Gallery Parc - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Gallery Parc. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Keisuke Jimba “Natural Conclusion #2”
These works by Keisuke Jimba reflect the people, places, and experiences of a three-day trip between Kyoto and Tokyo and the language he associated with them. More »
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Chiharu Yakushigawa “Retrace a Pair”
Chiharu Yakushigawa is a 2013 graduate of Kyoto Seika University’s graduate school. She works in decalcomanie, the art of transferring paintings done in oils or tempera onto glass or other materials. Her...More »
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Park Sunhwa Exhibition
Park Sunhwa works in the conservation of Buddhist paintings from Korea and Japan.More »
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Nozomi Tomoeda “Comparisons”
Nozomi Tomoeda’s artwork is based on the concept of comparing and contrasting. Her varying approaches change our perception of certain objects, such as readymade goods which should be identical but are...More »
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Masahito Koshinaka Exhibition
Masahito Koshinaka uses photographs in his artwork to explore the relationship between the individual and the masses - how they come about and how they change, the diversities and ambiguities that exist...More »
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Yuki Hayashi “I Recognize a Cat as a Cat.”
Showing new works by Yuki Hayashi such as “Image Data” which question the current state of digital images, and “Chimera”, an animation produced by combining various drawings of animals.More »
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Yukihiro Yamagami “Air Scape / Location Hunting 2017”
Yukihiro Yamagaki projects video onto painting. He has created original landscapes and stories about them with drawings of places across Japan combined with 25 projections for them. Previous works, “Aerial...More »
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Yukari Inoue Exhibition
The three winners of Gallery PARC Art Competition 2017 were selected from 31 submitted plans. The third exhibit features the works of Yukari Inoue.More »
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Keiko Matsumiya “Ridge, Rib, Realize”
The three winners of Gallery PARC Art Competition 2017 were selected from 31 submitted plans. The first exhibit features the works of Keiko Matsumiya.More »
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Yohei Kondo “whereabouts”
Presenting the works of Yohei Kondo, one of three artists selected in the 2017 Gallery Parc Art Competition. More »
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Takami Kusumoto “No_Name”
Paintings by Takami Kusumoto are on display.More »
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Shingo Tanaka “Phantom Edge”
Presenting Shingo Tanaka’s daring works that utilize the irreversible effects of fire and it’s destructive properties to produce pieces that capture the essence of fire as an undefinable and complex element....More »
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Yuki Nakazawa “Definision for Blank”
With digital photography, parts with excess exposure appear totally white. That reduced and detatched white looks as though it may connect to another world. Digital photography converts the world into...More »
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Hyogo Mugyuda “Artificial S.”
Hyogo Mugyuda creates work focusing on the theme “artificial S.” The letter “s” contains a sense of plurality and also stands for “sense.” Through this the meaning of the title Artificial S becomes “manmade...More »
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Toshiaki Yamaoka “I Was Born”
A solo show by Toshiaki Yamaoka.More »
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Natsuko Tanaka “Today’s Jar Premium”
Works from a daily series of jar pictures Natsuko Tanaka made for a month starting in December 2016. More »
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Mio Yamato “Vivid - Still”
Mio Yamato produces her works such as “Repetition Red” and “Orchid” by relying on a simple manual process of marking points or lines on a blank canvas.More »
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Sayaka Miyata “Urahara no Ito”
On display are original handmade and machine made embroidery works by Sayaka Miyata, a graduate of textiles from the Kyoto University of Art and Design. In addition to the simple act of threading through...More »
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Ocean Currents
Artist Seiko Yamamoto presents two exhibitions about ocean currents, one at Gallery Parc and one at Zuiun-an. Here she presents an international group of artists from Mexico, Korea, and Japan whom she...More »
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Jun Yamazoe “After Image 2016: Various Bodies”
Presenting “Five Stone Pillars in Black Granite,” new works by sculptor Jun Yamazoe. Yamazoe does not approach his stone blocks with any specific lines or shapes in mind, only a hazy notion that a certain...More »
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Takashi Kiuchi “Rimpa 401st Anniversary - Kiuchi Rimpa Exhibition”
Pursuing and championing “Kiuchiism,” a self-coined phrase for his own philosophy, Takashi Kiuchi has produced paintings, sculpture, film, performance art, and other works since graduating from Seian University...More »
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Taizo Mori “Tenyou to Hairetsu”
Taizo Mori works with everyday materials to produce space altering works such as “Relationship Bench.” Viewers are encouraged to encounter and enjoy multiple landscapes within the work.More »
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Seiko Yamamoto “Swimming in Colors”
Seiko Yamamoto was born in a “new town” residential development complex, and her sculptures and installations stem from and hold onto memories of physical unease and doubt resulting from urban spaces with...More »
