INAX Gallery 1 & 2 - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for INAX Gallery 1 & 2. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

  • poster for Yumiko Shinozaki "I am hungry"

    Yumiko Shinozaki "I am hungry"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2012-01-10 - 2012-02-03

    The artist's large-scale eponymous work is an iron sculpture that appears to float in space, and was featured in her graduate university's graduation exhibition last year. [Image: Yumiko Shinozaki "I...More »

  • poster for Tadatoshi Shirai "Millennial Spiral"

    Tadatoshi Shirai "Millennial Spiral"

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    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2012-01-07 - 2012-01-28

    Tadatoshi Shirai creates "painting cylinders" featuring dragons using elements of Jomon ceramic culture and cycles. The imagery creates a sense of ancient forests and the universe. This exhibition features...More »

  • poster for Tomoko Konno Exhibition

    Tomoko Konno Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-12-06 - 2011-12-26

    Tomoko Konno creates objects that resemble imaginary living organisms using a variety of colored, kneaded clay. She won prizes for her "Creature Core" series at the International Ceramics Festival Mino...More »

  • poster for Keiko Masumoto "Panorama Pots"

    Keiko Masumoto "Panorama Pots"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Party - Art Talk
    • 2011-12-02 - 2011-12-26

    This exhibition features a new work with déformer motifs of the 3D panoramic maps that are installed at famous sightseeing spots, along with other works. [Image: Keiko Matsumoto, "Horse/Pot" (2011)...More »

  • poster for Keiji Saito "Ceramic Junk and Accumulation"

    Keiji Saito "Ceramic Junk and Accumulation"

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    • Media: Installation - Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2011-11-08 - 2011-12-01

    Keiji Saito's previous work consists of ceramic floor installations that resemble corrugated zinc, rusty iron sheets or paint-peeled plywood. His work represents an attempt to reassess the value of discarded...More »

  • poster for Daisuke Kato Exhibition

    Daisuke Kato Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2011-10-27 - 2011-11-28

    Daisuke Kato creates life-sized sculptures of girls wearing animal masks. Meticulously and realistically crafted using a dry lacquer technique that was traditionally employed to make Buddhist sculptures,...More »

  • poster for Fumiko Kobayashi "Mistletoe"

    Fumiko Kobayashi "Mistletoe"

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    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2011-10-06 - 2011-10-24

    Fumiko Kobayashi employs furniture, bicycles and dismantled houses in her installations, releasing objects from the unwritten codes of everyday normality. [Image: Fumiko Kobayashi]More »

  • poster for Mami Tanida Exhibition

    Mami Tanida Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-10-05 - 2011-11-01

    On display is a ceramic installation made up of a horizontal row of urns, ceramic boards, fragments and clumps of earth that have been coated with a blueish glaze. This is a new version that has been slightly...More »

  • poster for Sayuri Fukuoka Exhibiiton

    Sayuri Fukuoka Exhibiiton

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-09-06 - 2011-10-01

    Sayuri Fukuoka creates hand-molded ceramic objects that resemble dried pieces of driftwood. This is her first Tokyo solo show, featuring 6 works including new pieces. These swirling, organic forms are...More »

  • poster for "Houses for Comfort - The Architecture of Isaku Nishimura" Exhibition

    "Houses for Comfort - The Architecture of Isaku Nishimura" Exhibition

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    • Media: Architecture - Furniture
    • 2011-09-01 - 2011-11-19

    Isaku Nishimura (1884-1963) was born in Shingu, Wakayama, where he built himself three houses. The first one was the earliest example of an American-style residence in Japan. Thereafter, Nishimura made...More »

  • poster for Kaori Kurosaki "Something to See"

    Kaori Kurosaki "Something to See"

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    • Media: Painting - Drawing
    • 2011-09-01 - 2011-09-28

    Kaori Kurosaki creates huge oil pastel paintings of landscapes, moths and other subjects on calligraphy paper. The delicate translucent and fluffy texture of this paper gives her paintings a trompe-l'oeil...More »

  • poster for "10 days Selection: Shinya Ishida - Wonderful Trash" Exhibition

    "10 days Selection: Shinya Ishida - Wonderful Trash" Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2011-08-19 - 2011-08-29

    Shinya Ishida creates colorful, dynamic installations that resemble altars using a variety of waste materials, such as plastic toy capsules, plastic bottle caps, combs, insect cages and hangers. This is...More »

  • poster for "Small Objects and Utensils" Exhibition

    "Small Objects and Utensils" Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-08-05 - 2011-09-01

    This exhibition showcases a variety of works by 11 ceramic artists who have held solo shows at this gallery between September 2010 and July 2011. All pieces are affordable, with nothing above ¥10,000.More »

  • poster for "10 Days Selection: Tamaki Shindo - Clock Position" Exhibition

    "10 Days Selection: Tamaki Shindo - Clock Position" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2011-08-01 - 2011-08-10

    The artist was an admirer of Bonnard and majored in oil painting and watercolors at university, before progressing onto photography. [Image: Tamaki Shindo (2011)]More »

  • poster for Chiharu Koda Exhibition

    Chiharu Koda Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2011-07-05 - 2011-08-01

    Chiharu Koda creates curious objects that seem to be a combination of dried, weathered earth and imaginary creatures. Her works display a marvelous array of textures that derive from the grain of the wood....More »

  • poster for Io Nishimura "Symphonic Photograph"

    Io Nishimura "Symphonic Photograph"

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    • Media: Photography - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2011-07-01 - 2011-07-28

    Io Nishimura creates spatial installations using photographs. His early works consisted of small monitors that filled the walls of the gallery with overlapping haloes of multicolored light, which seemed...More »

  • Manami Kubo Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2011-06-07 - 2011-07-02

    Manami Kubo creates spectacular ceramic installations made up of albatross, crow and other bird torsos and bodies that seem to pierce through the walls. Using the entire space of the gallery, Kubo will...More »

  • poster for "Beauty in Miniature: Modelers of Classic Cars and Motorcycles" Exhibition

    "Beauty in Miniature: Modelers of Classic Cars and Motorcycles" Exhibition

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    • Media: Product
    • 2011-06-03 - 2011-08-20

    On display is a selection of model cars built from scratch that introduce viewers to some of the world's finest models.More »

  • poster for Miyuki Mitsui "Black Party"

    Miyuki Mitsui "Black Party"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2011-06-01 - 2011-06-25

    Mitsui has created an installation using photographs taken herself, acrylic painting tools, mirrors and other pre-existing objects. This work, composed from familiar materials, appears like the nook of...More »

  • poster for Kenji Omori Exhibition

    Kenji Omori Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2011-05-10 - 2011-06-03

    Based in Taijimi, Gifu Prefecture, Kenji Omori makes white ceramic objects with open, funnel-like ends whose bottom portions resemble pant cuffs or skirt hems. He uses a double glazing and firing technique...More »

  • poster for Fumio Ohashi Exhibition

    Fumio Ohashi Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Installation - Film - Art Talk
    • 2011-05-02 - 2011-05-28

    This exhibition features an installation with new video and sculptures by Ohashi. [Image: "People Walking With Forests" (2009) Video installation]More »

  • poster for Toru Kurokawa Exhibition

    Toru Kurokawa Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2011-04-06 - 2011-04-28

