Gallery TOM - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Gallery TOM. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Isao Hiramachi Exhibition
Panoramic landscapes featuring the historical figure Ryoma Sakamoto. [Image: Isao Hiramachi, "Map of Katsurahama with Ryoma Sakamoto" (2012)]More »
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"Pens for the Blind" Exhibition
Features work by blind students and artists, and the tools they use to write and draw.More »
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"The Beauty of Living Life Fabric" Exhibition
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Tatsuo Ikeda Exhibition
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Samiro Yunoki ”2011"
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Masaaki Maruyama Exhibition
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"National Schools for the Blind Student Works Exhibition"
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"See by the hands 2011" Exhibition
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Ayako Yodoi Exhibition
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"Homage to Masakazu Horiuchi" Exhibition
This year marks the 100th birth anniversary of sculptor Masakazu Horiuchi, who devoted his career to exploring pure, harmonious forms in geometrical compositions that demonstrated the vertical and horizontal...More »
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"100th Birth Anniversary of Masakazu Horiuchi Exhibition"
This exhibition commemorates the 100th birth anniversary of Masakazu Horiuchi, a sculptor who devoted his work to the exploration of pure forms that joined geometrical compositions with a mastery of the...More »
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Hossein Golba "Naan"
Talk: "Poetry of Generosity" with Hossein Golba and Tsutomu Mizusawa March 6th (Sun) 16:00- ¥1000 Reservation requiredMore »
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Toneko Okita Exhibition
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Samiro Yunoki Exhibition
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"Our Creation 2010 National Blind Students Works" Exhibition
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Mikiko + Michiko Exhibition
Two person exhibition featuring dyed patterned works by Mikiko Osawa and indigo tie-dyed works by Michiko Osawa.More »
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"Seeing Sculpture through Touch" Exhibition
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Takashi Shikame ”Mold”
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Goro Kakei "2010"
On view are plaster sculptures Kakei created over 30 years ago, alongside his new dolls and paintings.More »
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"Kizuna" Exhibition
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Saeko Wakabayashi Exhibition
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Yuriko Yamagata Exhibition
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Yoshihiko Yoshida Exhibition
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"Things We Made 2009" Exhibition
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"Tomoyoshi Murayama and Three Little Bears" Exhibition
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Samiro Yunoki Exhibition
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Osamu Nakajima Exhibition
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Goro Kakei Exhibition
Gallery TOM has been representing Goro Kakei and organizing solo exhibitions of his work for more than 20 years. Kakei has been creating a variety of sculptural, 2D, print, maki-e and calligraphic works...More »
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Tatsuo Ikeda Exhibition
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"Travel Companions: Aerograms from Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and Seiichi Horiuchi" Exhibition
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and Seiichi Horiuchi first met in 1958. Horiuchi has just founded the Ad Center the previous year and was a young up-and-coming designer, while Shibusawa was a scholar of French literature...More »
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Toyoshige Watanabe "Touch and See Humor"
This artist has created 3D and relief works especially for this exhibition. The works can be held in the hand, touched and enjoyed by everyone including the visually impaired, especially for this exhibition....More »
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"Goro Kakei's Calligraphy" Exhibition
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"Japan's Gods of Happiness" Exhibition
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Samiro Yunoki Exhibition
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Gallery Tom 25th Anniversary Exhibition
This is Gallery Tom's 25th anniversary. Father and son duo Ado and Ren Murayama have passed on since, but the gallery extends its deep gratitude to those who have made the gallery possible. Works by Yoshitatsu...More »
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Yoshihiko Yoshida "Trip to France"
Yoshihiko Yoshida displays works from an exhibition on French artist Baudouin.More »
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National Schools for the Blind Student Works Exhibition "Things We Made 2007"
"Things We Made" is an exhibition of works made by students at schools for the blind and visually impaired that was started by this gallery in 1985. Originally it was held as a contest with well known...More »
