Galerie Sho Contemporary Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Galerie Sho Contemporary Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Asuka Ito Exhibition
[9][0]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2011-12-05 - 2012-01-14
Asuka Ito's work focuses on the joy and pleasure of love, in a society where sexual desire is often suppressed or concealed. This exhibition features photos, paintings, sculptures and installations that...More »
Miya Ando "elements"
[5][0]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2011-10-24 - 2011-11-26
Miya Ando grew up in California, attended UCLA Berkeley and studied Southeast Asian Buddhist iconography at Yale. This exhibition showcases works inspired by the four elements - earth, water, air, fire....More »
"Lineage of Painting" Exhibition
[12][0]- Media: Painting
- 2011-09-09 - 2011-10-08
On display is a selection of paintings by artists who have held a special attraction for gallery director Shoichiro Satake over the last quarter century.More »
"New Artists" Exhibition
[10][2]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2011-07-22 - 2011-08-27
Fourth edition of a group exhibition featuring young emerging artists from both Japan and abroad. [Image: Naoto Masuda, "Untitled" (2011) acrylic on cotton on canvas, 80.3 x100 cm] More »
"Beautiful Portfolio, Nice Matching" Exhibition
[6][1]- Media: Drawing - Other
- 2011-06-03 - 2011-07-09
Features collections of works in series or connected as sets.More »
"Temporary - Contemporary" Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2011-03-25 - 2011-04-25
A portion of all proceeds from sales will be donated to the Red Cross in Japan in support of victims of the recent earthquake. [Image: Left/ MAKOTO SAITO：I am [ Portrait of Michelangelo Antonioni] 04,...More »
Masaya Yoshioka Exhibition
[5][0]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2011-02-04 - 2011-03-12
This exhibition by Masaya Yoshioka showcases new works that depict sexual trysts in the gardens of Japanese houses (inspired by the artist’s formative experiences copying erotic shunga prints), the blue-skied...More »
Adam Parker Smith "Over the Hills and Far Away"
[10][0]- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2010-12-10 - 2011-01-22
【picture："Hotel", 2006, ed: 6, 260x335mm, 11x14in., lambda print ©2010 Adam Parker Smith】More »
Ken Matsuyama "Empty Forgeries"
[1][1]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2010-10-23 - 2010-11-27
Solo show by Ken Matsuyama featuring works that depict female figures that appear in ubiquitous mail order catalogs and countless magazines, set against floral-patterned reliefs or abstract backgrounds....More »
Walasse Ting "The Death of Some Amorous Man"
[2][0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-09-10 - 2010-10-09
Memorial exhibition showcasing bold paintings of women and flowers as well as illustrated books by Shanghai-born artist who passed away this year. [Image: "Lady with Parrots", 1795x965mm, 70 5/8x38in.,...More »
Leonel Matheu "Pacific Time"
[8][0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-07-16 - 2010-08-28
Miami-based Cuban artist Leonel Matheu creates works that depict airplanes and cars filled with human characters and sweaty, agitated faces that are only half visible. His compositions and use of color...More »
”Two Tatami Mat Weekly Exhibition”
[3][0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-05-24 - 2010-07-03
Weekly solo exhibitions by 5 gallery artists and 1 guest artist in a small two tatami mat space within the gallery. Works from the collection will also be on display. See website for full schedule.More »
Guido Argentini "Love Lyric"
[14][2]- Media: Photography
- 2010-03-23 - 2010-05-15
Guido Argentini was born and raised in Florence, Italy. After attending medical school for 3 years, he became fascinated by the world of photography at the age of 23, launching a career in fashion and...More »
Tanka “Passport to the Planet Earth”
[9][0]- Media: Painting - Installation - Art Party
- 2010-02-05 - 2010-03-06
Since graduating from Tokyo Zokei University in 2009, Tanka has been working as a cameraman while continuing to pursue his art. In his works, which deal with the dramatic moments that lie concealed in...More »
Mori-Nomiyama "Moeizuru Pop"
[7][0]- Media: Photography
- 2009-12-18 - 2010-01-23