    Toru Kurokawa creates ceramic objects with geometric forms that resemble small planets or crystalline bodies. On display at this exhibition are three such spherical sculptures measuring around 80cm across....More »

  • poster for Yu Hanabusa Exhibition

    Yu Hanabusa Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2011-04-01 - 2011-04-26

    Yu Hanabusa has been based between Thailand and Japan for the past 10 years. Her previous work combined mixed media and elements of performance. Finding herself running up against a wall, however, she...More »

  • poster for Hisako Matsumoto Exhibition

    Hisako Matsumoto Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2011-03-04 - 2011-04-02

    Hisako Matsumoto won much acclaim for her "brand boutique" installation at the former French embassy building in Tokyo in 2010. This exhibition of new works features human torsos plastered over with crocodile...More »

  • poster for Asuka Nakayama Exhibition

    Asuka Nakayama Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2011-03-01 - 2011-03-29

    Asuka Nakayama creates impressive oil paintings that depict multilayered images, indoor motifs and nature. This exhibition, her first solo show in Tokyo, features works that portray various domestic scenes...More »

  • poster for Aya Tanaka Exhibition

    Aya Tanaka Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Party - Art Talk
    • 2011-02-04 - 2011-03-01

    Aya Tanaka, an artist based in the Seto region of Japan, creates knotted, concentrically-structured ceramic objects with a vernacular touch and color. This is her first solo show in Tokyo, featuring 7-8...More »

  • poster for Akiko Matsui Exhibition

    Akiko Matsui Exhibition

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    • Media: Prints - Art Party
    • 2011-02-01 - 2011-02-24

    On display are copperplate engravings depicting merry-go-rounds on top of whirlpools of black, cold water. [Image: Akiko Matsui, "The candle flickered in the wind" (2010) 181×129cm]More »

  • poster for "Kenchiku-do" Exhibition

    "Kenchiku-do" Exhibition

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    • Media: Architecture
    • 2011-01-17 - 2011-01-25

    On display are Norisada Maeda's graduation works, study models, personal effects, tools, and other archival materials. There will also be a temporary bar set up at the venue where alcohol and drinks...More »

  • poster for Mutsumi Takayanagi Exhibition

    Mutsumi Takayanagi Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2011-01-11 - 2011-02-01

    Mutsumi Takayanagi creates handsome, brilliantly colored objects with a dignified presence using classical Chinese painting techniques and gold leaf on porcelain. [Image: "Brain Crown Leaping into Body"...More »

  • poster for Chie Aoki "Urushi Body"

    Chie Aoki "Urushi Body"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Crafts - Art Party
    • 2011-01-07 - 2011-01-28

    Chie Aoki is a 29 year old artist who graduated from the craft department at the Kanazawa College of Art. Using lacquerware techniques, she has produced a series of works based on motifs of the human body,...More »

  • poster for Chinatsu Shimodaira "Implosion Point"

    Chinatsu Shimodaira "Implosion Point"

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    • Media: Installation - Art Party
    • 2010-12-04 - 2010-12-25

    A trained architect, Shimodaira's works often display a starting point from which everything else expands. On display is an installation made out of rubber bands that occupies the entire space.More »

  • poster for Hitomi Sugimoto Exhibition

    Hitomi Sugimoto Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2010-12-03 - 2010-12-25

    Ceramic works featuring natural motifs by 24 year old artist Hitomi Sugimoto, a graduate of the Osaka University of Arts. More »

  • poster for "The One-mat Study of Takeshiro Matsuura, 19th Century Explorer" Exhibition

    "The One-mat Study of Takeshiro Matsuura, 19th Century Explorer" Exhibition

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    • Media: Drawing - Crafts
    • 2010-12-02 - 2011-02-19

    Takeshiro Matsuura was a man of many talents and an intrepid explorer who traveled all around Japan, in addition to being a prolific author. This exhibition traces his life and career through the lens...More »

  • poster for Saeko Kuwana "Yakimono Works 'For New Palace'"

    Saeko Kuwana "Yakimono Works 'For New Palace'"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2010-11-08 - 2010-11-27

    On display at this exhibition are new works based on the image of a palace. Artist talk: November 13th (Sat) 18:30-19:00 More »

  • poster for Shingo Tanaka Exhibition

    Shingo Tanaka Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Other
    • 2010-11-01 - 2010-11-24

    First solo exhibition by 27 year old artist who uses burned paper to create his works. [Image: "trans(cube #4)" (2009) drawing paper, panel 140x140x140mm]More »

  • poster for Sayaka Ishizuka Exhibition

    Sayaka Ishizuka Exhibition

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    • Media: Installation - Art Party
    • 2010-10-09 - 2010-10-28

    New work by Sayaka Ishizuka, who showed an incredible installation made of teacups, pots and farming tools hanging from the ceiling to the floor of an old Japanese minka house at the Echigo-Tsumari Art...More »

  • poster for Yoko Miki "Pet Shop"

    Yoko Miki "Pet Shop"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2010-10-08 - 2010-11-04

    Yoko Miki's monotone ceramic objects - doorknobs with faces on them, pipes joined to the heads of dogs, winding tubes - seem to be stranded in a calm and noble world. This exhibition features an installation...More »

  • poster for Yoshihiro Kunikata "Black Pottery: Moon Trip"

    Yoshihiro Kunikata "Black Pottery: Moon Trip"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2010-09-07 - 2010-10-15

    Yoshihiro Kunikata's graceful ceramic objects, which resemble many-legged creatures, have a quirky sense of humor about them. Hanging down from a round ceramic base that looks like a lotus leaf are 10-20...More »

  • poster for "Furniture Of Fantasy: The World Of Nobuo Moriya" Exhibition

    "Furniture Of Fantasy: The World Of Nobuo Moriya" Exhibition

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    • Media: Furniture
    • 2010-09-03 - 2010-11-20

    This exhibition introduces viewers to the work of Taisho era furniture designer Nobuo Moriya (1893-1927). Although Moriya passed away tragically at the young age of 33, he made extremely significant contributions...More »

  • poster for Yoko Ando "Portraits: Quiet Light"

    Yoko Ando "Portraits: Quiet Light"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2010-09-01 - 2010-09-28

    Yoko Ando paints portraits that depict only the faces of her subjects, backlit or bathed in strong reflections, giving off a radiant halo. Painted on silk fabric, the pigments she uses seep deep into the...More »

  • poster for Yume Akasaka Exhibition

    Yume Akasaka Exhibition

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    • Media: Installation - Art Party
    • 2010-08-19 - 2010-08-28

    Yume Akasaka has won much acclaim for a body of work that deals with the border between dream and reality, always returning to the theme of memory and our relationship to things. This exhibition showcases...More »

  • poster for "Summer at Galeria Ceramica" Exhibition

    "Summer at Galeria Ceramica" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2010-08-06 - 2010-09-02

    This is the 14th year that this summer exhibition is being held, featuring a wide range of affordable ceramics, crafts and art objects, most of which are under ¥10,000.More »

  • poster for Kumazo Yoshimura Exhibition

    Kumazo Yoshimura Exhibition

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    • Media: Installation - Art Party
    • 2010-08-02 - 2010-08-11

