Art Works Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Art Works Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Michiyo Yamaguchi Exhibition
Solo exhibition by Michiyo Yamaguchi, a metalsmith artist now living and working in Kasama city. This exhibition focuses mainly on stools (art objects), as well as works that probe the suppleness of their (...)
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Okitsugu Komatsu Exhibition
Solo exhibition by Okitsugu Komatsu, a painter living in Hitachi city. Currently active as a member of the Ibaraki Prefecture Art Exhibition Committee, and jury member in the Japan Artist Alliance. This (...)
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Orisue Exhibition
Collaborative exhibition between Yokohama-based dye artist Tomoko Tanaka and five ceramic artists in the Bizen and Tanba styles. Tanaka began creating dyed works that would complement and enhance the aesthetic (...)
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Akira Terakado "In the Light"
Solo exhibition by painter Akira Terakado. In recent years he has used yellow as a base color to create picture surfaces with blue and pink accents in a unique, light and abstract style. This exhibition (...)
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"Ninkimono no Apato" Exhibition
Group exhibition by college and graduate students in Ibaraki.
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Masami Kobayashi Exhibition
Solo exhibition by Masami Kobayashi, a Hokkaido-born ceramicist who now lives and works in Kasama City. As a member of the Japan Contemporary Craft Artist Association, the Ibaraki Craft Association and (...)
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Masanori Togawa Exhibition
Solo exhibition by painter Masanori Togawa. Togawa's colorful canvases include words drawn onto their surfaces and give an initial impression of daring and extravagance. In fact, these are carefully and (...)
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Shinobu Yukishita "Drops of Light"
This is Yukishita's first solo exhibition in Mito. She was born in Ibaraki prefecture and studied printmaking at Nagoya University of the Arts. Yukishita makes work themed after the light that filters (...)
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Mie Nemoto Exhibition
Series of gallery exhibitions emphasizing the introduction of artists to the public. This 13th edition of the exhibition features Mie Nemoto, an artist born in Ibaraki prefecture who studied nihonga painting (...)
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"Moksha 2008" Exhibition
Moksha is an exhibition by a group of artist who graduated from the department of education at Ibaraki University who have been creating art since 1988, while still at school, in the suburbs around Mito. (...)
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Sprout V Exhibition
5th edition of an exhibition held at the gallery started to offer opportunities and support to young artists to exhibit their work. One component of the Art Works prize is the chance for the winner to (...)
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"Shirtsgenic" Exhibition
T-shirts produced in collaboration with contemporary artists. A temporary T-shirt shop, Shirtsgenic, will be set up for a limited period in the gallery. This is the 4th edition of the exhibition, with (...)
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Kaoruko Omori Exhibition
Solo exhibition by Kaoruko Omori, who studied printmaking at Tama Art University and now lives and works in Moriya as a printmaker, exhibiting mainly in Tokyo. This is her first solo exhibition to be held (...)
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"Rainy Days Vol. 3" Exhibition
This is the 3rd edition of the "Rainy Days" exhibition featuring works - on display and for sale - hanging from the ceiling that are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. This group exhibition (...)
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Nobuaki Yamanaka "Melting Point"
Solo exhibition of new works by Nobuaki Yamanaka, an artist living in Tsukuba City. An active participant in solo and group shows abroad, Yamanaka is also a member of the Nikakai group. His mixed media (...)
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"Miniature" Exhibition
Third installment of this exhibition that was also held in 2004 and 2005. 133 artists of all ages and in all media united by the miniature dimensions of their work - under 40 square centimeters for 2D (...)
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Masui Shinoda Exhibition
Watercolor paintings of plants rendered in exquisite detail by Masui Shinoda, an artist active in the Koufukai. Around 40 works will be on display and for sale.
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Aya Koguchi "To Blossom"
This exhibition is held as part of the extra prize in 2007's "Sprout" exhibition. The recipient of this extra award is Aya Koguchi, who graduated in art education from the education research department (...)
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"Artless Art" Exhibition
Artworks were loaned out to high school students in order for them to display them at their homes over a period of 10 days. The students recorded their thoughts on living together with the works by writing (...)
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"39th Kaido-sha Sculpture Exhibition"
This exhibition showcases representational sculptures by members of Kaido-sha which was established in 1950 and organized by Seiji Noshima. Works include figurative sculptures, bronze and plaster works, (...)
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Shuntaro Tanigawa + Mieko Matsumoto "Ikiru"
Celebrating the publication of photography book "Ikiru" meaning "to live" in Japanese, this exhibition presents about 50 original prints by the photographer Mieko Matsumoto. These photographs accompany (...)
