I look for beauty in scenes that evoke a sense of longing and timelessness, two elements that are fundamental to my work.
Sayuri Ichida is a UK-based Japanese artist working in photography. Ichida’s practice focuses on themes of self-identity, reflecting on her own memories and life experiences. In her photographs, she explores the complexities of emotional states by portraying the human form and sculptural objects.
PROFILE
BORN: 1985, Fukuoka, Japan
RESIDENCY: Margate, UK
EDUCATION
2022 MA, Photography Arts, University of Westminster, London, UK
2006 BA, Fashion Photography, Tokyo Visual Arts College, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2024 Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5: Winner
2024 Lucie Scholarship Program by Lucie Foundation: Honorable Mention
2023 Lucie Photobook Prize by Lucie Foundation: Finalist
2023 Ampersand/Photoworks Fellowship 2023: Shortlisted
2023 Benrido Award as part of HARIBAN AWARD
2023 The Grand Images Vevey 2023/2024: Shortlisted
2022 Prix Nadar 2022, Finalist, One of the Best 10 Photo Books
2021 PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant/Exhibition Prize Winner & Main Prize Honorable Mention
2018 FOTOFILMIC18: Shortlisted
2016 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD: Winner
GRANTS
2023 Develop Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England
RESIDENCIES
2023 Light Work, Artist-in-Residence Program, New York
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
2025 Daiwa Foundation Gallery, London (Upcoming)
2024 SPARK Art Fair Vienna, Solo Presentation by IBASHO Gallery
2022 IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp
2022 Unseen Amsterdam, Solo Presentation by IBASHO Gallery
2022 PhMuseum Lab, Bologna, Italy
2019 L’APPARTEMENT DE MADEMOISELLE at IMA Gallery as part of CHANEL's Mademoiselle Privé exhibition, Tokyo
2018 Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 Paris Photo, IBASHO Gallery
2024 Shadow/Figure: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery, Syracuse, USA
2024 Breda Photo Festival, Breda, Netherland
2024 Art on Hulfish | “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?”: Photography and Touch,
Curated by Susannah Baker-Smith and Susan Bright, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, USA
2024 Art Paris, Presented by IBASHO
2023 Galerie Écho 119, Paris
2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2023 White Conduit Project, London
2023 Art Paris, IBASHO Gallery
2022 InCadaques Photography Festival, Spain
2022 Tennnozu Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
2021 The University of Westminster, MA Degree Show 2021, London
2019 Asama International Photo Festival 2019, Nagano, Japan
2019 TODAY is - Next generations of DAIDO MORIYAMA, Tokyo, Japan
2019 PYLOT Exhibition 2019, London, UK
2019 Fotofestival Lensburg, Lenzburg, Switzerland
2018 LUMIX MEETS BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #6, Amsterdam (as part of Unseen Amsterdam), Paris (as part of Photo Saint-Germain), and Tokyo (IMA Gallery)
2018 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2018 FOTOFILMIC18 Shortlist Show, Vancouver, Canada
2017 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD Exhibition(KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+), Kyoto, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTION
VERBUND COLLECTION
Museum Voorlinden
BOOKS
2022 Absentee, Co-published by The M Editions and IBASHO, Paris
2021 Absentee, Self-published, London
2021 Uncovering Shibuya, FIELD NOTES#28 by Another Place Press, London
2017 SUBJECTIVELY OBJECTIVE monograph series Vol. 36- Deja Vu
INTERVIEWS / PRESS
2024 “Leica M” Book - Mayu
2024 The Hand Magazine, Issue 46 - Featured Interview Artist
2024 BredaPhoto Festival, 2024, Catalogue - Ctrl Shift + J
2024 Them Magazine No.053, PHOTO 2024 - Ctrl Shift + J
2024 LFI Magazine 75th Anniversary Special Edition - Mayu
2024 Them Magazine, Photo 2024 - Ctrl Shift + J
2024 HARIBAN Award 2023 Catalogue - Ctrl Shift + J
2023 Fotografi 2023 Issue 1, Vol 129 - Absentee
2022 LFI Magazine 01/2023 - Mayu
2022 InCadaques Foto Festival, 2022, Catalogue - Absentee
2021 The New York Times / T Japan 2021 November - Absentee
2021 Source Issue 106 / MA Graduate Photography Showcase - Absentee
2021 The Journal of The Royal Photographic Society July/August 2021 Vol 161/No4 - Absentee
2020 LFI Magazine Issue 05 - Deja Vu
2019 De Morgen - Deja Vu
2019 IMA 2019 Winter Vol.30 - L’APPARTEMENT DE MADEMOISELLE CHANEL
2019 The Paris Review #230 - Mayu
2019 Numero Tokyo September Issue - Mayu
2019 Travesias April Issue - The Lost Notes
2019 LFI Magazine Issue 07 - Mayu
2019 Fisheye Photobook Vol.3 - Mayu
2019 PHOTOPAPER Vol.32 - Deja Vu
2019 La ville rêvée des philosophes - Mayu
2019 Bungakukai May Issue - Mayu
2018 PHOTOGRAPHY IS ART Vol.12 - Mayu
2018 IMA 2018 Winter Vol.26 - Mayu
2018 IMA 2018 Autumn Vol.25 - Deja Vu
2018 Philosophie Magazine No.123 - Mayu
2018 Philosophie Magazine No.123 - Mayu
2017 Fisheye magazine - Odds and Ends
2017 Japan Photo Award magazine - Deja Vu
ONLINE FEATURES
2024 LENSCRATCH - Ctrl Shift + J
2022 1000 Words - Absentee, Top 10 Photobooks of 2022
2022 Fisheye Magazine - Absentee
2022 WePresent - Absentee, Text by Diane Smyth
2022 1000 Words - Absentee, Book review by Callum Beaney
2022 PhMuseum - Fumiko
2022 IMA Online - Absentee
2022 Firecracker - Absentee
2022 9 Lives Magazine - Absentee
2020 FOTODEMIC - Fumiko
2020 Broad Magazine- Mayu
2020 The Paris Review- Mayu
2019 Leica Camera - Mayu
2019 LensCulture - Mayu
2019 Fisheye Magazine - Mayu
2019 Archive Collective Magazine - Deja Vu
2019 IMA Online - The Lost Notes
2018 IMA Online - LUMIX MEETS BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS_Interview
2018 IGNANT - Mayu
2018 FOTOFILMIC - Mayu
2018 BOOOOOOOM - Mayu
2018 Palm Studios - Deja Vu
2017 FotoRoom - Deja Vu
2017 Fisheye Magazine - In Between
ARTIST TALKS
2024 PROVOCATIVE MATERIALS FOR THOUGHT 思想のための挑発的資料, with Ellen Yiwei Wang, Photobook Cafe, London
2023 PhMuseum Folio 2023/24 Online Masterclass On Photobook, Online Studio Visit
2021 Reminders Photography Stronghold Artist Book Fair, Tokyo
2018 Beyond 2020 at Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2018 Beyond 2020 at IMA Gallery, Tokyo
LECTURE
2019 "TODAY is" Photo Workshop Sponsored by Sony, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Tokyo Visual Arts College, Tokyo, Japan