Akiko Mori and Yoshie Nomiyama have formed a futuristic art production unit, “mori-nomiyama”. The charming and eccentric duo fuses their hard-nosed sense of beauty and freewheeling thought to sow their...More »
Clara Desire + Masako + Motoko Otsuki Exhibition
[7][0]- Media: Painting
- 2009-10-26 - 2009-11-28
With lively colors and bold compositions, Clara Desire expresses a thoroughly Pop aesthetic. Masako plants aspects of human feelings onto her canvases. Motoko Otsuki draws in order to tie up floating,...More »
Bishin Jumonji "Faces"
[13][2]- Media: Photography - Art Party
- 2009-09-05 - 2009-10-10
Within every part of a human body, face is especially meaningful to me. I could imagine "some kinds of face" by looking at a glance of just three pushpins pierced on the wall. Even out of rough halftone-dot...More »
"Basquiat, Saito, Warhol" Exhibition
[15][1]- Media: Painting - Other
- 2009-07-27 - 2009-08-29
Even now, Makoto Saito refers to Basquiat and Warhol as "drunk" artists. They sought out the "blue flame" they discovered within both themselves and their work, and departed this world just as that flame...More »
Ken Matsuyama "Map"
[8][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Video installation - Art Party
- 2009-06-06 - 2009-07-18
The Japanese word for map, "chizu," is composed of two words: "chi," which means ground, and "zu," which means figure. "Chi" can be seen as "zu", or it might be vice versa; "Zu" might even entirely conquers...More »
John Lurie "Strange and Beautiful"
[9][2]- Media: Painting
- 2009-04-10 - 2009-05-23
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art is pleased to present, from April 10 to May 23, John Lurie's first solo exhibition in Japan, “Strange and Beautiful”. This exhibition will focus on approximately 20 watercolors...More »
"8 New Artists" Exhibition
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture - Video installation - Art Party
- 2009-02-13 - 2009-03-14
"Sho Project III" Exhibition
[4][0]- Media: Painting - Other
- 2009-01-08 - 2009-01-31
[Image: John Giorno]More »
"Something Sweet 4 Girls" Exhibition
[2][0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-11-25 - 2008-12-20
Four female artists take another look at "sweet" motifs that abound in contemporary art: flowers and smiles.More »
Masako "My Home"
[7][3]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2008-10-02 - 2008-11-15
Solo exhibition of about 20 new works by Masako, who made a big impact at the "Seven Newcomers" group exhibition held this year in February. The figures in her paintings all have in common a sense of...More »
"Famous People, Famous Photos" Exhibition
[10][1]- Media: Photography
- 2008-08-11 - 2008-09-13
Famous shots of famous subjects taken by famous photographers. Showcasing historical moments and expressions of key figures of the 20th century immortalized in Peter Lindbergh's original work featuring...More »
California Contemporary Art Exhibition
[5][1]- Media: Painting
- 2008-07-03 - 2008-08-02
This exhibition introduces a wide range of Californian art, from artists that the gallery director met while an exchange student there and not yet widely known at the international level, to globally renowned...More »
"Selected Works by German Artists" Exhibition
[7][0]- Media: Painting - Other
- 2008-05-22 - 2008-06-21
Contemporary German art has claimed a singular territory for itself, marked by a troubled historical background steeped in very particular issues surrounding the second World War, the split between east...More »
A.R. Penck "From the 1970s to the present"
[3][0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-04-17 - 2008-05-17
A. R. Penck was born in the former East Germany. His work is rooted in primitive motifs and old representational symbols and words. Despite a large-scale solo exhibition of his work that was held at the...More »
Jasper Johns + Robert Motherwell Exhibition
[15][0]- Media: Graphics
- 2008-03-25 - 2008-04-15
Prints by Jasper Johns and Robert Motherwell issued by three noted print workshops that fueled the late 20th century boom in modern printmaking - Universal Limited Art Editions and Tyler Graphics in New...More »
"Seven Emerging Artists Exhibition"
[10][1]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Party
- 2008-02-28 - 2008-03-22
This is the second exhibition of the series, Galerie Sho Project, featuring works by emerging artists. The gallery aims to introduce and promote works by these artists that were discovered by the gallery...More »
