Galerie Omotesando - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Galerie Omotesando. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Manabu Takano “Moon, Sun, and Rabbit”
Centered around the rabbit as a symbol of life, Manabu Takano has created work based on his experiences of the 9-11 attack, the 2011 Tohoku disaster, and the death and illnesses of friends and family....More »
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Masamitsu Miyayama “Speculation in a Box”
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Hiroaki Miyazaki “Minamo”
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Contact #3
Featuring a group of mid-career artists in their 30s–50s. Each brings a different energy and approach to their work. More »
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Lucifer “Senko”
This exhibition features a series of photo montage works of “senko” or handheld sparkler fireworks. More »
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Azby Brown “Future Selector”
The Japan-based artist Azby Brown is a student of Japanese architecture. More »
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Yu Shinoda “Wakes”
Following exhibitions in 2017, this exhibition features a series of photographs of the Miura and Boso peninsulas and the remains of the fortifications and armaments installed during the late Edo period...More »
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Ami Sugawara “Sea, Particles, and Light of the Soul”
Ami Sugawara’s first exhibition focuses on her paintings. Sagawara, a 2017 masters graduate of Tama Art University, produces works of painting, poetry, sculpture, installation, photography, and more. More »
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Smile Photo Club
Presenting works by seven members of the Smile Photo Club, a group working in black and white photography that uses the rental lab Smile in Koenji, Tokyo. More »
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Kazuo Kenmochi Exhibition
Drawings, photographs, models, and sculptures by Kazuo Kenmochi, who will hold an exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Osaka in November. More »
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Smile Photo Club “The Rhythm of Light Vol. 26”
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Reiko Tamura “The Zone”
This exhibition consists of select cuts of previously unshown photographs taken over the past 10 plus years.More »
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Kikue Tahara “Outsider’s Eys”
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Moyuru Tsurusaki “Over the Sea, To/From Japan”
Moyuru Tsurusaki dramatically documents refugees and other immigrants who bravely come to Japan for political or economic reasons and make their lives here. More »
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Mineo Ayamaguchi Exhibition
After graduating from the sculpture department of Saint Martins University in London, Mineo Ayamaguchi lived and worked in Europe for 32 years. This is his sixth exhibition at Galerie Omotesando since...More »
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Mari Miyamoto Exhibition
Mari Miyamoto (nee Helisevä) is a Finnish artist currently based in Tottori, Japan. She graduated with MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2014. Her works have been seen in both solo and group...More »
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Megumi Odanaka + Saki Hirasawa Exhibition
This is the third duo exhibition for Megumi Odanaka and Saki Hirasawa, 2015 graduates of Joshibi University of Art and Design’s Nihonga painting graduate course. See the resonance and respective charms...More »
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Takahiro Kawano Exhibition
Carborundum collagraph prints by Takahiro Kawano. More »
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Kei Odaka + Ryota Kurosawa + Reiko Tamura “Locate the boundaries”
Group exhibition showcasing the work of three photographers.More »
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Contact
In the worlds of art and entertainment, people are often considered “young” even once they reach 40. Of course, those veteran artists in their 60s or 70s have experience and skill on their side, but there...More »
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Kosuke Motohashi “Beginning Memories”
Paintings by Kosuke Motohashi.More »
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Yuki Tawada + Atsuhito Otake “Ephemeral Photography”
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Tamaki Yura “Edge of Gravity”
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Nozomi Suzuki “Mirrors and Windows”
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Yuji Sasaki “Drop like a ripe persimmon!”
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
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The Yellow Clay Ceramic Studio “Miyabi - Elegance”
The Yellow Clay Ceramic Studio is a pottery school located in Ebisu, Tokyo that is attended by people of all ages, male and female. An annual exhibition is organized to showcase works by students, with...More »
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Keisuke Mizuno Exhibition
The work of Keisuke Mizuno was championed by the late art critic Akihiko Takami. Though his output since studying abroad has been small, this exhibition will fill the blanks of the last decade in Mizuno’s...More »
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Toru Kinjo + Kanako Motomura “From Each Perspective”
This is a group exhibition by two artists who graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts ten years ago, and it is the third time they have exhibited together, their previous exhibitions held...More »
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Chikako Yamashiro + Sandra Ramos “Sea Garden”
Works on the theme of far-off islands by Okinawan contemporary artist Chikako Yamashiro and Cuban artist Sandra Ramos. More »
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Mineo Sakata Exhibition
Photographer Mineo Sakata takes an original approach of treating photograms more like sketches than documentary images. He is known for detailed, stylistically enhanced images on printing paper. Here he...More »
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Hirotoshi Sakaguchi Exhibition
Presenting the work of Hirotoshi Sakaguchi.More »
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Satoko Nema “Paradigm”
With diverse techniques and media ranging from silver foil to glass to printing paper, Satoko Nema focuses on signs of overlap in life in her artistic attempts to break down formulated scenes of the familiar....More »
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Reflection 2015
The eighth annual exhibition directed Masahiro Minato. Through 2011, the show focused on “the photographic expressions and possibilities of landscapes.” This time, the show considers “place and presentation.”...More »
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Izan Ogawa + Shin Myongho “Me, Me, Me”
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Yoshio Ogawa Exhibition
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Donruethai Chlomaruk “Part of Mind”
Undertaking research into Thai artists and the use of symbolism and emotion in her own works as part of a PhD at Musashino Art University, Donruethai Chlomaruk has developed a practice in Japan over the...More »
