Switch Point - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Switch Point. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Motohiro Tomii “Movement”
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Saiko Kimura + Yuichiro Matsunaga “1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Months”
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Aya Momose “Born to Die”
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
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Eriko Suzuki “Three Worlds/Barricade”
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Akiko Kinugawa Exhibition
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Ryohei Kan “Cube with Eye”
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Yuichiro Matsunaga “Little Hide-and-Seek”
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Takashi Sakurai + Shintaro Matsuo “Probe”
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Hideyo Otsuki “Weather Reports”
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Jumbo Suzuki “If You Build It, He Will Come.”
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Midori Yoshihara “Sugar”
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Yuri Tsuyuki “Balls and Rugs”
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Shinichiro Kano “Jump Over the Flagpole”
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Tomokichi Miyashita “Switch Point”
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Sayuri Miyashita “Where Will You Go?
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Michiko Fujita “Until the Ice Melts”
The release of Michiko Fujita’s first photo book by the same title coincides with this exhibition. More »
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Tomoyuki Miyamoto “Red”
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Sachi Hasegawa “Multipass”
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Toshihiko Ibe + Yumiko Otomasu “Dragon Scales”
[Related Event] Public Reading Date and Time: 7/7 17:00- Fee: ¥500More »
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Yu Okawa “Paintings of a Strange Kingdom”
[Event] Talk “Holes and Art” Speakers: Yu Okawa and architect Motoji Wada Date: June 2 (Sat) 17:00 In Japanese. Please see the official website for details.More »
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Mariko Mukumoto “In the Park”
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Akiko Suso + Takashi Yamauchi “Jomon Pottery at Switch Point?”
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Takuma Ishikawa + Yumiko Tada “To Grasp a Cloud”
Yumiko Tada: Jan. 18–Jan. 26 Takuma Ishikawa: Jan. 27–Feb. 3More »
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Kana Matsumoto Exhibition
Exhibition organized specially for the festive season.More »
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Chiaki Haibara “Rewoven Constellations”
Art critic Ryo Katsumata curates this exhibition Chiaki Haibara.More »
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Saiko Kimura “New Season”
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Yumi Iwasaki “At night”
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Jun Ogiso + Reika Tsutsui Exhibition
[Related Event] Record Night Event Date: Sep. 9 (Sat) 15:00-19:00More »
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Natsuka Endo “A little over that way”
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Miyuki Akiyama + Takehiko Hoshino “Valley / Spitting Image”
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Daichi Takagi “Pattern, Quiet, Repeat, Simple”
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Reiko Kinoshita Exhibition
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Kenji Inoue “Beans Celebration”
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Shinichiro Koromo ”Town”
Shinichiro Koromo does not create his paintings of mountains, fields, and towns with still-life and sculptural elements to replicate these landscapes, but to piece together the scenes and components he...More »
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Aya Momose “To Cuddle a Goat, a Poor Grammar Exercise”
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Katsuya Kohari Exhibition
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Yutaka Watanabe “The Good Old Thing is New Forever”
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Shunnsuke Suzuki Exhibition
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Hiroshi Koma Exhibition
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Yusuke Mitsufuji “Transparency”
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Nanako Orima “Cocuu…”
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Light House Vol.10 Hidetaka Suzuki Exhibition
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Ryousuke Ogino “Kokoten”
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Mizue Ogiso “Phantom Thief of Nature”
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Takuro Tamayama “I Want to Tell You How Match I Love”
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Yuki Harada “Juxtaposition”
An exhibition of work to celebrate the publication of Yuki Harada’s “Lighthouse vol. 9” catalogue with essays from 11 contributing writers and photography by Ken Kato.More »
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Yuichiro Matsunaga Exhibition
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Mitsuru Asano “Mukau”
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Kao Terada “Amalgam”
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Kanae Takeuchi “Opened Room”
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Masanori Murano Exhibition
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Miyuki Akiyama “On the Table, Banana”
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Midori Yoshihara “Reasons for Skirts”
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Yoshitaka Nanjo “Mountain Tops”
