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.
The spaces we exist are like waves that continue to move forward, never settle into a single fixed form, but transform as multiple temporalities overlap and interact. Within such spaces, Gu observes and captures moments that emerge in the ongoing interval between changing time and changing space. A liminal condition in which multiple temporalities intersect, perpetually oriented toward a complete form. Engaging with recurring elements beyond the scale of direct bodily perception, Gu reorganizes the information in its given state through a distinctive process that weaves time into relation. In doing so, perception and understanding also emerge as a liminal condition.
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。
私たちが身を置く空間は、進み続ける波のように、一つの形として確定しきることなく、複数の時間が重なり合いながら変化している。顧は、そのような空間のなかで、変化し続ける時間と空間のあいだに現れる風景を見つめている。そこで捉えられるイメージは、複数の時間が交差しながら生成されつづける状態として示されている。自身の身体的な感覚では捉えきれないモチーフを扱いながら、顧は、そこに含まれる情報量を、時間を編み込むような独自の操作によって整理し直し、要素同士の関係を固定しないまま配置している。そこでは、私たちの知覚や理解もまた、境界的な状態として立ち現れている。
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
2025 Vague Terrain / Saihoji Temple, Kyoto
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
M+