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Yoichi Katoki Exhibition
This artist is a member of Ibaraki Design Association and has exhibited at large group shows. In this exhibition, he presents about 15 clay relief sculptures made of paper clay colored with acrylic, and (...)
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Jun Yanagibashi Exhibition
Yun Yanagibashi (1936-) lives and works in Mito City. His works have been selected at the Modern Art Association Exhibition four times since he graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of (...)
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January Exhibition
This exhibition is the gallery's annual exhibition. This time, they focus on printmaking to celebrate their first exhibition of 2008.
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Rou Inaba + Yasue Fukushima Exhibition
Rou Inaba and Yasue Fukushima both graduated from Tokyo Zokei University Graduate School in 2007 and since have been based in Mito. Sculptures created during their school years until today are on display. (...)
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Group Poan Exhibition
Group Poan, mainly consisting of high school art teachers, has been exhibiting regularly for 24 years. Members all work in two dimensional media, but create different styles and genres of art. This exhibition (...)
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Midori Kume Exhibition
This is a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Midori Kume who graduated from the Craft Design Department of Musashino Art Unversity. She currently resides in Mito, exhibition her works in various shows. (...)
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Yutaka Shimizu Exhibition
This is a solo exhibition of a painter Yutaka Shimizu. He has been actively exhibiting throughout Japan. This exhibition presents around 30 paintings including landscape paintings and still-life paintings. (...)
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Midori Onose "Girls from Memories"
This is the first solo exhibition of Midori Onose, an artist based in Hitachi City. She has been exhibiting in various group shows in the area. This exhibition includes her acrylic paintings and designs, (...)
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"28th Norm 'Paint It Blue'" Exhibition
Group Norm consists of graduates of Mito Daiichi High School's art department. Since 1978, they have been exhibiting annually. In this exhibition, the members present works based around the theme of "blue." (...)
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Rieko Koyama Exhibition
This is a solo exhibition by painter Rieko Koyama who currently lives and works in Nagano. Inspired by colors and shapes found in nature, she creates delicate and alluring paintings with acrylic paint. (...)
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Yuko Hanawa "Dwelling"
This exhibition introduces new ceramic works by Yuko Haniwa. She studied ceramics under Masami Kobayashi in Kasama City, and currently lives and works in Mito City as an independent ceramicist. She create (...)
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Kyoko Sato Exhibition
Printmaker Kyoko Sato currently lives and works in Niihari-mura. Her new works include drypoint works in which she creates an abstract world with unique scratch marks, as well as about 20 etchings and (...)
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Tsutomu Kitazawa "Eroding Art Works Gallery"
This is a solo exhibition of sculptor Tsutomu Kitazawa, a member of the Ichiyo Group. He started the "Erosion" series in 2005, which consists of abstract pieces of sculpture that incorporate the fluidity (...)
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"Matera" Exhibition
Painter Yuichi Osaki and ceramicist Hiroshi Komazawa both create works incorporating scenes of Sassi, houses dug into the rock itself often seen in Matera, Italy and the surrounding landscapes. Osaki shows (...)
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Workshop + Light Exhibition
"Mobeats", a combination of mobile and light source, created by workshop participants on the 7th and 8th of July are on display. A total 26 people between age 4 to 60 created their original "Mobeat" with (...)
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"Sprout Exhibition of Artworks" Exhibition
This is a group exhibition featuring young emerging artists who have been actively creating and showing around Mito. On July 29th (Sun), an open critique by Toshiaki Terakado (Mito City Museum Director) (...)
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Toshiyuki Iwahori Exhibition
Toshiyuki Iwahori is a painter from Mito. His use of pencil on paper reveals his feelings to the viewer. This exhibition consists of ten A3-size works on paper, and four 2x2 meter drawings.
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"Rainy Days 2007" Exhibition
This is their second exhibition in the "Rainy Days" series. Small scale works are hung from the gallery ceiling as a representation of rain drops.
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"Shirtsgenic UMA" Exhibition
"Shirtsgenic," a shop which brings contemporary art and T-shirts together, is open for a limited period in the Art Works Gallery, where approximately 70 T-shirts by 20 young artists will be on display (...)
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"Reflecting on Feelings" Exhibition
Female artists, Masui Shinoda, Tsugiko Takaoka, and Setsuko Murakami all make figurative oil paintings that reflect on their inner feelings.
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Kotoe Oze Exhibition
Oze uses acrylic and pastel to create colorful and rhythmical illustrations. This exhibition includes 15 works depicting animals and trees.
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"Bird" Exhibition
This exhibition features sculptural works by 28 artists taking "birds" as their theme.