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Kei Odaka + Reiko Tamura “Above-Ground View”
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Yoshio Shirakawa Exhibition
With the recent removals of memorials to Japan’s defeat in the war, and their replacement with new images, one might find a sense of memory being erased, and with this sentiment Yoshio Shirakawa has created...More »
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Kikue Tahara “Disconnected Time”
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Junji Amano Exhibition
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Yuho Tanaka Exhibition
Feeling caught in the emptiness of the everyday stream of time, without question or feeling, the artist finally determined that now was the moment for self-critique. Taking up the theme of “Returning”...More »
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Yellow Clay Ceramics Classroom Exhibition “Ma”
The ceramics classroom Yellow Clay not only produces works but also exhibits them, considering important processes from their creation through their display. It holds annual exhibits showcasing works created...More »
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Shichio Minato Exhibition
Stimulated to learn more of the poetry of T.S.Elliot by the comments of a Belgium writer, Minato sought out the writer’s work but felt unable to digest such complicated texts. Despite this he is here inspired...More »
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Hiroyuki Hida Exhibition
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Momo Uchino “Pause”
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Migiwa Tanaka “Wander the Earth”
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October Entranger
Presenting copperplate prints, sculpture, furniture, and jewelry drawing inspiration from ideas of “otherness.”More »
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Sae Oshio + Tomoko Ogoshi Exhibition
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Kotonoha
90 years since the patent of the type-setting machine this exhibition celebrates this important step in modern print through collaborations with young emerging artists. More »
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Satoshi Hashimoto Exhibition
Guest curator Miyako Takeshita, an art researcher, introduces current contemporary art at this annual autumn exhibition. Satoshi Hashimoto’s installation-like works are products of a simultaneous attraction...More »
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Atsuhito Otake “Palm and Black Bone”
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Mystery Train
A selection of works by photographers who have exhibited at Galerie Omotesando in the past. These works display commonalities in their photographers’ respective journeys of learning photography. More »
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Month of Photography, Tokyo 2014 Gallery Selections Group Exhibition— “Other 1”
While giving visual representation to our ordinary lives, the streets we know, and the scenery we have grown accustomed to, these photos manage to become something more, revealing the mindsets and aesthetics...More »
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The Rare Avant-Garde Photography of Shigeru Onishi
Shigeru Onishi was a mathematics researcher who caught the attention of the photography world with a 1955 exhibition and became involved in the subjectivist photography movement. In the 1960s the prominent...More »
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Crossing
In the follow up to their 2011 exhibition 4 artists of distinct style and medium come together in a crossing of expressions which points to new directions.More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
Kensaku Yamaguchi has continued to create art since returning to his native Saitama Prefecture last year after graduating from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Moving from an environment...More »
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Yoshio Ogawa Exhibition
[Image: “To the Hill of Incense” (2013) oil on canvas]More »
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Donruethai Chlomaruk “Emotion and Feeling”
Developed over a period of a month in Japan “Away for so” is shown alongside associated works of “Part of Mind” and “Emotion and Feeling”, reflecting a process of reconstruction of objects lost in a foreign...More »
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Momo Uchino “Pigeon and Washing and Daikon and the Sea”
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Moji Moji Party No. 5 “An Ode To Photo-Typesetting”
2014 marks the 90th anniversary of the patent for photo-typesetting, which was first used in Japan and contributed to the development of the publishing and printing industries and the diversification of...More »
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Kei Odaka “Fabric”
Black and white and ink-jet printed photos of various sizes depicting light falling on boulders, stones, and other surfaces, in pursuit of a “pure photography.”More »
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Kenjiro Nagata Exhibition
Kenjiro Nagata’s sculptures can be interpreted as integral elements shared by diverging lines that are, in one sense, life forms. Round figures that appear in his works also converge and repeat, and his...More »
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Hirotoshi Sakaguchi “Field of Silence”
Hirotoshi Sakaguchi is an artist who works between land art and installation, while also being able to capture the same sense of space within 2D works. [Image: Hirotoshi Sakaguchi “Pascal Garden Beijing”...More »
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Nobuya Yao “Recycle of Allegory”
An installation formed of gelatine silver prints and moving image combining “art”, “archive” and “allegory”, seeming to reflect upon the relation between art and philosophy. More »
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2nd Classical Painting Techniques Exhibition: Early Flanders and Tempera Painting
Restorations based on research into classical painting techniques and materials. [Image: Mari Arimura, restoration, tempera 265x185 mm] More »
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Charley “Presence”
Taking a quiet breath, touching upon a special presence, capturing with the click of the shutter the scene perfectly upon one’s heart in a reflection of the delicate happiness of the everyday. [Imge:...More »
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Ryoko Masuda Exhibition “Now Her”
[Image: Ryoko Masuda]More »
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“Four Women Artists”
Works by four up-and-coming artists presented together for the first time with the aim of conveying the artists’ unique perspectives. [Image: Rie Sakitani “Lake” (2012) tetoron, natural mineral pigments]...More »
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Yoshiko Hamashima + Fumi Ishida Exhibition
Two young artists utilizing the contrasting media of printmaking and oil painting come together in a joint exhibition which highlights the commonalities between their approaches in the use of soft smoked...More »
