The image forming apparatus includes: a first liquid ejection device which, while scanning to and fro in a direction substantially orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium, ejects a first liquid containing a coloring material onto the recording medium; second liquid ejection devices which are disposed respectively on both regions in a scanning direction outside the first liquid ejection device, the second liquid ejection devices ejecting a second liquid onto at least an area of the recording medium on which the first liquid is to be deposited prior to the first liquid being deposited while the second liquid ejection devices perform a scan together with the first liquid ejection device; and first radiation irradiating devices which are disposed respectively on both regions in the scanning direction outside the first liquid ejection device, the first radiation irradiating devices irradiating an area of the recording medium on which the first liquid and the second liquid have been deposited with a radiation while the first radiation irradiating devices perform a scan together with the first liquid ejection device, wherein at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid contains a radiation-curable polymerizable compound; and at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid contains a polymerization initiator.