Yoshitaka Nanjo takes up the motifs of 5 great mountains of Japan: Mount Fuji, Kitadake, Mt. Hotaka, Ainodake and Yarigatake and renders them in acrylic with atmospheric spirit, unveiling the prospect...More »
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“Lighthouse vol.9 - Yuki Harada”
A group exhibition of artists from the Switch Point collection, brought together without curation, editing or selection.More »
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Michiko Tsuda “Room Design”
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Eri Takayanagi Exhibition
The solo exhibition of Eri Takayanagi, an artist who delicately manipulates the objects of everyday life into works of art.More »
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Yoichi Sano Exhibition
Yoichi Sano continues in his capturing of light through the primitive form of a pin hole camera transforming our vision of the world around us.More »
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Hiroyuki Abe “Well, to a Certain Degree”
Hiroyuki Abe is an artist developing sculptural and photographic works based upon collated data such as the weather forecast.More »
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Tadasuke Go “Plenty of Sun”
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Yuichiro Matsunaga “Flowers and Birds”
Switch Point’s seventh exhibition for Yuichiro Matsunaga, who has been carving small wooden statues in recent years. More »
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Ko Suzuki “Using the Margins”
In his third solo show at Switch Point, Ko Suzuki presents works that make free and rich use of images by inverting them. These ten oil paintings and four drawings deconstruct images of buildings, guns,...More »
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Kouichiro Yoshio Exhibition
An exhibition of humorous sculpture from Kouichiro Yoshio.More »
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Miwa Matsumoto “Different Years”
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Shinichi Araki “Notes on the Sky and Wind”
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Masayuki Inagaki “Water Vein”
A solo show for Masayuki Inagaki, who creates landscapes and other paintings based on sketches.More »
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Koki Miwa “The Other Side of the Creator”
Continuing to build up images through a combination of wooden sculpture with motifs of the everyday Koki Miwa presents his 5th solo exhibition at Switch Point.More »
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Kenji Sano “Far From the Moon”
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“Lighthouse Vol. 8 - Kokubunji Mistress K”
Takashi Ishizaki (Curator of Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art) takes up this year’s Lighthouse project under the title of “Kokubunji Mistress K” held in tandem with Nagoya’s See Saw Gallery + Cafe “The...More »
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Motohiro Tomii “Straight Lines and Circumferences”
Motohiro Tomii has held a solo show at Switch Point every year for ten years, and this time is his last. Sculptures made from binders are on display.More »
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Fuminao Suenaga “The Corner of the Eye”
A series of paintings based on the google image search results for the artist’s own name, along with 3D work referencing product packaging, picking up on a visual presence which we unconsciously encounter...More »
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Saiko Kimura “Circulating Rhythm”
[Image: Saiko Kimura]More »
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Yujiro Miyazaki “The Cat, the Ladle and Mt. Fuji”
Presenting the solo exhibition of Yujiro Miyazaki, who continues to create bold montage works influenced from the landscape paintings found in public baths. More »
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Mariko Arai + Daisuke Takahashi + Kenichi Temmoto “Picture of 3”
[Image: Mariko Arai 2011, acrylic on canvas 80.3×100cm]More »
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Aya Momose “Home Video”
Aya Momose presents a body of work which draws upon fragments of film in exploration of the space between emotion and form. [Related Event] Aya Momose - Screening of former work Date: 24th June(Mon)...More »
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Naoko Takino Exhibition
Works that highlight the unique characteristics of woodblock lithography. [Image: Naoko Takino]More »
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Yumiko Naito "Ωα: The End And The Beginning"
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Yuichiro Matsunaga "Little Story"
The artist's sixth exhibition at the gallery features plants, cats and other motifs familiar from daily life.More »
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Ari Okubo "17 Reasons for Putting Stone in Bread"
Bread with stones in it will be baked and given out daily.More »
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Shunsuke Suzuki Exhibition
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"More beautiful than when you came" Exhibition
Part of the Lighthouse series of exhibitions, curated by Hajime Nariai, curator at Tokyo Station Gallery.More »
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Ayako Kimura Exhibition
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Motohiro Tomii "Clothes"
On display are works from this year that make use of clothing.More »
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Hiroyuki Tanaka "This is how I feel about architecture"
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Sachiko Hasegawa "broom"
First solo show of stone sculptures by Sachiko Hasegawa.More »
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
On display are new drawings of people just before they fall asleep.More »
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Toshiro Baba "Portrait of the Heavens & Humans."