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Akira Kojima Exhibition “Clouds and Light”
Cutting-edge footage of clouds and the moon. [Image: “Clouds and Light” (2013) 10 min. projected high-definition images]More »
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Makoto Ito Exhibition
Seven new works by the richly creative and humorous sculptor. [Image: Makoto Ito “Boat:R-12” (2012) stainless steel, rubber, wood, other materials] More »
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Genshing Higashi “Listening to the Voice of Things”
[Image: Genshing Higashi]More »
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Shichio Minato “Layered Landscapes”
Describing layered images which exploit the medium of paper to form a series of 20 works.More »
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Rina Yano Exhibition
Rina Yano presents her 4th solo exhibition at Galerie Omotesando with a fresh body of work which exerts the presence of an inner discord.More »
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Naotake Bando Exhibition
The Month of Photography, Tokyo 2013 Exhibition. [Image: Naotake Bando (2010)]More »
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Yoko Unno "Silent Neighborhoods"
The Month of Photography, Tokyo 2013 Invitation Exhibition. [Image: Yoko Unno]More »
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Masahiro Kodaira “Something Else”
In conjunction with “Photography Day” on 1st June and the “Month of Photography, Tokyo” organized by the Photographic Society of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Galerie Omotesando...More »
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Daisuke Hoshida Exhibition
A series of installation works incorporating moving image and lighting which reflect upon our grasp of the universe, which may be transformed through human imagination. This exhibition points to the inner...More »
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Junji Amano Exhibition
[Image: Junji Amano, "field of water # 012025" Acrylic, silkscreen, mixed media, arche paper 800 x 1200mm]More »
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2013 Ceramics Class Yellow Gray Artworks
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Rikuzentakata 2013: Till Today, Towards Tomorrow
Features images of the famous pine tree that survived the tsunami, as taken by the thousands of volunteers who came to help Rikuzentakata recover from the 2011 disaster.More »
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Minato Abe + Ayumi Nagamine Exhibition
Fun artworks with truly pictorial elements. [Image: Minato Abe, "the should hill and a strap river" (2012)]More »
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Yoshiko Saito + Junko Matsumoto Exhibition
[Image: Yoshiko Saito (2012)]More »
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Takami Motoki + Eiichi Suzuki + Tsuyoshi Shimokogawa "3 methods"
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Face the Far East
Group show presenting a new take on the portrayal of the Far East through painting.More »
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Masahito Ohno Exhibition
Works from several series started out of personal interest by a press photographer.More »
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Yukiko Aoshika Exhibition
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Toshiaki Tomita Exhibition
New series of recent works, "Ash and Cheeks", inspired by two dreams of the taste of food – ashes and cheeks –that left him with a long lasting impression in the summer of 2009. The project has traveled...More »
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Nahoko Fujimoto "Room"
Works that are inspired by the view from Fujimoto's own room.More »
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Reiko Tamura Exhibition
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Shiro Okabe Exhibition
Installation of paintings and videos inspired by the ambiguity produced through gaps and slippages.More »
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Yoko Itteki "rub"
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Kei Sakakibara + Miki Hatakeyama Exhibition
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Hisae Isogami Exhibition
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Fumitoshi Eto + Yuriko Hoshino "Platform"
Two person show by husband-and-wife couple.More »
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Maiko Kobayashi "Works on Paper - Drift into Time"
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Tetsuo Ichikawa "Zipangu"
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Kunihiko Katsumata "dimensions"
This exhibition showcases works from four series based on urban fieldwork, exploring light, time, place, and the residents of these cities. [Image: "Hotel's Window, Rome" (2005)]More »
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Fujio Hagiwara + Shinya Yao "Pile Driving / Field Work Records and Dream Installation"
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Satoshi Miyauchi "passin' me by"
Fourth solo show featuring works taken with a 35mm film camera, depicting places often overlooked in daily life.More »
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Masao Ueno Exhibition
Works from Ueno's word series. [Image: Masao Ueno, "Night" (2011)]More »
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Kayoko Nobori + Ai Yoshida "View of the bottomless"
The two featured artists are graduates of the Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in nihonga. They work to portray social disassociation and have previously exhibited in a variety of different spaces. [Image:...More »
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Yellow Clay Ceramic Class Exhibition
On display are works produced over the course of a year at the Yellow Clay ceramic school, inspired by the theme of "Dreams".More »
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Nichidai Five Person Sculpture Exhibition
[Image: Mifuyu Funabashi "Circulation Above Ground"]More »
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Taichi Kaminogoya "Pulse"
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Yuka Nakada + Hiroaki Iwahori Exhibition
Works by Hiroaki Iwahori, a graduate of the nihonga painting department at Musashino Art University, and Yuka Nakada, an oil painting major at the same college.More »
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Takumi Kochi Exhibition
Takumi Kochi has been making works inspired by spiral-like forms and the theme of reversal since his student days. His recent works make use of rolls of paper sponsored by large paper manufacturing companies...More »
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Akira Kojima "Tokyo Botanicals"
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Satomi Tamura Exhibition
First solo show by Satomi Tamura, an artist who works with Japanese washi paper while studying paper making with the master craftsman Teizo Takano.More »
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"In Memory of Akihiko Takami" Exhibition
This exhibition commemorates the recent passing of art critic Akihiko Takami, who curated several exhibitions at this gallery. On display are works by artists who have previously exhibited with Galerie...More »
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Hiroyuki Hiranuma "Call me m.c."
