Osamu Ishibashi is an artist who, after teaching art at a public junior high school in Osaka, established an atelier in Kawachinagano City and continues to create art there. With the motto "If it's not interesting, it's not art," he creates objects that can be experienced with all five senses, using sound and onomatopoeia as clues. This will be his third exhibition at Jogonin Temple since 2024.
Osamu Ishibashi
Japan
⬤ Works in 2026
Bell Tower, First Floor (Earthen Floor): "Welcome to Gion (Onomatopoeia)" Sound Object
Bell tower, second floor (bell): "Gogogo-Gong" sound object
⬤ Message
2024 "Water Basin (Ceiling) Pet Bottle Dragon" 2025 "Bell Tower (Earthen Floor and Upper Floor) Fragments of Memory" And! 2026 "Bell Tower (Welcome to Gion (Onomatopoeia))" This will be the third year (third time) of exhibitions. It is also the culmination of what we have been working on for about 10 years with the motto "If it's not interesting, it's not art!"
My hope is that art can breathe life into, take root, and be built up through the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) in our daily lives—slowly but surely.
⬤ Biography
Born in Osaka in 1953.
1975 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting.
1975-2013: Art teacher at public junior high schools in Osaka Prefecture / Habikino City and Osakasayama City
Group exhibitions: Nanbikai, Gunten, Taishoha Art (Osaka, Gallery Kaori, etc.) - held annually.
1995-2005: Member of the Osakasayama City Board of Education; Supervisor, Administrative Supervisor, and Head of the School Education Division, Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.
Group exhibition / Family exhibition, Scramble exhibition (Sakai City, Gallery Irohani) ~ 2008
2005: Junior High School Principal in Osakasayama City and Habikino City ~ Retired in 2013. 2007: Established "Atelier Kobo" (Kawachinagano City).
2016-present: "Katsuragi Art Fair" (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture), "Yokai Art Festival" (Kawai Town, Nara Prefecture)
2018 Solo Exhibition "Ishibashi Osamu Exhibition" (Sakai City, Gallery Irohani) "Tamatebako Project" Launched
"Moon Art Exhibition" (Keihanna Commemorative Park, Seika-cho, Kyoto) "Insect Crafting Grand Gathering" begins.
2019: "Tamatebako Project" launched (Sakai City, Yamanoguchi Shopping Street) / 2020: Production of "Art Slip-ons" begins.
2024- "Jogonin Contemporary Art Exhibition, International Art Festival" (Ōmihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture)