Galerie Tokyo Humanité - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Galerie Tokyo Humanité. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Atsuo Ishii “Flowers and Planes and…”
This exhibition showcases the liberated and humorous sculptures of Atsuo Ishii using materials such as travertine and red brick.More »
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Yumiko Kurihara “Project of Eternal Mirror”
Venue: Humanité bisMore »
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Print Works
This exhibition is centered around print works from the 1990s. The exhibition will feature copper engravings by Mitsuo Kano, works by Isamu Wakabayashi and Noe Aoki, and the pioneering xerox prints of...More »
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While Traveling
Travel-themed works by four graduates of the Tama Art University Nihonga Painting Department. More »
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Shinichi Fujisawa “Endoscope”
Venue: humanité bis(B1F)More »
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Asuka Shindo Exhibition
Venue: Humanite Lab (basement 1st floor)More »
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Hinako Hasumi Exhibition
Venue: Humanité BisMore »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Patio Ⅲ– Works of Seven Titles”
Working in steel, lead, wood, and plaster, Kiyoshi Kawashima is an important Japanese sculptor who has exhibited widely abroad. Seven sculptures including new works from his “Patio Series” are presented...More »
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Mari Ota Exhibition
Drawings and performances by Mari Ota.More »
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Hitoshi Seki “Unwritten Law”
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Ryoko Kume “Fruit”
The Nagoya and Tokyo-based artist Ryoko Kume presents around ten new works. Kume depicts plants, fruit, and other forms of life from the natural world with affection. More »
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Hiroji Noda “Questions for Details”
This first exhibition of new work in two years will showcase 10 paintings. The artist has also previously held a large-scale restrospective exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo in 2012. Venue:...More »
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Katsumasa Kuroda “Drawings”
Seventy drawings by Katsumasa Kuroda.More »
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Wakana Yamauchi Exhibition
Location: humanité labMore »
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Statements From Galleries: Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo
In this event, eight galleries in the Ginza/Kyobashi area present solo shows for promising artists. Galerie Tokyo Humanité features the work of Mei Kasahara (b. 1996), a Sendai-based artist whose vibrant...More »
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Taiyo Kimura Exhibition
Paintings, drawings, and reliefs by Taiyo Kimura, an international artists whose works feature surrealism and dark humor. More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Drawings Volume I”
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Ai Nishimura “Monodrama”
This exhibition showcases the surrealistic work, including large-scale 2-meter pieces, of Musashino Art University graduate Ai Nishimura. Venue: Humanité BisMore »
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Gallery Collection - Collaboration: Atsuo Okamoto + Hiroji Noda
This exhibition features box-shaped works that became a part of the permanent collection in 2000.More »
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Sayo Saaya
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Takeshi Machiya “Pop Day”
This exhibition features 15 new works of mainly wood sculptures using clay including a 1-meter sized large-scale work. More »
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Reliefs, Sculptures, Objects, Paper Works 1930-1993
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Yuri Onishi “Spielraum Vol. 02”
This is Yuri Onishi’s (b. 1938) fourth exhibition at Humanité. Onishi is garnering attention after prize wins at The Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition and Shell Art Award. Venue: Humanité Bis...More »
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Hiroyuki Okumura “Ciclo / Cycle”
Inspired by the freedom he observed in pyramids and other creations of ancient civilizations, Hiroyuki Okumura moved to Mexico after finishing his graduate degree in sculpture at Kanazawa College of Art...More »
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Masamichi Kawano Exhibition
Venue: Humanité BisMore »
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Kouko Hosaka Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo HumantéMore »
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Gallery Collection - Prints
Venues: 12/10 to 12/13 Basement 1st floor 12/16 to 12/21 1st floorMore »
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Little Christmas 2019
The tenth annual exhibition of small copperplate prints for Christmas features the work of 47 artists. More »
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Kiko Ishii Exhibition
Venue: Gallery Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Takayuki Takimoto “Misty”
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Kuniko Satake “Gai fu shu u”
New frescos and other works by printmaker Kuniko Satake.More »
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Mitsuo Kano Exhibition
Prints and paintings by the self-taught artist Mitsuo Kano.More »
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Tomoaki Shimohira Exhibition
Eight new works by marble sculptor Tomoaki Shimohira.More »
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
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Yasuo Kazuki Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Takahiro Ueda + Yasuyuki Uzawa Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Moeto Yasuda “Vestiges”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Katsumasa Kuroda “Accumulation and Dispersion of Images Festival”
Influenced by graffiti art, Katsumasa Kuroda’s powerful and extemporaneous paintings are not limited to oils. His first show of new works in two years presents around ten paintings featuring complex intersections...More »
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Masayuki Inoue Exhibition
Focusing on Maquette sketches, drawings, and works made with cardboard from the ceramicist Masayuki Inoue.More »
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Tomoyo Oka “Expressions in Lacquer IV – What Lies Beyond”
As part of the New Generation in Focus exhibition series at 10 galleries around Ginza and Kyobashi, Galerie Tokyo Humanité presents the work of lacquer artist Tomoyo Oka, whose creations feature organic...More »
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Tatsuya Nakamoto Exhibition
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Felix Asperger “Power of Attenuation”
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Akira Komatsuzaki Exhibition
Akira Komatsuzaki’s layered paintings of birds and landscapes have a quiet presence.More »
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Tsunemasa Takahashi “Seeing the Images Before Our Eyes”
Tsunemasa Takahashi (b. 1949, Tokyo), studied in Vienna and Hamburg under R. Hausner and E. Fuchs in 1974. He researched blends of oils and tempera paints and held a solo exhibition in Vienna before spending...More »
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Momoyo Iijima “Sickness and Healing – The Legend of the Hare of Inaba as a Rite of Passage”
Momoyo Iijima is known for her dynamic installations using delicate materials. These new works reference the famous story The Hare of Inaba, from the Kojiki Record of Ancient Matters, interpreting it as...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Stem Shake”
Kiyoshi Kawashima’s many accolades include serving on the Asian Cultural Council of 1986–1988 and participating in New York’s P.S.1 Project. His sculptures using substantial materials such as metal, wood,...More »
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Takahiko Hayashi “The Lines”
Takahiko Hayashi (b. 1961) is an award-winning artist with a strong social media following and exhibitions across Japan and also in Portland planned for this year. His practice focuses on copperplate prints...More »
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Tetsuya Fukumura “Kaku/Gen”
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Mei Kasahara “Figure”
Venue: B1F/humanite bisMore »
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Koichi Tanikawa “Forest of Suiran”
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The Mysterious World of Keijiro Sato
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T Collection: Noe Aoki
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Kouko Hosaka Exhibition
Venue: B1F Humanité BisMore »
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Little Christmas 2018
Displaying and selling small prints that would make excellent holiday gifts.More »
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Hitoshi Seki “Unwritten Law”
Venue: Gallery Tokyo Humanity bisMore »
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Keiko Sotokubo Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Memory of Lead”
One of Japan’s leading sculptors showcases his latest work centered on a 1.6m sculpture piece made of lead and decorated with ink.More »
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Yuri Onishi “Spielraum”
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Mutsumi Okada Exhibition
With these 10 new works of oil paint on canvas and metallic panels, Mutsumi Okada returns to the origins of painting through carefully controlled uses of color. More »
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Yasuhiro Miyata Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Kazuo Matsuo “Memory and Record 2018”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Masayuki Inoue “The Way of Smoke”
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Ryoko Kume “Air”
Nagoya-based artist Ryoko Kume’s translucently colorful paintings featuring floral and plant motifs are filled with love for all of the natural world. More »
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Shie “Petrichor”
The first exhibition for Shie (b. 1995), a poet who recently took up practice as a self-taught artist. More »
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Sumaco Yasui Exhibition
New copperplate prints, drawings, and sculptures by the Osaka-born artist Sumaco Yasui.More »
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Shun Murata Exhibition
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Yutaka Mukoyama “Predator Puddle”
Ten new works including sculptures by Yutaka Mukoyama.More »
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Inhye Paik “Supple Sound”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Hiroji Noda “External Force II”
Eight new paintings plus several drawings by the multimedia artist Hiroji Noda (b. 1952), who was the subject of a 2012 retrospective at The National Art Center, Tokyo.More »
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Momoyo Iijima “Mirrors and Buttons – Bringing Two Worlds Together”
Momoyo Iijima, featured in prestigious exhibitions such as Shiseido Art Egg, attracts attention with her dynamic installations made from delicate materials. These works include old clothing, tableware,...More »
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Shingo Murai “Ingot”
A graduate of Tama Art University, Shingo Murai is a sculptor who exhibited his work at various solo and group exhibitions including “Artist File 2009” at the National Art Center, Tokyo. Murai’s latest...More »
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Yoshinaka Taizo ”Early Drawings”
Born in Kyoto (1928-1985), Taizo Yoshinaka began his career early on as a painter, moving to Tokyo after the war and getting involved with Taro Okamoto, Tatsuo Ikeda, and their avant-garde movement. During...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “640 grams of Ash”
Sponsored by the Asian Cultural Council, Kiyoshi Kawashima spend two years from 1986 in the US. During this time he participated in the P.S.1 project in New York. Kawashima would go on to exhibit work...More »
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Tomonori Hattanda Exhibition
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Asuka Shindo Exhibition
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Yuki Nakaigawa Exhibition
Yuki Nakaigawa takes everyday objects such as vases and pots and gathers them into large-scale works. This exhibition focuses on round shapes and features a large-scale work that is 2.5 meters high.More »
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Haruna Tokimatsu “A Day in Our Life in Tokyo”
Twenty works in color pencil and watercolor by Haruna Tokimatsu illustrating the mixture of hope, excitement, isolation, and anxiety experienced by young women starting out in the world. This exhibition,...More »
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Felix Asperger “Gondiimachine”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Mitsuo Kano “The Tale of the Heike: monotypes 1996-2002”
Mitsuo Kano is a self-taught copperplate engraver who began showing his work publicly from the mid 1950s onward. In the 1960s he showed his work at Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art and other...More »
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Mayuko Yamazaki “Epic”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Natsumi Tomita “Hang-on Days”
Galerie Tokyo Humanité presents its first exhibition in three years for Natsumi Tomita, an artist known for her mobile scrap metal sculptures of animals, dinosaurs, and other charming creatures. She also...More »
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Naoki Nishijima “Between looking and emotion”
Though Naoki Nishijima is known for producing abstract paintings inspired by acanthus leaves that are comprised of layers of overlapped colors such as purple and navy blue, in recent years his work has...More »
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Mizuho Nakamura “About Seeing”
Venue: humanité bisMore »
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Translation
These works by five doctoral students at Tama Art University explore the ways in which artists convey messages through their works and how viewers interpret them through their own ideas and experiences....More »
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Little Christmas 2017: Small Prints
Forty-nine artists’ new A4-sized prints at a limited-time price for Christmas. [Event] Artist Talk & Reception Date: Dec. 23 (Sat, holiday) 15:00–17:00More »
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Arinori Ichihara + Kizashi Kakizaki + Katsuaki Shigeno “Outstanding Early Prints”
Each of these artists uses a different printmaking technique. A selection of their best early works is on display. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis (B1F)More »
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Yufuji Sait “Ganda”
Yufuji Sait, born in Yamagata City in 1949, graduated with a degree in industrial design from Musashino Art University. He later studied classical oil painting and tempera blending techniques in Vienna....More »
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Akira Kamiyama “About Streets Far Away”