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Three Person Exhibition
[Image: Miki Ishizaki, "Back Alley Restaurant" (2011) mixed media on washi paper, 31 x 43cm]More »
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Nahoko Fujimoto Exhibition
Installation featuring the writings and words of other people.More »
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Mineo Ayamaguchi Exhibition
After graduating from Central Saint Martins in London, Mineo Ayamaguchi lived and worked in Europe and the US before returning to Japan to set up a studio in Gunma. This exhibition showcases recent installations...More »
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Satoshi Harada + Kei Sakakibara Exhibition
Prints by two artists - the Osaka-born Harada and Tokyo-born Sakakibara.More »
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Yoko Terauchi Exhibition
Installation by London-based artist and Central Saint Martins graduate Yoko Terauchi.More »
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Masahiko Imaizumi Exhibition
Exhibition of drawings in memory of Masahiko Imaizumi, a prominent artist from the 1960s who organized various happenings and art events.More »
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Yuji Kawana Exhibition
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Aya Kikuchi "Spiral Flowers"
On display are works that explore the mind of a child through childhood memories.More »
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"The Angry Earth: Meiji Documentary Photographs" Exhibition
On display is a selection of anonymous, previously unexhibited photographs that document the effects of earthquakes in Japan during the Meiji period.More »
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Masahito Yamamoto "The Messy Room"
On display is a selection of photos from Yamamoto's "The Messy Room" series, inspired by "stuff you can do at home". [Image: "Euclid's Talk In Sleep" (2010)]More »
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"7 People" Exhibition
Presents the work of seven students majoring in sculpture and metal-casting at Tokyo University of the Arts. [Image: Eriko Arai, 150mm 150mm, blonze]More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
This is Kensaku Yamaguchi's 9th solo show at Galerie Omotesando, featuring works that demonstrate a certain awe of the immensity of nature.More »
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Toyomi Hoshina Exhibition
Installation of 2D works. [Image: "I Can't Hear Anything" (2011) drawing]More »
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Maiko Kobayashi "Mind in a Gap"
Maiko Kobayashi's work captures the worry and suffering of modern life and our hopes and joys. This exhibition features new paintings and a series of drawings that have not been previously exhibited. [Image:...More »
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"Yellow Clay Ceramic Works Exhibition"
Clay figurines and other works on the theme of the wind. [Image: from 2010 exhibition]More »
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Yuji Kawana Exhibition
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Junichi Waida "Bookshelf"
On display are photos of bookshelves containing more than 20,000 books at the main branch of Matsumaru bookstore, initially commissioned by the editors of Chuo Koron. The act of capturing this multitude...More »
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"crossing" Exhibition
Four-person group exhibition by artists working with different materials. [Image: Kyoko Ikeda "unknown MIND", 728x1030mm, acrylic]More »
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Takahiro Kawano Exhibition
On display are works from Kawano's "Loka" ("world" in Sanskrit) series.More »
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Hiroshi Onishi Exhibition
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"Camouflage" Exhibition
Six person exhibition of work that offers viewers fresh glimpses into the nature of everyday landscapes. [Image: Asami Otsuka, "Everyday Journeys" (2010) acrylic and color pencil on paper and panel,...More »
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Meiji University Graduate School Digital Contents Graduation Exhibition
On display are works by 4 students that examine issues related to gender, the body and everyday phenomena through photography, video and sculpture. [Image: Kozue Takanashi, "I Decide Who I Am" (2010)]...More »
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Yoshito Ikeda Exhibition
[Image: "Pre-story" (2009) DVD 2'30]More »
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Tadao Koiso Exhibition
New works by artist who has been making abstract paintings for 6 years.More »
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Sumio Miyamoto Exhibition
[Image: Sumio Miyamoto, "Work 10B" (2009) cotton fabric, dye, bleach 2485×3333mm] More »
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Yoko Itteki "Dye"
Using a pinhole camera, Yoko Itteki creates works that express solidarity with nature, in which she herself appears as a model. [Image: Yoko Itteki "Yearning" (2010)]More »
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Shichio Minato Exhibition
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Masahiro Niho + Soh Kyongsun Exhibition
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Qay Mihara Exhibition
Works made using preexisting objects that have been carved up into fragments.More »
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"Neutral" Exhibition
Four person exhibition by students in the sculpture course at Nihon University.More »
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Yuki Nakaigawa Exhibition
Guest curated by Miyako Takeshita, this exhibition showcases new ceramic works by Yuki Nakaigawa that are full of dynamism and vitality.More »
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Fumi Ishida + Yuka Kageyama Exhibition
Fumi Ishida graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 2008. Her works depict familiar landscapes in oil paint and acrylic. Yuka Kageyama graduated from the oil painting department at Tama Art University...More »
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Aya Kikuchi "Spiral Space"
Spirals are rotating swirls of energy that can be found in spiral shells, ammonites, morning glory tendrils, galaxies and DNA double helixes. On display are works by Aya Kikuchi that capture the momentary...More »
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Steven Berkowitz Exhibition
Steven Berkowitz is a photography and computer technology instructor at Temple University in New York who teaches summer courses at its Tokyo sister school in Roppongi. This exhibition features works that...More »
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Hiroomi Sahara "Influence of Some Smoke"
Hiroomi Sahara's photo series "Influence of Some Smoke" is a documentary portrait of the funerals of 7 of his own relatives who passed away in the 7 years between 2003 and 2010. These works seek to investigate...More »
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Ayano Hakuta Exhibition
[Image: Ayano Hakuta, "Anemone" (2009) oil on canvas 910x727mm]More »
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Tadamasa Yamagata "SEI series”
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Miho Shirai + Tsunao Okumura + Takashi Nakagawa "Unstern!/Sinistre"
The title of this exhibition comes from a composition by Franz Liszt.More »
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Ceramics School Yellow Clay 2010 Exhibition
Works by students of a ceramics workshop in Ebisu. This year's theme is "people".More »
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Akira Kojima "Ju-Byo Saiga"
"Ju-byo saiga" are short ten-second films composed of photographs. They follow in the time-honored Japanese tradition of terse, abbreviated form, like waka and haiku - digital contemporary versions of...More »
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Mariko Tsuzuki "Hole"
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Yoichi Kamimura Exhibition
Kamimura is due to graduate from the printmaking department at the Tokyo University of the Arts this spring. This exhibition features several series of works produced during his time there.More »
