B Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for B Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Tets Ohnari "Tets x Glass"
Solo show by the glass artist Tets Ohnari, who is currently based in the Czech Republic. On display are mostly new works in different sizes that showcase the expressive range of his medium. Artist talk:...More »
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Shelter Serra + Ivory Serra "Endless Time"
This exhibition showcases work by New York-based artists Shelter and Ivory Serra. In addition to sculptural installations by Shelter and photos taken in Cuba by Ivory, there will also be a selection of...More »
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Michiko Kon "IMPACT"
The first exhibition by this photographer at the gallery, featuring images with motifs of fish and flowers, machines, clothes and products.More »
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Kin Shiotani "Kin Shiotani's World"
Kin Shiotani's eighth solo exhibition at the gallery and featuring his largest work so far. There will also be a talk event on January 15. See gallery website for details.More »
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Shoji Ueda Exhibition
Features the photographs of Shoji Ueda that accompanied short essays published between 1995 and 1997 in Asahi Camera magazine. 11 years on from Ueda's death, this is his first exhibition at the gallery...More »
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Daido Moriyama "Paperbacks/Daido Moriyama"
On display is a selection of poster-sized silkscreen prints made from cutouts of Moriyama's recent paperback photo books, such as "A Hunter" and "71 New York". Talk by Daido Moriyama, with guests Satoshi...More »
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Makoto Tanijiri "Relation"
First architecture exhibition at B Gallery featuring an experimental installation by Makoto Tanijiri that seeks to question established concepts in the field.More »
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Keisuke Nagoshi "Smokey Mountain"
Keisuke Nagoshi's first show at B Gallery in 5 years, featuring a series of works depicting the lives of the residents of a slum town called Smokey Mountain located to the north of Manila, the Philippines....More »
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Ryo Ohwada "Form: Scenery Seen Through Bonsai"
Ryo Ohwada won the newcomer's prize for 2011 from the Japan Professional Photographers Society. His third solo show at B Gallery features a series of works that depict bonsai with a deft mastery of color...More »
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Hajime Sorayama "Neo Japonism & Obsession"
Hajime Sorayama is an illustrator known for his fantastical sense of super-realism and futuristic imagery filled with scenes of mechanical transformation. On display are a selection of previously unexhibited...More »
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"Grid-Synthesis Kohei Nawa" Exhibition
Satellite exhibition alongside Kohei Nawa's main show currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, featuring new works from his "Grid" series of sculptures created by acrylic paints.More »
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Mike Perry "We are the infinity, of each other"
Mike Perry, the multi-field artist working in both sculpture and painting founded in the belief in the infinite recesses of his own art, here holds his first Tokyo solo show. It is an installation looking...More »
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Ayako Nakamura "Silence"
Exhibition to mark the publication of Ayako Nakamura's photography collection "Silence".More »
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Mic*Itaya "The Star's Atelier"
On display throughout the seven floors of the store are works on the theme of "past, present, future".More »
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Tets Ohnari "Tets×Glass"
Solo exhibition by Tets Ohnari, a glass artist currently based in the Czech Republic. Ohnari's work deftly manipulates the "cracks" in his material in order to create unique glass sculptures. This show...More »
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Sanninkan Exhibition
On display are numerous handmade Amidara dolls created at random using a lattice-patterned "amida-kuji" lottery, which originated during the Muromachi era.More »
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Satoru Tamura "100 Switches for 100 Incandescent Lamps"
First solo show by Satoru Tamura at B Gallery, featuring an installation of 100 incandescent lamps each attached to a switch, cord and plug.More »
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Tomoaki Makino "DayDream"
First photo show at B Gallery by Tomoaki Makino, who won the Fuji Photo Salon Newcomer's Prize in 2002 and later produced a collection of photos of middle-aged Japanese women entitled Tokyo Soap Opera...More »
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"Rin Studio at B Gallery" Exhibition
First Japan solo show by California-based artist Rintaro Tanaka, featuring a large selection of previously unexhibited work. Talk with the artist and Koji Kubo (Beams creative director) December 4th...More »
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"Graphic Impressions" Exhibition
This exhibition features works by 10 groups of artists that are inspired by the impressions and memories from daily life that remain lodged in our minds.More »
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Junshi Hata + Yoshiyuki Hata "Side by Side"
First collaborative photo exhibition by photographers Junshi Hata and Yoshiyuki Hata featuring previously unexhibited pieces drawn from a body of work inspired by the mentor-mentee relationship between...More »
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Kin Shiotani "Meaningful Meaninglessness"
Solo exhibition by Kin Shiotani, his first at B gallery in 2 years after a successful show in Singapore last year. On display is a large work measuring 7 meters across consisting of wallpaper filled with...More »
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"Sculpture Studio: Bar Staff" Exhibition