Motoko Otsuki "Innocent Bystander"
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2008-01-31 - 2008-02-23
When you see artworks, you can usually find artists’ enthusiasm somewhere therein. However, Otsuki’s artworks look lonely and vague. You can sense neither energetic strength nor warm impression there....More »
"Is (Is Not) Fake?" Exhibition
[10][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2007-12-20 - 2008-01-26
Richard Pettibone, Elaine Sturtevant, and Mike Bidlo are known for appropriations of preexisting artworks, and what these three artists have in common is that they have all created artwork based on works...More »
Design meets Art: The 1st Exhibition by SIGN x Galerie Sho Contemporary Art
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Furniture
- 2007-12-07 - 2007-12-15
This is a collaborative exhibition presented by contemporary art gallery Galerie Sho and furniture shop Sign specializing in 1940s-60s original furniture by Le Corbusier, Jean Prouve, and other top designers....More »
Hiroto Murakami "The Rhythm"
[4][3]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2007-10-18 - 2007-11-17
Images of flowers are often applied in various paintings. What makes Hiroto Murakami different from other painters is his extreme pop and thick colors built up on canvas. His paintings negate the notion...More »
"Ultimate-Selected Sketchbook by Shoichiro Satake" Exhibition
[3][1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2007-09-27 - 2007-10-13
Three years have past since Galerie Sho presented "Sketchbook 88 by Shoichiro Satake" in 2004, in which the gallery gave a retrospective overview on their standpoints and history. In this exhibition,...More »
"Eros Festival - Late summer Greetings from Galerie Sho" Exhibition
[19][5]- Media: Painting - Photography
- 2007-08-23 - 2007-09-22
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art presents the Eros Festival as their late-summer greeting. Twenty or so works with the common theme of "eros" are on display. This exhibition provides visitors with an opportunity...More »
New Wave Contemporary Artists Exhibition
[15][1]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography
- 2007-07-20 - 2007-08-18
From Japan, Cuba, America, Sweden, and France, this exhibition features cutting edge works by 6 emerging artists and two guest artists, Camille Fontaine and Megumi Suzuki. All of them are filled with newly...More »
"Modern and Contemporary Expressions by Letters, Numbers, and Symbols" Exhibition
[7][2]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2007-06-15 - 2007-07-14
Throughout modern and contemporary art, there are artists who incorporate texts, numbers and symbols in their work. These are basically abstract forms of expressions and yet they stimulate the imagination...More »
Trevor Sutton "Coloured Time"
[11][2]- Media: Painting - Art Party
- 2007-05-11 - 2007-06-09
Born in the U.K., Trevor Sutton makes paintings filled with light and colors that take viewers out of the realm of the ordinary. As his poetic titles suggest, his paintings have something in common with...More »
Clara Desire "All About Clara"
[7][0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-03-01 - 2007-03-27
This is French artist Clara Desire's first solo exhibition in Japan. Based on traditional methods, Clara Desire (born 1978) uses the contrast of bright colors to express the overflowing images of today....More »
"Sho Project II with the Publications by Editions Schellmann" Exhibition
[8][1]- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2007-01-09 - 2007-02-10
An exhibition of works produced by leading art edition publisher Editions Schellmann. More »
Important Warhol Works Part II
[6][1]- Media: Drawing - Prints
- 2006-12-01 - 2006-12-22
As its last show of 2007, the gallery is holding the second part of its Andy Warhol exhibition. Last autumn, one of Warhol's most important paintings, "Mao" fetched 17.4 million US dollars, the highest...More »
"The Working Fiction - Sustainable Images" Exhibition
[3][0]- Media: Drawing - Photography - Sculpture
- 2006-10-25 - 2006-11-25
This exhibition will introduce newly-collected art works, including photographs, drawings and sculptures. The installation provides viewers with opportunities to develop their own impressions of the word...More »
David Stetson "Diversity"
[18][7]- Media: Photography - Art Party
- 2006-09-29 - 2006-10-21