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Jiro Nozawa "The Contours of Weeds"
Graduating from Tsukuba University, Nozawa lives and works in Omoya City, and has been showing mainly in Tokyo. It has been 20 years since he last had a solo show in Mito. He used to use fog and water (...)
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“Contemporary Prints" Exhibition
An exhibition of selected contemporary printmakers who are represented by Art Works Gallery.
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Hideki Inoue Exhibition
Born in Mito, pottery maker Hideki Inoue currently works and lives in Kasama City. He studied pottery in Ibaragi prefecture, as well as Germany and China. He has been showing at large scale group exhibitions (...)
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Yuko Tachihara "Flowing Sceneries"
This is an exhibition of work made over the last year by Yuko Tachihara, who participated in last year's "Sprout III" exhibition held at the gallery. A graduate of Tama Art University, Tachihara paints (...)
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Makiko Nishikawa Exhibition
As a follow up to last year's "Sprout III" exhibition, the gallery is holding a solo show of Makiko Nishikawa, who won the second prize in that competition. Nishikawa is currently a student at Tsukuba (...)
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Kaidosha Exhibtion
At the start of the 1950's a group of artists in Ibaraki Prefecture pushed for the recognition of sculpture art. This exhibition features and celebrates some of those historical visionaries.
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"Redecoration" Exhibition
This exhibition forms part of a project organized by students of Ibaraki University's Information Culture Department. Taking the interior of a department store and its atmosphere as their theme, four artists (...)
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"Taking a Look at Drawing" Exhibition
This exhibition brings together small works by 16 of the artists who will be showing in a group exhibition at Tsukuba Art Museum at the end of this year.
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New Year Exhibition "Ceramic Forms"
This exhibition presents ceramic works by potters and sculptors from all over the country. The seven artists taking part all use the same material, but they each achieve their individual expression.
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Rieko Sakurai "Something Girly"
Sakurai takes a cynical approach to her depictions of children and animals, and her work has gained her a lot of attention in the art world. She won the Art Works Prize for her work in the "Sprout II" (...)
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"Calendar" Exhibition
This is an exhibition and sale of calendars featuring original illustrations by gallery artists. Sale Period: December 1st - 28th Exhibition Period: December 12th - 28th
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"Roots 06" Exhibition
"Roots 06" is an artist's studio that was established in May 2003 in Mito City. For this exhibition, the six members of the group will be presenting sculpture, painting (acrylic and pastel) and black and (...)
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Group Powan Exhibition
Group Powan has been holding exhibitions of experimental works almost every year for 23 years. This is their 22nd solo exhibition and while all five of the participating artists are working in the medium (...)
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Masahiro Kurita Exhibition
Masahiro Kurita is a woodblock print maker and for this exhibition he will be showing new works that have experimented with new techniques, such as a two metre wide work incorporating an acrylic board (...)
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Rikei Komuro Exhibition
This is an exhibition of 20 works of calligraphy with nature as the theme. The artist expresses his feelings about everyday life through his work, representing the things he has seen and the apprehension (...)
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27th Norumu Exhibition
Norumu is a group that has held yearly exhibitions at this gallery since 1978, showing interrelated, high quality works that exert a powerful presence in the gallery.
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Art Works Gallery 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition
For this 5 year anniversary exhibition, there will be three parts each showing three artists. With the cooperation of curator Toshiaki Terakado, the theme for this exhibition has been "things that come (...)
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Shigeo Saito Exhibition
This is an exhibition of work by Tokyo Zokei University graduate and Hakujitsukai member Shigeo Saito. With a tempera-like touch, Saito's oil paintings create a fantastical world despite its delicate and (...)
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"Namae" Exhibition
This is an exhibition of Noriyo Namae, a masters student at Tohoku University of Art and Design, with 5 etchings and 2 polyester resin and laminated wood sculptures.
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Moksha 2006
This is the first exhibition of the Moksha group to be held in two years, with the last one being held at this gallery in 2004. Moksha is a group of former students from Ibaraki University who now continue (...)
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"Such a Lovely Place" Exhibition
A group exhibition of students from Ibaraki University, taking "cherished places, atmospheres and times" as the theme.
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Sprout III exhibition of artworks
This is an exhibition of 12 young artists who work with a variety of media in and around Mito city. On Saturday 29th July, Tsukasa Mori, curator at Mori Art Tower will come and give a critical talk. (...)
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"The Vessel of Light - Seeing the Shapes in Glass" Exhibition
This is an exhibition and sale of approximately 30 glassworks by 14 artists who have graduated from Kurashiki Art University.
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Genro Mori "Gates and Light"
This is a solo exhibition of painter Genro Mori, who lives in Kitaibaraki city, showing 40 of his new works, including his "Porta (Gate)" series which he started during a year and a half long stay in Italy (...)