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Kotaro Isobe + Haruka Ochi Exhibition
Showcases the work of two young nihonga painters - Haruka Ochi, who graduated fro Gakugei University this spring, and Kotaro Isobe, a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts.More »
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Kwon Oh-Shin + Bojung Park Exhibition
In his book "Sculpting In Time", film director Andrei Tarkovsky writes that "time cannot disappear without leaving a trace of itself, because it is a spiritual and emotional condition with a subjective...More »
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Jun Kubota Exhibition
Oil paintings by art school graduate turned ad man that reflect his love of the ocean and impulse to escape from urban life.More »
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Kanako Motomura + Yoshiko Hamashima Exhibition
This year, Galerie Omotesando is again holding its regular late autumn exhibition featuring works by two young printmakers. [Image: "Fork" (2009) lithograph, 21x45cm]More »
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Yuji Kawana + Ai Yoshida Exhibition
[Image: "Flower 2008" 16x16cm, sumi ink on Kumohada hemp paper]More »
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Mika Funaki + Takumi Kochi Exhibition
This autumn sees three two-person exhibitions at Galerie Omotesando, featuring oil painting, nihonga painting and prints. For the first installment, we are showcasing recent and new works by Mika Funaki,...More »
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Ken Takano Exhibition
After graduating from the printmaking department at Tama Art University, Takano completed graduate studies at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. He taught as a part-time instructor...More »
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Kikue Tahara "Rhonddaring Shanghai"
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Tomo Yano Exhibition
Tomo Yano runs the longstanding Shinjuku drinking hole Donzoko, and is also active as a calligrapher. After giving public calligraphy performances in Spain, Yano has been working collaboratively with...More »
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Galerie Omotesando + Musee F 10th Anniversary Exhibition
Thanks to our loyal supporters, Galerie Omotesando is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Opened in 1999, Galerie Omotesando has been supporting the work of young artists for 10 years. It opened...More »
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Chinese and Japanese Old Scroll Paintings Exhibition
Exhibition of hanging scrolls from a collector's holdings, ranging from Ming and Qing dynasty landscape paintings to Edo and Meiji era paintings and modern works. [Image: Chen Yunbi "Peony and Crane",...More »
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Mayo Takakura Exhibition
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Naoko Yasuda Exhibition
When asked to consider what painting is, the words of Paul Klee come to mind: "Painting is not the act of copying what is visible to the eye. It is rather to make visible what cannot be seen." In the same...More »
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Kenji Matsumaru Exhibition
[Image: "Boundary 2009-1" (2009) 60x60cm]More »
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Eri Takayanagi "Halfway"
Eri Takayanagi takes the diverse array of things that make up our everyday lives and inflects them with her own unique sensibility, producing work that redefines our relationship to society. [Image:...More »
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"Trait d'union 21" Exhibition
This exhibition aims to rethink the value and possible connections between corporations and artists - two entities that are often viewed as polar opposites in our society. It has been held every July since...More »
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Jin Nakamori Exhibition
[Image: Jin Nakamori, "A Clump of Trees" (2008), 76x100cm]More »
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Steven Berkowitz Exhibition
Steven Berkowitz is professor of photography and computer technology at Temple University in the U.S. He gives an intense summer course at the university's Roppongi campus every year, exhibiting his work...More »
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Naoko Hakoyama Exhibition
Once we reach a stage where we have to be warned that nature will disappear if it isn't looked after and protected, nature ceases to be itself; it takes up residence in calendar spreads and photography...More »
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Yoshito Ikeda Exhibition
Second solo exhibition at this space. Ikeda creates installations using images, with surfaces that relate narratives to audiences over the slow passage of time, conveying a sense of momentary, fleeting...More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
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Junji Amano + Hiroshi Onishi Exhibition
Junji Amano is known for his screen-printed works that investigate the nature of surface and materiality. Besides printed media, he also makes paintings by layering acrylic and other pigments onto arche...More »
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Takahiro Ando Exhibition
Taking painting as a point of departure, Ando currently makes work that attempts to give form to physical phenomena that are invisible to the naked eye, such as energy transfer. In 2001, he started a series...More »
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Pottery Studio Yellow Clay Works Exhibition
Exhibition of works from pottery studio in Ebisu based on a yearly theme. This year's theme is "earth".More »
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Tomoyo Imamura "Vertigo"
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Kang Mi-Hyon Exhibition
Kang Mi-Hyon sees shadows of people in withering flowers - born in a sprawling metropolis, she sees the various expressions and manifestations of mortal humans. Novelist Hideo Osabe's "Fallen Leaves of...More »
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Asano Nakata + Daisuke Tsuchigahana + Saho Furukawa "I’m here. vol.3"
Reception party and special talk Lecturer: Norio Akasaka (folklorist), Keizaburo Okamura (nihonga painter) Date and time: January 24th (Sat) 18:00-20:00 Venue: Galerie OmotesandoMore »
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2008 Charity Sale
Exhibition and sale of pieces at affordable prices and manageable sizes, mainly of works exhibited in the gallery over the past year - paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, ceramics and accessories. ...More »
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C. min Han Exhibition
Born in Pusan, Korea in 1982. Studied photography in Korea and pursues a unique style as a remarkable young artist in Korea's thriving photography scene. First solo exhibition in Tokyo.More »
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Tohoku University of Art and Design + Kyoto University of Art and Design "Friendship Space" Exhibition
Exchange exhibition of selected works by the sculpture departments of two schools from the same series. This year marks the third installment. An open review panel will be held on the first day where professors...More »
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Mineo Ayamaguchi Exhibition
Graduated from the sculpture department at St. Martin's in London in 1978. Developed his artistic career using London as a base while performing and exhibiting overseas, and returned to Japan in 2006....More »
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Tomoko Hidaka Exhibition
Graduated from the sociology department at Keio University. Self-taught; began making dolls while still at university. Studied bronze casting from 1992-3 at the sculpture department of Ibaraki University...More »
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Toyomi Hoshina Exhibition
Born in Nagano prefecture in 1953. Graduated from the Masters program in the painting department of Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently assistant professor in the art department of the same university....More »
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Masamitsu Miyayama Exhibition