    Kumazo Yoshimura's "Dressing Down" is an installation that consists of white dresses with red polka dots that suddenly begin to vibrate and drop a distance of 10 centimeters without warning, causing the...More »

  • poster for Nobuki Kitamura Exhibition

    Nobuki Kitamura Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2010-07-09 - 2010-08-03

    Nobuki Kitamura creates large ceramic installations that recall ruins or piles of stones. These pieces, measuring 2-5 meters across, have the same imposing presence of weathered rocks or architecture that...More »

  • poster for Yu Kawakita Exhibition

    Yu Kawakita Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Art Party
    • 2010-07-02 - 2010-07-28

    Yu Kawakita's work attempts to express the sensation and texture of flowing bodies found in nature, such as water, air, the wind, and plants. Looking as his canvases up close, one can see the delicate...More »

  • poster for Riyu Kim "Ceramics as New Exoticism"

    Riyu Kim "Ceramics as New Exoticism"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2010-06-04 - 2010-07-06

    Riyu Kim is an artist who makes ceramic urn-shaped objects with a central embedded "eye" that look as if they have been crafted out of black metal. Their surfaces are riddled with linear depressions in...More »

  • poster for "Fossil Plants − Memories of 500 Million Years Ago" Exhibition

    "Fossil Plants − Memories of 500 Million Years Ago" Exhibition

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    • Media: Other
    • 2010-06-03 - 2010-08-21

    On display at this exhibition are around 90 plant fossils ranging from prehistoric specimens to present-day examples, as well as research and archival materials (samples, sketches and more) belonging to...More »

  • poster for Yuji Honbori "Dislocated Paper: Buddha"

    Yuji Honbori "Dislocated Paper: Buddha"

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    • Media: Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2010-06-01 - 2010-06-28

    This exhibition showcases Buddha sculptures made out of pieces of cardboard taken from boxes that still bear marks and stains from the vegetables and fruits that were stored in them - textural details...More »

  • poster for Shohei Mori "White Porcelain Ship - Ocean Voyagers"

    Shohei Mori "White Porcelain Ship - Ocean Voyagers"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2010-05-07 - 2010-06-01

    Shohei Mori's previous work consists of a large body of paintings that depict the Seto Inland Sea where he was born and raised. Over the course of studying the lives, history, culture and vernacular landscape...More »

  • poster for Kanji Wakae "News from the City"

    Kanji Wakae "News from the City"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2010-05-01 - 2010-05-27

    Kanji Wakae began making paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs in the 1970s, using photos of urban landscapes and everyday objects like chessmen as materials. He grew up in Yokosuka near...More »

  • poster for Yasukazu Ito "Ceramics: Living Creatures in One's Memory"

    Yasukazu Ito "Ceramics: Living Creatures in One's Memory"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2010-04-06 - 2010-04-27

    Ito's ceramic objects have an overwhelming vitality about them, resembling not so much ceramic pieces as uncanny living creatures. His motifs are inspired by human organs, vehicles, motorbikes, insects,...More »

  • poster for Nana Kuromiya "Phantom Landscape of Flowing Colors"

    Nana Kuromiya "Phantom Landscape of Flowing Colors"

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    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2010-04-01 - 2010-04-27

    Kuromiya has been working in her current style for 3 years. She applies oil paint from tubes directly onto her support, using a dripping technique to produce works in vivid, glossy crystalline colors....More »

  • poster for "Smiling Deities: Ebisu and Oguro" Exhibition

    "Smiling Deities: Ebisu and Oguro" Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2010-03-04 - 2010-05-22

    Ebisu and Oguro are two of Japan's representative deities of good luck and fortune. They have been enshrined in the homes of merchants and in farming and fishing villages since ancient times. This exhibition...More »

  • poster for Yumiko Morisue "Quietly, One Day"

    Yumiko Morisue "Quietly, One Day"

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    • Media: Prints - Art Talk
    • 2010-03-01 - 2010-03-29

    Yumiko Morisue transforms familiar everyday objects into incredible landscapes. Viewers are by turns shocked, dumbfounded and charmed by their humor and spirit. Although she initially studied silkscreen...More »

  • poster for Megumi Sato "Dislocation of Color"

    Megumi Sato "Dislocation of Color"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2010-02-01 - 2010-02-24

    Sato's canvases overflow with bright greens, pinks, blues and oranges that sometimes resembles a thin overlapping mesh of colored bands layered like a relief pattern, other times resembling a film of oil...More »

  • poster for Jun Matsuyama "Today's Prayer"

    Jun Matsuyama "Today's Prayer"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2010-01-06 - 2010-01-29

    Matsuyama's work is laden with sincere, pious emotions reminiscent of religious paintings. This exhibition showcases 10 oil paintings by this young promising artist.More »

  • poster for "A Kaleidoscope on Strings -375 Years of Edo Marionette Theatre Youkiza-" Exhibition

    "A Kaleidoscope on Strings -375 Years of Edo Marionette Theatre Youkiza-" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2009-12-03 - 2010-02-20

    Youkiza is a marionette theater group established in the Edo period (1635) and that has lasted for more than 370 years. The moment the puppeteer touches the strings, the puppets turn from an inert object...More »

  • poster for Keisuke Matsuoka Exhibition

    Keisuke Matsuoka Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2009-12-01 - 2009-12-24

    150cm tall bloated human forms in awkward positions covered in iron powder that create random patterns and strange textures on the surface because of the magnets placed inside the sculptures. Inspired...More »

  • poster for Haruki Takahashi Exhibition

    Haruki Takahashi Exhibition

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    • Media: Installation - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-11-02 - 2009-11-26

    White porcelain vines that grow in the room dynamically in all directions, exuding a strong and lively energy. Haruki Takahashi attracted attention when he was still an art student by recieving the...More »

  • poster for Ai Kawano Exhibition

    Ai Kawano Exhibition

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    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2009-10-01 - 2009-10-24

    Ai Kawano's works focus on the themes of family and home as well as on time and memory. Photographing a dollhouse from close-up and blowing it up and creating a large suspended doll-house with the prints...More »

  • poster for "Shippo: Japanese Cloisonne -A World of Color and Exquisite Detail-"

    "Shippo: Japanese Cloisonne -A World of Color and Exquisite Detail-"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2009-09-03 - 2009-11-21

    Shippo -Japanese Cloisonne- is often likened to jewelry. The technique was used around the world from ancient times including Japan where it has been used to decorate architectural parts, furtniture and...More »

  • poster for Kohei Yamashita "Cologne: Present Location"

    Kohei Yamashita "Cologne: Present Location"

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    • Media: Other - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2009-07-16 - 2009-08-22

    Kohei Yamashita creates 2D and 3D works by collaging fragments cut out from printed matter and installing them in the space of the exhibition. His collages are characterized by microscopic round parts...More »

  • poster for Risa Tamaki "The Mother"

    Risa Tamaki "The Mother"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-06-05 - 2009-07-02

    Cylinders, each measuring 75 centimeters high, are placed on the floor like bundled-up tree branches weathering over time. These dynamic objects look like a fossilized natural substance dug out from the...More »

  • poster for "The Many Faces of the Mysterious Mushroom" Exhibition

    "The Many Faces of the Mysterious Mushroom" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Photography
    • 2009-06-04 - 2009-08-08