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Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura “Tiles, Hokora, and Tourism Season 3”
An exhibition that focuses on “Hokora,” miniature shrines that can be found on Kyoto roadsides, and their relationship with their surroundings. These two artists present their examinations of “Hokora”...More »
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Shima Haruka “Meet / Meat”
Works by Shima Haruka that question the idea of the “impression” received from an image.More »
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Fumi Terawaki “Letter From Amethyst”
Introducing a selection of paintings by Fumi Terawaki that feature the amethyst from the perspectives of its history and its mythical, chemical and spiritual qualities, along with materials relating to...More »
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Hiroyasu Yukawa + Keiichi Nakayasu “A Survey for the History of Fertility, 2016”
The three winners of Gallery PARC Art Competition 2016 were selected from 56 submitted plans. The first exhibit features the works of Hiroyasu Yukawa and Keiichi Nakayasu, who explore traces of human history...More »
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Physical Time
Kunikazu Kadota creates beautiful photography featuring overlapping colors with multiple exposures using colored paper and explores the sculptural representations in his work. More »
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Kenichi Takasu “Jamais Vu” “Deja Vu”
Through the titles “Jamais Vu” and “Deja Vu”, Kenichi Takasu presents a series of past and recent works.More »
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High-Light Scene
Through their works on the theme of “highlights,” three artists consider light and background. “Highlight scenes” are the most important or emotional parts or places in a film or TV show. From movies and...More »
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Hyogo Mugyuda “Artificial S1”
This theme is comprised of seven separate chapters, expressing “life-death, death-life,” not as a transition from life to death, nor as a contrast of “life & death”. Here Hyogo Mugyuda presents works...More »
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Eriko Mukai “Approach 2: Petroleum”
Presenting an exhibition by Eriko Mukai with performances on a regular basis. [Related Events] Live Performance Dates: ① Mar.26 (Sat), Mar.27 (Sun), Apr.2 (Sat), Apr.3 (Sun), Apr.9 (Sat) and Apr.10...More »
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Wavelength
Students specialising in ceramics at the Kyoto University of Art and Design present this group exhibition of work from professional ceramicists who teach pottery in Kyoto and Busan, to young up-and-coming...More »
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Maiko Tajima “Tarachine”
Using the technique of woodblock printing, Maiko Tajima produces detailed drawings inspired by erotic “Shunga” art to depict scenes of sexual liaison and passion. [Related Event] Talk Event Date:...More »
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Lagrangian Point – To Form
Presenting paintings, prints, and installations by current students and graduates of the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music oil painting department. Curated by professor and artist Nobuyuki...More »
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Minako Nishiyama + Rikako Kawauchi “Stereotypical”
Pink-based sculptures and installations with decorative and sugar candy motifs by Minaco Nishiyama and drawings on themes of life and eating by Rikako Kawauchi. While their methods differ, both artists...More »
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Yohei Izumi “Spectrum of Consciousness”
In this large-scale installation, roughly 1400 strands of synthetic thread function as a prism, refracting and bringing to attention the light that infiltrates through Gallery Parc’s large windows.More »
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Kodai Kita “Flowing Mountain”
From scribbling on the road as a child, Kodai Kita has continued to experiment with chalk drawings with various images in mind. His drawings of mountains in recent years have taken shape on the rooftop...More »
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Kazuki Yoshimoto “Toruhito”
With the city of Hiroshima as his subject, Kazuki Yoshimoto quietly observes and captures from behind those who photograph Hiroshima Dome.More »
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Koji Maekawa “Scales, Others”
“Scales, Other,” Koji Maekawa’s first solo exhibition in Kansai, presents works tying together his interests in size, shape, and number, subjects he has been exploring off and on since 2011. The “Space...More »
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Chiharu Yakushigawa “A Gravitational Pull Toward Painting”
This series of décalcomanie paintings by Chiharu Yakushigawa reflect her philosophy on the medium.More »
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Satoko Fujikawa Exhibition “Pins and Needles”
Since graduating from Kyoto Seika University in Sculpture, Satoko Fujikawa has created installations using the materials of silicon and light-emitting diode, that involve the exhibition space. She continues...More »
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Blank Home Interior
A solo exhibition by Satoko Matsui. (Part of Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2015).More »
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Kai Teraoka “Blanket and Dog”
A solo exhibition by Kai Teraoka.More »
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Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura “Tiles, Hokora, and Tourism Season 2”
An exhibition that focuses on “Hokora,” miniature shrines that can be found on Kyoto roadsides, and their relationship with their surroundings. These two artists present their examinations of “Hokora”...More »
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Syusuke Tanaka “I’m Here, and You’re Somewhere”
