Minako Iwamura. Archetypes

JDJ is thrilled to present our debut solo exhibition with Minako Iwamura (b. 1967, Sydney, Australia).

Minako Iwamura works with a restrained vocabulary of form and color to create paintings that feel at once architectural, bodily, and atmospheric. Each composition is organized around vertically oriented, symmetrical shapes that taper, swell, and interlock, producing a sense of suspended balance. The mirrored contours lend the works a totemic presence—like archetypal figures or vessels that hold an internal logic. Smaller-scale paintings feel intimate and condensed, their forms tightly framed and rhythmically stacked, while larger works open into more expansive spatial fields.

What to expect:
Painting