Painted ceramic cup and saucer workshop July 25th (Sun) 15:00- ¥1000, reservation required.More »
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Ryo Owada "Notes on Photography"
Ryo Owada's first photo exhibition at B Gallery in 3 years. On display are new works that will be published in an upcoming book from Libro Arte entitled "Notes on Photography," as well as previously unexhibited...More »
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Heini Riitahuhta + Mikko Jarvenpaa "Greetings From Finland"
Heini Riitahuhta is a designer for the popular Finnish tableware brand Arabia who first drew attention for her Helmi oil lamp, exhibited at her degree show while still a student at the Helsinki University...More »
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"Hot Fudge Presents Red Hots Tour #1" Exhibition
On display are silkscreened works and collages depicting various objects in our daily lives. A series of test-print T-shirts are also on show.More »
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Hiroshi Nagai "Summer Madness"
Solo exhibition by Hiroshi Nagai, known for his illustration work for Eiichi Otaki's album A Long Vaction and advertising campaigns for Beams. This is Nagai's first solo show at B Gallery, featuring both...More »
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Misato Kubo "Crossover"
First solo show at B Gallery by Misato Kubo, featuring "flower petal" works made out of kimono silk that represent a crossover fusion of different elements, materials and styles. There will also be...More »
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Shiryu + Tessarolo + LeaDonat "Fun Art et Japon"
First exhibition at B Gallery in 6 years by these 3 artists, focusing on new collaborative works by Katayama and Tessarolo.More »
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Ayako Nakamura "Usalyman"
This is a solo exhibition by Ayako Nakamura, who has tirelessly produced work with "usalyman (rabbit salaryman)" motif ever since she introduced it with the magazine "Weekly Ayako" last year at B Gallery...More »
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Atsushi Okada "ataraxia"
Okada won Ihei Kimura Photography Prize for his photo book "I am" launched last year. This is his first solo exhibition since his last show a year and a half ago, held at Beams Japan to showcase selected...More »
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Walderedo De Oliveira "Eros and Tanatus"
This is the 3rd exhibition at B Gallery by Walderedo De Oliveira, who has been pursuing a range of activities at an international level dealing with the coexistence of humans and nature. On view at this...More »
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"The History of the UK Jazz Dance Scene" Exhibition
Mark Cotgrove is a Latin percussionist and DJ known as Snow Boy. Celebrating the launch of the Japanese version of "From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz", which took him 10 years to complete, B Gallery...More »
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Hisham.A.Bharoocha "Mashup"
Brooklyn based artist Hisham.A.Bharoocha's first exhibition of collages, photographic images and other visuals that his brain produces based on his own everyday and fantastical experiences. More »
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Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi "Pa++ern"
Motoi Ishibashi and Daito Manabe are introducing their new works in this exhibition, where visitors can create their original T-shirts with embroidery patterns using easy-to-handle programming environment...More »
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"Suzy Amakane's Nuri-Comic and Company" Exhibition
Nuri-comic is a "painted strip cartoon" that manga illustrator Suzy Amakane is said to have created in the 1980s. Centering on the original drawings for the full-color comic book "Nuri Comix" (2008), this...More »
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Takeru Amano "Prismatic Colored Children"
In addition to his careers as painter, sculptor, designer and VJ, Takeru Amano has been active as art director for his own product brand "newneu" and the party organization "Cross Mountain Night", devoting...More »
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Kosuke Kawase "Scene of Light"
It has been 5 years since Kawase's first solo exhibition at B Gallery entitled "Long Autumn Sweet Thing". This is his 2nd. "All I can see is...light." Kawase created a video consisting of photographs...More »
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"FouR Boutique at Beams" Exhibition
"FouR" is a fashion brand launched in 2006 by Przemek Sobocki and Bertie Worth. Inspired by 4 big world cities - London, Paris, New York and Tokyo - their collections have gained much attention internationally. Changing...More »
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Nobuaki Oka + Nick Okai "After the Dance"
Following "Piece of Clay" (2001) and "After the Dance" (2004), B Gallery is holding Nobuaki Oka's third solo exhibition. On display this time are a lot of works that soul dancer Nick Okai painted with...More »
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Kin Shiotani "Sugoroku Life"
Solo exhibition by Kin Shiotani, who has been holding annual exhibitions at B Gallery since 2004. This time, Shiotani tackles the issue of luck, a subject that he has been obsessed with lately, with sugoroku...More »
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"Tendo Mokko -From Design Contest to Design Classics" Exhibition
Beams has been dealing in furniture for 13 years, and Tendo Mokko is one of its client furniture makers with whom it has cultivated a very close relationship. Inspired by an encounter with the designs...More »
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Barry Silver "Resistance is Useless"
B Gallery is pleased to announce the holding of Barry Silver art exhibition. Silver is based mainly in New York, India and Tokyo, working also as an ashtanga yoga instructor. In his first Tokyo show,...More »
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Shinji Shishikura "Vision 5.0"