    A mushroom cannot be classified as either a plant or an animal. It is a fungus. There are 20,000 to 30,000 kinds of mushrooms which have scientific names, and in many cases, their biological nature is...More »

  • poster for Tsuyoshi Higashijima "Painting - Bending Light"

    Tsuyoshi Higashijima "Painting - Bending Light"

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    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2009-06-01 - 2009-07-11

    Tsuyoshi Higashijima is a leading Japanese painter who creates massive works measuring as big as 4 by 20 meters, covered with monochromatic paint such as dark blue or green. Facing the deep color field,...More »

  • poster for Yuko Hanawa "Golden Ceramic Objects"

    Yuko Hanawa "Golden Ceramic Objects"

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    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-05-09 - 2009-06-02

    In Buddhist art, gold is often used to symbolize the glory and spirituality described in sutras. Buddha statues are often covered with gold, and alters have gold decorations. Yuko Hanawa creates golden...More »

  • poster for Satoshi Nishizawa "Photograph/ Superb View, What Exists There"

    Satoshi Nishizawa "Photograph/ Superb View, What Exists There"

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2009-05-01 - 2009-05-27

    Satoshi Nishizawa's photographs capture closeup views of interiors, furniture and appliances found in schools where he studied, or public facilities, and objects such as a cord lying on a carpet, a computer...More »

  • poster for Mika Fujii "Creatures of Remembrance"

    Mika Fujii "Creatures of Remembrance"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-04-07 - 2009-05-02

    Mika Fujii's graceful ceramic objects include accumulations of thin pedal or feather-like frills. Gradations of faint blue and pink add a touch of lightness to the work, and the densely layered ceramic...More »

  • poster for Takashi Hinoda "Accidental Discharge of Allegory"

    Takashi Hinoda "Accidental Discharge of Allegory"

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    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-04-01 - 2009-04-25

    Takashi Hinoda creates human-scale ceramic objects with manga-style graphic images. In recent years, he has created unique installations incorporating his ceramic objects with a pedestal shaped like a...More »

  • poster for "Cubist Architecture and Design in Czech 1911-1925 - Chochol, Gocar, Janak" Exhibition

    "Cubist Architecture and Design in Czech 1911-1925 - Chochol, Gocar, Janak" Exhibition

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    • Media: Architecture
    • 2009-03-06 - 2009-05-23

    Cubism was the art movement that occurred in the early 20th century, pioneered by Picasso and Braque. The Czech Republic is the only country where the movement also influenced its architecture and gave...More »

  • poster for Kunihiro Akinaga "Black Ceramic Sculptures, Shapes of Plants"

    Kunihiro Akinaga "Black Ceramic Sculptures, Shapes of Plants"

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    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Party
    • 2009-03-06 - 2009-04-02

    Kunihiro Akinaga creates black ceramic objects that are reminiscent of architectural ironwork often used for ornamental purposes. Each one measures about 100 to 200 cm across. Stiffness and delicacy coexist...More »

  • poster for Katsutoshi Yuasa "Depth of Monochrome"

    Katsutoshi Yuasa "Depth of Monochrome"

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    [1]
    • Media: Prints - Art Talk
    • 2009-03-02 - 2009-03-26

    Katsutoshi Yuasa creates prints unlike typical woodblock printmaking. His work is meticulously detailed and realistic, and upon a brief look, it may look like a monochrome photograph. Yuasa starts...More »

  • poster for Mika Noguchi "Black: Entwined Ceramics"

    Mika Noguchi "Black: Entwined Ceramics"

    [5] 
    [1]
    • Media: Installation - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2009-02-06 - 2009-03-03

    Mika Noguchi is a ceramic artist born in 1981 and just completed her master's degree in 2008. For this exhibition, matte black ceramic pipes are interwoven to form a large installation which is reminiscent...More »

  • poster for Kang In-Goo "The Universe of Ballast and Wire"

    Kang In-Goo "The Universe of Ballast and Wire"

    [6] 
    [1]
    • Media: Installation
    • 2009-02-02 - 2009-02-25

    This exhibition presents Korean artist Kang In-Goo's (b. 1973) installation entitled "Dancing," which recalls raindrops bouncing off the ground in a heavy storm. A total of 3648 stones (industrial ballasts...More »

  • poster for "Live Round About Journal 2009" Talk Event

    "Live Round About Journal 2009" Talk Event

    [4] 
    [0]
    • Media: Architecture - Art Talk
    • 2009-01-31 - 2009-01-31

    "Live editing" is the concept of this talk event, presenting a series of lectures and interviews with architects. While the event goes on, all the lectures and interviews will be transcribed and edited...More »

  • poster for Taro Takaoka Exhibition

    Taro Takaoka Exhibition

    [1] 
    [1]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2009-01-09 - 2009-02-03

    A ceramic cylinder, measuring 2.5m in length and 55cm in diameter, is laid on the floor and tied with straw rope. This dynamic and powerful piece reminds us of a barrel or heavy mill-stone, or an earthen...More »

  • poster for Mizuno Katsunori "Gray Scale Landscape"

    Mizuno Katsunori "Gray Scale Landscape"

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    [6]
    • Media: Video installation
    • 2009-01-07 - 2009-01-28

    Katsunori Mizuno's monotone videos of landscapes feature seven scenes. A waterfall, a mountaintop occupied by dead trees, a valley covered in clouds, a seashore with wedded rocks, a scene reminiscent of...More »

  • poster for Shinya Tanoue Exhibition

    Shinya Tanoue Exhibition

    [1] 
    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2008-12-05 - 2008-12-25

    Shinya Tanoue makes ceramic globular objects with two layers that look like eggshells, each measuring around 30 to 40 centimeters across. They are made from red earth with a whitening product applied....More »

  • poster for "Kyushu Train Travel" Exhibition

    "Kyushu Train Travel" Exhibition

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    [4]
    • Media: Product - Other
    • 2008-12-03 - 2009-02-21

    Train carriage design has continued to change greatly in recent years, and JR Kyushu is a pioneer at the frontier of these developments, bringing about a veritable renaissance in the rail industry. This...More »

  • poster for Aya Yamamoto "Aspiration - Drawing"

    Aya Yamamoto "Aspiration - Drawing"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Other - Art Talk
    • 2008-12-01 - 2008-12-25

    The reflection of a garden in a pane of glass, which serves to frame a picture. Separate from the sight of trees swaying in the wind, this reflection in the glass has a different coloration and hue. Aya...More »

  • poster for Akiko Yamoto Exhibition

    Akiko Yamoto Exhibition

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-11-07 - 2008-12-02

    Akiko Yamoto makes ceramic objects with unique forms that look like amalgamations of metallic industrial products and animal and plant forms such as shells and fossils. They are typically about 80cm in...More »

  • poster for Toshiya Motai Exhibition

    Toshiya Motai Exhibition

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Painting - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2008-11-04 - 2008-11-26

    Toshiya Motai has been creating unique "multiple panel cooperative paintings" inspired by Japanese byobu folding screens since his student days abroad in Germany in the 1980s, exhibiting them both in Japan...More »

  • poster for Kiyohito Sekiguchi "Patterns In Red"

    Kiyohito Sekiguchi "Patterns In Red"

