With their biomorphic forms, Minako Iwamura’s paintings exist in a liminal state that feels both abstract and corporeal. She combines curvilinear forms and subtle shifts in color to produce compositions that radiate a kind of energetic pulse.
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
Sea, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
Overall 48 x 100 x 1 1/2 in (121.9 x 254 x 3.8 cm)
Minako Iwamura
Moth, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
48 x 60 x 1 1/2 in (121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)
Minako Iwamura
Sprout 2, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
40 x 30 x 1 1/2 in (101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm)
Minako Iwamura
Eighty Five, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 x 3/4 in (25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)
Minako Iwamura, Archetypes, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura, Archetypes, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
Sac, 2025
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
40 x 30 in
Minako Iwamura
Ninety Four, 2025
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 in
Minako Iwamura
Seed, 2025
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
40 x 30 in
Minako Iwamura,
Tear, 2023
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
40 x 30 in
(Left) Minako Iwamura, Forty Six, 2024, Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel, 10 × 8 in
(Right) Minako Iwamura, Fifty, 2024, Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel, 10 × 8 in
Iwamura’s paintings use geometry, color, and pattern to explore the psychological undertones conveyed by their juxtapositions.
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
One Hundred One, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 x 3/4 in (25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)
Minako Iwamura
One Hundred Seven, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 x 3/4 in (25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)
Minako Iwamura
One Hundred Eight, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 x 3/4 in (25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)
Minako Iwamura, Archetypes, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura, Archetypes, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
Nexus, 2024
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood
40 x 30 in
Minako Iwamura
Forty Three, 2023
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 in
Her site specific installations combine small-scale paintings with an intricate web of fractal-like drawings made with gossamer-thin lines of white charcoal.
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
One Hundred Nine, 2026
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8 x 3/4 in (25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)
Iwamura’s interest lies in the exploration of dualities—geometry and nature, the singular and the collective, premeditated delineation and intuitive movement—and the slippage between them.
Minako Iwamura, The Armory Show, Installation view, JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
The Armory Show, Installation view
JDJ, New York, 2026
Minako Iwamura
The Armory Show, Installation view
JDJ, New York, 2026
Transcendence, Installation View, 2023
Minako Iwamura
Esse, 2023
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood
40 x 30 in
Minako Iwamura
Lune, 2023
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood
40 x 30 in
Minako Iwamura
Thirty Nine, 2023
Oil and white charcoal on cradled wood panel
10 x 8