Shinji Shishikura has pursued his performance art in various places around the world, working to evolve everyday life into art and facilitate processes of communication. Instead of getting inspiration...More »
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Ryoji Honma "Skafe Thrifted on Dader"
Director of "2 Tacs", Ryoji Honma is a multitalented creator from Tokyo. This exhibitioin at B Gallery showcases the unique analogue sensitivity of his artwork. Products produced in collaboration Yoshida...More »
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Keita Furukawa "Mom"
The theme for this exhibition is "life", and all life generates from moms. This is the artist's simple world view that underlies his works. This exhibition features 2D works with extremely fine lines,...More »
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StairAug "StairAUG. Photographics 08s"
StairAug. comprises "generation reflecting" photographers around the age of thirty. Each member believes in reproduction that comes from careful and dedicated introspection. By photographing according...More »
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Factotum "Archive from 2004"
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Yuki Fukuda "Navajo - Mother Earth 2007 -"
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Shiotani Kin "Life Poet"
This is Shiotani Kin's 4th solo exhibition at B Gallery. This show incorporates his two forms of expression: drawing and writing. Of course many artists have worked in media before, but Kin has no interest...More »
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Akihiro Yasugi "Yen"
Akihiro Yasugi's work has consistently taken contemporary Japanese society as its subject. This exhibition fills the gallery space with an installation of sculptural works and video works based on every...More »
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Kensei Yabuno & Yoshimitsu Umekawa "Fancy Head"
"Fancy Head" is a collaborative exhibit from Yoshimitsu Umekawa, who produces documentary style photographs, and painter Kensei Yabuno, who has displayed his work in several galleries outside of Japan....More »
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Kiyohide Hori "Notes to Self, 99 Letters"
This is a photographic installation exhibition of a variety of large and small works that explore the theme of "memories". Kiyohide Hori's works are fragments of memories that permeate the exhibition space....More »
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Koji Toyoda's 100 t-shirts Show "Palm Graphics 1997-2006"
100 t-shirts born out of the 'spiritual connection' between Beams and Palm Graphics will be on display. More »
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Aya Kondo "Baroque Pianica"
Aya Kondo's second solo exhibition at B Gallery will exhibit works from the book 'Bliss Express' featuring passionate singer songwriter Ikuru. Kondo, a popular woodblock artist, works mainly on magazines...More »
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Aya Kondo "Marian Bootleg"
An exhibition presenting contemporary woodblock art by Aya Kondo. Her works have been reproduced in a large variety of magazines and CD jackets. After highly praised shows in NY and Melbourne that cemented...More »
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Shiro Masuyama Exhibition "Be there or be square!"
This exhibit focuses on STEQI's interpretation of the problems within Japanese art. The entire Beams building is taken over in collaboration with young designer unit STEQI.More »
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Strawberrys "I like today"
A photo exhibition by three new generation photographers, all part of the office run by photographer Ichigo Sugawara. There is also a screening of a new video-work entitled "Lightwavegraphy", which is...More »
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Ichizo Ino "a vehicle for peace"
Ichizo Ino thinks that the shapes of all the animals, including humans, represent vehicles, and instinctively believes that every shape that exist in the world has its own role. Ino hopes that the vehicles...More »
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Saori Kanda "KoKoRo KaGaMi Saori'An2005 in late summer exhibition"
Illustrations by Saori Kanda who draws on anything from skin, clothes and walls. Works on display include embroidered fabric and detailed drawings on Japanese paper. Bring in any piece of clothing to experience...More »
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Kin Shiotani Exhibition
B Gallery celebrates Kin Shiotani's first autobiographic novel about a man that goes to Hokkaido to leave behind a scoop of water from Okinawa. The book fuses travel scraps, literature, and collage. Water...More »
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Haruo Higuma - Seimei
Last year, in Teheran, Higuma came to the conclusion that "life" was what she felt the most interested in. This exhibition's work is based on her concepts about life, and what she thinks we really come...More »
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Naki "Ocean Dreams"
Artist Naki paints, writes, and photographs with the inspiration he gets from the ocean. On show are various artworks derived from Naki's experience with the sea.More »
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Haru Asaba Exhibition
The organic form of Haru Asaba's work is inspired by her constant dialogue with clay soil. New works by the artist will be on display.More »
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Alex Kukai Shinohara Presents...
Part 1 (1/13-2/15): Alex Kukai Shinohara will work on site as a live art performance. The entire gallery space will be used as the artist's studio. Part 2 (2/17-3/15): Art works and video images created...More »
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Amazon Dreamtime - Ecotopia
Art works by Brazilian artist, Waldere do de Oliveira. Works include canvas-based paintings and "recycled art" - paintings on objects such as snow boards and motorcycle helmets. These works reflect Oliveira's...More »