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-10-08 - 2008-11-04

    Sekiguchi's urns have a stout, round body with large-petaled flowers glazed in a deep vermilion. These "shuirotsubo" (vermilion urns) are adorned with peony, pomegranate and rhododendron flower motifs,...More »

  • poster for Kei Tsuji Exhibition

    Kei Tsuji Exhibition

    [4] 
    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2008-10-01 - 2008-10-29

    Kei Tsuji has been conducting fieldwork and creating installations in Australian deserts, Canadian forests and island waterfronts in Scotland using self-dyed yarn and cloth since the 1970s. His colorful...More »

  • poster for Osamu Kojima "The Sparkle of Ceramics"

    Osamu Kojima "The Sparkle of Ceramics"

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-09-05 - 2008-10-04

    Osamu Kojima has been making ceramics for almost 15 years, exhibiting his work widely both in Japan and abroad. In recent years, his works have come to resemble coagulated, black lava flows with a commanding...More »

  • poster for "Spiderwebs - What A Wonderful Web!" Exhibition

    "Spiderwebs - What A Wonderful Web!" Exhibition

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    [2]
    • Media: Other
    • 2008-09-04 - 2008-11-22

    With various types of thread spun out of a gland on its hip, the spider has a different web for each purpose. These wondrous, intricately-designed spiderwebs not only serve an important function in terms...More »

  • poster for Yuichi Tabuchi Exhibition

    Yuichi Tabuchi Exhibition

    [13] 
    [1]
    • Media: Photography - Sculpture - Other - Art Talk
    • 2008-09-01 - 2008-09-26

    Tabuchi's work consists of monochrome photos, human figures in wirework, and geometrically shaped sculptures shut inside a box measuring 385x280x35mm. The monochrome photos depict human figures placed...More »

  • poster for Tsutomu Yamamoto Exhibition

    Tsutomu Yamamoto Exhibition

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Painting
    • 2008-08-20 - 2008-08-30

    Tsutomu Yamamoto is an artist who visualizes various optical phenomena in a lyrical manner, using the simple yet unique method of letting light filter through and permeate acrylic. Our typical experience...More »

  • poster for Galleria Ceramica Summer Exhibition

    Galleria Ceramica Summer Exhibition

    [3] 
    [0]
    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2008-08-07 - 2008-09-01

    INAX Galleria Ceramica is holding the 12th "Galleria Ceramica Summer Exhibition of Vessels, Small Objects and Tools". Made by artists who have held solo exhibitions at the gallery over the past 11 months,...More »

  • poster for Naoki Matsuda Exhibition

    Naoki Matsuda Exhibition

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2008-08-01 - 2008-08-12

    The works of Naoki Matsuda consist of installations that make novel use of materials. "View of the Flow" uses flotsam from the Sumida river to create a 116 meter long sequence of packing materials laid...More »

  • poster for Hyun Sang Chul Exhibition

    Hyun Sang Chul Exhibition

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2008-07-04 - 2008-08-02

    Hyun's work resembles long ceramic cords that have been twisted and coaxed into spirals, with ball-like parts that seem to be gradually expanding. The textures of these sculptures, although ceramic, remind...More »

  • poster for Susumu Shimonishi "I am, I am"

    Susumu Shimonishi "I am, I am"

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    [1]
    • Media: Video installation - Art Talk
    • 2008-07-01 - 2008-07-29

    Susumu Shimonishi is a 31 year old video artist with a unique sense of humor. In these bird's eye views of large traffic intersections in the city, throngs of people come and go each time the traffic...More »

  • poster for Emi Kodama "The Shape of Budding Life"

    Emi Kodama "The Shape of Budding Life"

    [4] 
    [2]
    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-06-06 - 2008-07-01

    Emi Kodama's ceramic works measure about 40-50 cm across, and are studded with countless 1cm depressions tinged with blue, stuck onto the sides of these rock or cave-like chunks that sometimes also have...More »

  • poster for "Okonai: The Shape of Festivals" Exhibition

    "Okonai: The Shape of Festivals" Exhibition

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    [2]
    • Media: Crafts - Other
    • 2008-06-05 - 2008-08-23

    Shiga Prefecture is known even within Japan as a beautiful region of lakes and many festivals. The "Okonai" rite that is performed at the beginning of the year to ensure safety in the villages and a bountiful...More »

  • poster for Kanzo Shibata "Visiting Forest"

    Kanzo Shibata "Visiting Forest"

    [5] 
    [3]
    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-26

    The relief features and contours of huge, white snow-covered mountains appear on upright walls that seem to divide the room into parts. Fallen snow piled up on the ground glints in the light. Up close,...More »

  • poster for Tomoyuki Adachi "White Clay: Emotion of Geometry"

    Tomoyuki Adachi "White Clay: Emotion of Geometry"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
    • 2008-05-08 - 2008-06-03

    These sculptural forms in white clay have had their insides gouged out, arranged erect and upright like Go boards, with crater-like shapes seeming to fly out of those vacant intervals. With their fluid,...More »

  • poster for Naoki Ishikawa "Vernacular: Corners of the World"

    Naoki Ishikawa "Vernacular: Corners of the World"

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    [2]
    • Media: Photography
    • 2008-05-01 - 2008-05-28

    Ishikawa is a young 30 year old photographer who has previously released a collection of photos featuring prehistoric murals called "New Dimension," and a monograph called "Polar," the fruit of 10 years...More »

  • poster for Haruka Miyanaga "White Clay: Soft Plaits"

    Haruka Miyanaga "White Clay: Soft Plaits"

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-04-04 - 2008-05-01
  • Takako Hojo Exhibition

    [0] 
    [1]
    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
    • 2008-04-01 - 2008-04-26

    This is an exhibition by a Kansai-based artist Takako Hojo whose works are mainly drawings based on landscape motifs. Artist Talk: April 1st (Tues), 18:00-19:00 No reservations necessary. Free.More »

  • Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) "1st Art x Archi Session"

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    [0]
    • Media: Art Talk
    • 2008-03-07 - 2008-03-07

    Organized by the Japan Institute of Architects (JIA), this event is the first in a series of talks with architects and artists. The president of the JIA, Mitsuru Senda will be in attendance. Mr. Senda...More »

  • poster for "The Age of Crafts - Growing up with 'Science for Children'" Exhibition

    "The Age of Crafts - Growing up with 'Science for Children'" Exhibition

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    [4]
    • Media: Product - Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2008-03-05 - 2008-05-24

    "Science for Children" was first published in 1925 (Taisho 14), and continues to be one of Japan's best and longest running magazines. It has contributed to nurturing future scientists, serving as an early...More »

  • poster for Nobuaki Onishi Exhibition

    Nobuaki Onishi Exhibition

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    [1]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-03-03 - 2008-03-29

    This Kansai based ceramic artist is known for his life size resin representations of every day things and creatures. His works are characterized by his superb coloring technique. The difference between...More »

  • poster for Tomomi Tanaka "Ceramic Wall - Wavering Form"

    Tomomi Tanaka "Ceramic Wall - Wavering Form"

    [3] 
    [1]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-02-06 - 2008-03-04

    This artist's works comprise ten, even twenty densely overlapping ceramic layers attached to a frame by slip. The groups of thin ceramic fragments look as soft as flower petals or bird feathers at one...More »

