2017
Detail of 'Rain Dance' used for cover of Just a Nobody, a poetry collection by Hama Tuma, published by Tamrat Books
2016
'Sketches from the Poem Road (after Matsuo Basho's The Narrow Road to the Deep North)' - a collaborative exhibition with Chris Beckett at the Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford Brookes University
2015
"Sketches from the Poem Road (after Matsuo Basho's The Narrow Road to the Deep North)" - a collaborative exhibition with Chris Beckett at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden, London
2013
Palm Beach International Art Fair, showing with Christopher Walker Art
"Ethiopia Boy", by Chris Beckett, poetry book cover published by Carcanet/Oxford Poets
2012
Palm Beach International Art Fair, showing with Christopher Walker Art
2009
MIZU – KI – ISHI (Water, Wood and Stone), group show with Lisa Kirton and Kyoko Sugai at The Gallery at Moss & Co, Hammersmith, London.
2005
One man show: “Islanders”, Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London
Group show: “3 Japanese artists in London”, Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly, London
2004
“The Dog Who Thinks He’s A Fish”, Poetry Book Cover, pub Smith Doorstop Books
2002
“Acts of Renewal: Japanese Art Re-Interpreted”, Toshiba Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
“Letters from Elsewhere”: Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, Middlesex
2001
One man show: “The Spirit of Japanese Water”, Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London
1999
One man show: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Regents Park, London
1998
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Touring Exhibition in Japan
Nagano Winter Olympics International Competition, Nagano City
1997
One man show, Chelsea Centre Theatre, London
1996
Heatherley School of Art 150th Anniversary Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1994
Summer Exhibition, Gallery 7, Hong Kong
1992
Art Miami 1992 International Exposition
1991
Art Miami 1991 International Exposition
International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London
1990
International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London
1988
“Arbeiten auf Papier”: Galerie Zur Alten Deutschen Schule, Thun, Switzerland
RCA students show, BBRK Art Directors Gallery, London
RCA Painting Exhibition, Henry Moore Gallery, London
1987
Landscape Painters, London Institute
Public Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Dillington House, Ilminster (Somerset County Council)
Royal College of Art, London
1985-88 BA, Chelsea School of Art, London
1988-90 MA, Royal College of Art, London
Selected Exhibitions/Events:
2021
August: 'Cascade: new work by Isao Miura in oils and paper, on theme of Japanese waterfalls', Le Moulin des Arts, Entrecasteaux, France
April/July: 'JAPAN WATER: an exhibition about the importance of pure water in Japanese life & culture', at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn. With Lisa Keiko Kirton, Nana Shiomi, Isao Miura, Jonathan Meuli & Hakan Topal
2020
July: 'Talking to the Sun' by Isao Miura on cover of Chris Beckett's new collection Tenderfoot, published by Carcanet Press
2019
October: 'Visiting the bird' on the cover of Patrick Curry's new book Enchantment, published by Floris Books
May: Festival des Arts de Claviers, near Bargemon, France: a joint exhibition of recent work by Nadia Schmidt & Isao Miura in the Chapelle Saint-Sylvestre
Jan: 'Putting on the Paper Coat: linguistic and artistic approaches to translating Basho in the 21st century', a presentation by Isao Miura & Chris Beckett as part of the SOAS Global Translation Lecture Series
2018
'Travels in a Paper Coat', a collaborative exhibition with video artist Nikolai Azariah & poet Chris Beckett, at APT Gallery, Creekside, Deptford
2017
Detail of 'Rain Dance' used for cover of Just a Nobody, a poetry collection by Hama Tuma, published by Tamrat Books
2016
'Sketches from the Poem Road (after Matsuo Basho's The Narrow Road to the Deep North)' - a collaborative exhibition with Chris Beckett at the Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford Brookes University
2015
"Sketches from the Poem Road (after Matsuo Basho's The Narrow Road to the Deep North)" - a collaborative exhibition with Chris Beckett at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden, London
2013
Palm Beach International Art Fair, showing with Christopher Walker Art
"Ethiopia Boy", by Chris Beckett, poetry book cover published by Carcanet/Oxford Poets
2012
Palm Beach International Art Fair, showing with Christopher Walker Art
2009
MIZU – KI – ISHI (Water, Wood and Stone), group show with Lisa Kirton and Kyoko Sugai at The Gallery at Moss & Co, Hammersmith, London.
2005
One man show: “Islanders”, Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London
Group show: “3 Japanese artists in London”, Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly, London
2004
“The Dog Who Thinks He’s A Fish”, Poetry Book Cover, pub Smith Doorstop Books
2002
“Acts of Renewal: Japanese Art Re-Interpreted”, Toshiba Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
“Letters from Elsewhere”: Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, Middlesex
2001
One man show: “The Spirit of Japanese Water”, Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London
1999
One man show: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Regents Park, London
1998
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Touring Exhibition in Japan
Nagano Winter Olympics International Competition, Nagano City
1997
One man show, Chelsea Centre Theatre, London
1996
Heatherley School of Art 150th Anniversary Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1994
Summer Exhibition, Gallery 7, Hong Kong
1992
Art Miami 1992 International Exposition
1991
Art Miami 1991 International Exposition
International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London
1990
International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London
1988
“Arbeiten auf Papier”: Galerie Zur Alten Deutschen Schule, Thun, Switzerland
RCA students show, BBRK Art Directors Gallery, London
RCA Painting Exhibition, Henry Moore Gallery, London
1987
Landscape Painters, London Institute
Public Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Dillington House, Ilminster (Somerset County Council)
Royal College of Art, London