Art Center Ongoing - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Art Center Ongoing. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Takafumi Sakanaka “Atopic Search for Atopia”
[Related Events] 1. Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 1/9 (Sat) 19:00 Online commentary and lecture by the artist. 2. An Atopic Conversation Date and Time: 1/10 (Sun) 16:00-17:30 Guest: Takahiro...More »
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Kenji Ide “Rittai 3”
[Event] Pre Ongoing School Date: Dec. 17 (Thurs) The artist will give an internet lecture on his works. Please see the official website for details and information on more related events. More »
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Koichi Enomoto Exhibition
This exhibition features the newest development in the manga work ‘Will the worst happen again. We do not want to experience it.’ The story revolves around a family experiencing a powerful flash, which...More »
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Maiko Jinushi “Brain Symphony”
[Related Event] 1. Pre-Ongoing-School Date and Time: November 21(sat) 19:00~ The artist gives a talk about the exhibition. 2. Talk Date and Time: November 26(thur) 19:00~ Guest : Aya Momose (Artist) *Please...More »
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Yusuke Shibata “Promotion, World!”
[Related Events] 1. Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 11/7 (Sat) 19:00 Online exhibition commentary and lecture by artist 2. IBC Secret Social Party Date and Time: 11/14 (Sat) 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (including...More »
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Yugo Isaji “Second Hand World”
[Related Event] *All events will take place online. 1. Talk Event “What Happens Art in Göteborg?” Date and Time: 10/22 (Thu) 20:30- Guest: John Huntington (artist) 2. Talk Event: Sweden Report Meeting Date...More »
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Takuya Yamashita “Manta Ray”/Kai Maetani “Night Think of Day, Day Think of Night”
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Video and Film - Performance Art - Talks
- 2020-09-18 - 2020-10-04
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Motohiro Tomii Exhibition
[Related Events] *All events take place online.* 1. About Paper (1) Date and Time: Streaming from 9/5 (Sat) - 9/6 (Sun) Guests: Keisuke Kondo (painter), Motohiro Tomii (artist) Fee: ¥500 2. About...More »
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Keisuke Sagiyama “Short Cuts”
*Reservations required. Screening times: 12:00~ /12:40~ / 13:20~ / 14:00~ / 14:40~ / 15:20~ / 16:00~ / 16:40~ / 17:20~ / 18:00~ / 18:40~ / 19:20~ / 20:00~ (40 min. each)More »
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Yuta Hayakawa “Shape for Shape”
[Online Events] “About Shape (Pre Ongoing School)” Guest: Tomii Motohiro Date: Aug. 4 (Tues) 19:30 Ongoing Studio Talk Guests: Akiko Kinugawa (artist), Kento Nito (artist) Date: Aug. 8 (Sat) 19:00 In...More »
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Mikiko Fujita “Forest”
Artist Statement: This exhibition is going to present a 10 meter-long picture scroll of a forest spreading in my mind. I worked on this piece in Tottori and Norway for about 1 year from 2019, under...More »
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Hikaru Suzuki “Video Exchange Project between Buenos Aires and Tokyo”
Inspired by the video letters of filmmaker Jonas Mekas and film director Jose Luis Guerin, this exhibition was produced on the premise of documentary and fiction/expression/art in the current global society...More »
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Yoshiki Tanaka Exhibition
The artist explores feeling “like a pop idol.”More »
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Tomohiro Nagahata “The Mold Anniversary via The Panel Continent
[Related Events] *All events will be held online. Please visit the official website for more information. 1. Japonica’s 24-Hour Self-Restraint Police Date and Time: 6/3 (Wed) 19:00- Guests: Japonica 2....More »
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Mariko Aoki Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film - Performance Art - Party - Workshops - Talks
- 2020-03-25 - 2020-04-05
*Art Center Ongoing is temporarily closed from Mar. 28 to Mar. 29.More »
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Haruka Saito Talk Event
[Related Events] 1. Talk Date and Time: 3/7 (Sat) 18:00- {Opening party following talk) Guests: Hiroyuki Ohgi, Nao Nagata, Akira Takaishi, Reiko Matsumoto Fee: ¥1000 (snack+1 drink+entry included) 2....More »
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Takayuki Yamamoto “Drive”
[Related Events] 1. Talk Event Date and Time: 2/29 (Sat) 19:00- Guest: Mitsuhiro Wakayama (Arts Maebashi) Fee: ¥1000 (snacks+1 drink+entry included) 2. Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 3/1 (Sun)...More »
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Yuichi Eto “Maegari Assembly”
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film - Party - Talks
- 2020-02-05 - 2020-02-16
Maegari in the title means advance or prior and the motif of this exhibition featuring two works combining several elements including video is “instruction manual”. More »
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Movingscape “Time After Time(s)”
This exhibition is a collective centered around stage director Kenta Suzuki. [Related Events] 1. Movingscape Talk Date and Time: 1/25 (Sat) 19:00- Fee: ¥1000 (snack+1 drink+entry fee) 2. Art Center...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto Exhibition
[Related Events] Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 1/12 (Sun) 15:00- Fee: ¥1500 (cake and drink included, first 30 persons) Exhibiting Artist Event “Cozy Hours on a Cold Night” Sessions: 1/11 (Sat)...More »
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Yusuke Asai “Wild Planet 2”
*Showing from 12/5 (Thu) [Related Events] 1. Talk Event ‘Making of a Community: Belfast, Northern Ireland’ Date and Time: 12/14 (Sat) 19:00- Guests: Shiro Masuyama (artist), Atsushi Yamamoto (artist),...More »
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Laetitia Morais “Double-Double”
This exhibition sets up a series of encounters, attempting to regard formats, i.e. modes of behavior between working and non-working, that notoriously distinguish the Japanese culture from Western ones....More »
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Hiroyuki Oki “Oh My God / I・Chi”
[Events] Talk by Hikaru Suzuki (video artist) Date: Nov. 23 from 19:00 Admission: 1000 yen (incl. 1 drink) Pre-Ongoing School Date: Nov. 24 from 15:00 Admission: 1500 (incl. cake and drink)More »
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Ujino “Love Arm Lights Up”
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Ongoing FES 2019
Ongoing FES 2019 features live music, documental films, and other events. Please see the official website for details.More »
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Constance Hinfray “Le grand Sommeil”
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Ichiro Endo Exhibition
*Please take a screenshot of the invitation from the Art Center Ongoing website and show it at the door. Screening Duration: 40 minutes (no entry during screening) Screening Times: 12:00-, 13:00-,...More »
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Ayaka Ura + Megumi Tsuga “Female Artists Meeting”
The Exhibition for Female Artists Meeting (How Secrets, Tensions and Discord will Arise!), curated by Ayaka Ura and Megumi Tsuga, is realized through the cooperation of all the female artists of Art Center...More »
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Soichiro Fukai “Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream”
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Eri Yagi “I Am a Good Girl (Life, Save, Ah~)”
Eri Yagi presents new illustrations in her “Lifesaver” series based on her part-time job as a lifeguard. [Event] Swim Cap Live Performance Date: Aug. 3 (Sat) 19:00 Admission: 1000 yen (incl. 1 drink)...More »
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Ry Haskings “Northeast Epidemiologist Spray”
[Event] Ongoing AIR Presentation by Ry Haskings Date: July 21 (Sun) from 19:00 Admission: 1000 yen (incl. light snack and drink) Please see the official website for detailsMore »
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Shiho Kagabu Exhibition
[Related Events] Talk Event ‘Love and Wind’ A discussion about erotica x war x taboo x religion x family x country with popular and sexy actress Monami Takarada. Date and Time: 7/12 (Fri) 20:00- Guests:...More »
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Japonica “The 58th Venice Biennale, Karaoke Pavilion (Leone d’Oro)”
[Related Events] Opening Party Date and Time: 6/22 (Sat) 19:00- Fee: ¥1000 (snacks +1 drink + entry fee) Event “Karaoke Bar Japonica” Date and Time: 6/29 (Sat) 18:00- Fee: ¥1000 (1 drink + entry...More »
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Takuro Kotaka “Political Planet X”
This exhibition presents three fictional documentaries featuring Islamic extremists in the southern region of Pattani, 1960s revolutionary poets in the forests of northeast Isan, and 13 teens who took...More »
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Takehiro Iikawa “Decoratorcrab”
[Related Events] Talk Event “Wanting to be Yuichiro Tamura” Date and Time: 5/12 (Sun) 18:00- Guests: Yuichiro Tamura, Takehiro Iikawa Fee: ¥1000 (1 drink + entry fee included) Talk Event “For an...More »
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Yuhei Higashikata “Coffee Float”
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Wong Tsz Ying “When Space Became a Place: KSSP, KF, HK.”