  • poster for Ayaka Sugiyama "Invisible Book"

    Ayaka Sugiyama "Invisible Book"

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    [3]
    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2008-02-01 - 2008-02-28

    This is an installation using books. This artist uses actual books and takes actions such as rubbing parts off while reading the text or illuminating and hiding sentences traced in red and orange ink with...More »

  • poster for Makiko Hattori "Earth Expressions - Frill Ceramic"

    Makiko Hattori "Earth Expressions - Frill Ceramic"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2008-01-10 - 2008-02-02

    This artist's works are white or black oblong or disc-shaped 50cm-square ceramic objects completely covered with thousands of tiny frilly clay fragments, originally 1x3cm in size. The objects give off...More »

  • poster for Masumi Nakaoka "White Gaze"

    Masumi Nakaoka "White Gaze"

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    [1]
    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
    • 2008-01-08 - 2008-01-29

    This artist's 2D works are characterized by the sharp contrast between glossy white and vivid acrylic colors. The white canvas and white paint layered onto the canvas as a relief constitute a large portion...More »

  • poster for Minami Kodama "Hey! Hyou Hisago Gourd Ceramic Objects"

    Minami Kodama "Hey! Hyou Hisago Gourd Ceramic Objects"

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2007-12-07 - 2007-12-26

    This artist's works take the Japanese hyoutan gourd as the motif. Hyoutan have been loved by everyone as a decorative motif since ancient times, and has been used as a symbol for the Imperial family for...More »

  • poster for "Birdhouse - Houses that Beckon Birds" Exhibition

    "Birdhouse - Houses that Beckon Birds" Exhibition

    [5] 
    [2]
    • Media: Crafts - Other
    • 2007-12-03 - 2008-02-23

    "Birdhouses" are small houses for small birds. In the West, many people enjoy a lifestyle closely interacting with wild birds by placing a birdhouse or bird feeder in their gardens or yards. A birdhouse...More »

  • poster for Naoko Fukui "A Room with a Painting"

    Naoko Fukui "A Room with a Painting"

    [3] 
    [0]
    • Media: Painting - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2007-12-03 - 2007-12-26

    This is an installation encompassing the entire gallery space. A nested room has been created in the space, and every element from the plants to the furniture is a painting created by this artist. She...More »

  • poster for Daisuke Yamagishi "White Pot Silhouette, Arch of Flowers and Birds"

    Daisuke Yamagishi "White Pot Silhouette, Arch of Flowers and Birds"

    [4] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2007-11-06 - 2007-12-04

    Daisuke Yamagishi creates white ceramic objects based on the shape of pots. His unique shapes are thin, long, elegant and white like a swan or heron standing or the center of an orchid. Yamagishi is attracted...More »

  • poster for Migiwa Tanaka "Become Sky and Cloud"

    Migiwa Tanaka "Become Sky and Cloud"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2007-11-01 - 2007-11-28

    This award-winning artist has been attracting attention for her suibokuga ink paintings since graduating from Tokyo Geijutsu University. Her works depict natural landscapes in monochrome with simple abstract...More »

  • poster for Ai Hanazuka "Ceramics from the Festival of the Universe"

    Ai Hanazuka "Ceramics from the Festival of the Universe"

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2007-10-05 - 2007-11-01

    Bright, rainbow-colored cylinders will shoot out into the sky from amongst white ceramic mountains and cities. The lollipop-like color spectrum expresses rainbows, stars, the moon and the sun and has a...More »

  • poster for Fuku Fukumoto "Towards Translucence"

    Fuku Fukumoto "Towards Translucence"

    [3] 
    [0]
    • Media: Installation - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2007-10-01 - 2007-10-29

    This is an installation of white ceramic works. The beautiful white thinly stretched out forms are reminiscent of clouds, fog or pools of water. This artist has been critically acclaimed since winning...More »

  • poster for "Stones are Beautiful, Stones are Mysterious - Tsugaru Stones" Exhibition

    "Stones are Beautiful, Stones are Mysterious - Tsugaru Stones" Exhibition

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    [5]
    • Media: Photography - Other
    • 2007-09-06 - 2007-11-24

    The Tsugaru Region is frequently completely white, blanketed in snow. By contrast, an unexpected variety of patterns and colors on stones can also be found here. In fact this region is know to have produced...More »

  • poster for Satoko Fujikasa Exhibition

    Satoko Fujikasa Exhibition

    [5] 
    [2]
    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2007-09-04 - 2007-10-02

    Artist Talk: September 7th (Fri), 18:30-19:00 First come first serve. Free entry.More »

  • poster for Kouichi Sakao "Ginza Gift"

    Kouichi Sakao "Ginza Gift"

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Other - Installation - Art Talk
    • 2007-09-03 - 2007-09-26

    Artist Talk: September 3rd (Mon), 18:00-19:00More »

  • poster for Yuki Tawada Exhibition

    Yuki Tawada Exhibition

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2007-08-20 - 2007-08-30

    The "10days Selection Exhibition" is based on an open call for submissions and is held in INAX's Gallery 2. This year is the ninth year, and 2 artists were selected from the 150 submissions. This artist's...More »

  • poster for "Galeria Ceramica Summer: Bowls, Small Objects, Tools" Exhibition

    "Galeria Ceramica Summer: Bowls, Small Objects, Tools" Exhibition

    [3] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-08-07 - 2007-09-04

    This is the 11th "Galeria Ceramica Summer." Galeria Ceramica is known for its exhibitions that communicate one artist's message using the entire gallery space, but just for the month of August, artists...More »

  • poster for Daiichi Shichino "INAX Gallery Special Exhibition 10 Days Selection: The Shape of Signs 9"

    Daiichi Shichino "INAX Gallery Special Exhibition 10 Days Selection: The Shape of Signs 9"

    [6] 
    [0]
    • Media: Installation - Video installation - Art Talk
    • 2007-08-01 - 2007-08-10

    The 10 Days Selection Special Exhibition is INAX Gallery's second exhibition based on a open call for submissions, and this is the 9th version of it. 2 artists' works will be on show out of the 150 submitted. Shichino's...More »

  • poster for "Boathouse - Local Landscape and Form" Exhibition

    "Boathouse - Local Landscape and Form" Exhibition

    [5] 
    [1]
    • Media: Photography - Other
    • 2007-07-24 - 2007-08-13

    Boathouses have one use, to house boats, but their forms and shapes are diverse. Some are simple, and some are fancy enough to house people. A variety of anthropological details such as local climate,...More »

  • poster for Rina Hongo "Ceramic Reflections"

    Rina Hongo "Ceramic Reflections"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2007-07-02 - 2007-08-02

    This artist takes a base of clay mixed with newspaper and slurry, covers it with a silkscreen-printed cloth. and by baking it transfer the pattern from the silkscreen cloth onto the clay base. The result...More »

  • poster for Aeneas Wilder "Supergravity - Infinite Recycle Journey"

    Aeneas Wilder "Supergravity - Infinite Recycle Journey"

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    [6]
    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2007-07-02 - 2007-07-28

    This Scottish artist creates works using pieces of dismantled school buildings, carefully stacking them on top of one another without any adhesives. The largest of these works is 7m high and 11m wide....More »