This exhibition focuses on small works from the 1990s by the Japanese sculptor Akira Kamiyama.More »
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Saki Akiyama “Hello Mr. Popular”
In her work Saki Akiyama depicts familiar objects such as confectionery boxes and animals such as octopuses, doing so in a way that is sure to prompt a humorous response from viewers. Venue: humanité...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Water Quantity - Wood Plasma”
Kiyoshi Kawashima’s works are comprised of materials such as iron, lead, wood, and plaster, constructing space through a unique vocabulary. This exhibition presents brand new work from the “Water Volume”...More »
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Takayuki Takimoto Exhibition
The second exhibition since 2014 at Galerie Tokyo Humanité for advertising illustrator turned painter Takayuki Takamoto.More »
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Yasuyuki Uzawa Exhibition
Yasuyuki Uzawa continues to explore lines as a theme in these works. More »
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Tomonori Hattanda Exhibition
An exhibition of large paintings by the Kagoshima-based artist Tomonori Hattanda.More »
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Hiroji Noda “Throwing Dots”
Hiroji Noda, known for his relief works, has been interested in the relationship between subject and medium since the early 1980s. His second exhibition this year presents new works, including six large...More »
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Izumi Miura “Loosing what is seen”
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Katsumasa Kuroda “Assemblage and Dissolution of Images”
Katsumasa Kuroda (b. 1945) is known for his powerful, extemporaneous oil paintings and multimedia art influenced by New York graffiti art. Here he presents roughly a dozen new works for the first time...More »
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Tomoyo Oka “Lacquer Surfaces IIl - Glimmering Life”
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New Perspectives 2017 Akira Komatsuzaki
The annual “New Perspectives” returns to the Ginza/Kyobashi area with participating galleries showcasing a new generation of dynamic artists. Gallery K presents 10 bird-themed works by Akira Komatsuzaki,...More »
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Hiroji Noda “Shape of Outside”
Hiroji Noda has continued to produce work on the theme of painting and its supports. The relief-like supports that featured in his boxes of the early 1980s gradually turned into linen bags that covered...More »
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Tatsuo Ikeda Exhibition
Born in Saga Prefecture in 1928, Tatsuo Ikeda became involved in Japan’s avant-garde scene in the early 1950s, gaining attention as a member of the Reportage painting movement. He made a name for himself...More »
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Koko Hosaka “Hearing Voices From the Ground”
Sculptural installations by Koko Hosaka.More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Out Burst”
Kiyoshi Kawashima traveled to the US on a scholarship from the Asian Cultural Council from 1986 to 1988, where he participated in the P.S. 1 project in New York. Since the start of the 1990s, Kawashima...More »
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Mitsuo Kano “Catcher of Lightning: Elements 1978”
Exhibiting 30 original prints from internationally acclaimed printmaker Mitsuo Kanno’s “Catcher of Lightening: Elements” series that began with monochrome prints and gradually evolved into lithographs...More »
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Moeto Yasuda “Record of Conduct - Earth”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Shihomi Tomaru Exhibition
This is the first solo exhibition by Shihomi Tomaru at this gallery for three years. Objects that surround us in daily life can be seen here carefully studied and freely expressed in Tomaru’s paintings. Venue:...More »
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Yuri Onishi “Geometric Chant”
Yuri Onishi’s paintings explore the visible and invisible and what exists between different physical properties. Using ink painting-like techniques in her oils on canvas, she repeats processes of painting...More »
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Kiyomi Kato 1959-1973
Kiyomi Kato is an artist that works with fictional scenes, representing a division between the world from which you are looking, and the world beyond the staged foregrounds. There is an abruptly presented...More »
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Rei Kariya “Like a mountain, like the sea”
Rei Kariya graduated from Tama Art University in 2004 and spent ten years working out of Germany. This is her first solo exhibition in Tokyo and will present phantasmagoric works in acrylic paint and natural...More »
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Osamu Konnno “Pan and Descent”
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
Yumiko Sugano travels to various countries to gather objects that she later paints against plain backdrops. Though her work may appear reminiscent of the still life paintings of medieval Europe at first...More »