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Kyoko Idetsu “Emotion”
Kyoko Idetsu’s portraits are taken from ordinary scenes of everyday life involving her family, friends, and town. Her ability to capture highly personal moments with a journalistic quality gives her work...More »
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Taro Komiya “Hole Conditions”
[Event] Taro Komiya Artist-in-Residency Report Date: March 30 (Sat) 19:00More »
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Mineki Murata “Borderman”
[Related Events] Drinking Party Marking the (Unofficial) 1st Anniversary of the Passing of Kubi Kukuri Takuzo Date and Time: 3/22 (Fri) 19:00- Guests: Tomoko Ando, Mari Fukudome, Fuyuki Yamakawa, Mineki...More »
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Noriko Kamikubo + Tomomi Taoka “DorooinguDorouwingu”
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Installation - Party - Talks
- 2019-02-27 - 2019-03-10
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Yuya Koyama “Donut Planet”
Researcher, videographer, and performance artist Yuya Koyama “searches for the future by deconstructing and reassembling elements of communication.” This exhibition pays tribute to a donut shop that existed...More »
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Takafumi Saito Exhibition
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Kaichung Lee “The Retrieval, Restoration and Predicament”
[Event] Art Center Ongoing 11th Anniversary Party Date: Jan. 26 (Sat) from 19:00 ¥1000 cover charge. (Incl. drink and snack). Please see the official website for details.More »
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BHKM “Blaoked Humzon Kreates Marspargin”
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Midori Mitamura “No-Con _ always tangled while not knowing”
Installation art by Midori Mitamura with daily talks with a changing lineup of guests.More »
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Shiro Masuyama “Tokyo Landscape 2020”
The Belfast-based artist Shiro Masuyama uses a range of media including installations, performance, and film to stage “interventions” in the lives of people and cities. In “Tokyo Landscape 2020,” he addresses...More »
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Akiko Kinugawa “Painting People, Hearing People”
[Event] “Listen and Paint” Session Artist Akiko Kinugawa will paint people while listening to their stories. Date: Nov. 4 (Sun) from 16:00 Fee: 1000 (incl. drink and cost of admission) Please see...More »
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Ongoing Fes 2018
Ongoing Fes features live music, experimental film, contemporary dance, and other events. More »
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Tomomi Nishimura “Situation Reading by Photograph”
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Daisuke Takahashi “Self-portrait”
Born in 1980 in Saitama, Japan and a graduate of Tokyo Zokei University, Daisuke Takahashi has been active as a painter, participating in various exhibitions and events. His paintings are known for their...More »
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Perry Rhodan and My life
[Related Event] “It’s Their Fault I’m Crazy” Date and Time: 9/2 (Sun) 19:00- Performers: Toshiya Tsunoda, Cypress Ueno, Masaya Chiba Fee: ¥1000 (1 drink + entry fee)More »
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To Install Anti-monument
[Events] Talk “Improving Sculpture Education” Speaker: Tama Art University Professor Tomohiro Miyakawa Date: Aug. 12 (Sun) 19:00 Admission: ¥1000 In Japanese. Please see the official website for details...More »
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Boat Zhang Xiaochuan “Secrets & Lies Bar”
[Related Events] 1. Boat’s Ongoing Air Japan Visit Report Date and Time: 7/25 (Wed) 19:00- Fee: ¥1000 (light meal + one drink, entry fee included) 2. East Asia Post-Colonialism and Art Date and...More »
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Maki Kim + Kazuki Oishi “Fiction and Paste”
[Related Events] 1. Workshop “Thumbnails and Yahoo Auction Items Lecture” Date and Time: 7/14 (Sat) 16:00- Fee: ¥1000 (includes 1 drink + entry) 2. Talk Event: “Self Building” Date and Time: 7/21...More »
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Shingo Aruga “AAA - Ancient Astronaut Aesthetic”
[Related Events] 1. Talk Event “Who are Cancer?” Date and Time: 6/30 (Sat) 15:00-16:30 Featuring: Members of Cancer Fee: ¥1000 (1 drink + entry) 2. Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 7/8 (Sun) 15:00- Fee:...More »
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Tohru Nakazaki “The Earlobe Scab”
[Related Events] 1. A Conversation about Recent Work vol. 01 Date and Time: 6/16 (Sat) 19:00- Guests: Seinoshin Yamagishi x Tohru Nakazaki 2. A Conversation about Recent Work vol. 02 Date and Time:...More »
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Sony Suzuki “Holiday in Comwanky Park”
Presenting depictions of a fictional park by Sony Suzuki, an artist known for his “Adolescent Paintings” series of portraits of imaginary people. The works in this exhibition feature his “sticker sculptures”...More »
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Dion Soethoudt “Temporary Logic”
Dion Soethoudt presents a project documenting improvised problem-solving during the daily commutes of salary(wo)men in Tokyo. With almost any form of mending in the subway stations, the applied design...More »
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Tappei Noguchi “Art Expedition Point 1: Box! White”
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Installation - Performance Art - Party
- 2018-05-09 - 2018-05-20
[Events] Workshop “Temperature Between Spaces” Date: May 12 (Sat) 14:00 Talk “Editor/Curator/Art Explorer” Date: May 19 (Sat) 19:00 Guests: Yuki Kageyama, Arata Hasegawa Admission: 1000 yen In...More »
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Yusuke Saito “Broken Ribs Heal Naturally”
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Maiko Jinushi “53rd Street Silver Factory”
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Ayumi Koyama + Ayaha Shiba “Escape”
Related Events 1. Talk Event Time and date: 3/31 (Sat) 14:00- Guest speaker: Meiro Koizumi (artist) Fee: ¥1000 (includes drink and entry) 2. Talk Event Time and date: 4/1 (Sun) 15:00- Guest speaker:...More »
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Sinead O’Donnell “Crossing Permissions”
- Media: Drawing - Photography - Video and Film - Performance Art - Artist in Residence - Party - Talks
- 2018-03-21 - 2018-03-25
Born in 1975, Dublin-born artist Sinead O’Donnell now resides in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After studying sculpture at the University of Ulster, O’Donnell went on to study visual performance and time-based...More »
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Yoichiro Yoshikawa + Rei Toma “Walk on The Edge of Sense”
In this collaborative exhibition, Ray Toma a photographs the atelier and processes by which Yoichiro Yoshikawa creates his work “Walk on the Edge of Sense.” In recent years Yoshikawa has been creating...More »
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Yoshiki Tanaka “Wine”
[Events] Pre Ongoing School Date: Mar. 4 (Sun) 15:00 Admission: 1500 yen (incl. cake and drink) Please see the official website for details and information on more events.More »
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Kenji Ide “Rittai 2”
Kenji Ide presents works on board that are inspired by the night markets of Hong Kong. These markets are held illegally along the roadside from around 22:00 onward. At the markets, various quality items...More »
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Art Center Ongoing 2008-2018
Art Center Ongoing opened on January 26th, 2008. It will celebrate its tenth anniversary by publishing a crowd-funded book about its decade of creative activity. This exhibit displays a series of special...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto “The Unknown Continent, The Multi-Layered World”
[Related Events] Talk event about Africa and NGOs Date: Jan. 14 (Sun), 19:00- Admission: ¥1000 (inc. one drink) Talk event about Okunoto Museum of Oral History Date: Jan. 20 (Sat), 19:00- Admission:...More »
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Ongoing X’mas 2017
[Related Events] Hiuwa’s Ongoing Air Residency Debrief Date: Dec. 21 (Thu) 19:00- Speaker: Li Hiuwa Admission: ¥1000 (inc. 1 drink and snacks) *Event in Japanese Christmas Party Date: Dec. 23...More »
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Motohiro Tomii “Turn”
Motohiro Tomii went through the following process to create these works: 1) Apply paint to paper 2) Cut out the painted section of the page 3) Turn over the page 4) Connect the backs of the paintings....More »
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Rakhmad Dwi Septian “Smile Even It Hurts For You”
Presenting the works of Rakhmad Dwi Septian, Ongoing’s 23rd artist-in-residence. [Event] Reception Date: Dec. 3 (Sun) 19:00More »
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Akinori Shimodaira “Perspective of brightness”
[Related Events] The Expansion of Time - A Discussion about Time Event Date: Nov. 18 (Sat) 18:00- Speakers: Nanpushokudo, Hiroko Mihara Admission: ¥1000 (inc. 1 drink and exhibition admission) Pre...More »
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Fuyuhiko Takata “Love Phantom”
This third solo exhibition by Fuyuhiko Takata at this gallery follows on from “Venus, Anal Trap” (2012) and “My Fantasia II” (2014) and will present two brand new video works as well as a sculptural piece....More »
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Hiroyuki Oki “Sei sei ◯”
Hiroyuki Oki expresses his expansive thoughts and ideas frankly through video, installations and performances, producing distinctive and chaotic works with a live focus that overpowers viewers. In his...More »
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Shiori Futatsugi + Tappei Noguchi + Mana Hayakawa “Youth Three-point Plan”
Three artists consider how to represent experience in art through performance, painting, prose, and video art. Tappei Noguchi explores the theme of “accumulation,” Mana Hayakawa “transformation,” and Shiori...More »
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Ai Ozaki, Eri Yagi “Hu, Human Nature”
19, August (sat) 18:30〜 Opening Reception 「MY MOTHER IS A GOOD COOK」 guest: Yagi’s Mother admission:¥1000(with food and one drink) ■■■ 26, August (sat) 16:00〜 workshop admission:¥1000(with...More »
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Yingting Cui “As The Garden Collapses, The Road Shall Fall”
Yingting Cui (b. 1994) is a Beijing-born multimedia artist and 2017 graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago whose photography, films, and installations, and other works deal with themes...More »
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Family/Conceptual
[Related Events] Opening Talk & Reception Event Date: July 19 (Wed) 19:00- Speakers: Yoshio Shirakawa, Midori Mitamura, Kazuaki Yamane, Hitomi Ito, Hiroyuki Oki Admission: ¥1000 (exhibition admission,...More »
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Ichiro Endo “Kappa-shisho Presents Nensha – Thoughtography”
Artist Ichiro Endo dresses as kappa water imp and makes attempts at “nensha” psychic photography. More »
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Tomohiro Nagahata “Family Restaurant”
[Related Events] “How to make a handmade Family Restaurant manga” Work together with other participants to produce a manga in just one day! Event Date: June 25 (Sun) 14:00-19:00 Workshop Leader: Koji...More »
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Kento Nito “The Wind Blowing Across Us”
[Related Events] Discussion “Is an Artists’ Village Possible?” Date: June 16 (Fri) 19:00 Admission: 1000 yen (incl. 1 drink) Pre-Ongoing School Kento Nito will give a talk on his work Date: June...More »
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Daniel Stempfer “Kraut Intelligence”
Born in Austria in 1985, Daniel Stempfer attended Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, graduating with the title of Meisterschüler - representing his achievements while studying under professor Willem de...More »
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Low Class
This series of three exhibitions spotlights artists who have nothing obvious in common yet somehow share vague similarities in the creative directions or have elements of commonality. While the first two...More »
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Takuro Kotaka “The Story of the World 100 Years Ago / A Private Video for the World 100 Years from Now”
Presenting a time-travelling interview “from another dimension” in which a Mexican man and woman lament Trump’s wall, plus two new home videos inspired by new life with thoughts on the near future. More »
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MaaadM “Make-believe Play”
This solo exhibition will present the results of an experiment examining the meaning of conversation. The research was carried out with the cooperation of MaaadM’s parents using EEG apparatus built by...More »
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Chiho Hayashi “Kako Hatsumi - Project Muse”
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Keisuke Sagiyama “Holes and Dreams”
Keisuke Sagiyama’s works are composed of three elements: sculptural installations, photographs and videos, which are at the center of each piece. This solo exhibition addresses the theme of life and death,...More »
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Yugo Isaji “Isaji Pattern 3”
Yugo Isaji creates sculptures with staples, ball-point pens, knife blades, and other common items. Here he presents works made with new materials. More »
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Kyoko Idetsu “Milky Way”
[Related Events] Guest Talk Event Date: Mar. 4 (Sat) 19:00- Speakers: Maki Katayama (painter), Erika Kobayashi (artist, manga artist), Kyoko Idetsu Admission: ¥1000 (inc. exhibition admission and 1...More »
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Aayaka Ura “The Body Dances Freely”
[related event] Pre Ongoing School Date: February 19th Sunday, 17:00- Participation Fee: ¥1500 (Cake, 1 drink, and admission fee included) *Open to first 30 people More »
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Thawiphat Praengoen “Brackish Tomorrow”
Yodo (Thawiphat Praengoen) from Chiang Mai, Thailand is the first artist to participate in Teratosera, a new residency program focused on Southeast Asia. For this inaugural exhibition, Yodo conducted research...More »
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Shin Ubuki “Dizzy”
This exhibition will present an installation of new work combining mechanical dolls, analog records and other elements. [related event] Art×Geek×Show Date: January 28th Saturday, 18:00- DJ: ATSUSHI Live:...More »
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Cobra “Domestic Fantasy”
[Related Events] New Year Talk: “Back Then We Were…” Event Dates: January 14 (Sat) 16:00- Speakers: Masaya Chiba, Kenji Ide Admission: ¥1000 (inc. one drink and entry to exhibition) Artist talk:...More »
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Ongoing X’mas 2016
[Related Events] X’mas Party Date: 23rd December, 19:00- Admission: ¥1000(with food and one drink) End of the Year Party Date: 25th December, 18:00- Firm: Hybrid Video Art Theory Admission: ¥1000(with...More »
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Fuyuka Shindo “Hole”
[Related Event] Opening Reception December 10th(sat)19:00〜 Admission: ¥1000(with food and one drink) Pre Ongoing School Artist talk December 18th(sun) 15:00〜 Admission:¥1500(with cake and one drink)...More »
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Helena Hamilton “Order, Effect”
Artist’s statement: This exhibition will show the beginnings of a new body of work I have been researching and creating here in Tokyo. Running themes include repetition, simplicity, order and effect;...More »
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Minami Tanaka + Yoshiki Tanaka “Pretty Art - Revolution!!”