The sculptor's first solo exhibition since 2004 focuses on motifs of human figures.More »
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Akira Takaishi + Shigeru Toya ”Painting as Poly-Morphology”
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Kao Terada "detachment"
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Yuichiro Matsunaga "Sound of Thoughts"
Illustrations of plants, cats, houses and other everyday motifs. [Image: Yuichiro Matsunaga, "Sound of Thoughts" (2012)]More »
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Toshiaki Miura "a scene"
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Masayuki Inagaki "Landscapes"
Solo show of landscapes by painter whose works are based on sketches that he makes himself.More »
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Koki Miwa "Scenery"
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Shiho Kagabu "Dancing Moons"
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Naoko Funaki Exhibition
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Takuro Kotaka + Hajime Nariai + Satoshi Hashimoto "lighthouse Vol. 6"
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Takayoshi Tsuchiya "Field Running"
On display is a new installation made out of 4 programmed images that demonstrate Tsuchiya's deft touch with everyday objects.More »
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Motohiro Tomii "taking bump"
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Kazuhito Ebisawa Exhibition
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Minoru Inoue Exhibition
Solo show featuring paintings of roadside flowers and plants rendered in pale colors.More »
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Soichiro Fukai "Animal Studies"
Soichiro Fukai's exhibition features figurative sculptures that explore the possibilities of pottery techniques.More »
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Tadasuke Go Exhibition
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"Seto Tote Bag" Exhibition
On display are tote bags by design label Seto, run by a husband and wife team.More »
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Hiroki Satake + Kenji Suzuki "Descriptive Graphics"
7th in a series of exhibitions commemorating Switch Point's 10th anniversary, featuring prints by Hiroki Satake and paintings by Kenji Suzuki.More »
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"Happy Days" Exhibition
Curated by Nobuhiko Haijima.More »
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Akiko Minowa Exhibition
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Nobuhiko Haijima + Saiko Kimura Exhibition
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10th Anniversary 2 Person Exhibition "nakaban + Yuichiro Matsunaga + Hisako Takino"
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Masayuki Inagaki + Miwa Matsumoto Exhibition
Features the work of two artists: Masayuki Inagaki produces pictures based on drawings born out of landscapes and daily life, and Miwa Matsumoto who creates works with lines derived from unique filtering...More »
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Yoichi Sano + Takayoshi Tsuchiya "10th Anniversary Exhibition: Graph Paper and Greenhouse"
Two-man exhibition by Yoichi Sano, who works with a pinhole camera, and Takayoshi Tsuchiya, who creates work using existing objects like digital devices and Macs.More »
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Shinichi Araki + Midori Yoshihara "10th Anniversary 2 Person Exhibition"
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Motohiro Tomii + Fuminao Suenaga "10th Anniversary 2 Person Exhibition"
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F/style "2001-2011 F/style"
Both F/style and Switch Point are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. This exhibition introduces viewers to 10 years of work by F/style, made up of two designers who were born in Niigata.More »
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Sumiyo Ito "Girls Generation"
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Daisuke Takahashi "100 Layers"
Second solo show by Daisuke Takahashi at Switch Point, featuring works reminiscent of the action painting movement of the 1950s.More »
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Yuichi Enomoto "Pedestal/Calyx"
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Emi Sekiguchi "After a Long Silence"
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Tomomi Nishimura "Human Theory of Photography 1"
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"Lighthouse Vol. 5" Exhibition
This exhibition showcases 3 artists who make considerable use of existing objects and images in their work.More »
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Ryusuke Nakano "Blank"
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Emiko Ichiba "Lilting Forest"
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Keisuke Kinoshita Exhibition
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Mayumi Noguchi Exhibition
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Misaki Machino "Soft Mirror"
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Sayaka Nakano Exhibition
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Ryoji Koichi "Atatameru Hito"
Please bring a rag.More »
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Ayako Kimura "Nice Season"
Solo show by Ayako Kimura featuring oil paintings based on photos of landscapes and wild flowers that make striking use of empty space.More »
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Hisako Takino Exhibition
Solo exhibition of works by woodblock lithograph printmaker Hisako Takino.More »
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Saeko Kuwana "My Phylogenetic Tree"
This solo show by Saeko Kuwana features sculptures that represent "fragments from nowhere" - a legacy of the collapsing of boundaries and loss of traditional attributes that define contemporary sculpture....More »
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Nakaban "Unsophisticated"
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Tomoya Oishi Exhibition
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
6th solo exhibition by Shinichi Araki, featuring works that seem to have taken on a life of their own and started to move while you were asleep.More »