  • poster for "52 Years of 'Shitsunai (Interiors)' - What Natsuhiko Yamamoto Left Behind" Exhibition

    "52 Years of 'Shitsunai (Interiors)' - What Natsuhiko Yamamoto Left Behind" Exhibition

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    [4]
    • Media: Graphics - Architecture - Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2007-06-18 - 2007-08-25

    "Shitsunai" is an interior magazine that columnist Natsuhiko Yamamoto started in 1955. This exhibition looks back through the magazine's 52-year history until it was discontinued in March 2006. The focus...More »

  • poster for Kaoru Minamino "Tou (Ceramics) Mechanical Composition"

    Kaoru Minamino "Tou (Ceramics) Mechanical Composition"

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-06-18 - 2007-06-30

    This artist uses ceramic and firing methods to create unique works that are reminiscent of objects made of metal such as large-scale industrial machines and bridges. This event is taking place at Galeria...More »

  • poster for Masaaki Nishi "Towards Great Sculpture"

    Masaaki Nishi "Towards Great Sculpture"

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    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2006-12-04 - 2007-01-20

    Nishi is a highly acclaimed sculptor who has been producing work since the 1970s, both at home and internationally. Last year, he held "Forms of the Sky, the Earth, and Memory" at the Museum of Modern...More »

  • poster for "String Figures Around the World" Exhibition

    "String Figures Around the World" Exhibition

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    [4]
    • Media: Other
    • 2006-12-01 - 2007-01-20

    It's not very well known that the game 'string figures' has a long history and is played all around the world. This exhibition explores the world that one piece of string can create by taking a look at...More »

  • poster for Tadayuki Shimada "Sculptures of Dogs, Ever-changing Dogs"

    Tadayuki Shimada "Sculptures of Dogs, Ever-changing Dogs"

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2006-11-01 - 2006-11-25

    For this exhibition, ten life-size aluminum dogs by Tadayuki Shimada will bright up the gallery entrance and space. Together with the apple tree made out of iron at the entrance, they create an idyllic...More »

  • poster for Tadayuki Shimada "Silver Dogs Hidden in the Forest"

    Tadayuki Shimada "Silver Dogs Hidden in the Forest"

    [2] 
    [1]
    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2006-11-01 - 2006-11-25
  • poster for Sook Kyung Zhang "Green Drawing"

    Sook Kyung Zhang "Green Drawing"

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    [2]
    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2006-10-02 - 2006-10-28

    This exhibition of of Sook Kyung Zhang's work consists of thirty canvasses of A3 size with ovals drawn on them in green oil pastel. They look like large trees that sway with the air-conditioning or the...More »

  • poster for Birth of Towers: Tachu Naito and a Tale of Three Towers

    Birth of Towers: Tachu Naito and a Tale of Three Towers

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    [3]
    • Media: Photography - Other
    • 2006-09-01 - 2006-11-18

    Since the beginning of time, people have built towers in search for a better view. As a place to look over town or as a landmark in its own right, towers are works of architecture that characterize the...More »

  • poster for Noriyasu Fukushima "Mind Garden"

    Noriyasu Fukushima "Mind Garden"

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    [1]
    • Media: Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2006-09-01 - 2006-09-27

    Noriyasu Fukushima has been a leading Japanese sculptor since the 1960s. He is reknown for his minimalistic, brighly-coloured geometric shapes that symbolize the climate of the times. In 1982, INAX Gallery...More »

  • Yui Usui Exhibition

    [1] 
    [0]
    • Media: Installation - Art Talk
    • 2006-08-19 - 2006-08-29

    Yui Usui creates installations with objects made from everyday things like empty cans and coils. For this exhibition, she will display a work on the theme of 'music classroom in an elementary school' using...More »

  • poster for Misa Narikiyo Exhibition

    Misa Narikiyo Exhibition

    [0] 
    [0]
    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2006-08-01 - 2006-08-11

    Misa Narikiyo's works look like Western masterpieces done in monotone pastel paints. If you look closely however, you'll see that she uses millions of tiny moths instead of regular lines and dots to create...More »

  • poster for Nanako Kawaguchi Exhibition

    Nanako Kawaguchi Exhibition

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Painting - Art Talk
    • 2006-07-03 - 2006-07-29

    This is Kyoto-based Nanako Kawaguchi's first solo exhibition. Kawaguchi's paintings are a vivid mix of pastel pinks, oranges and greens. She paints waterfalls, mountains, braids, young girls, and volcanoes. The...More »

  • poster for Tomoko Shioyasu "Blessing Wall"

    Tomoko Shioyasu "Blessing Wall"

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    [5]
    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2006-06-01 - 2006-06-29

    There will be an artist's talk on June 1st, 18:00~19:00.More »

  • poster for Ceramic Variant

    Ceramic Variant

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    [0]
    • Media: Installation - Crafts - Ceramics - Art Talk
    • 2006-05-01 - 2006-05-29

    Toshiharu Yoshimura creates installations using ceramics and metal to answer his paradoxical questions towards the perceptions of raw material. As a result, the borderline between those materials and the...More »

  • poster for Akira Shuto "Sculpture, Movement, Body"

    Akira Shuto "Sculpture, Movement, Body"

    [2] 
    [0]
    • Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
    • 2006-04-03 - 2006-04-26

    Hokkaido-born Akira Shuto is a sculptor in his 30s, who has exhibited mainly in Aomori. This is his first solo exhibition in Tokyo. The theme of this exhibition is an ancient memory that is common to...More »

  • poster for Suzuki Tamotsu Exhibition

    Suzuki Tamotsu Exhibition

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    [0]
    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-03-03 - 2006-04-03

    Suzuki's "thoughts in spring" are branches made of white clay with a few leaves about to sprout. However, the branches are dried up, and the leaves are black, carbonized. Springtime is filled with greens...More »

  • poster for Sumiko Kai "Plant Shoes"

    Sumiko Kai "Plant Shoes"

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    [1]
    • Media: Fashion
    • 2006-03-01 - 2006-03-29

    Kai's works consist of photographs of shoes made out of flowers. This exhibition will show shoes made out of mimosas, cherry blossoms, horse chestnuts, dandelions, acacias and hydrangeas, all in full bloom,...More »

  • poster for Replicas: Reproduction is Realization

    Replicas: Reproduction is Realization

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-03-01 - 2006-05-20

    Bronze bells, clay figures, Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures, and picture scrolls can now be reproduced using various materials and techniques. Following detailed investigations and repeated experimentation,...More »

  • poster for Taku Suzuki Exhibition

    Taku Suzuki Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-02-03 - 2006-02-28

    Suzuki's works are simple yet appealing. The dark-red rusted ceramic objects give the impression of being made out of steel. They are stretching out in the space like birds' wings or a big flower bud about...More »

  • poster for Yuka Yamamoto "The Birds of the Ground"

    Yuka Yamamoto "The Birds of the Ground"

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    • Media: Installation
    • 2006-02-01 - 2006-02-25

    A unique installation exhibition by 26 year old Yuka Yamato. Yamato begins often begins her works by drawing random lines or shapes with watercolors or pencils. They then start a life of their own, rising...More »

  • poster for Nami Kawakami Exhibition

    Nami Kawakami Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2006-01-06 - 2006-01-31