Yoshiki Tanaka is a rising star of the next generation, still studying at Musashino Art University but with a torrid energy which brings irony and humor shuttling along with it. With comical critiques...More »
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Welcome Back Takafumi Sakanaka! - Belfast Residence Report
Takafumi Sakanaka shares his experiences of taking up residence at Flax Art Studio in Belfast for two months. Date: Nov 6(Sun) 19:00- Admission: 1000 yen (inc. drink + snack)More »
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Ichiro Endo “Revenge of the Kappa Family”
The Kappa Family who showed up at Teratoratera 2016 returns for more food and fun with photographs and tales of their adventures. Date: Nov. 5 (Sat) 19:00 Admission: ¥1000 (incl. snack and drink)More »
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Takuya Yamashita “Shaking Thoughts”
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Ongoing Festival 2016
Performance, music, film, spoken word and more, all come together for the 2016 Ongoing Fes! Event Details Folk Film Research - Returning to Our Grassroots Date: October 1(Sat) 19:00- Admission: 1000...More »
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Kanako Tada “Voice”
The paintings of Kanako Tada consist of mainly portraits. From fashion magazines to weekly journals and art catalogues, she selects the models of her work. Yet her figures rarely have a face. It is often...More »
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Yusuke Shibata ”Public and Freedom”
Shibata is an artist highly skilled in video, photography and installation. Having first met with Art Center Ongoing director Nozomu Ogawa around the start of the art space he left a particular impression...More »
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Ongoing Collective
- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film - Sound - Performance Art - Party - Workshops - Talks
- 2016-07-23 - 2016-08-07
Art Center Ongoing Unveils a new initiative in the form of “Ongoing Collective” consisting of 34 artists, 1 musician, 6 curators and 4 coordinators, to total at 45 members. This collective will engage...More »
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Dex Fernandez “→”
The Philippino artist Dex Fernandez creates works of graffiti, painting, sculpture, photography, collage, and animation exhibited in the streets as well as galleries and museums. Here he presents works...More »
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Past, Present, Future
Yuichi Eto is an artist who creates work from his physical perception and interaction of his sense with place and others. Takafumi Sakanaka creates performances and festival like projects which tackle...More »
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Aiko Yoshida Exhibition
- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film - Sound - Party - Performance Art - Talks
- 2016-06-01 - 2016-06-12
[Related Event] Live Performance Performer: Mark Date: June 11 (Sat) 19:00 Admission: 1000 yenMore »
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Tetsushi Higashino “Rapids”
Without being bent by the popular trends of the day, Tetsushi Higashino continues to pursue his practice based upon discoveries gleaned from his own life. Here he simply constructs a parallel reality which...More »
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Masahiro Wada “Yamamba”
[Related Events] “For Tomorrow” Talk series featuring artist Masahiro Wada “Finding Routes of the Unknown and Possibilities” Speakers: Masahiro Wada and Roger McDonald Date: Apr. 21 (Thurs) 19:30 Admission:...More »
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World Komono Meeting - Towards the Era of Komono
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Yuki Akiyama + Shin Ubuki + Fusao Hasegawa “Long Phenomenon”
In an exhibition organized by Model Room, three young artists unleash their stimulating new works upon Art Center Ongoing audiences.More »
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Tetsushi Higashino “I’ll Borrow a Truck and Take the Stash of Wood in my Garage”
[Related Event] Talk Date: February 13(Sat) 19:00- Admission: 1000 yen (inc. 1 drink) Valentine Day Special - Chocolate Logs! Date: February 14(Sun) 12:00-21:00More »
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Yasushi Ebihara Night Cafeteria
Yasushi Ebihara and the “Golden Convenience Store” run by Lilly Mama and Ebichi Mama, a treasure of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, present special Night Cafeteria and bar. [Schedule] Night Cafeteria Feb....More »
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Atodashi Janken
This group exhibition measures the distances between artsitss’ works, hoping to cause a chain reaction with a series of displays and performances. These are the rules: you must pick up the work or genre...More »
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Takuro Kotaka and Special Guests: Five Nights of Life Survival
Artist Takuro Kotaka presents five nights of film screenings and talks by five currently relevant directors who have endured the trials of contemporary society, from politically driven restrictions on...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto “2016”
Pointless labor, emotions with nowhere to go, unmet desires, bursts of life and sex, gratuitous violence, sudden death. Atsushi Yamamoto’s videos capture the images he himself truly wishes to see, stirring...More »
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Ongoing X’mas 2015
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Deirdre McKenna “Dark Luck”
[Related Event] Artist in Residence Report Date: December 20(Sun) 19:00-More »
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Takafumi Saito “A Faintly Triumphant Return”
Takafumi Saito refers to his own work as “searching out the phenomenon of the past, whilst taking a grasp on the current age”. At one glance his work appears to be a critique of political and social issues...More »
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Mark Salvatus “Gates”
- Media: Drawing - Photography - Installation - Party - Talks - Performance Art
- 2015-11-25 - 2015-11-29
Mark Salvatus displays works inspired by the Dan Brown novel “Inferno,” published in the U.S. in 2013. While the book depicts Manila as “the gateway to hell,” here Salvatus presents a variety of “gates”...More »
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Hiroyuki Oki Exhibition
12:00-19:00 Admission: 400 yen (inc. select tea) 19:00-21:00 Admission: 1000 yen (inc. 1 drink) [Related Event] Talk Event Date: November 15(Sun) 19:00- Speakers: Hiroyuki Oki, Naoyoshi Hikosaka Admission:...More »
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Yuko Ozawa “I Have It. Is That All?”
Yuko Ozawa is well known for her series of works in which she adds subtitles and voice dubbing to various video contents she finds on the internet. Through the play on voice and video image she disturbs...More »
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Kanako Tada + Mana Hayakawa “Welcome to the Present”
Whilst Kanako Tada works with the medium of painting she refuses to be confined by its conventions, using vivid colors with frantic brush strokes which seem to resonate with the viewers inner world and...More »
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Jamie Mumford “Tokyo Disco Time”
During a two-month residency with Ongoing AIR, Jamie Mumford explored contemporary Tokyo’s “disco” aesthetics – its flashing neon lights, the chaotic intersections of Shibuya, the unusual energy of Kabukicho,...More »
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Taro Izumi Exhibition
The artist shakes up our daily conventions, infusing them with new perspectives through the cracks and gaps his works expose. [Related Event] Pre-Ongoing School The artist will speak about his works Date:...More »
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Kateryna Berlova “The Directory. Volume 1”
Music-inspired video, installation and participatory works by an artist in residence. [Related Event] Closing Reception Date: Aug. 9 (Sun) 19:00 Admission: ¥1000 (incl. snack and drink)More »
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Kenji Ide “Rittai (3dimension work)”
Kenji Ide takes up the memories and stories of his own life, mixed with the emotions born from these experiences and converts them into installations of sculpture and video. In recent years he has placed...More »
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Japonica’s Final Show—I Want To Go Back to Being Regular Friends
[Related Event] Japonica Girls’ Party Date: Jul. 12 (Sun) 19:00 Admission: one drink order Japonica’s Farewell Ceremony Rehearsal Date: Jul. 19 (Sun) 15:00 Admission: 3000 yen (incl. cake and drink) Japonica’s...More »
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Yuya Koyama + Naoki Nomoto “Leaving Alone Somebody Who You Don’t Get.”
