Creating abstract paintings reminiscent of dramatic symphonies where sound and light boldly intertwine.

Ibuki's abstract expression transcends mere visual composition. He updates established forms of abstract expression—such as postwar Art Informel and Action Painting—by grounding them in the spirit of the present era.

Using the “Kizugawa Art” event held in Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture—also his creative base—as his stage, Ibuki continues to present installation-like works deeply immersed in the local context. Operating factories, commercial facilities, warehouses, spaces steeped in history. Or interactions with the people living there, the atmosphere of the satoyama. He resonates the unique atmosphere and shifting light of these places with his own colors and brushstrokes, expanding the possibilities of painting beyond the canvas into spatial expanses.

These vivid abstract works, suddenly appearing within the everyday, breathe new life into familiar places, drawing viewers into a vivid awareness of “being here, now.”

Ibuki's abstract works powerfully demonstrate that they are not merely a style confined to the canvas, but rather a testament to ongoing dialogue, breathing, and living within society, place, and the people who inhabit them.

1977 Born in Kyoto Prefecture

2001 Graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University, Liberal Arts Department, Art Major, Fine Arts Course

2003 Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Painting Major, Oil Painting

Major Solo Exhibitions

2001 “untitled landscape” (Nagoya Port Garden Pier Warehouse No. 20 / Aichi)

2003 “field” (’18, GALLERY wks / Osaka)

2005 “fan” (’08, ’09, ’11, neutron / Kyoto)

2008 “on paper works” (’11, gallery Den / Osaka)

2012 “Smoldering” (’13, ’14, ’20, GALLERY301 / Hyogo)

2013 “Simply Being There” (’15, the three konohana / Osaka)

2015   『Beyond the Screen-on paper works-』 (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2016　「spur」- Manipulating Colors, Scooping Words - (LUCUA Tsutaya / Osaka)

2017　「From the Place Where the Unraveled Thread Trembles」 (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2020 “Time and Imagination” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2021 “Branches of Light” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2022 “CARAT - Signals in Painting” (Hirakata City Gotenyama Lifelong Learning Art Center / Osaka)

2023 “Color・Dig” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

2025 “Line Break” (Note Gallery / Osaka)

Major Group Exhibitions

2011 “Kizugawa Art 2011” (Oku Ironworks / Kyoto)

2012 “Kizugawa Art 2012” (Mori Hachiman Shrine Worship Hall / Kyoto)

2014 “Kizugawa Art 2014” (NTT Site / Kyoto)

2016 “Kizugawa Art 2016” (Fujiwara Shokai / Kyoto)

2018 “Kizugawa Art” (Nishiwaki Sangyo Warehouse / Kyoto)

2019 Artist Family Residency in Iwamizawa (Hokkaido)

2020 Toono Oto (Toono no Sato Kaikan / Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture)

Rokko Meets Art Art Walk Related Project (Kobe)

2021 Reviving Kuni-kyo (Kyoto)

2022 “Amagasaki Art Stroll ~ Produced By Rokko Meets Art Art Walk” (Amagasaki)

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