Roy Kiyooka

Roy Kiyooka, Long Beach BC to Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia, 1971

Often regarded for his strides in conceptual photography, Japanese-Canadian artist Roy Kiyooka first emerged in the Vancouver art scene as an advocate of post-painterly abstraction. Influenced by his encounters with Barnett Newman and Clement Greenberg at the Emma Lake Workshops, Kiyooka pushed Vancouver beyond regionalism with hard-edge abstraction. Throughout his career, Kiyooka assumed teaching positions at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art + Design) and University of British Columbia, encouraging a new generation of artists to look towards an international context in their work.
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Roy Kiyooka

Magic Ring Series No. 7, ca. 1965

Acrylic on canvas
32 x 32 in.
81.3 x 81.3 cm.
Series: Magic Ring Series
Signed, titled, and dated verso

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Exhibitions
- The Picture Plane
  Kenneth Noland, Robert Mangold, Jo Baer & Roy Kiyooka 6 - 27 Feb 2025
  Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Less | Minimalist Aesthetics, a survey of painting and drawing circa 1960-70 that investigate minimalist forms and composition. The show includes works by Ken Noland, Robert Mangold, Burgoyne Diller, Géneviéve Claisse and Roy Kiyooka.