[Related Events] Kusa Party Date: June 25(Thurs) 19:00- Featuring: Space Opera, Urabura Admission: 1000 yen (inc. snack) Talk Event Date: July 4(Sat) 19:00- Featuring: blanClass, Camp Admission:...More »
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Tetris Effect
Born in Tokyo in 1969 and graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 1997, Itaru Ogawa currently takes his base in Chino City, Nagano while actively featuring in solo and group shows across...More »
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Tomohiro Nagahata “Forest Union Sexy Potential”
The work of Tomohiro Nagahata appears to ignore all context and history of contemporary art, yet it may also be claimed that the worth of art should not merely be determined by such elements. To purely...More »
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Ichiro Endo “Room of a Kappa Master Hiding in Kichijoji”
[Related Event] Pre Ongoing School Date: May 10(Sun) 15:00- Admission: 1500 yen (inc. cake + drink) Lecture given by Endo himself on his exhibiting work.More »
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Chiho Hayashi “Daddy, I’m Sorry”
Known for her comical enactments of shockingly made up characters in her video work, Chiho Hayashi has morphed between a balding father, a blonde-haired high school student, a musician, animals, plants,...More »
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Toru Nakazaki “High Sky, Wet Feet, Möbius Strip”
Artist Toru Nakazaki pays close attention to details and change within daily life and has a remarkable ability to creates “sites” where such observations can be shared. Sixteen works of texts, 8 sculptures,...More »
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Soul of Masahiro Satsuka
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Video and Film - Party - Talks - Performance Art
- 2015-03-25 - 2015-04-05
While renowned as the director of the National Museum Of Art, Okutama, Masahiro Satsuka is little known as an artist in his own right. If the truth be known, upon graduating from Musashino Art University...More »
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Yonatan Geron “Heavy Rotation”
Yonatan Geron is an artist who has worked across the medium of painting, performance, video and sculpture to confront the complex relations of Israel with surrounding Arab countries with both political...More »
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Yusuke Saito “Sculpture is Ongoing”
[Related Events Talk Event Date: March 7(Sat) 19:00- Admission: 1000 yen Pre Ongoing School with Yoichiro Yoshikawa Date: March 14(Sat) 17:00- Admission: 1500 yen (incl. cake and 1 drink)More »
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Masayuki Harada ”Temper”
Masayuki Harada continues his experiments in “transformations of the ordinary” with his installations made with familiar electronics and household items. Bestowing these objects with unconventional movements,...More »
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Masato Akimoto + Takuro Usui + Shoko Masunaga “A Place With Three Desks”
[Related Event] Talk Speaker: Hisao Matsuura (painter, critic) Admission: ¥1000 (incl. one drink) Audience: 30 (first-come basis) Reservations required. Please see the official website for details...More »
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Ryuichi Ishikawa + Sho Yoshihama “Wild Manifesto!”
[Related Events] Talk Speaker: Kimi Himeno (Akaaka Art Publishing) Date: Jan. 21 (Wed) 19:00 Admission: ¥100 (incl. drink) Talk Speaker: Atsushi Sugita (art critic) Date: Jan. 22 (Thurs) 19:00 Admission:...More »
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Maiko Jinushi “Big Mouth, Small Hands or Small Mouth, Big Hands”
Video art that poetically interweaves words and images, leaving the viewer feeling just slightly off-kilter. [Related Event] Talk event Date: Jan. 11 (Sun) 19:00 Guests: Kohey Igarashi, Kouichi Kubodera Admission:...More »
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Lindsey James Lee “Pain Thing”
Flood damage to his works during a 2013 typhoon in Manila prompted Lindsey James Lee to explore the idea of what gives art value through his own creative process. His “Pain Thing” series poses the question:...More »
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Shiho Kagabu “Freeze— Mama, America’s Scary, Isn’t It? It’s Fun, Isn’t It?”
Shiho Kagabu’s installations incorporate a variety of objects. Some of these objects are discarded items she found in the street, some are DIY shop purchases, and some are images, drawings, and other works...More »
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Martin Boyle “Everyting’s Connected”
Working across photography, installation and sculpture Martin Boyle makes use of simple materials and in a playful manner reconstructs their meaning. Many of his works have touched upon the troubles faced...More »
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Akinori Shimodaira Exhibition
[Related Events] Talk “The Expansion of Time” Date: Nov. 16 (Sun) 19:00 Guest: Hiroko Mihara (Nanpu Shokudo), others Admission: ¥1000 (incl. 1 drink) Audience: 30 (first-come basis) Reservations...More »
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Kenji Ichikawa “The Wind of White, Black and Gray”
Kenji Ichikawa creates his “Pixel Montages” by cutting small squares out of large volumes of photographs and other images, reassembling them into new works. Moving back and forth between the micro and...More »
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Ongoing Fes 2014
A full month of special guests fill the Ongoing Fes with live music, dance, experimental video, performance, and more festivities to celebrate an autumn of art. [Related Events] Satoko Shibata Ongoing...More »
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Mineki Murata “Neck Live”
[Related Events] Mizuki Misumi and Mineki Murata Performance Date: Sep. 21 (Sun) 19:00 Admission: ¥1000 (incl. 1 drink) Audience: 30 (first-come basis) Kubi Kukuri Takuzo and Mineki Murata Performance Date:...More »
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Daniela Imhoff “Dai Tokyo Ondo”
Daniela Imhoff is a film maker from Berlin currently joining the Ongoing AIR. As her residence comes to an end this September she here presents her responses to her time in Tokyo, Japan. [Related Event] Daniela...More »
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Motohiro Tomii “Daily Composition”
Presenting works from two recent series, “Today’s Sculpture” and “Garbage Photographs.” Both capture scenes of everyday life in photographs and can be considered documentation of the “wild sculptures”...More »
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Takafumi Saito + Byungseo Yoo “The Dog Faces West, the Tail East”
Member of contemporary and primitive fusing art group “Olta”, Takafumi Saito is a young artist currently drawing wide attention with his mix of common culture, temporary stages and over-adherence, brought...More »
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Hazuki Komatsu + Ayaha Shiba “The Aggregate / Phobia”
[Related Events] Talk Event Date: July 25(Fri) 20:00- Guest: Kurumi Wakaki(artist) Admission: ¥1000(inc. 1 drink + entrance) Talk Event DAte July 26th(Sat) 19:00- Guest: Shun Sasa(artist) Admission:...More »
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Takuro Kotaka “A Dystopia of Love and Peace— Learning from a Depraved Pilgrims’ Village”
Tossing us into the space between lies and reality, the works of Takuro Kotaka bewilder us yet grab hold of our hearts and don’t let go. Art Center Ongoing presents his documentary footage exploring “the...More »
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The Last Baus x Teratotera - Talk Event
In May of this year Kichijoji’s long established cinema Baus Theater closed its doors on 30 years of history, with a last homage paid to its legacy by the paintings of internationally active artist Yusuke...More »
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Øyvind Renberg “Seeing Double”
[Related Events] Special Talk Speakers: Hiroyuki Mukawa (Baus Theater), Yusuke Asai (manga artist), Nozomu Ogawa (Teratotera chief director) Moderator: Hako Hosokawa (photographer) Date: Jun. 27 (Fri)...More »
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Hikari Ono + Yuri Takezawa + Mana Hayakawa “Do the Kitchen Over— Night Manhole Genghis Khan”
The artistic methods of Hikari Ono, Yuri Takezawa, and Mana Hayakawa share common traits. Portraying the same themes in painting and sculpture, taking and displaying photographs in the same place, and...More »
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Yugo Isaji “Isaji Pattern 2”
[Related Events] Pre Ongoing School Date: June 1(Sun) 15:00- Admission: ¥1500 (inc. cake + 1 drink) Talk Event “Discovery and Formation” Date: June 7(Sat) 19:00- Guest: Eri Takayanagi(artist) Admission:...More »
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Shingo Aruga “SSS— Space Spiral Spirit”
[Related Events] Pre-Ongoing School Date: May 24 (Sat) from 15:00 Fee: ¥1500 (incl. cake and drink) Participants: 30 (first-come basis) Talk Speakers: Japonica, others Date: May 25 (Sun) from...More »
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Cobra “The Objects / A Something To Catch The Indigo Blue”
The work of Cobra unconditionally invites a smile from the viewer, but this sensibility is not one of simplistic comedy but underlined by one of fine calculation. Amongst the stagings of costumes, sets,...More »
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Fuyuka Shindo “What To Do About Patterns?”