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"New Japanese Painting" Exhibition
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Taro Morimoto "Medium/Medium and Moderation"
First solo show at Switch Point by painter Taro Morimoto, who creates works based on images obtained from advertisements and flyers that have been processed into data using image editing software.More »
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Koki Miwa "Sculpture and Stone"
Koki Miwa typically begins planning and creating work for his shows by taking familiar objects around him as motifs for his wooden carvings and sculptures. The process of actually sculpting is like a mise-en-place...More »
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Yuichiro Matsunaga Exhibition
Matsunaga's 4th solo exhibition at Switch Point featuring paintings of familiar motifs like plants and cats.More »
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Miyuki Inada Exhibition
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Keiichi Ueno "Face/Surface/Interface vol.2 Fabrication"
Paintings by Keiichi Ueno, an artist who has been working since the 1980s.More »
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Yoichi Sano Workshop "Light Box, Kokubunji Sun"
Workshop by pinhole camera photographer Yoichi Sano, focusing on how to make your own pinhole camera and taking pictures in the area around Switch Point. Participants will then develop and print their...More »
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Shiho Kagabu Exhibition
The second installment in this series of exhibitions on "Sculpture, a fragment in the place that there is nowhere", is a solo show by Shiho Kagabu. Contemporary art has been witnessing a scattering and...More »
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Motohiro Tomii Exhibition
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Emiko Nakayama Exhibition
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Masayuki Inagaki "Fishing Alone"
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"The Art of Hope" Exhibition
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Megumi Sekiguchi "God Bless #05/Glow, Glance, Grow"
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Toshiaki Miura Exhibition
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Kenji Suzuki "Non-Transparent Grids and Shapes that Produce Other Shapes"
This is Kenji Suzuki's third solo exhibition at Switch Point, featuring contemporary abstract paintings that push the possibilities of the genre. Suzuki makes drafts for his paintings on graph paper,...More »
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Tsubame Books Release Exhibition
The art book "Tsubame Books" will be published by Tsubame Print Workshop this August. Made using giclee print, this high quality art book enables reproductions that are extremely close to the color and...More »
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Fumika Inoue "The Usual Path"
First solo exhibition of oil paintings by illustrator Fumika Inoue. Inoue is known for her distinctive illustration work, with its simplified details that resemble kiri-e (paper cuts). These paintings...More »
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Haruka Fujibayashi Exhibition
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Takayoshi Tsuchiya "Minor Change"
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Ko Suzuki "Mountains and Valleys"
This is Ko Suzuki's second solo exhibition at Switch Point. Suzuki created video installations early in his career, but shifted to painting in 2005. He paints landscapes overflowing with various motifs,...More »
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Maiko Ushio "Land of the Gods - Japan"
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
Araki breathes new life into the objects that surround us - rolled-up origami pieces with balsa wood - transforming them into another world. This solo exhibition portrays an entire drawing-like space without...More »
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Sumiyo Ito "Secret"
The first installment in the exhibition series "Sculpture, a fragment in the place that there is nowhere" features the work of Sumiyo Ito. Contemporary art production today has seen the dispersal of previously...More »
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Yuichiro Matsunaga Exhibition
Much-anticipated third solo exhibition by artist who depicts everyday and familiar landscapes and sensations on rectangular canvases.More »
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Kenichi Tenmoto Exhibition
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Minoru Inoue Exhibition
More than the actual painting, the prospect of a canvas and what already lies on it is a greater source of constraint for the artist than he ever expected. Setting out determined to write a twenty page...More »
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Workshop Week Reiko Motohara
A workshop by ceramicist Reiko Motohara. After learning the basics by making small works, participants make a piece to be exhibited at the "Feelings in 100g" exhibition. Works will be glazed and fired,...More »
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Workshop Week Hiroki Satake
Let's take pictures of your friends, and decorate them with cute flower patterns! Finished works will be displayed at the gallery.More »
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Tatsuya Mizoguchi Exhibition
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Saiko Kimura Exhibition
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Koki Miwa Exhibition
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Fuminao Suenaga Exhibition
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Kazumi Tanzawa "Gips"
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Nanao Exhibition
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Daisuke Tomii Exhibition
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Haruka Fujibayashi Exhibition
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Kosaku Tanabe Exhibition
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Kenji Miki "Please don't ask about the meaning."