    Kawakami's sculpture work of 'moving' human figures have been pretty popular in the Kansai area since his graduation 9 years ago. This is his first solo show in Tokyo and he is hoping to wow you with his...More »

  • poster for Yasufumi Takahashi Exhibition

    Yasufumi Takahashi Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture
    • 2006-01-05 - 2006-01-28

    Yasufumi Takahashi is a sculptor since the 1980s, and has been working in Japan, France, Canada, and the US. In 1995, he started playing with the theme of "body and world" and his creations are now voluminous...More »

  • poster for Hiromi Kato Exhibition

    Hiromi Kato Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2005-12-06 - 2005-12-26
  • poster for Yasuaki Onishi "Breathing Star Cloud"

    Yasuaki Onishi "Breathing Star Cloud"

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    • Media: Installation
    • 2005-12-01 - 2005-12-24
  • poster for  Prof.Hida's Naniwalogy : alternative studies on life and culture in Naniwa,Osaka

    Prof.Hida's Naniwalogy : alternative studies on life and culture in Naniwa,Osaka

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    • Media: Prints - Other
    • 2005-12-01 - 2006-02-18

    Prof. Hida dresses up in traditional kimono wherever he goes. He embodies the pure Osaka style with his clothes and his words. In this exhibition, he will present the many bits of information he collected...More »

  • poster for Mai Yamada Exhibition "Cubic Wall"

    Mai Yamada Exhibition "Cubic Wall"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2005-11-08 - 2005-12-01

    Mai Yamada made a beautiful 80cmx300cm geometrical wall with cubes made out of white clay. Each cube has concaved surfaces and if air were being sucked in. When a few hundred cubes are displayed together,...More »

  • poster for Nobuaki Date Exhibition "Ukulele Plan"

    Nobuaki Date Exhibition "Ukulele Plan"

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    • Media: Product
    • 2005-11-01 - 2005-11-28

    Nobuaki Date made a Ukulele with parts of a torn-down building. Usually, people hope to keep a small bit of the building for their memory, but why did Date think of making an instrument? A Ukulele is...More »

  • poster for Isshiki Chitose Exhibition "Shapes of Crystals"

    Isshiki Chitose Exhibition "Shapes of Crystals"

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2005-10-07 - 2005-11-07

    Isshiki's work is imposing and is made to hang from a wall, just like ornaments in modern architecture buildings. The works have very dynamic shapes with some shaped like grapes and flowers. The clay is...More »

  • poster for Building Your Own Home : Celebrating the Spirit of Self-Builders

    Building Your Own Home : Celebrating the Spirit of Self-Builders

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    • Media: Architecture
    • 2005-09-01 - 2005-11-19

    Most people usually rent or buy their house, a huge investment in one's life. However, some people are not satisfied with "ready-made" homes, and decide to make their own. This exhibition celebrates the...More »

  • poster for Chika Kato

    Chika Kato

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    • Media: Video installation
    • 2005-08-19 - 2005-08-29

    Visitors are invited to stand in front of a river flowing outside the gallery, a stream that flows on the wall of the gallery, people rowing a boat... They are made to feel as if they were standing in...More »

  • poster for Hitoshi Kuriyama

    Hitoshi Kuriyama

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    • Media: Installation
    • 2005-08-01 - 2005-08-10

    Every August, the museum exhibits "The Foretaste of Forms." Exhibited in the first half of the month is the installation by Kuriyama. Using neon lights and sounds, Kuriyama expresses the surprize and fear...More »

  • poster for Motoyuki Shitamichi

    Motoyuki Shitamichi

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-07-01 - 2005-07-27

    Motoyuki Shitamichi is a photographer born in 1978. A 6-storey concrete ruin standing in the middle of a field, a deteriorating building on a coast, with a single sliver of a window, a large concrete bow-shaped...More »

  • poster for Visit to Mud Walls : Historical Landscape of Yamanobe-no-michi Path in Nara

    Visit to Mud Walls : Historical Landscape of Yamanobe-no-michi Path in Nara

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    • Media: Architecture
    • 2005-06-01 - 2005-08-20

    Long ago, shacks with walls made of mud balls and layers of earth were found in many parts of Japan. They would be near fields, on the side of main buildings, or on the street in a village. Of simple making,...More »

  • poster for The Carpentry of Karakuwa: The Gifts From The Sea And The Forest - Closing Party

    The Carpentry of Karakuwa: The Gifts From The Sea And The Forest - Closing Party

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    • Media: Architecture - Art Party - Art Talk
    • 2005-05-21 - 2005-05-21

    Master Iwabuchi's ship "Karakuwa-Maru", made especially for this exhibition, will be returning to Karakuwa on the 21st of May. From 4pm, we will hold a closing party, where the master himself will initiate...More »

  • poster for The Carpentry of Karakuwa: The Gifts From The Sea And The Forest

    The Carpentry of Karakuwa: The Gifts From The Sea And The Forest

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    • Media: Architecture - Crafts
    • 2005-03-01 - 2005-05-21

    Karakuwa Peninsula, located in the most Northeastern part of Miyagi Prefecture, is surrounded by sea and forest. With mountains renowned for bearing fine wood in its backdrop, homebuilding and shipbuilding...More »

  • poster for Takenori Miyamoto "Me and My Kaleidoscope"

    Takenori Miyamoto "Me and My Kaleidoscope"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-02-01 - 2005-02-26

    A photography exhibition, in which paired works are displayed as if they are mirror images. In the series "Anonymous", students at Thai Japanese Association School are photographed in pairs, dressed in...More »

  • poster for Hungarian Architectural Tiles - The Allure of the Zsolnay Factory

    Hungarian Architectural Tiles - The Allure of the Zsolnay Factory

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    • Media: Architecture - Ceramics - Product
    • 2005-01-06 - 2005-02-19

    An exhibition featuring ceramic tiles produced at the Zsolnay family kiln in the ancient town of Pécs in southern Hungary. These tiles, heat-resistant, colorful and shiny, are ideal for architecture,...More »

  • Sachiyo Tsurumi Exhibition "Shape of the Retina"

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    • Media: Photography - Installation
    • 2004-12-01 - 2004-12-21

    The artist Sachiyo Tsurumi creates installation work of "the home" -- matching wallpaper and carpeting, sofa arranged as though it is in a private home, the artist's own photographs gracing the walls,...More »

  • poster for Wind and Architecture

    Wind and Architecture

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    • Media: Architecture
    • 2004-11-26 - 2004-12-18

    An exhibition exploring the relationship between wind and habitat, through Japan's climate and cultural history. More »

  • poster for Yasuyoshi Botan Exhibition

    Yasuyoshi Botan Exhibition

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    [0]
    • Media: Painting - Installation
    • 2004-10-01 - 2004-10-27

    In his work, the artist incorporates the space in which his paintings are placed. This exhibition will feature paintings by the artist Yasuyoshi Botan, which, for the the first time, employ thin ink color...More »

  • poster for Miniature Architecture : amazing world of amateurism

    Miniature Architecture : amazing world of amateurism

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    [0]
    • Media: Architecture
    • 2004-09-01 - 2004-11-20

    An exhibition of architectural and cityscape models.More »

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