Fuyuka Shindo’s textiles and installations use kimono scraps, threads, and fish skins as materials in a creative process that incorporates local traditions, culture, and present-day complexities. Often...More »
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Sayaka Okazaki +Hidetaka Suzuki “Genuine / Original”
Guest Talk Date: April 13(Sun) 19:00- Guest: Seiji Tenjuu(programmer), gnck(researcher) Host: Hidetaka Suzuki Admission: ¥1000(inc. 1 drink + entrance) Reservation required Pre ongoing School Date:...More »
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Fuyuhiko Takata “My Fantasia Ⅱ”
[Related Event] Pre Ongoing School - Artist Lecture Date: 4/5(Sat) 15:00- Admission: ¥1500 (inc. cake and drink) Guest Talk Date: 4/6(Sun) 17:00- Guest: Aya Momose(artist) Admission: ¥1000 (inc....More »
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Keisuke Sagiyama “Natural Born Swing”
With a particular talent for video installation, Keisuke Sagiyama is an artist who adds to the pulse of the city, contributing to such major urban events as “Roppongi Art Night 2013”. In his installations...More »
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Kanako Tada + Fusao Hasegawa “If You Hope”
[Related Events] Opening Party with the Artists Date: Mar. 1 (Sat) from 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (incl. snack, one drink, admission) Pre Ongoing School The artists will speak about their works Date:...More »
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Sho Yoshihama “Spirit’s Traces”
The young artist Sho Yoshihama, an Okinawa native, pursues experimental expressions in his drawings, photographs, installations, live performances, and other works, which feature “sound” as a common theme....More »
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Daisuke Samejima ”Sign”
Taking the images of residential districts, suburban highways, giant superstores and covered cars, Daisuke Samejima reconstructs landscapes which appear to exist everywhere and nowhere. His choice of support...More »
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Mariko Aoki Exhibition
[Related Event] Art Center Ongoing 6th Anniversary Party Date: 1/25 (Sat) 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (incl. snack, 1 drink, admission) “Yaneura’s Success Story” Manzai Comedy and Performance Date: 2/1 (Sat)...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto “Road Movies”
A journey into an unknown world led by Atsushi Yamamoto as he presents documentation of his work produced throughout his travels across Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Africa, interweaving various landscapes...More »
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Ongoing X’mas 2013
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Liu Yao Chung “Long Story Short…”
[Related Event] Guest Talk “Taiwan’s Art Scene” Date: 12/14 (Sat) 18:00 Fee: ¥1000 (incl. 1 drink and admission) Audience: 30 (reservations required) Please see the official website for details and...More »
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Yuko Mouri “The Wild In The Center Of Sauvage City”
Yuko Mouri is known for installations using machinery parts that organically fill entire exhibition spaces. The theme of this show is “sauvage,” meaning “wild.” What kind of state, ultimately, does “wild”...More »
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Yuji Ota + Yuma Tomiyasu “Occultus— The Hidden”
[Related Events] Guest Talk Date: 11/23 (Sat) 19:00 Speaker: Tatsuya Mori (documentary film director, non-fiction writer) Fee: ¥1000 (incl. admission and 1 drink) Audience: 30 (reservations required Pre-Ongoing...More »
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Muneteru Ujino “Boogie Masters”
[Image: “The Ballad of Extended Backyard (Dining Section)” (2010-2013)]More »
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Nicolas Carrier “Memories of Light at Dusk”
Ongoing’s two-month artist-in-residence program presents Nicolas Carrier’s video installations. Inspired by Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1951 film “The Lady of Musashino,” they portray the Musashino area, touching...More »
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Shiro Masuyama “Knitting Sweaters for Sheep With Their Own Wool”
Shiro Masuyama presents a project developed last year in Ireland in response to the traditional wool trade which is slowly dying out. In this project he worked with farms in rural Ireland to spin thread...More »
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Ongoing Fes 2013
Ongoing Fes is a month-long lineup of autumn events including live music, dance, experimental film, performance festivals, and more. This year’s Fes features sketch comedy. “53235 Homecoming Anniversary...More »
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Akihiro Wada “Recorrido Arqueologico #1”
An exhibition centering on a 30 minute moving image work from this young contemporary artist. [Related Event] “Ongoing Culture Day” Date: 23rd August(Fri) 20:00- Host: Akihiro Wada 1 drink required Guest...More »
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Takehiro Iikawa “outdoor”
Related Events] Guest Talk Speaker: Illustrator Makoto Wada 8/3 (Sat) from 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (incl. one drink and soumen noodles) Attendees: 30 (reservations required) Pre Ongoing School 8/4...More »
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Ryo Ota “Inside Out”
Opening Party + Special Performance ”Mousou Hanzai” by Nendo (Taiki Saito, Shunsuke Takasaki, Sho Ota) Date: 13th July(Sat) 18:00- Admission:¥1000 (includes snack, drink and entrance fee) Guest Talk The...More »
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Izuru Kasahara “Fluffy Limbo”
[Related Event] Guest Talk Event How to make contemporary art? Date: 6th July(Sat) 19:00- Guest: Tatsuo Majima(artist) Admission: ¥1000(includes 1 drink, limited to 30 participants) Pre Ongoing...More »
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Yuhei Higashikata Exhibition ‘The Skiing Dead’
Yuhei Higashikata takes familiar motifs and with his own twist of humor transforms them into images never encountered before. For example in his work “A Summer’s Day 0815” he presents us with a steel merry-go-round...More »
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Hiroyuki Oki “100 years, 200 years- Uchinko2 ‘Neotheosophy’”
Oki’s work has varied in recent years, including both visual art and installations. While his modes of expression change, his interest remains in how people operate. Many of his installations incorporate...More »
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Takuya Yamashita “Next Exhibition/ Hiroyki Oki - Uchinko2”
- Media: Illustration - Sculpture - Installation - Party - Talks - Performance Art
- 2013-05-15 - 2013-05-26
Yamashita creates work through turning an eye to the multiple functions of space, and working a rereading of this through his particular perspective. The work “10cm wide T.Rex”(2008) highlights the function...More »
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Ichiro Endo "Hagezura Save The Earh"
Presenting the video work "Hagezura save the world" documenting people from around the world wearing the balding head gag wig. The artist continues in the creation of this work which brings a smile to...More »
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Yusuke Shibata "Planets"
Related Events - Talk Event "Is it possible?" Date 20th April (Sat) 19:00- Speaker: Company Matsuo (Adult video director) Admission: ¥1000 (includes drink, limited to 30 participants, reservation required) -...More »
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Japonica "Japonika Pamyu Pamyu's Japonica Pamyu Pamuseum"
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Tetsushi Higashino Sound Installation
Related Event: Honegumi Second Gig 3/24 (Sun) 16:00 Takashi Yamazaki (harmonics), Tetsushi Higashino (electronics), special guest Free, one drink order required More »
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Akiko Kinugawa Exhibition
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Mikiko Fujita "Nachtklettern"
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Hisakazu Narita Exhibition
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Orrorin "hubn't"
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Nobuhiro Shimura Exhibition
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"Early Ongoing Xmas" Exhibition
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Takashi Kawanishi Exhibition
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Itaru Ogawa Exhibition
This is Itaru Ogawa's third solo presentation at Ongoing, featuring all paintings. See website for details on related events.More »
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Kenji Ide Exhibition
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"Ongoing Fes"
A series of music, dance, experimental film and performance events. Please see the official website for full details of the program. [Image: Tenniscoats]More »
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Maiko Jinushi Exhibition
Maiko Jinushi presents her first feature length, 77-minute film that unfolds with a robust, quiet and poetic rhythm all its own. Screenings at 12:10/13:30/14:50/16:10/17:30/18:50/20:10 *last screening...More »
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Takayuki Yamamoto Exhibition
Takayuki Yamamoto was born in Aichi in 1974 and studied at the Aichi University of Education and the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. He is known for his video works featuring a cast of children...More »
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Isamu Sakamoto "Daylight Jazz"
Young photographer Isamu Sakamoto (born in Osaka in 1979) presents his second solo show at Ongoing, featuring a selection of square photographs taken with a 6x6 format camera.More »
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Kyoko Idetsu Exhibition
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Yasushi Ebihara "Beautiful Boys"
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Yuko Ozawa Exhibition
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Shingo Ariga "Sense of Black & Yellow"
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Chiho Hayashi "You Are Beautiful - Love Primavera! -"
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Motohiro Tomii "4 Jobs"
Please see venue website for details of related talk events.More »
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Tomohiro Nagahata "B Giants"
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Takuro Kotaka "Yoko Ono will perform instead of me"
The artist is a backpacking video installation and documentary maker who has travelled around the world. [Image: Takuro Kotaka "Yoko Ono will perform instead of me" (2012)]More »
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Fuyuhiko Takata "Venus, Anal Trap"
See venue website for details of guest talks and cake mixer parties.More »
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Yuhei Higashikata + Nodoka Odawara "signals"
Two person exhibition that explores how we perceive signals and the things they point towards.More »
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Kenji Ichikawa Exhibition
Kenji Ichikawa is known for his "pixel montage" technique that he developed in the Nineties, which involves him re-constructing a previously printed object and creating a new image. In his work he frequently...More »
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Mineki Murata "Daruma"
Mineki Murata was born in Gunma in 1979 and graduated from Tama Art University in 2005. Since then he has been giving unique performances at various exhibitions and events throughout Japan, including the...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto Exhibition
For details of talk events, please see the venue website.More »
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"Ongoing Xmas 2011" Exhibition
- Media: Graphics - Illustration - Painting - Drawing - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film - Party
- 2011-12-21 - 2011-12-24
Features 20 progressive artists gaining attention today.More »
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Masaru Iwai "slow, down."
