ITAMI JUN (b. 1937)

"Itami Jun was dreaming to be a painter rather than being an architect."

Unexpected abstract image painted by Itami Jun shared the process of how he ponders
the idea of nature such as wind, time etc. Those seem very simple
but deeply resonate his artistic philosophy like his architectural pieces.

1964  BFA in  architecture at Musashi Institute of Technology (now called Tokyo City University)

1968  Established UN ITAMI ARCHITECT A RESEARCH  INSTITUTE 

AWARDS

2010   “The 23rd Murano Togo Award”

2005   “Légion d'honneur, Grade de chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres en France”

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2001   “Jun Itami Exhibition” Gallery Q, Tokyo

1998   “Daily Traces”Hanegi Museum, Tokyo

1997   “Space of Sumi•Space of Water”, Exhibition Space of Tokyo           

               International Forum, Tokyo 1995   “Art and Architecture-Two Hands and Eyes” Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka

1994   Gallery Kousai, Tokyo           

             Gallery Kuraya, Kiakyushu           

             Hnaegi Museum, Tokyo 1985   Gallery Te, Tokyo

1984   Gallery Te, Tokyo           

             Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui

1982   “A Plane” Gallery Te, Tokyo         

              “Architecture and Drawing” Harajuku Art Gallery, Tokyo

1980   “Chair and Drawing” Gallery Te, Tokyo

1965   “As a Methodology” Gallery Nishimura, Tokyo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002   “Kim Chong Hak and Itami Jun 2 Artiste Exhibition” At Shukosha Reception Gallery  Produced by M.A.P

2000   “Quac Insik, Itami Jun” Hanegi Museum, Tokyo           

              “Quac Insik, Itami Jun” Gallery M.A.P, Fukuoka

1995   “Crossing and Distance-Itami Jun, Yoshifumi Hayashi Exhibition” Gallery Q, Tokyo

1993   “Chairs by Architects”/ Hanegi Museum, Tokyo           

             “Handware Designed by Architects” Hanegi Museum, Tokyo

1990   “Exhibition for Quac Insik” Gallery Q, Tokyo

1989   “Exhibition of the World of Chinese Ink The Symbol and the Meaning” Invited Work/Seibu Hall, Otsu   

1987   “From the World of Chinese Ink-Shiro Hayami, Jun Itami” Gallery Q, Tokyo

1986   “The Black and White in Modern Times” Saitama Prefectural Museum of Art, Saitama

1983   “The Drawings of Japanese Architects” Space Museum, Seoul, Korea           

             “The Architecture and the Drawings of 21 Architects” Gallery Takagi, Nagoya

1982   “21 Artists Exhibition”/A Collection, Ashiya

1978   “The Housing of Nowadays” Ginza Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo

1966   “The 2 Artist Exhibition” Gallery Nishimura, Tokyo

COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

Museum of Modern Art, Kitakyushu, Japan

The National Museum of Art, Japan

Hasegawa Contemporary Museum, Japan

Collection of Jack Nicholson, U.S.A

Gwangju City Museum, Korea

National Museum Cultural Palace, Nicaragua

Museum national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, France

Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A