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Koichi Tanikawa “Forest Town, Morning Light”
In bright, bold colors with a touch of humor, Koichi Tanikawa depicts scenes featuring an abundance of nature and warm light. His latest series, “Zokibayashi Shiriizu” (Brush Series), incorporates primitive...More »
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Miho Amano Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Drawings Part Ⅱ – 3 Titles”
Since the 80s Kiyoshi Kawashima has enjoyed wide international success joing the Asian Cultural Council program in the US, featuring work at PS1, Folk Art and Traditions Museum, Rome and Dusseldorf Museum...More »
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Shoji Suzuki “Connection”
Shoji Suzuki has been working as a Tokyo-based artist since the 1970s creating joyful and surprising paintings. His abstract acrylic works on canvas are on display.More »
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Momoyo Iijima “Monohara”
Momoyo Iijima, a young artist selected for the 9th Shiseido Art Egg Award, has produced works including a series of clothing, tableware, and other everyday items encased in translucent white paraffin wax,...More »
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Koko Hosaka “Autumn Rain – Refrain”
Koko Hosaka’s works combining organic materials with marble, black granite, and other stone carvings focus on relationships between sculpture and other mediums. At her second exhibition at Galerie Tokyo...More »
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Yasuhiro Miyata Exhibition
Yasuhiro Miyata continues to pursue his motif of Autumn leaves with relief paintings of acrylic, gold leaf and pigment.More »
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Ryoko Kume “Moment”
Ryoko Kume returns to Galerie Tokyo Humanite with her first solo exhibition of work for two years, unveiling a selection of sensuous organic forms painted in translucent layers of color.More »
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Masayuki Inoue + Yuki Nakaigawa Exhibition
Tama Art University graduate and professor Masayuki Inoue joins with fellow Tamabi graduate Yuki Nakaigawa in an exhibition of large scale ceramic works. More »
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Shingo Murai “Reseal”
Born in 1952 Shingo Murai graduated from the Graduate School of Tama Art University and since that time held a succession of solo and group exhibitions. In recent years he has held major exhibitions at...More »
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Hidekazu Hayashi Exhibition
Hidekazu Hayashi presents his first solo exhibition in Tokyo with a series of portraits and landscapes executed according to his unique system. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Arie Furumoto “Print Works”
Kansai based artist Arie Furumoto presents copperplate prints of flower motifs.More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Drawings Part 1”
Since the 80s Kiyoshi Kawashima has enjoyed wide international success joing the Asian Cultural Council program in the US, featuring work at PS1, Folk Art and Traditions Museum, Rome and Dusseldorf Museum...More »
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Ayako Ebata “Life is Merely a Time Killer”
Galerie Tokyo Humanité is pleased to announce EBATA Aayko’s solo exhibition Life is Merely a Time Killer. Fishes with human faces, plants with legs — Ebata creates strange but humorous creatures using...More »
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Noriko Ebersole “3,650 Days of Self-Portraits”
Noriko Ebersole, a graduate of Joshibi University who has been based in the U.S. since 1977 and producing work in Japan and the U.S. since 1997, presents drawings from a daily self-portrait series she...More »
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Asuka Shindo “Taking Hold of the Ghost”
Asuka Shindo(b.1985) presents her second solo exhibition at Galerie Tokyo Humanité with a selection of her impressive, uniquely colored oil paintings. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Chizuru Miyasako “The Time of Paradise”
Since her first solo exhibition in 1975 Chizuru Miyasako has continued to present her work with unlimited energy. She is an artist who has won numerous awards and even organized her own art festivals which...More »
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Ayako Ohnuma “Living for Images”
Ayako Ohnuma contemplates human creativity and the will to create images through a moving image installation of animation.More »
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Takeshi Machiya Exhibition
Osaka based artist Takeshi Machiya presents his first solo show at Galerie Tokyo Humanité, unveiling a swarm if wood carved figures of a particular sense of the primitive, and drawing upon memories of...More »
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Mutsumi Okada Exhibition
Mutsumi Okada presents new works at her fifth show at Galerie Tokyo Humanité (her first in three years). While the color tones of Okada’s oil paintings are extremely restrained, appearing stoic and simple...More »
