Artist Isshin TANISAKI

Isshin TANISAKI Isshin TANISAKI
Isshin Tanisaki works with the theme of "life's energy and circulation," painting vortices—combinations of color and texture that symbolize energetic motion—to embody vital force on the canvas.
Since the early 2000s he has shown landscapes made from dense fields of fine dots, the very origin of his vortex motif. By positioning the vortex as a primordial form underlying all phenomena, and rendering vortex worlds in a minimalist way, Tanisaki reflects on the energy that generates life itself and on the formation of our everyday world and the cosmos.
BIOGRAPHY
| 1974 | Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | Painting (Luca Scandinavia/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2022 | Light and Shadow (Lurf MUSEUM/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2023 | Vortex (Lurf MUSEUM/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2024 | Vortex, Memory of Color (Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery/Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 2024 | Cycle of Energy (GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS FOAM CONTEMPORARY/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2024 | Creation of Image (LURF GALLERY/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2025 | FEEL (LURF GALLERY/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2026 | Nagi (Koumyouin Tofukuji/Kyoto) |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | ART CONNECT (BONDED GALLERY/Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2025 | Breathing Paintings — Cross and Vortex (LURF GALLERY/Tokyo, Japan) |
ART FAIRS
| 2026 | Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum/Tokyo) |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
| Kansai International Airport K-SKY Lounge (Osaka) |
| TOFROM YAESU (Tokyo) |
| Koumyouin Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan |
SELECTED ARTWORKS

Morning, 2025
oil on canvas
162 x 162 cm / 63.7 x 63.7 in , frame 165 x 165 cm / 64.9 x 64.9 in

Forest, 2026
oil on canvas
162 x 162 cm / 63.7 x 63.7 in , frame 165 x 165 cm / 64.9 x 64.9 in

Yellow flower, 2026
oil on canvas
72.7 x 72.7 cm / 28.6 x 28.6 in

Field, 2026
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.3 x 39.3 in
EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITION
凪
2026.3.28 STA. - 4.12 SUN.

GROUP EXHIBITION
IMAGINATION
2026.3.13 FRI. - 4.5 SUN.
ARTFAIR

ART FAIR TOKYO 2026
2026.3.13 FRI. - 3.15 SUN.