Various related events also scheduled. See website for details.More »
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Yuko Amano + Akira Takaishi Exhibition
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Tomotaka Yasui + Mariko Aoki "The Two Geostationary Objects"
11/20 (Sun) 19:00 Painting and improvisation performance from in.out.project. Tickets: ¥1000 (one drink, exhibition entry included)More »
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Yuta Hayakawa ":discovery"
A graduate of the MA sculpture course at Musashino Art University, Yuta Hayakawa is a noted young artist whose works are constructed out of the invisible forces and phenomena that surround us – gravity,...More »
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Akinori Shimodaira Exhibition
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"Ongoing FES 2011"
This fall, Art Center Ongoing's month-long festival of art features live music and dance performances, experimental video works and more. See website for full schedule.More »
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Makoto Tokunaga "Handsome"
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COBRA "GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS"
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Masayuki Harada Exhibition
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Daisuke Samejima "Terror"
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Yugo Isaji "Isaji Pattern"
See website for more details on related events (Japanese only).More »
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Hiroyuki Oki "Uchinko!"
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Yusuke Saito + Daisuke Takahashi "Mermaid and Biscuit"
June 5 (Sun): Special Talk Event Yusuke Saito, Daisuke Takahashi + Tomoko Yabumae Fee: ¥1000 June 12 (Sun): Lecture by the artists Fee: ¥1500More »
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Toru Nakazaki Exhibition
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Yusuke Asai "Fruit of the Grass"
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Fuyuhiko Takada + Kota Hirakawa "The Morality Exhibition #2"
See website for details on related talks and other events. [Image: Fuyuhiko Takada, "Many Classic Moments" (2011)]More »
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Shiho Kagabu Exhibition
See website for details on related events. [Image: 2011 photo by Hayato Wakabayashi]More »
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Keisuke Sagiyama "The Reflecting Tree Diagram"
Born in 1977, Keisuke Sagiyama studied film at Musashino Art University. He is known for his installation works that make use of various media including photography, text and sound. His materials are drawn...More »
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Yuko Ozawa + Isao Manabe "Mt. Fuji And Mt. Fuji"
Various related events are also scheduled. See website for details.More »
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Kei Imazu + Mineki Murata "Culture"
February 27th (Sun) 16:00- Pre Ongoing School (Kei Imazu and Mineki Murata) and Glagra performance ¥1500 (includes cake and drink) First 30 guests. More »
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James Deutsher "SANAA/Clay Feet the Color of Bacon Bits"
Art Center Ongoing was invited to the international exhibition "Next Wave" held in Melbourne in 2010, which featured artist-run spaces from all over the world. This exhibition, which is being held as part...More »
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Ichiro Endo "Driving Photo Music: The Movie"
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Masahiro Wada "Big Tomorrow"
After graduating from Goldsmiths College in 2004, Masahiro Wada has been showing his work actively at exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, in addition to running Homebase, his own art space in West Tokyo....More »
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Satoru Tamura "Catch and Release"
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"Dribble Ave" Exhibition
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Tetsushi Higashino "WIG TWIG"
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Alimo Exhibition
Alimo dropped out of the oil painting department at Tama Art University, becoming a medical photographer before finally deciding to make animation works. His "animation tableaux" have won him several prizes...More »
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Itaru Ogawa "Fafrotskies"
Standing in front of Itaru Ogawa's paintings, the viewer is struck first and foremost by the pale, supple colors on the canvas, and then by the seemingly object-like forms that rise up from the vivid surface....More »
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"Ongoing Fes 2010"
One-month program of various events including music performances, film screenings, dance, experimental video and more. See website for full details.More »
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Takuro Kotaka "Potato, Cucumber, Love Letter and more"
Related events also scheduled. See website for details.More »
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Akiko Kinugawa + Aiko Yoshida Exhibition
Akiko Kinugawa and Aiko Yoshida are two young artists who both graduated from the oil painting department at Musashino Art University and are currently enrolled in the same graduate school. Kinugawa's...More »
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Reiko Tada "The Lemon Says This Is Music, Not a Sigh"
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Isamu Sakamoto "Daylight Jazz"
July 10th (Sat) 20:00- Guest Talk More »
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Satoshi Hashimoto Exhibition
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Fumiko Kobayashi "Straight Flight Toward Home"
Since completing her graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts, Fumiko Kobayashi has been exhibiting her work in various cities in Japan, Asia and Europe. She makes site-specific installations with...More »
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Kenji Ide "Paul likes me, I liked Jackie"
Talk by Nobuhiro Shimura May 23rd (Sun) 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (includes one drink, first 40 visitors) Talk by Nobuaki Takekawa May 29th (Sat) 19:00 Fee: ¥1000 (includes one drink, first 40 visitors) Pre...More »
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Hikaru Suzuki + Ryuichi Haga + Yuta Hayakawa "inging"
Critique session: April 30th (Fri) 19:00- Fumio Inoue (CAMP), Motohiro Tomii (artist), Toru Nakazaki (artist), Nozomu Ogawa (Art Center Ongoing) Fee: ¥1000 (includes one drink, first 40 guests) May...More »
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Nobuhiro Shimura "Turn off the subject"
April 18th (Sun) 19:00- Guest talk with Kazuki Umezawa (artist) Fee: ¥1000 (first 40 visitors, reservation required, includes one drink) April 10th (Sat) 18:00- Guest talk with Tomoharu Makabe (Project...More »
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Shingo Ariga "The Yellow Show"
April 4th (Sun) Guest talk Ren Fukuzumi (art critic) Fee: ¥1000 (first 30 visitors, reservation required, includes one drink) April 10th (Sat) 19:00- Guest talk Yuki Okumura (artist) Fee: ¥1000...More »
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Naoko Shiokawa + Yugo Isaji "Simple Plan"
Special talk with Shinji Miyadai (sociologist) March 13th (Sat) 19:00- Fee: ¥1000 (limited to first 30 people with reservations, includes one drink) Pre Ongoing School March 14th (Sat) 15:00- Lecture...More »
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Harada Masayuki + Tomohiro Nagahata "Land Butterfly”
Harada is an artist born in 1978 who creates installations out of everyday materials. His works, which look scattered and haphazardly put together at first glance, are actually composed based on careful...More »
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Yusuke Shibata "Hypothetical Beat"
Yusuke Shibata is a young artist who has been exhibiting work in a wide variety of media since completing graduate studies at Musashino Art University. His practice is concerned with the profusion of superficial...More »
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Kyoko Idetsu + Maiko Jinushi Exhibition
A series of related events are planned. Please refer to the venue's website for details.More »
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Takahiro Ando "Photon Exhibition"
Since graduating from the department of painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, Takahiro Ando has been exhibiting widely at numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. His Biophoton...More »
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Yu Ebihara + Rintaro Hiramine "Hybrid"
Both Yu Ebihara and Rintaro Hiramine are young video artists born in 1983. Hiramine has been showing his work at various exhibitions since graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, in addition to organizing...More »
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Izuru Kasahara "Hide and Seek"
After graduating from the art department of Tokyo University of the Arts, Kasahara helped to found the pioneering artist collaborative unit, Studio Shokudo, in 1994. She has shown her work widely at numerous...More »
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Yotaro Niwa Exhibition