Forty works by David Stetson, a photographer, designer, and film director based in Tokyo. Stetson has worked for top brands like Christian Dior and Givenchy, and his photographs have appeared in leading...More »
Miya Ando Stanoff Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Other - Art Party
- 2006-09-01 - 2006-09-26
Miya Ando Stanoff is a minimalist metal artist who creates tranquil and meditational worlds that speak of solitude, emptiness, silence and the evanescence of nature. The artist emphasises the intrinsic...More »
Important Warhol Prints from 1960's to 1980's
[6][1]- Media: Prints
- 2006-08-04 - 2006-08-25
A selection of rare Warhol prints from the 1960 to the 1980s.More »
Introduction of 3 Contemporary Indie Artists
[3][0]- Media: Illustration
- 2006-06-30 - 2006-07-29
The three artists are: Clara Desire, an illustrator for ELLE France, John Lurie, who is also a well-known actor and musician, and Betty Tompkins, who draws hardcore sex scenes. [Clara Desire, 'Ducky...More »
Pop Photography "Face Value"
[10][3]- Media: Photography
- 2006-05-19 - 2006-06-24
An exhibition titled "Face Value" might bring a multitude of things to mind: human faces, money, thoughts, philosophy, etc. Recently acquired works will be displayed in a thought-provoking manner. More »
Recent Acquitions - 'Mixed Cultures'
[3][0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-04-18 - 2006-05-13
Yoshihiko Ueda "Standing Full Nude Series"
[8][3]- Media: Photography
- 2006-03-13 - 2006-04-15
A solo exhibition of new works by Yoshihiko Ueda, who has been standing in the frontlines of the Japanese photography world with a focus in advertisement. The works here are photographs of "sensuous specimen"...More »
Recent Acquisitions from Abstract Expressionism to New Art
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2006-01-23 - 2006-02-25
Jonathan Seliger Exhibition
[6][0]- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Art Party
- 2005-12-01 - 2006-01-14
In striving to blur the boundary between painting and sculpture, Jonathan Seliger has been creating "three-dimensional paintings". Utilizing Pop and Minimalist languages, the artist conveys the contemporary...More »
Richard Pettibone
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2005-10-17 - 2005-11-19
Richard Pettibone has been making miniatures of works by masters of the 70s. Exhibiting 18 of his works, this is his first exhibition at Galerie Sho Contemporary Art. More »
Santiago, LA, NY, Milan, London, Paris, Cologne, Tokyo and the Universe
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2005-09-28 - 2005-10-13
August/September Exhibition
[7][2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2005-08-22 - 2005-09-22
A collaborative exhibition by gallery director Shoichiro Satake and five of his staff. The first three weeks are organized by Satake, and his staff will organize shows that will change every day. More »
The Scenic Beauty
[6][4]- Media: Photography - Prints
- 2005-07-07 - 2005-08-13
An exhibition of "healing" or mind-calming landscapes by the gallery's various artists. More »
Sex... In Art
[2][2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2005-06-03 - 2005-06-30
Shainman's Artists
[5][0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2005-04-18 - 2005-05-21
Gallery Sho Contemporary Art's collaborative exhibition with Jack Shaiman Gallery in New York. The two galleries present selected works by their artists to create a show that diffuses a new sense of Pop....More »
Warhol & Basquiat 2005
[1][0]- Media: Prints
- 2005-02-18 - 2005-03-18
Primitive to New Art
[1][1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2005-01-17 - 2005-02-12
"Pop Under 1,000,000"
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2004-12-13 - 2004-12-28
An array of works of art by popular contemporary artists, all marked under 1,000,000yen. Highly suitable for dropping by and to peruse for the season of gift-giving, and also the perfect opportunity to...More »
Sketch Book 88 by Shoichiro Satake
[0][0]- Media: Photography - Painting - Other
- 2004-10-19 - 2004-11-20
A collection of Pop and Contemporary art as curated by Shoichiro Satake, the director of Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, in celebrating his 20 years as a gallerist. More »
Helmut Newton 01232004
[0][0]- Media: Photography
- 2004-08-23 - 2004-10-02
A memorial exhibition of Helmut Newton photographs, featuring some rare prints and editions. More »
