Tending towards long-term projects – exploring intimacy and solitude; abstracted, dream-like realms, at once personal, yet universal – I search rather than research. Intuition and feelings take center stage and my work attempts to seize the utter vulnerability and beauty, transubstantiating the subject into essence of the moment. With a preference for Polaroids I pursue immediacy and tactility to preserve the thrill of each fresh encounter while embracing the imperfections and flaws inherent to instant film. A life lived on three continents has thus far proved to be an endless source of inspiration. Experiences far from my comfort zone conduce interesting work. Some take years to process, others are immediate. The final presentation is of utmost importance with hands-on involvement: meticulous scanning and post processing followed by carefully selecting printing process and medium, oftentimes designing and building unique frames, and finally detailed involvement in exhibition preparations.

[Go To Become] – from the book and exhibition
untitled / 1:15 AM
Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2017
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame

unsoldier / ellipsis_II
Size: 800 x 1000 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, aluminum mount, wood frame

[And I reminisce]
installation view at Ken Nakahashi Gallery Tokyo 2019

untitled / lily 5 Size: 203mm x 254mm
Year: 2017
Medium: archival pigment print, artist made acrylic frame/box

AD 2021_1 : front and back
Size: 229 x 398mm
Year: 2021
Medium: archival pigment print, glass, wood, masking tape, markers

[Lunar Eclipse] at MAKI Gallery Tennoz Tokyo 2022-2023
Axelvall’s poem “Lunar Eclipse” featured on the wall
Lunar Eclipse was a duo exhibition / Jörgen Axelvall + Yukimasa Ida

untitled / Looking Up / 7.17.2021
Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame

untitled / Looking Up / 11.7.2020
Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame

untitled / Polaroid 514
Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame

untitled / Looking Up / 9.8.2020
Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame

original polaroid
Size: 85 x 107mm
Year: 2018

untitled / Itsuki Size: 450x600 mm
Year: 2019
Medium: archival pigment print, artist made wood frame
(painted wood, acrylic glass, ink-transferred quote)

unlit / salvo IV
Size: 800 x 1000 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, aluminum mount, wood frame

Go To Become – book and exhibition
untitled / 3:18 AM
Size: 244 x 295mm
Year: 2017
Medium: hand printed c-type / scratch signed retro

untitled / Wang 2 Size: 729 x 910 mm
Year: 2022
Medium: archival pigment print, mounted, wood frame