Kenryou GU 顧剣亨 顾剑亨
please contact: kenryougu@gmail.com
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Kenryou Gu was born in Kyoto and raised in Shanghai, and now lives and works in Kyoto. He earned his BFA in Photography at Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly Kyoto University of Art and Design), studying abroad at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, France.
Gu’s work captures at once the sensations of the body moving through space as well as the accumulation of sights and scenes, then uses photography as a device through which to transform and reconfigure this information in wide-ranging ways. His unique method of weaving together time and space uncovers latent and unknown contexts that lie behind the information he collects.
Solo exhibitions include Aperto18: Intervals of the afterimage (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), Dimensions Unseen (Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo), A Part of There is Here (Yukiko Mizutani Gallery, Tokyo), 15972 Sampling (SFERA, Kyoto, Kyotographie 2019), 霧霾｜Wu-Mai (Wacoal Study Hall Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto), Utopia (Former Junpu Elementary School, Kyoto). Awards include Grand Prix, KG+ Award (2018) and Grand Prix, sanwacompany Art Award / Art in the House (2019).
1994 年京都生まれ、上海育ち。京都芸術大学(元京都造形芸術大学)現代美術・写真コース卒業。大学在学中にフランス・アルル国立高等写真美術学校へ留学。現在、京都を拠点に活動中。
移動することで得られる自身の身体感覚を、風景が蓄積するひとつのフィールドと捉え、そこから収集された情報を変換・再構成する装置として写真を拡張的に用いている。時空間を編み込む独自の手法によって、情報の背後に潜在している未知のコンテクストを眼差している。
主な個展に「Aperto18: Intervals of the afterimage」金沢21世紀美術館(金沢),「Dimensions Unseen」Yumiko Chiba Associates(東京),「A PART OF THERE IS HERE」YUKIMOMIZUTANI GALLERY(東京), KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019「15972 Sampling」SFERA(京都), 「霧霾｜ Wu-Mai」ワコールスタディホール京都ギャラリー(京都),「Utopia」元淳風小学校（京都）等。主な受賞歴に「KG ＋ Award 2018」グランプリ,「sanwacompany Art Award / Art in The House2019」グランプリ。
Group Exhibition
2014 Hi, my name is... / Shokudo Ruins, Kyoto
2015 Uryuyama? / Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
2016 Kyoto Survey Project / ABSship Gallery, Kyoto
Artotheque Selection / D&Department Gallery, Kyoto
2017 Open House / Contemporart Art House Gallery of The Youth
2018 Utopia_i / Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2018
2019 Today is / Sony Square Shibuya Project
2020 2020061620200726 / Roppongi Tsutaya Books Gallery, Tokyo
Yurakucho Art Sight Project / Yurakucho Shin-kokusai Building, Tokyo
ENCOUNTERS / ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
2021 Collision point on the dimensions / The 5th Floor, Tokyo
constellation #02 / rin art association, Gunma
2023 How to record the past, how to let go the past? / Cadan, Tokyo
2024 VOCA2024 / The Ueno Royal Museum
Solo Exhibition
2018 Utopia / Graduation Show, Kyoto University of Art and Design
Utopia / Former Junpu Primary School
Wu-Mai / Wacoal Studyhall Kyoto gallery
Utopia / Gallery Water, TOKYOGRAPHIE 2018
2019 Inbetweening / sanwacompay Tokyo showroom
15972 sampling / Sfera, KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019
2021 A PART OF THERE IS HERE / YUKIKOMIZUTANI GALLERY
Asymptotic Harbor / Iwakura AA, Kyoto
2022 I saw as I saw / Senmaruya Main Store
2023 Aperto 18: Intervals of the afterimages / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Map Sampling_Fujiyoshida / Yamakano, Fujiyoshida (FUJI TEXTILE WEEK 2023)
2024 Dimensions Unseen / Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo
Art fair
2018 ART OSAKA 2018
2019 ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2019
2020 ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2020
2023 Art Basel Hongkong 2023
Paris Photo 2023
Award
2018 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Show / Grand Prix
KYOTOGRAPHIE Satelite Event KG+ / Grand Prix
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2018 / KoyamaTomio Award
2019 sanwacompany art award / art in the house 2019 / Grand Prix.
2022 46th Kimura Ihei Award / Selected
2024 Voca 2024 / Selected
Education
2001-2002 Kitashirakawa Primary School, Kyoto
2002-2010 Fudan Vanke Experimental Private School, Shanghai
2010-2013 Shanghai NO.2 High School, Shanghai
2016 École nationale supérieure de la photographie, Arles (Exchange program)
2014-2018 Kyoto University of Art and Design, Contemporary Art and Photography Course
Collection
Mitsubishi Estate
Universal Music
DMG MORI
NTT Communications