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Hiroki Satake "Greeting Flower"
Workshop: July 5th (Sat) 12:30-15:30 (auditing allowed) More »
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Midori Yoshihara "Mixed Nuts"
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Takeshi Shiokawa "Metapher"
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Shinsaku Nagayama Exhibition
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
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Emiko Nakayama Exhibition
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Yuko Kobayashi Exhibition
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Kaori Yamasaki + Tetsuji Asaoka Exhibition
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Hiroaki Kato + Toshio Baba "Turning Point"
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Masatada Kagetsu "Apple Competition '08"
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Naoto Kashiwagi + Aya Nakano Exhibition
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Yuichiro Matsunaga Exhibition
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Tomomi Nishimura Exhibition
Film screenings January 19th (Sat), 17:00- "Brother's Room" DV40min January 26th (Sat), 17:00- "Kiku Project" DV50min Closing Performance January 26th (Sat), 13:00- More »
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Fuminao Suenaga + Motohiro Tomii Exhibition
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Chisato Tomokiyo Exhibition
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Ayako Kimura Exhibition
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Katsunori Abiru + Koemon Enokido Exhibition
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Ayako Tamura "Sea Note Sound of Sand"
Works on display: -b/w fine original prints from negative films -15 silver gelatin prints -1 ink jet printMore »
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Hisako Takino Exhibition
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Motoko Ohta Exhibition
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Kazuhito Ebisawa Exhibition
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Takaya Tsuchiya Exhibition
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Motohiko Nagasaka Exhibition
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Midori Yoshihara Exhibition
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Kou Suzuki Exhibition
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Miwa Matsumoto Exhibition
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Mizushirazu "Jowlo"
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Shoko Ono "Living Surface"
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Yoh Ajiki "Beyond the Forest"
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Motohiro Tomii "Circle and Square"
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Haruka Fujibayashi Exhibition
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Misa Yoshizawa Exhibition
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Maki Maruyama + Kaji Izuno Exhibition
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Kei Nagata "Part-time God"
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Kenji Suzuki "Circle Pieces Color Circuit"
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Fumie Chiba "Lingering Stuffed Animals Don't Chat"
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Miho Kudo "Wallpaper"
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Yoshitaka Nanjo "Tokyo Bay"
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
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Yoichi Sano "Vessel"
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Miri Teramoto Exhibition
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Reiko Saito "For You"
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Keiichi Ueno "Containers and Waterways"
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Bruno Munari "100-1"
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Satoko Asahi "Garden with a Fountain"
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Minoru Inoue Exhibition
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Motohiro Tomii "Meeting All Over Again"
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Hirotaka Miwa Exhibition
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Makoto Maruyama Exhibition
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Kenjyu Miura "Sweet Systems"
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Takako Ohya "Landscape"
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Fumitaka Suenaga "Standard"
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Takehito Shiina "Starring You"
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Masatada Kazuki "Memory"
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Tomoko Suzuki "Rain Through the Long Night"
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Ayaka Inoue "Skies of Lemon Soda"
Opening Party: July 21st, 18:00-More »
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Hiroki Murota "Layered Trace / Part Surface"
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Takeshi Sato "Silence"
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Miki Nakayama Exhibition
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1st Shape
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Second Block on Main Street Exhibition
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Mitsui Yasushi "Landscapes of K City"
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Mizue Ogiso "It moves but by inches"
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Shinichi Araki Exhibition
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With the Four Seasons
There will be a music performance by asuna on April 22nd 17:30-.More »
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One Day Exhibition for 5th Anniversary
A party to celebrate the 5th anniversary of switch point's opening. Switch point collection will also be exhibited on this day. *Food/drinks welcome*More »
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Fukurock Exhibition
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Hideshi Abe "Past The Distance"
On display are Abe's drawings of animals with eccentric and psychedelic colors and patterns.More »
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Roots and Route
This exhibition is an opportunity to discover the many facets of Miyamoto. There will be portraits of immigrants in the Paris subway, new paintings on silk screens, and a participation-style installation...More »
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Blend: Shall We Have a Short Break?
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Megumi Sekiguchi "God Bless #03 Exit"
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Yuko Ochiai "Transfer"
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Light House Vol.2 - Peaceful in a Landscape
Individualy, Kenichi Amamoto and Yuko Yamamoto's works have little in common. However, place them together in the same room and they will bring up some sweet forgotten memories.More »
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Eternal Dreaming "In Every Moment I Feel Eternity"
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Teraji Exhibition
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Satoko Asahi Exhibition "Focal Length"
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Mountain Street
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Yuji Takaki Exhibition "Memories"
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Two Artists: Turning Point
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Herb Lubalin Exhibition
Herb Lubalin led the avant-garde graphic design scene from the 1950s to 70s. This exhibition reviews his work through book cover designs and printed materials from the International Typeface Corporation...More »
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tawamure
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Kenji Miki: Satnding Firm
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Miho Kudoh: Hole
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Elephant Landscape
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Daisuke Tomii: As Usual
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Toshihiko Ibe - Pasuteru Yorobohu
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Paintings by Teruhisa Toyoguchi
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Akiko Yamamoto: Short Cut
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Tohru Nakazaki: "Not That Way!"
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Rie Mitsumizo: In Between the Rain
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Seiji Kumagai: Filled / White
Photographer Seiji Kumagai is near-sighted and astigmatic. If he doesn't wear glasses, everything appears blurred. The photographs in this exhibition are close to what he sees without glasses. This series...More »
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s p a c e s p e e d
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Tetsuya Chiba: Chronicle
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Miwa Matsumoto: Fuse
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God Bless #01
Encroachment or memo by drawing, photography, and videoMore »
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on the switch by Kenji Suzuki
Exhibition by Japanese Artist.More »