Born in 1958. Moved to live in America in 1978, after which he enrolled at the Academy of Art College and the College of Art and Craft. Miyayama has exhibited widely in Tokyo and throughout Japan. He worked...More »
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"Flow" Exhibition
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Shinji Maeomi + Satomi Matsumoto Exhibition
Released first painting collection + CD "Bronze & Willow - Satomi Matsumoto's copperplate prints and music" late last year. Matsumoto's light taste and delicately wrought copperplate prints are not...More »
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Shichio Minato + Miki Nakamura Exhibition
Minato put an end to his activities in France and Belgium in 2006 and returned to Japan to assume a post as assistant professor in the art department at Fukui University. He has previously exhibited his...More »
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Chitose Suzuki + Fumi Ishida Exhibition
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John L Tran Exhibition
London-born photographer John Tran grew to become interested in Japan after living there for several years and then went on to earn a Master's in the history of Japanese landscape photography at Chelsea...More »
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Fumitoshi Eto Exhibition
This year, with the cooperation of lacquer paint manufacturer Kanpe Hapio, participating artist Fumitoshi Eto has produced a series of self-proclaimed Japanese Pop Art pieces that mirror the original American...More »
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Yuji Kawana Exhibition
[Image: "Color Viyella" (2008) Panel, hemp paper, natural pigments 227.3 × 181.8cm]More »
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Tetsuo Ichikawa Exhibition
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Steven Berkowitz Exhibition
Steven Berkowitz is currently a professor of computer technology at Temple University in New York, lecturing summer courses at the satellite campus in Roppongi, Tokyo. This exhibition features work from...More »
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Yasutaka Yano "Strangers When We Meet"
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Yomi Chin Exhibition
Born 1964 in Tokyo. Joined the Korean newspaper company Shinhosha in 1992 and became a freelance photographer after leaving the company. Graduated from the research department of the Tokyo Sogo Photography...More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
Yamaguchi's rich, poetic oil paintings of nature scenes depict a world whose gentleness has long been forgotten in the midst of the modern city. More »
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Chizuru Kasai "My Life"
Kasai has been creating a rapidly growing body of work since her 1991 installation at the Ryogoku station warehouse. Using unique, faux-primitive techniques, her work calls to mind small tools that allow...More »
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Yoshio Ogawa Exhibition
Painter Yoshio Ogawa exhibited in the first VOCA Award exhibition in 1994. He is one of the leading young painters nowadays. After 12 years of staying in Paris, he is coming back to Japan with a new line...More »
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Ceramic Workshop Studio Yellow Clay Exhibition
This is a group exhibition of a ceramic workshop studio in Ebisu. The students have created works based on "sound" as the main theme. On March 20th at 15:00, a critique session will be held, open to the...More »
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Manako Okamoto "Longing, Remember"
Manako Okamono's photographs and slide presentations are on view. Location: Galerie Omotesando + Musee FMore »
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"Musashino Art University αM Project 2007" Exhibition
This exhibition presents works by three artists using organic motifs in holography, painting, and photogram. Using beautiful forms found in nature, they have created their own science journals. Reception...More »
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"Heart of Roppongi Exhibition"
Three freelance photographers present their works. More »
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"Hello, Goodbye" Exhibition
Various works by 6 art students of Tama Art University are on display. More »
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Shiho Kagabu Exhibition
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Yasuka Numata "Island in My Mind - Memories of Paradise"
Artist's website: http://www.yasuka-web.net/More »
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Gima Tomotatsu "Front and Back"
Concepts that Tomotatsu Gima deals with in his recent works are "reborn" and "re-die." He collects things from daily life and creates work from them.More »
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Tohoku University of Art & Design x Kyoto University of Fine Art & Design Sculpture Exhibition "Space for Affinity"
This is Tohoku University of Art & Design and Kyoto University of Fine Art & Design's third collaborative sculpture exhibition. A discussion with invited critics and established sculptors is also...More »
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Chikako Enomoto "Absolute Reasons"
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Tetsuo Ichikawa Exhibition
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"Kaoru Yamaguchi and his Students" Exhibition
Kaoru Yamaguchi was born in Misato-machi in Gunma Prefecture and created expressive paintings of nature and animals with sophisticated colors. His achievement as an artist is remarkably significant in...More »
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Rina Yano Exhibition
Rina Yano studied printmaking at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music and returned to university as a research student after raising her family. She currently teaches art at a child welfare...More »
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Kukie Tahara "The Overlapping Things"
Kikue Tahara mainly takes pictures of the Kawasaki and Yokohama city areas, finding various street scenes that characterize each area. From old storefronts to young people, her photographs reveal different...More »
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Kanako Kimura Exhibition
Kanako Kimura completed the graduate program of Okinawa Prefectural University of Art and currently teaches at a school in Saitama, where she is originally from. Returning to the Kanto area, Kimura has...More »
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John Tran "Return to Fairyland"
John Tran is a Vietnamese-British photographer who studied in London and currently teaches at Tsukuba University. This exhibition features his photographs entitled "Return to Fairyland" from the "Utopia"...More »
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Shichio Minato "Echo"
"Imagine yourself standing before a pine forest. Even in broad daylight, it's like there's only dusk among those trees. A strange form of expectation falls on you as you cross the border between your reality...More »
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"Magma" Exhibition
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Hokuto Asami Exhibition
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Akira Tatsumura Exhibition
This is a retrospective exhibition of Akira Tatsumura who worked on his art mainly in France and Italy. The exhibition is organized by his wife to the theme "Light from the Heaven". His paintings evolved...More »
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"Trait d'union21" Exhibition
This exhibition introduces contemporary photography by three artists. Otake's sculptural glass spheres glowing in the dark show surrounding scenes. Shimozono takes photographs of the surfaces of buildings,...More »
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"Mess" Exhibition
All of the participating artists have shown at the Konica Minolta Gallery between 2005 and 2006. They all come from different schools, ranging from a colleges broad to Kochi University. [Image: Satomi...More »
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Steven Berkowitz Exhibition
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Setsuko Hayashida Exhibition
[Image: "Looking through Forest" 2006]More »