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Akio Kato "Spirit of Clay - Conversations with Nature"
The sculptor's sources of inspiration for his works are mountains of clay in his hometown, Seto. He acquired a sensitivity towards nature and animals in his childhood as he spent time alone playing with...More »
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Shibusawa Tatsuhiko "Room of Miracles"
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa's world of expression will be recreated in Gallery TOM. At the same time works by artists related closely with Shibusawa will be on display. Lecture by Kunio Iwaya: "Tatsuhiko Shibusawa's...More »
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Hiroyuki Nishimura + Motoyoshi Yanagi "Beauty in Everyday Life"
This exhibition will display sculptures expressing "beauty in every day life" by two artists with different viewpoints. Ceramics by Yanagi and accessories by Nishimura will also be on display.More »
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Munemichi Yanagi + Shussai-gama Exhibition
With his designs of warm and simple forms, Munemichi Yanagi is one of Japan's leading product designers. His works range from household products to pedestrian walkways. Yanagi also experimented with...More »
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Sylvia Yasuda + Masato Shida "Stained Glass - The Ethos of Shapes Made by Light"
An exhibition of stained glass that Masato Shida produced so as to recreate drawings and collages by Sylvia Yasuda, the late wife of sculptor Haruhiko Yasuda. Shida studied the art of making stained...More »
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"Water Always Flows Together" Exhibition
This is an exhibition commemorating art critic Yoshiaki Tono (1930-2005), who passed away last November. Tono's career started with winning the grand prize for Bijutsu Shuppan's Art Critic Award for...More »
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Seiji Suzuki, Goro Kakei "Tree"
Seiji Suzuki, sculptor with a long career in Aomori, and prolific artist Goro Kakei will hold an exhibition on the theme of "Trees". More »
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"Things We Made" / "Looking at Art with Your Hands"
The annual exhibition by students at schools for the blind from all over the country. The display of a book for enjoying art through the sense of touch for the visually impaired will be held in conjunction...More »
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Chinese Propaganda Posters from the Great Cultural Revolution "The Red Sea"
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Great Cultural Revolution that overtook China from the late 60s to late 70s. Many red posters and badges were made as propaganda for this movement, literally creating...More »
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Goro Kakei "Animal Diaries"
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Masakazu Horiuchi - The Sculptor Without an Atelier
Masakazu Horiuchi leaves aside colours and textures when working on a sculpture, solely focusing on shapes and the time it takes to come up with those fantastic pieces. The secret of his creations that...More »
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Samiro Yunoki 2005
This is a solo exhibition by Samiro Yunoki, a leading expert of the traditional Japanese textile dyeing technique, katazome. Works include a collage inspired by "Night Painting" by Ado Murayama, a six-meter...More »
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Yoshihiko Yoshida "Things I want to create"
Even though ceramics artist Yoshihiko Yoshida has received a broad training in Shino-style pottery, Setoguro-style teacup-making, "white powder baking" and other traditional techniques, the man never ceases...More »
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Things We Made - Edition 2005
Every year, Gallery Tom organizes an exhibition of sculptures made by blind students from all over Japan, called "Things We Made". For this year's exhibition, the students worked together with Once, the...More »
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Yoshitatsu Yanagihara & 5 artists
This exhibition is a remembrance to Yoshitatsu Yanagihara, one of the leading representational sculptors of Japan, who passed away in November 2004 and left numerous masterpieces. Along with the artist's...More »
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Hana - Artists approaching flowers
Flowers have always had a deep relation to the Japanese lifestyle whether it be in philosophy or in decoration. Every poet has written a line about flowers. Every painter has pictured a flower. Every craftsman...More »
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Akira Isoya: A Tribute to Taiji Maeda
On show are a selection of ceramic works by Akira Isoya who was a close friend of the professor Taiji Maeda.More »
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Zbynek Sekal
Zbynek Sekal was born in 1923 and spent his youth in Nazi concentration camp. This experience forced him to leave his country in 1969 and he spent rest of his life in Vienna, Austria. In this exhibition,...More »
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Talk and Images of Kabuki
Talk and Images of Kabuki "Onnna Gorosi Abura Jigoku" written by the maestro Gonzaemon Chikamatsu (1653−1724). More »