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"Rainy Days" Exhibition
This is an exhibition and sale of small works by 10 artists, working to the theme of "rain". Hanging from string attached to the ceiling, the works have been exhibited in a manner which recalls rain itself, (...)
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Sadayuki Uruno "This one for You, and That one for Me"
A solo exhibition of work by Sadayuki Uruno. On display and available for sale will be his works "that one", made three years ago and "this one", made two years ago.
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Yasushi Fukuchi Exhibition
A solo exhibition of Yasushi Fukuchi, who was the central member of the ROZO group, at the heart of contemporary art in Mito for a long time. His portraits show people with ironic, or at times uneasy expressions (...)
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"Shirtsgenic"
"Shirtsgenic," a shop which brings contemporary art and T-shirts together is open for a limited period in the Art Works Gallery, where approximately 70 T-shirts by 18 young artists, both local and from (...)
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Flower Exhibition
An exhibition and sale of works by artists connected to the gallery who have taken flowers as the theme for the show.
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Hiroki Makino Solo Exhibition
This is Hiroki Makino's first solo exhibition in Mito, following his graduation from the print department of Tama Art University in 2002 and his subsequent work in Tokyo as a member of the Japanese Print (...)
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Introduction Project 10: Satoshi Uchiumi
This show is from a series of gallery exhibition designed to introduce you to an artist's work. This show, the 10th of its kind, introduces you to new work by Satoshi Uchiumi, who was born in Ibaraki prefecture (...)
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Contemporary Prints: 3 Person Exhibition
This exhibition is focussing on artists who are currently working as print-makers. Works by Yuko Iwakiri (woodblock prints), Niwako Tan'ami (mezzotint) and Yuko Hara (etching) have been chosen for this (...)
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Miyakawa Produce - Art Salad
Thanks to producer Mayumi Miyakawa, tha first edition of this exhibition happened last year at Masuii R. Design Room in Kawaguchi City. The present edition features the works of 36 different artists in (...)
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"My Room"
Chiharu Numata learned the art of woodworking at Ibaraki University Department of Education. As a 2003 graduate and subsequent researcher there, Numata's works provoke both warmth and humor. Eleven pieces, (...)
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Marmalade
Haruka Hanakawa held her first private exhibition, entitled "Honey," several years ago. This time a somewhat gentler exhibition title, "Marmalade," hints at the character of the 20 illustrations and oil (...)
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Monochrome
This exhibition features monochrome pieces by eight artists working in a variety of genres.
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Kaido Sculpture Exhibition
At the start of the 1950's a group of artists in Ibaraki prefecture pushed for the recognition of sculpture art. This exhibition features and celebrates some of those historical visionaries.
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Days of Life
A group exhibition by eight 2005 graduates of Ibaraki University. The exibition will feature 15 works of painting, 3D solids, and installation.
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Tetsuya Hashimoto: First Private Exhibition
The first solo exhibition of Tetsuya Hashimoto, a graduate of Bunka Academy of Art's department of art engineering, born in 1974. This exhibition will feature 15 works of design, including a silkscreen (...)
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The Shape of a Nest
Art Works Gallery brings you a private exhibition of some works by Midori Kume, a Mito City native and graduate of Musashino Art University, who has been actively displaying her ceramics all over the region (...)
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January Exhibition: Sculpture and Design
Art Works Gallery has been hosting New Year exhibitions for the past five years, each time with a different theme. This year's theme is titled, "Sculpture and Design" and features works by nine artists (...)
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Miniature Exhibition
A collection of literary sketches by 157 writers in connection with the Art Works Gallery. This exhibition aims to create opportunities to bring art into our daily lives. A portion of the sales will be (...)
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Ya '84
Otaki and Fukaya are both sophomores at Ibaragi University, majoring in painting. 2 large scale paintings by Otaki and 4 works by Fukaya will be on display.
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Yasuyoshi Matsumoto Exhibition
A solo show by Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, born in Takahagi-city and a current resident of Mito-city. Matsumoto has been active since the 70s and has long been sharing his contemporary paintings in competitions (...)
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Kunio Yokosuka Exhibition
A solo show by Kunio Yokosuka. Since graduating from Ibaragi University, Yokosuka has been producing abstract geometric paintings with freehand lines. 6 works in various sizes are on display. This is (...)
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26th Norumu Show
Since its establishment in 1978, Group Norumu has been showing their work on a yearly basis. The high quality of their work has long been recognized. This is their 26th exhibition and 5 artists will present (...)
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Group Powan Exhibition
An exhibition by a group of high-school art teachers. A variety of 2D works are on display.
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Space to Sculpture