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Tatsuo Kondo - Drawing and Painting of the 1950s
From 1961 Tatsuo Kondo(b.1933)lived in New York for 40 years and contributed significantly to the Japan and US art scene. This exhibition features his work from the 1950s before he traveled to America....More »
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Hiroshi Oohira Exhibition
Osaka based wood-sculptor Hiroshi Oohira trained in graphic design and has received numerous awards for his commercial work. At the same time he also creates dreamlike forms from camphor wood, through...More »
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Hiroko Amano Exhibition
Hiroko Amano creates enfolding forms from stone, as if embracing something within. Taking a great deal of time to produce each piece, these are not only symbols of nature but also that of time too, as...More »
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Woojin Yoo “Distortion”
Having just completed Master studies at Tsukuba University, Woojin Yoo presents a series of works which form tension between the flat plane and the sense of 3D form. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis...More »
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SMS Portfolio 1968
In the second half of 1960 in the loft of surrealist William Copley in Upper Westside of Manhattan, a great many artists would gather together and began to join free experimental collaborations. At that...More »
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Moeto Yasuda Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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T Collection Isamu Wakabayashi
Sculptor Isamu Wakabayashi (1936–2003) was a leading Japanese artist, having shown works at the 1986 Venice Biennale and received the 1997 Teijiro Nakahara Prize. His work is garnering renewed attention...More »
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Sumako Yasui Exhibition
Sumako Yasui returns to this gallery for the first time in two years with a new collection of work, including prints, drawings and objects.More »
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Ayano Mori “Sense of Heat”
Having completed her PhD at Tama Art University, and recently gaining attention at last year’s VOCA exhibition Ayano Mori presents her second solo exhibition at Galerie Tokyo Humanité. Venue: Gallery...More »
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Takuya Hanashima Exibition
Having graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 2014 Takuya Hanashima here presents an installation of oil paintings. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Manika Nagare “Budding”
Presenting ten new abstract oil paintings by Manika Nagare, whose works have been featured in the 2000 and 2006 VOCA exhibitions. More »
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Mitsuo Kano “1972, ‘74, ‘76”
An exhibition of over 200 works features original illustrations made for various magazines of the 1970s combined with unseen encaustic drawing. More »
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Little Christmas 2015
These prints by 48 artists are just the right size to give as Christmas presents.More »
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Kuniko Satake “Wind Molecules – Invisible Shape”
Presenting the wood lithographs of Kuniko Satake. More »
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Koichi Furudate Exhibition
Koichi Furudate’s works do not assert anything, nor does anything dramatic occur within them. Here he presents paintings that walk the lines between the real and unreal, the organic and inorganic, created...More »
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Takeshi Kimura “Hello, Goodbye Forever”
Sculptures incorporating elements of light, movement, and matter. Exhibition Place: Galerie Tokyo Humanite bisMore »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Patio Ⅱ”
Kiyoshi Kawashima, who served on the Asian Cultural Council from 1986 through 1988, presents new woodblock prints and pieces in a continuation of his 2013 “Patio Series” using wood, iron, and lead.More »
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Masayo Nishio “Pastscape”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Etsuko Iwao Exhibition
Etsuko Iwao presents an exhibition of new work at Galerie Tokyo Humanité for the first time in 9 years, with 10 new pieces including large scale paintings as well as drawings.More »
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Saki Fujikawa “New Perspectives 2015”
Saki Fujikawa(b. 1990) presents her first solo exhibition at Galerie Tokyo Humanité with new works of oil painting and bold drawings of impressive strength.More »
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Misako Kon “Float and Vanish”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Haruna Tokimatsu “I Like Your Face”
Youthful characters fill the surfaces of Haruna Tokimatsu’s works, shifting between actors waiting in the wings to girls chasing after boys, all variations of crowds an individuals appear, precisely distilling...More »
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Akira Kamiyama “Did You Have a Good Dream?”