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Tetsuo Ichikawa Exhibition
Born in Yokohama and a graduate of Waseda University, Tetsuo Ichikawa continues to take photographs aside from his job in an architecture. He looks for social landscapes in which he sees "beauty and uglyness"...More »
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Itsuji Hirata Exhibition
Hirata's works are "human machines that a human skull and mechanical body - humorous depictions of human beings who have evolved out of the mechanical technology of industrialized society. With a background...More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
Graduating from Aichi Prefectual University of Fine Arts and Music, Kensaku Yamaguchi still lives and works in Nagakute, Aichi. He deals with nature around Nagakute, and his body of works shows a gradual...More »
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Akitaka Kamijo Exhibition
[Image: "Kodama (Spirit)" 2007]More »
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Yukio Hirata Exhibition
The paintings in this exhibition are all made with tempera, a quick-drying painting process that particularly suits artists who favor a linear style and clean, matte finish. Tempera clearly fits Yukio...More »
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"4WD" Exhibition
The participating artists met when they were in art prep school. In media varying from illustration to photography, each artist shows his or her originality. Sometimes the work is a form of social criticism,...More »
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“Blue Spiral" Exhibition
This exhibition is organized by Noriko Ishida, a founder of the art group, Blue Spiral. Including 2D works and sculptures, each of the group member brings in unique elements for this group exhibition.More »
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"Pottery Class Yellow Clay" Exhibition”
This exhibition is taking place at Omotesando Gallery and Musée F at the same time. Students from an Ebisu-based pottery class called Yellow Clay are showing their works.More »
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”Spring Season" Exhibition
This is an exhibition by the students of Waseda University Photography Club, which exhibits each spring, with all students from freshman to seniors participating to conclude the year with a show of unique...More »
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Kumiko Nakagawa + Kazumi Fukazawa Exhibition
Nakagawa and Fukazawa met when they were at prep school for art. They have one thing in common: their need to be critical, even skeptical of any subject matter. Both of them appropriate materials and motifs...More »
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Paul Knight + Kristian Haggblom + Philip Samartzis "Promiscuous"
"Promiscuous" is an exhibition of color photographs by two Australian photographers, Paul Night and Christian Hagblom. There will also be a sound installation work by contemporary artist and fellow Australian...More »
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Asami Toyoda Group Exhibition
An exhibition of works by the students of American Tole's Asami Toyoda. Small works will be on sale, with part of the proceedings will going to WWF-Japan. More »
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"F+F project in Tokyo" Exhibition
Art Conference GAZE is a month-long artist in residence experience, in which Finnish and Japanese artists live and work together, and exhibit their works for a week. This is an exploration of what reflects...More »
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Charity Bazaar 2006
The annual charity sale to end the year. More »
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Akihiko Okumura + Ryusuke Suzuki Exhibition
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"Guu" Exhibition
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"Space of Affinity" Exhibition
This is an interactive exhibition between Tohoku University of Art and Design and Kyoto University of Art and Design. Gallery talk: November 20th, 14:00-16:00 With the artists, sculptor Hirosumi...More »
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Hirotoshi Sakaguchi Exhibition
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"Awake New Mind" Exhibition
A group exhibition by four students studying on the Visual Design Course at Asagaya College of Art and Design. The works express what their current emotional state is like, and what has caught their interest...More »
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Takahiro Ando + Jio Shimizu Exhibition
An exhibition by two media artists who visualize everyday phenomenona in different ways. An example of Takahiro Ando's work is a film on light created from capturing on a photon level the light that...More »
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Tomomi Tsutsui Exhibition
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Chizuru Kasai "How to Walk the World"
Chizuru Kasai has exhibited in many public spaces in Niigata, Yamanashi, Kochi and Tokyo since 1991. Her work consists of moving sculptures, made possible by springs, motors, and pendulums. Kasai calls...More »
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Wakako Kawakami "Wakako's Palace"
Wakako Kawakami started her career as an artist in 1995. She has exhibited at Japan Media Arts Festival and Mito Art Museum, and has received the Phillip Morris Award and Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art...More »
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"Three by Six" Exhibition
This is a exhibition of silkscreen prints by a group of graduates from Bigakko Silkscreen Studio in Kanda. More »
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"Natural Lineage" Exhibition
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Shoji Asaba Exhibition
Run by Galerie Omotesando, this project aims to connect artists and business enterprises. With this film installation using a next-generation transparent EL display, Shoji Asaba recreates the gap between...More »
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Sanae Takahata Exhibition
This exhibition, curated by Miyako Takeshita, consists of painted dresses with elaborate beadworks by Sanae Takahata. [Sanae Takahata, "Wear Me #5"]More »
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Tokyo Photography Month 2006 - Kikue Tahara Exhibition
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Steven Berkowitz Exhibition
Steven Berkowitz started experimenting with computer programs to capture the essence of his drawings in the 1970s. They later developed into photography, computer graphic, and sound installation works....More »
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Tokyo Photography Month 2006 - Kazuto and Mutsumi Imura Exhibition
[Mutsumi Imura: Panic, No picnic!]More »
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Joji Shimozono Exhibition
There are countless people that take photographs of buildings, but Joji Shimozono is unique in the sense that he takes photographs of, more specifically, walls of buildings. The closeups of tiles and...More »
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Rina Yano "Transparent Figure - The Other Shape"
Like many other artists, Rina Yano has always been inspired and motivated by her experiences in life to create artwork. Through the installation for this exhibition, Yano explored the method of directly...More »
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Kensaku Yamaguchi Exhibition
The fourth solo exhibition here by Kensaku Yamaguchi, a graduate of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Nature surrounding the town of Nagakute is his inspiration, as well as the subject...More »
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"Far Beyond April Artists" Exhibition
This autumn will see a joint exhibition between Seishi Ogura who will be working as a critic at the 15th Paris Biennale and Hiroshi Itami, an artist who also runs a workshop. The 15th Paris Biennale in...More »
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Toyomi Hoshina Exhibition
Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music is holding an exhibition of Toyomi Hoshina, who is joining their teaching staff. This exhibition also aims to welcome art critic Akihiko Takami to the university....More »