Yotaro Niwa was born on the island of Awajishima in Hyogo Prefecture in 1973. After completing graduate studies at Musashino Art University, he studied sculpture at Braunschweig University of Art in Germany....More »
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Iki Morita "Cosmos 60"
Iki Morita is a photographer born in 1949. He began working as an artist and exhibiting his work in his 20s. In addition to his personal artistic activities he teaches at the Tokyo College of Photography...More »
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Ongoing FES
Autumn at Ongoing sees a slightly different program - an entire month packed with various events staged by creators in their respective fields: music, theater, film screenings, performances, puppet shows......More »
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Ichiro Endo "Me and the Happy Rascals"
As the title suggests, this second half of Endo's exhibition features the work of several of Endo's artist friends. Endo will collaborate with a different artist every day and present a joint live performance....More »
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Ichiro Endo "Driving Photo Music"
Ichiro Endo has been giving live performances since his teenage years, working as a musician, DJ, designer, painter and video artist. He now calls himself a "future artist," planning events for other creatives...More »
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"Peace of Mind" Exhibition
Related events also scheduled. See website for details.More »
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Megumi Matsubara "PUBLISHED"
Megumi Matsubara is a female artist born in 1977. She holds a Master's in interdisciplinary informatics from the graduate school at Tokyo University, and another in architecture from the Bartlett School...More »
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Kazunori Sadahiro "Fairy Land"
Kazunori Sadahiro began working as an illustrator in the early 1990s, and has since shown his work at several solo and group exhibitions. In recent years he has been expanding the scope of his practice...More »
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Isamu Sakamoto + Michiko Ishikawa "Genko"
This is a two person photo exhibition by young up-and-coming artists Isamu Sakamoto and Michiko Ishikawa. Sakamoto was born in 1979, Ishikawa in 1986. After dropping out of the photography department at...More »
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Kenji Ichikawa "Hana to Yume "
Since making his debut as an artist in the late 1990s, Kenji Ichikawa has won several awards and held numerous exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, establishing him as a first-rate contemporary artist...More »
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Shingo Ariga + Sho Hasegawa "Cancel Connection"
This exhibition features work by two young artists born in 1980, Shingo Ariga and Sho Hasegawa. Ariga's previous work includes numerous installations and videos imbued with a sense of grotesqueness...More »
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"'No Future', No Future" Exhibition
"No Future," No Future is an exhibition by three promising young artists: Hikaru Suzuki, Yuta Hayakawa and Ryuichi Haga. Suzuki produces mostly video work that incorporates images captured and edited...More »
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Motohiro Tomii "Work of Paper"
Motohiro Tomii was born in 1973. Since graduating from the sculpture course at Musashino Art University in 1999, he has been holding several solo exhibitions mainly in Tokyo, while also participating in...More »
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Akiko Muto "The Entrance at the Dead End of the Corner of That Room"
Akiko Muto was born in 1975. She graduated from the doctoral course in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006 and has since extended the scope of her art practice both in Japan and abroad....More »
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Toru Nakazaki "Kilo"
Toru Nakazaki is an outstanding artist born in 1976 who has been active all over Japan since dropping out of the doctoral program at Musashino Art University in 2007. In addition to his own artistic practice,...More »
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Sonton "Elefarm"
Sonton is a sound art unit formed in 2004, made up of Takashi Kawanishi (born 1979) and Saki Tokura (born 1982). They stage noise music performances using self-made instruments like Supertoy, a mashup...More »
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Amelie Clavier "Au-dela"
Amelie Clavier is an artist from Paris who won the grand prize at an international competition for young artists held in France. She will spend one year living in Japan from the start of this year making...More »
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Mikiko Fujita "In Die Nacht"
Mikiko Fujita is a young up-and-coming painter who graduated from Tama Art University in 2008. She creates paintings based on photos that she has taken and collected over the years since her childhood....More »
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Akinori Shimodaira "Freshly Remembered Spaces"
Akinori Shimodaira is a young up-and-coming painter born in 1974. After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, he based himself mainly in Tokyo where he continues to work today. Most of the motifs...More »
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Masaru Iwai "Clean Up 1.2.3."
By staging a variety of actions that intervene in everyday life, Masaru Iwai creates work that plants "art" into the lives of local residents and visitors to his exhibitions. Recently, he has been creating...More »
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Keisuke Sagiyama "Flickering Engraving"
Keisuke Sagiyama is a noted artist who was born in 1977. He graduated from the film and video department of Musashino Art University and has since developed a diverse practice centered on video. He is...More »
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Satoru Tamura "Point of Contact 3"
Satoru Tamura was born in 1972. Since graduating from the art department of Tsukuba University, he has exhibited widely not only in Japan, but also in Europe and America. Tamura makes wide use of low-tech...More »
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"Sound/Mindscapes" Exhibition
Humans are animals that prioritize the visual sense. We look at each other's faces and bodies, films and advertisements, scenery in the park; and get disappointed at the prospect of the non-view from a...More »
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Hisashi Narita "Bedroom Exhibition"
After completing graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1999, Hisashi Narita (b. 1970) began exhibiting his work widely at various exhibitions. In addition to his activities as an artist,...More »
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Itaru Ogawa "Love Minus Zero"
Itaru Ogawa was born in 1969 and graduated from the Royal Art Academy of Antwerp, Belgium in 1997. Since then, he has produced many impressionistic paintings in vivid colors in the 10 years since returning...More »
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Rob Bellman + Masahiro Wada "We Packed Your Parachute"
Rob Bellman is a British artist living and working in London under the fictional company name "The Die Kill Shoe Company." He has made numerous phantasmagorical installations based on imaginary stories...More »
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Ongoing FES
Ongoing presents a slightly different program for the month of September. Music, theater, screenings, performances, puppet shows and even food! A stellar lineup of performers, artists and other guests. September...More »
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"TransformART" Exhibition
For the first time, a contemporary art exhibition taking Transformers as its theme will be held from August 8th (Fri) - 31st (Sun) with the generous support of Takara Tomii, Inc. Transformers were created...More »
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Kenji Ide "Waking From A Dream Realizing That It Was"
Opening party: July 12th (Sat) 18:00- Midsummer's Night: July 19th (Sat) 19:00- Night Theater Ide (handmade puppets): July 26th (Sat) 19:00- Closing BBQ party: August 2nd (Sat) 18:00- Fee: ¥1000...More »
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Daisuke Samejima "Wednesday Night & Thursday Morning"
Daisuke Samejima, an artist born in 1979, has won several awards for his work, beginning with the grand prize at the open call Wonder Wall exhibition in 2002. He is known in particular for his Flat Ball...More »
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Yusuke Asai "Earth that Grows and Shrinks"
Asai is known for his "Masking Plant" series that features various plants and living things drawn and painted onto the floor on which masking tape has been plastered. Not confining himself to exhibiting...More »
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Atsushi Yamamoto + Yusuke Shibata "Let's Meet in the Metropolis"
Opening Party April 18th (Fri) 18:00-More »
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Reiko Tada "Budo Race"
Opening Party: March 22nd (Sat), 18:00- Artist Talk: April 6th (Sun), 18:00- Reading and Drawing events will also be held. Check the venue's website for details.More »