Gallery Sokyo - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Gallery Sokyo. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Toru Ishii “Metropolitan Moment”
Toru Ishii ‘s analogue and digital self-expressions are classified into the “City Night View” series and “City Washed Ashore” “Corrugated Cardboard” “Waterfall” series - two series of works which capture...More »
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Fausto Salvi and Toshio Matsui Exhibition
A joint exhibition of works by Fausto Salvi and Toshio Matsui.More »
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Mio Takatsu + Mio Yamaguchi Exhibition
Artists based in Gifu prefecture, Mio Takatsu and Mio Yamaguchi create works which allow the viewer to sense a dialog between the artwork and the environment. With an appearance like the inside of a shellfish,...More »
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Tetsuya Ishiyama “Icon”
Tetsuya Ishiyama’s artwork reminds us of a sculpture that could be found in a museum. However, like something defaced, its original detailing has been erased, the surface covered in gold leaf and the shape...More »
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Satoshi Kino + Yuki Nara “New Porcelain Works”
A joint exhibition of ceramic works by Satoshi Kino and Yuki Nara. [Related Event] Talk Event Date: Nov.18 (Sat) From 14:00-15:30 Participants: 25 Please refer to the official site for further details....More »
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Aya Mori + Saki Kawaura Exhibition
Aya Mori and Saki Kawaura are Aichi Prefecture-based ceramic sculpture artists. They have both created new works for this exhibition. Their works share instinctively vivid expressions with an organic quality...More »
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A Two-Person Exhibition with Yuma Takahashi and Keita Matsunaga
Yuma Takahashi searches for new frontiers in lacquerware and Keita Matsunaga sheds light on the origins of ceramics. Takahashi’s 2D works take a painterly approach while Matsunaga’s sculptural pieces give...More »
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Joh Mason “A SURVEY”
Sokyo Gallery proudly presents a first solo exhibition by John Mason, an American artist who liberated vessel forms from their function and created a context for non-vessel ceramic structures. The exhibition...More »
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Shida Kuo Exhibition
Showing 32 new works by New York based artist Shida Kuo. The basis of Kuo’s creative energy comes from his personal query “Why do I react to certain forms and materials?”; a question that is posed to mankind...More »
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Kimiyo Mishima Exhibition
An exhibition of sculptural works by contemporary artist Kimiyo Mishima. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: May.13 (Sat) From 14:00-15:30 Please refer to the official site for further details.More »
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Expressions in Clay - New Vista From the Post War Era
Presenting an array of ceramic expressions from the post-war era.More »
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Tomoko Konno “Spring Up :)”
Artwork by Tomoko Konno.More »
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Kentaro Kawabata “Hello from the Hollow 2”
Surrounded by nature, Kentaro Kawabata works from his kiln in Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture. In the way that a plant buds, flowers, drops seeds and then dies, Kawabata produces earthenware through a similar...More »
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Toru Kurokawa “The Savage Math”
The chaos of nature is based on mathematical laws. Toru Kurokawa came up with the phrase “The Savage Math” when considering human beings as a part of this natural world, and the role that the laws of nature...More »
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Kozo Takeuchi “Discover”
Introducing 10 works including new pieces by Kozo Takeuchi, whose sculptures share many of the geometric forms of architecture, from urban buildings to ancient ruins, as well as their gradual weathering...More »
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Satoshi Kino “Remnants”
On display are new works from Satoshi Kino’s “Oroshi” series.More »
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Satoshi Mizushiro “Rising”
Displaying the work of Satoshi Mizushiro.More »
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Rou Takeda “Fudaraku”
Rou Takeda presents an exhibition of objects and ceramic plates based on ships.More »
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Even if Contemporary Art Ended
Spotlighting artistic expressions created from the hands and words of contemporary artists in Kyoto, an ancient city with more than 1,200 years of cultural history, this exhibition looks back on the origins...More »
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Akiko Noda “Waiting For The Moon”
The 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar is called “Chushu no Meigetsu,” and serves as the inspiration for Akiko Noda’s objects and glass works.More »
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Sokyo Summer Group Exhibition “Tears”