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The Yellow Clay Ceramic Studio: Works by Students
This exhibition features ceramic works created by the students of the Yellow Clay Ceramic Studio in Ebisu. The studio, hosted by a former curator of the Azabu Museum of Art and Craft, is knows for its...More »
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Waseda University Photography Club
Group exhibition by fifteen members of the Waseda University Photography Club, introducing their activities and achievements.More »
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Nao Suzuki "3+5+6+8"
Composed of photographic and film works shot abroad, this exhibition is a chance to take a close look at urban life and the emotions it stirs up through the eyes of a young woman. Charming, sunlit shopfronts...More »
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Aki Amanuma Exhibition
Aki Amanuma graduated from the Tama Art University, Arts and Crafts Department, with a major in glass. Combining glass with carton boards, woodblocks or cloth, Amanuma's works celebrate glass' transparency....More »
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Dog Stories
This second exhibition celebrating the Year of the Dog re-examines the relationship between dogs and humans and explores the characteristics and tendencies of dog-like and cat-like people.More »
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Big Dogs
This is an exhibition showcasing the long friendship of man and dog to celebrate the 'year of the dog'. Twenty-one dog-loving art school students participated in the creation of the works.More »
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WWF Charity Bazaar
The popular charity bazaar held each year in early December is back. Works exhibited by visiting artists will be sold on the spot. All proceedings will go to 'World Wide Fund for Nature Japan'. More »
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Satoshi Yano Exhibition
Calligraphy exhibition by Satoshi Yano, owner of "Donsoko", an old-school Shinjuku store. His interest in calligraphy and painting reaches back to his childhood in Hiroshima, where he founded a fine arts...More »
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Space of Friendship
Selected works from third year students at two famous Japanese art schools. Moe Oba, Maki Miyamura, Akiko Mikami, and Rie Morishita from the Tohoku University of Art and Design, and Seijiro Okamura, Daiki...More »
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Food Exhibition
A group exhibition by five students from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music to the theme "This is seasoning, dishes and spices". They would like you to experience the same feeling of...More »
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Takashi Kawada Exhibition
A solo exhibition of fifteen new works by metal artist Takashi Kawada. Kawada, based in Gunma Prefecture, aims to introduce the charm of iron to a wider audience. Personal Homepage : http://irondeco.jp/show.html...More »
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has3 Exhibition
A group exhibition of modern art and photographs: Hitoshi Sekiguchi "Erosion", Ayaki Hosaka "Monster Crawling Around Trees", and Shingo Fuse "air en plastique". More »
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Kunio Sekiguchi Exhibition - One More Night
Movie by Kunio Sekiguchi, who has a cult following, and newcomer Takuma Ishikawa. This exhibition is presented by art critic Akihiko Takami and MUSEE F at Omotesando Underground Cinetake, so called because...More »
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Tadamasa Yamagata Exhibition - Symbiosis with Forests
Yamagata is a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He uses a variety of styles such as oil paintings, silkscreen, and installations with wood to create delicate but shrewd works...More »
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Ryo Hamada Exhibition
Originally a painter, Hamada later found it more comfortable to express himself through photography. Hamada's photographs are like ambiguous visual experiences that transcend records and become memories,...More »
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Chitose Suzuki Exhibition
Last year, the works created by the then-students were dealing with the topic of society's distortions featured crows in urban cities and stressful jam-packed trains. One year later, these students are...More »
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Ai Yoshida and Masayo Akao Exhibition
Ai Yoshida and Masayo Akao are juniors at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, in the Japanese-style painting major. Their theme aims at highlighting the things we overlook in our daily...More »
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Trait d'union 21
An exhibition exploring the relationship between a business enterprise and an artist. Taku Kugimoto is a curator, and Kota Tanaka is an active member in a game disquisition website.More »
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Japanese + British Art Now 2005
Exhibitions will be held at various Tokyo venues in June 2005 and in London in October 05. All will feature the work of Britain-based Japanese artists alongside long time British JBAN artists and the show...More »
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Shinichi Touda Photography Exhibition
Touda takes photographs of blue tones found in the sky and ocean, greens of grass, weeds and trees, reds of blood. The search for those new colors will subconsciously wake up our senses and stimulate some...More »
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Miyuki Motoki Exhibition
This June is "Tokyo Photography Month 2005" and there will be photography exhibitions happening in 50 galleries around Tokyo. This is one of the exhibitions.More »
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Hidenobu Motoki Exhibition
Pastel toned paintings by Hidenobu Motoki.More »
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Jun Sato
Pastel drawings of the current event photographs.More »
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Kyou no Okazu Exhibition
"Kyou no Okazu" means "today's dish" in Japanese. The group exhibition of six alumni of Tama Art University. At Musee F and Galerie Omotesando.More »
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Mineo Ayamaguchi Exhibition
Mineo Ayamaguchi's paintings of lines entitled "colorlines."More »
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Charity Bazaar 2004
A charity sale for the WWF. Oil Paintings, Sculptures, Prints, and other works by artists previously featured in our gallery will be available at 30 to 70% off.More »
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Maiko Kobayashi Exhibition
Not a rabbit, nor a dog. Kobayashi-san says that they "aren't characters" - her drawings and sculptures invite you to a mysterious world.More »
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Glass Works
Three graduates of Tama University of Art have created artworks made of glass. There are glass vases, installations, and paintings on glass.More »
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Hormone Party - Tohoku University of Art and Design Sculpture Students Group Exhibition
Sculptures by four students of Tohoku University of Art and Design Sculpture majors. Each of them perceived hormones from their daily lives and turned them into their works of art.More »
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Yoshito Ikeda Exhibition
The artist's theme is "Impossible Story." What he calls impossible stories are other people's memories overlapped/connected in time with his own. If communication spans from people's memories, then surely...More »
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Michiko Morishige Exhibition
"I draw for chaos."More »
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Rina Yano Exhibition
A graduate of Tokyo University of Art in oil painting major. Currently she is looking for art by interacting with children. More »
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Kimchi Moriawase
A photo exhibition of three exchange students from a photography school in Korea. What is Tokyo like to them, coming from a foreign land as students?More »