Syusuke Tanaka reflects on ordinary everyday living and confronts existing things that lie out of bounds if viewed with indifference.More »
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Lagrangian Point - Perspective Customize
From paintings to prints, this exhibition with the subtitle “perspective customize” represents a variety of genres and careers practiced by young artists of Aichi, offering a glimpse into Aichi as an emerging...More »
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Land e Scape
Presenting Shigaraki pottery evoking landscapes and pleasurable escapes to other places.More »
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Yukihiro Yamagami “Noises, Crowds, and Silent Airs”
Yukihiro Yamagami is best known for his “canvas projections,” an original technique that combines drawing and film by overlapping detailed pencil-drawn landscapes and film footage of the same place on...More »
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Artificial S 3 “Someone (Another One) Comes From Behind”
The “S” in “Artificial S” stands for sense, referring to sensations or perceptions created by people. The third installment in this five-part series explores ideas of the person, people, and peoples. This...More »
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Yuki Moriya “gone the mountain / turn up the stone”
These works explore the concept of “dissecting, replicating, and dividing photography.”More »
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Yukiko Nishiyama “You”
With these multimedia pieces, Yukiko Nishiyama explores perspectives on “the ambiguity of distance in human relationships,” a running and deepening theme in her work, while also offering glimpses into...More »
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Seiko Yamamoto “White Violence / Colorful Darkness”
Seiko Yamamoto’s installations do not propose a “solution” for the “here and now”, but pose a “question” for “from here, from now”, using the appropriate medium of moving image to avoid fixing on a particular...More »
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Kotaro Maetani “World in Motion”
These video installations by Kotaro Maetani explore themes of light, the world, and the self. More »
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Sachi Yasuda “Partial”
Sachi Yasuda refers to her work as “an expression of tiles through pottery,” stating that it is not tile art. She explores their existence beyond their status as tiles. By supporting the construction of...More »
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Vanishing Point
The vanishing point is the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge. For this exhibition, independent curator Kazu Miyashita brings together 3 artists, Kakuya Fujinaga,...More »
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Kazuto Tanaka “High & Dry”
All of Kazuto Tanaka’s series influence each other, displaying fresh connections regardless of their series or chronological order. His new works move back and forth freely between the present and the...More »
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Takashi Kunitani + Koki Nakano “Twisted Parallel Code”
Exhibitions and live performances by Takashi Kunitani and Koki Nakano, contemplating the harmony of light and sound. Koki Nakano will be present in the gallery throughout the exhibition period (with the...More »
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Kotaro Ushijima Exhibition
[Oct.4 (Sat) 11:00-23:00] An installation which reveals a “scene” within places and stories that are commonplace, using familiar materials and embroidery terms. * This exhibition is part of the Nuit...More »
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Contact Gonzo “Wall of the Black House”
As part of the Kyoto Experiment 2014 public program, Contact Gonzo presents a new performance at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium that blurs the line between sports and the performing arts, making us think...More »
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Haruka Furusaka “Duodji of Reindeer Mountain”
Haruka Furusaka has travelled to Norwegian Lapland in the Arctic Circle three times to stay with the nomadic Sami people. She has created watercolor prints, displayed here, based on sayings related to...More »
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A Sense of Mapping
The work of Ayako Matsumoto and Yuma Yamashiro helps us to remember the joy of a map. Likening the work of Matsumoto and Yamashiro to a map, the drawings can be said to be”read”; new scenery seen and new...More »
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Chihiro Murata “Swimming in the Times”
“The scenery that we observe around us is just one moment, one small part of the constantly changing world” reflects Chihiro Murata, whilst she soaks an already dyed cloth in water. The undefined shapes...More »
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Chiharu Yakushigawa “Obelisk Picture”
The works of three artists chosen in the open-call Gallery Parc Art Competition, which supports a variety of creative activity, are on display in this three-part series running through July and August....More »
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Soichiro Hayashi + Yukihiro Yamagami “Noh Play”
The Noh play has developed from the performing arts of the Muromachi era, coming to fuse with numerous contemporary expressions and continuing to evolve into the future. Soichiro Hayashi, Noh actor of...More »
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Daigo Omura “Stain of Glass”
Using mainly natural materials such as earth and wood and common items including steel and glass, Daigo Omura (b. 1984) creates works with minimal amounts of intervention that shake the viewer’s perception....More »
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Kaoru Kan “Across the Universe”
Nihonga paintings on fusuma panels by Kaoru Kan, a 2000 graduate of Kyoto University of Art and Design. [Image: “Origin” (40.9x90.9 cm) mineral pigments on Japanese paper]More »
