Sayuri Ichida

Really looking forward to taking part in @photolondonfair with @tpgprintsales @thephotographersgallery My first time at the fair! A selection of works from Playing the Piano Upstairs — the series created in collaboration with my sister @phoka — will be shown alongside works by Saïdou Dicko and Michael Kenna at Booth C04, 14–17 May, Olympia London. If you're planning to visit, please do come by and say hello! Phoka #021 Photopolymer Photogravure on Shiramine

The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5 exhibition continues its tour and has just opened at @ffotogallery in Cardiff, its third stop. I’m delighted to be sharing my work “空席 Kūseki” alongside “TRA” by my fellow awardee @butchfemmelove and if you find yourself in Cardiff, I hope you’ll have a chance to visit. Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5 @jerwood_foundation @photoworks_uk Thursday 7 May – Saturday 4 July Ffotogallery Fanny Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 4EH United Kingdom Special thanks to @bobgelsthorpe @sianaddicott @juliettebuss and all the team at @ffotogallery

Introducing: SAYURI ICHIDA The Photographers' Gallery is delighted to announce representation of Sayuri Ichida (@the_final_view )! We are very excited to welcome her to the Print Sales Gallery roster and look forward to showcasing a selection of her limited edition prints at @photolondonfair next week, alongside works by @saidou_dicko and @michaelkennaphoto . Find us at the fair 13 – 17 May on booth C04! Sayuri Ichida (b. 1985, Japan) is a UK-based photographer whose 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. Working across portraiture and landscape, Ichida creates quiet, atmospheric images in which the human figure appears alongside natural and sculptural forms. Explore works by Sayuri Ichida via the link in our bio (@tpgprintsales ) 👉 tpg.org.uk/sayuri Get in touch for further details: [email protected] All proceeds from print sales support The Photographers’ Gallery’s education and public programmes. Please enquire about the @Own.Art  scheme to pay in instalments. @thephotographersgallery  @the_final_view

Yesterday with Sayuri Ichida [@the_final_view ], who walked us through her series “Playing the Piano Upstairs,” on view with @ibasho___gallery [Booth B4] here at The Photography Show. Sayuri Ichida is a UK-based Japanese photographer whose practice focuses on themes of self-identity, reflecting on her own memory and life experience. In her photographs, she explores the complexities of emotional state by portraying the human form and sculptural objects. _ The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD April 22 - 26, 2026 Park Avenue Armory New York City #ThePhotographyShow #AIPAD

@aipadphoto opened yesterday—it was so lovely to see many familiar faces! I’m really pleased to be part of it for the first time. My work, made in collaboration with my sister @phoka is on view with @ibasho___gallery @in_dependancegallery Booth B4. If you’re planning to visit the fair, please do stop by and say hello🙋🏻‍♀️

5 days left to see the Jerwood Awards exhibition at @barnsleycivic ! I had the pleasure of interviewing the lovley @the_final_view about her exhibition currently at the Barnsley Civic. Sayuri’s exhibition explores the depopulation issue in Japan. Currently schools are being shut down with some being converted into homes for the elderly. The exhibition remembers shut down schools through photographs displayed on chalkboards with the details of the schools written on the back with chalk. A really interesting concept worth seeing in person. Thank you for your time @the_final_view

IBASHO & IN-DEPENDANCE at The Photography Show by AIPAD: 23-26 April at Booth B4, Park Avenue Armory, New York. We are delighted to join the 45th edition of The Photography Show by AIPAD, the longest-running photography fair globally, which starts next week! This year, like in the last editions, the event is returning to the renowned Park Avenue Armory in New York. We are thrilled to be part of it and to meet you there. IBASHO and IN-DEPENDANCE will exhibit a combination of modern and classic photography in Booth B4. IBASHO will present the work of Sayuri Ichida and Yumiko Izu, as well as photography by the Japanese master of photography Hiroshi Sugimoto. Sayuri Ichida will be present at the fair. We have several free tickets for The Photography Show. To claim yours, simply send us an email with the title ”Free ticket for The Photography Show” to [email protected]. @aipadphoto __ Image 1: Sayuri Ichida @the_final_view Image 2: Yumiko Izu @yumiko_izu Image 3: Hiroshi Sugimoto @hiroshisugimoto 
 __ IBASHO & IN-DEPENDANCE Booth B4 AIPAD fair Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10065 VIP private view: 22 April - by invitation only Public opening days: April 23: 12 pm - 8 pm April 24: 12 pm - 7 pm  April 25: 12 pm - 7 pm April 26: 11 am - 5 pm #aipad #thephotographyshow #independancegallery #ibashogallery

I’m pleased to share that I will be participating in @aipadphoto in New York with @ibasho___gallery — my first time taking part in the fair! 22–26 April Booth B4 Artists presented include Anton Kusters, Patrick Waterhouse, Morvarid K., Steffen Diemer, FLORE, Yumiko Izu, Tjitske Oosterholt, and myself. I look forward to being back in New York and hope to see you there :) Phoka #038 Photopolymer Photogravure on Shiramine 36 x 45 cm

空席 (Kūseki) #006 Commissioned for the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5, I created photo collages for the first time. Kūseki reflects on Japan’s ongoing depopulation, particularly in rural areas. I visited more than 30 closed school buildings across Niigata Prefecture, where I grew up — and this was the very first school I photographed. I travelled to Japan last March, when snow was still piled high across the landscape. The school sits in a deeply remote, forested area. While I was there, I didn’t see a single person. At its peak in 1972, the school had 103 students. It closed in 2015 with just eight. Many other schools experienced even steeper declines. For the exhibition, the main works are collage images screen-printed onto chalkboards. I chose to include one physical collage to reveal the materiality and fragmentation behind the process. Currently on view alongside TRA by @butchfemmelove at @barnsleycivic as part of @barnsleyfotocollective . After Barnsley, the exhibition will travel on to @ffotogallery (Cardiff) and (Glasgow). Commissioned by @photoworks_uk and @jerwood_foundation Curated by @danitariel @aminyosefi @elizabeth.rose.d Photo collage framed by @ottoframing_

“Ctrl Shift + J” Presented in my solo exhibition at Leica Gallery London @leicauk alongside my “Absentee” series. Hand-printed photopolymer gravure. The double-layered mountboard responds to the lines within the image. On view until 19 March 2026.

Diptychs from “Absentee”, presented in my solo exhibition at Leica Gallery London @leicauk Archival pigment prints on Japanese Kozo paper, walnut frames. On view until 19 March 2026.

My solo exhibition “Absentee” is currently on view at Leica Gallery London. 17 January – 19 March 2026 64–66 Duke Street, Mayfair London W1K 6JD Open Monday–Saturday, 10:00–18:00. “Absentee” is presented as a series of diptychs, alongside selected works from “Ctrl Shift + J.” If you’re in London, I hope you have a chance to see it!