Skip to main content

Koyo Tamaki Art

Japanese, b. 1967
Koyo Tamaki was born in Nagoya, Japan. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Pakistan where they spent the next three years. In 1988, Koyo began taking photographs while finishing his degree in architecture. After graduation, he began working as an architectural engineer for the Japanese government. In 1992, after a trip to Pakistan, Koyo began to consider photography as a career. Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York City to study at the Pratt Institute, where he earned an M.F.A. in photography. In his work, Koyo attempts to rediscover the world through his own eyes and technique. When taking a photograph, Koyo considers the four lines of picture frame, light intensity, tonal density, contrast, texture, and -most importantly-how it looks. Without his experiences, persistence, intuition, and open mind, he could not have made it this far.
to
18
18
Untitled (0650-40), Original black and white photograph, 2012
Untitled (0650-40), Original black and white photograph, 2012

Untitled (0650-40), Original black and white photograph, 2012

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Untitled (0650-40), Original black and white photograph, 2012 Artist Commentary: This is the third print in an edition of five and the approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H. Keywords...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0708-15), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2012

Untitled (0708-15), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2012

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This is the second print in an edition of five and the approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H. Keywords: black and white, sea, print, sky, mist, dew, travel, horizo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0422-28), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0422-28), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Koyo creates a somewhat sinister, evocative image in this photograph of flickering daylight against closed doors. Keywords: photography Artist Biography: Koyo T...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0845-11), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0845-11), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: In this eerie, timeless image, Koyo photographs a tank full of fish beneath a bright, fluorescent light. Keywords: photography, black and white, abstract Artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0510-20A), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0510-20A), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Koyo creates an beautiful ethereal image with an unusual composition in this elegant, timeless photograph. Keywords: photography, nature, black and white Artist ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0650-23, Nyc), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2014

Untitled (0650-23, Nyc), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2014

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This is the second print in an edition of three. Approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H. Keywords: City, urban, NYC, photograph, black and white, buildings, foggy, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (1005-8A, Nyc), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2014

Untitled (1005-8A, Nyc), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2014

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This is the second print in an edition of five. Approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H. Keywords: Nature, trees, branches, photograph, black and white, NYC, New Yor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (9658-17), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
Untitled (9658-17), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012

Untitled (9658-17), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This is the fifth print in an edition of six. Approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H. Keywords: abstract, shadow, black and white, photograph, new york Artist Biog...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012

Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012 Black & white photograph. The composition frames the sunlight reflecting onto the water between two high contrast black ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0208-4A), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0208-4A), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: With seemlingly mundane subject matter, Koyo creates a timeless, elegant image with soft grays and rich blacks. Keywords: photography Artist Biography: Koyo Tam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0322-11), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0322-11), Silver Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Koyo creates an elegant, intricate composition with deep grays against soft, hazy white in this photograph of plants against a window. Keywords: photography, natu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0412-19), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2011

Untitled (0412-19), Photographic Print on Silver Gelatin, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Yet another puddle in the city; I could have easily passed by. However, this time I saw some light inside the puddle. Although it is quite a minimal shot of asphalt, water, tree and light...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0310-4), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0310-4), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Koyo creates an unusual, playful composition with a close-up shot of the reflections in the water. Keywords: photography, nature Artist Biography: Koyo Tamaki w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (1006-6), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (1006-6), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: In this dramatic, elegant black and white photograph, Koyo captures the intricate patterns and textures in the natural world. Keywords: photography, nature, black...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (0302-37), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

Untitled (0302-37), Abstract Photograph on Gelatin Print, 2011

By Koyo Tamaki

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Koyo's photograph of reflections on a glass window resembles the composition of an abstract painting with large, flat shapes and elegant grays. Keywords: photogra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Related Items
VFH SF Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24 Inches

VFH SF Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24 Inches

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

VFH Montreal Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24"

VFH Montreal Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24"

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

Hasty Evacuation Digital Print: Contemporary Abstract Photography
Hasty Evacuation Digital Print: Contemporary Abstract Photography

Hasty Evacuation Digital Print: Contemporary Abstract Photography

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Text by Nancy Webb In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

The Horizon Escapes Your Touch, Contemporary Digital Print, 2010-

The Horizon Escapes Your Touch, Contemporary Digital Print, 2010-

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a relic of Sir John Frankl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

Horizon #1 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed
Horizon #1 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed

Horizon #1 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

Horizon #11 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed
Horizon #11 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed

Horizon #11 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, 2010s, Unframed

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

Chicago 24, 1965
Chicago 24, 1965

Chicago 24, 1965

By Aaron Siskind

Located in Miami, FL

Great Price. The Art Institue of Chicago Signed, named and dated verso, Chicago 25, 1965, Printed 1965 Archivally Matted but not framed

Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949. Gelatin silver print, Signed, titled, Dated
Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949. Gelatin silver print, Signed, titled, Dated

Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949. Gelatin silver print, Signed, titled, Dated

By Arnold Newman

Located in Miami, FL

Arnold Newman (1918-2006) Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949 Gelatin silver print, printed later - Edition unknown 8-3/8 x 13 inches (21.3 x 33.0 cm) (image) Signed, titled, and date...

Category

1940s Abstract Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Moonrise Over Metropolis' vintage New York City photograph

'Moonrise Over Metropolis' vintage New York City photograph

By Fernando Natalici

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Moonrise over Metropolis by Fernando Natalici Shot Queens, NY, 1995 on a very cloudy day. A black balloon against the sky, amidst a very cloudy day combines to create a surre...

Category

1990s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

With the Eye of Faith: Contemporary Digital Print, Abstract Landscape

With the Eye of Faith: Contemporary Digital Print, Abstract Landscape

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Text by Nancy Webb In Jessica Houston’s Afterward, Silence (Franklin’s Crewmen’s Grave, Beechey Island) a single pale gravestone stands on an otherwise desolate ashen shore – a reli...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

VHF Iceland Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24

VHF Iceland Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

VFH NZ 5 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24 in

VFH NZ 5 Digital Print, Contemporary Landscape, Unframed, 24x24 in

By Michel Piquette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through photography, Michel Piquette creates captures of time, animated by a paradoxical quest for an image preceding any technique. By weaving together aspects of geometry and abstr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Koyo Tamaki Art

Materials

Digital

Koyo Tamaki art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Koyo Tamaki art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Koyo Tamaki in silver gelatin print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Koyo Tamaki art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Koyo Tamaki art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $500, while the average work can sell for $500.