Shimpei Yamagami, Epiphany 20, 2018-2021 - Courtesy of the artist and IBASHO.
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Epiphany
31/03/2026 - 03/05/2026
IBASHO
tolstraat 67
2000 Antwerp
www.ibashogallery.com
This spring, IBASHO provides the setting for the first exhibition in the Benelux by Japanese photographer Shimpei Yamagami. His work questions the act of looking and is highly regarded in his native country.
Shimpei Yamagami was born in 1984 in the Japanese region of Kanagawa. He studied at Tokyo Visual Arts and began his artistic practice around 2010. Since then, he has taken part in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad and has published several photo books.
Yamagami's work demonstrates how perception itself can shape the image. He explores observation rather than seeking to control or master his subject.
The series Epiphany comprises photographs made between 2018 and 2021. These works were previously shown in the group exhibition Leap Before You Look at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and have since been acquired for the permanent collection of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Epiphany is about embracing the unknown. Working in both black and white and colour, Yamagami moves between tangible subjects and abstract motifs. His images carry a sense of stillness, as though photography offers access to an underlying truth that is not immediately perceptible.
31/03/2026 - 03/05/2026
IBASHO
tolstraat 67
2000 Antwerp
www.ibashogallery.com
This spring, IBASHO provides the setting for the first exhibition in the Benelux by Japanese photographer Shimpei Yamagami. His work questions the act of looking and is highly regarded in his native country.
Shimpei Yamagami was born in 1984 in the Japanese region of Kanagawa. He studied at Tokyo Visual Arts and began his artistic practice around 2010. Since then, he has taken part in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad and has published several photo books.
Yamagami's work demonstrates how perception itself can shape the image. He explores observation rather than seeking to control or master his subject.
The series Epiphany comprises photographs made between 2018 and 2021. These works were previously shown in the group exhibition Leap Before You Look at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and have since been acquired for the permanent collection of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Epiphany is about embracing the unknown. Working in both black and white and colour, Yamagami moves between tangible subjects and abstract motifs. His images carry a sense of stillness, as though photography offers access to an underlying truth that is not immediately perceptible.