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Hyogo Mugyuda “Artificial S 2— Daemon”
This exhibition, the third in a three-part series at Gallery Parc, is part of KG+, the satellite project of Kyotographie. The “S” in “Artificial S” stands for “sense”, and Muygyda has chosen “senses created...More »
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Daisaku Oozu “Sequences of Light”
Daisaku Oozu has been steadily expanding the scope of his activities, which included participation in last year’s Tokyo Station Gallery exhibition “Waiting For the First Train”. The photographs of his...More »
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Kazayu Natsuike “Out of Dense Forest”
As part of the satellite project of “Kyotographie”, “KG+”, Kazayu Natsuike is featured here in an exhibition of photography which moves between cycles of experience and memory and traverses the line between...More »
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Takashi Kiuchi “Takashi Kiuchi and the Age— Farewell, Kiuchi-san”
Pursuing and championing “Kiuchiism,” a self-coined phrase for his own philosophy, Takashi Kiuchi has produced paintings, sculpture, film, performance art, and other works. Not bound by methods or materials,...More »
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Looking For The Destination of “I” Part III
Kyoto-based dancer, director, and 2010 graduate of Kyoto University of Art and Design Midori Kurata leads the third exhibition and performance in a series started in 2010. The exhibition portion of the...More »
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Lagrangian Point
Planned by the artist and Aichi University of the Arts professor Nobuyuki Osaki, this exhibition presents a selection of works by five artists who are current students or graduates of the university’s...More »
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Mio Yamato “Aspect of Luminous Red”
Well known for her installation works which involve writing directly on the walls and panels of a space Mio Yamato here creates a world of seeming chaos upon the windows of Gallery Parc, in an accumulation...More »
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Kohei Takahashi “Harada-san”
Repetition and duplication are key concepts in the screen art of Kohei Takahashi, founder and operator of the alternative art venue Muzz Program Space. Through repetitive motions and images, his films...More »
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Takashi Kunitani “35°0’ 31.7”N 135°45’ 58.74”E”
Takashi Kunitani has been working actively in Japan and abroad making site-specific installations of sculptures and objects that bring out the special characteristics of their exhibition spaces. His series...More »
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Tomohiro Takagi “Here x There”
After graduating from the short course of Musashino Art University Tomohiro Takagi came to live and work in Kyoto in 1997 and has since continued to present his work primarily across the two cities of...More »
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Contemporary Dance Performance
A set of four collaborative contemporary dance performances exploring sound as a stimulus that changes our perceptions and evokes “sounds” in our own bodies.More »
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Mori Taizo “Memory and the Meteorological”
Taizo Mori creates “landscapes in space” from everyday materials. This exhibition on the theme of “Memory and the Meteorological” utilises recycled paper, which is brought to life by the light coming from...More »
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Soshi Matsunobe “Twisted Rubber Band / Humming”
Exhibition of works by Soshi Matsunobe ahead of the upcoming international art festival, Kyoto Experiment 2013, at the end of September. This multi-genre exhibition mixes visual and performing arts. Also...More »
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Kodai Kita “Bird’s-Eye View”
Exhibition of Kodai Kita, who employs the unique properties of chalk to create works of an ethereal quality and sense of depth and timelessness. Kita refers to his childhood experiences of drawing large...More »
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Pulse Vol. 3
The third annual Pulse Exhibition will feature works by eight graduates of Kyoto University of Art and Design, on the theme of “connecting with others” - in this case, the connections between the participating...More »
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YKBX “Timeless - You were talking about the end of the world“
Exhibition of two psychedelic series of manga-esque graphic illustrations, “You were talking about the end of the world” and “ignite JK” by Tokyo-based artist YKBX. In his works, YKBX explores themes of...More »
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Maya Kobayashi “Mix Tex”
Exhibition of textiles Kyoto University of Art and Design graduate Maya Kobayashi, who prefers to employ fabrics that feel uniquely raw to the touch, such as organdy, a very light and permeable fabric...More »
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Takahiro Tsushihashi ” Shell”
Shiga-based artist Takahiro Tsushihashi (1966-) takes inspiration from nature and explores the possibilities of form in this exhibition of his glassworks, including vases and tea utensils, on the theme...More »
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Yuko Uryu “Collected Mountain”
From a distance, painter Yuko Uryo’s works may appear to depict majestic, pastel-coloured landscapes, but are in fact mountains created from the food and cutlery that we take for granted in our daily lives....More »
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Keita Yoshihara “Squash Domain”
A collaborative exhibition. Artist Keita Yoshihara brings a large box into someone else’s home or atelier — their territory — which becomes in turn becomes a platform for other individual artists and musicians...More »