Eleven contemporary ceramicists present an exhibition of glazed works based on the theme of “Tears.”More »
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Chawan: Perceiving Kohei Nakamura
Kohei Nakamura, a second-generation Kanazawa potter and the third son of Kinpei Nakamura, was raised to have an intimate familiarity with clay from a young age. His richly creative decorative ceramic sculptures...More »
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Maria Murayama “Stuffed Animals”
Maria Murayama is an artist who has great control over the techniques employed in the ceramic arts and utilizes these techniques to create sculptures. The “Stuffed animals” series was started in 2015,...More »
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Kwanho Woo “Chaotic Dream”
Korean ceramicist Kwanho Woo portrays the faces of infants, continuing his investigations into human nature and the social phenomenons of religion and authority, love and hate, and desire. Aside from the...More »
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From a Point
A group exhibition by 9 artists.More »
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Takuo Nakamura “Kazari / Space”
An exhibition of decorative pottery by leading contemporary ceramicist Takuo Nakamura from Kanazawa, the second son of Baizan Nakamura II, a famed tea ceramist.More »
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Jennifer Lee “Ceramics Made in Shigaraki and London”
Jennifer Lee was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1956. From 1975 to 1979 she studied ceramics and tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art. She then spent eight months on a travelling scholarship to the...More »
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Satoru Hoshino “Between Clay and Hand”
Sokyo Gallery will hold an exhibition of Satoru Hoshino’s works. Based from the foothills of Mt. Horai, on the western side of Lake Biwa, Hoshino is a well-received artist who has presented his works both...More »
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Fausto Salvi “Paesaggi Comuni” (Common Landscapes)
A solo exhibition by Fausto Salvi. Fausto Salvi has a pottery studio in Italy and he takes an active part in the international art scene by working in residence and entering numerous works into various...More »
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Shoh Araya + Satoshi Mizushiro “Be Impressed…”
A striking exhibition by two emerging artists, Shoh Araya and Satoshi Mizushiro. Shoh Araya’s works, which features a polished, smooth surface of white porcelain and a clear blue glaze like springwater,...More »
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Taiki Matsunaga “A Shape of Red”
Matsunaga has a studio in Tajimi city and has been working closely with Midori Kamogashira, a ceramic doll artist. Utilizing subtle shades of color, a smoothly textured surface, and peculiar forms in a...More »
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Dai Takayama Exhibition
A solo exhibition of Dai Takayama, an artist who creates works inspired by ancient ceramics and ruins. After he became independent as a ceramicist, Takayama studied making earthware in Tanzania. His works...More »
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Atsushi Nakata “Cut-and-Paste”
An exhibition of ceramics by Atsushi Tanaka.More »
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Tsubusa Kato “Standing Form”
Tsubusa Kato is an artist who has been praised in Japan and abroad for his sharp and dynamic works that have capitalized on the plasticity of kaolin. Tsubusa Kato was born in 1962 to a family that worked...More »
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Jean-Philippe Toussaint “Aimer Lire”
An exhibition by author, film director and photographer Jean-Philippe Toussaint of his video art.More »
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Taka Masu “Aroma Road”
Featuring incense burners, this exhibition is based on an appreciation of aroma.More »
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Yu Hiraishi “From Art to Wearing Art”
Yu Hiraishi’s installations are composed of sculptural units of varied sizes that suggest red flower petals dancing in a white space. They may also look like flowers floating like rafts down a river in...More »
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Takashi Tanimoto Exhibition
An exhibition of ceramic art by Takashi Tanimoto.More »
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Kenji Kojima Exhibition
An exhibition of ceramic works by Kenji Kojima.More »
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Toru Kurokawa “Clay Pots of the Forest”
An exhibition of ceramics by Toru Kurokawa.More »
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Jun Kaneko Exhibition
Abstract ceramics artist Jun Kaneko is known for creating huge “dango,” or roundish sculptural objects. In this exhibition, he presents 22 smaller works that reinvestigate the relationship of intimately...More »
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Satoshi Kino Exhibition
Satoshi Kino, a ceramist from Kyoto, Japan, has been creating pottery since the age of fifteen. Today he is an independent potter with his studio in Kyoto. The silence and tension that exists in nature,...More »