In a joint exhibition held across both Gallery Kobayashi and Galerie Tokyo Humanité the posthumous exhibition of Akira Kamiyama is held, reflecting on his career which was cut short by his sudden death...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima Exhibition
Receiving a grant from the Asian Cultural Council Kiyoshi Kawashima took up residence in the USA between 1986-88 and joined the PS1 project in New York. He has since gone on to present a string of major...More »
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Katsumasa Kuroda “Collecting, Diffusing, Eliminating Images”
Influenced by graffiti art, Katsumasa Kuroda goes beyond the conventions of oil painting to use a variety of materials in his powerful improvisational paintings. Kuroda also produces stage art for musicians...More »
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Mitsuo Kano “Sea to the Right 2014-2015”
While Mitsuo Kano is perhaps better known for his copperplate prints, he has in fact supplemented this practice with the creation of vividly colorful oil colors since the 1980s and in recent years has...More »
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Taiki Sukigara “Primitive”
Presenting large sculptures of woven hemp. These structures embody new materials produced by the mutual condensation of the artist’s own body and other matter. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Tsunemasa Takahashi Exhibition
Combining the delicacy of ink drawing with a boldness of Western painting Tsunemasa Takahashi has come to fuse his studies of the Chinese Sung dynasty along with research into painting spanning from the...More »
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Sachiko Ueno Exhibition
Exploring life, death and identity in a series of paintings reflecting on the morality of one’s own family. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Natsumi Tomita “Contemporary Ukiyo-e - Portraits of Actors on the Stage”
Taking up old bicycles and electrical appliances, Natsumi Tomita is known for her rendering of tortoise, crawfish, crocodiles, birds and other animals in scrap metal, often taking on an impressive scale....More »
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Koichi Tanikawa “Street Shadows 1976-1978”
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
Yumiko Sugano forms conversations between objects in her intricate depictions of vessels collected from around the world, each becoming an anthropomorphism set with a quiet peace yet inner strength of...More »
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Little Christmas 2014
Forty seven print makers active across Japan and internationally bring their works together in a special Christmas event.More »
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Yoko Ochida “Prints and Collage”
Having taken up oil painting in 1977 Yoko Ochida has continued her painting practice organically responding to the things which interest her in the surrounding environment and collating them in an array...More »
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Atsuo Okamoto “excavation”
Atsuo Okamoto is well known for his carving of white granite into organic forms but in recent years he has tried his hand towards a new direction as observed in his previous solos exhibition at this gallery...More »
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Chiharu Kikuchi Exhibition
Chiharu Kikuchi struggles with the limits of memory, that sense of something so close, but when neared appearing so far. Here she questions by what means we may overcome the distance of our experience...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawamura “Water Quantity VIII”
Kiyoshi Kawashima is one of Japan’s foremost sculptors.He served on the Asian Cultural Council in the U.S. from 1986 through 1988 and participated in New York’s P.S. 1 Project. His work has been shown...More »
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Yasuhiro Miyata Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Yasuyuki Uzawa Exhibition
Yasuyuki Uzawa creates a sense of depth and tension through a series of recent works which are built up with instinctive patterns of rectangles. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité BisMore »
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Humanite Lab vol.53 Mizuki Inoue Exhibition
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Humanite Lab vol.52 Satomi Unuma Exhibition
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Hiroji Noda “An Example of Expansion II”
The relationship between paintings an their bases is a running theme in the work of Hiroji Noda, whose major retrospective at The National Art Center, Tokyo in 2012 is still fresh in memory. Noda started...More »
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Humanite Lab vol. 51 Kanoka Kitagawa Exhibition
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Shinya Okayama “Enduring Children”
The work of Shinya Okayama focuses upon the relation between children and animals, placing emphasis upon the joy, surprise and hardship of children and asserting animals upon the same level of human kind,...More »
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Yutaka Mukoyama “Field of Sand— Message From Animae”
Yutaka Mukoyama is a young artist whose photorealistic paintings of the ocean and its creatures have a melancholy and nostalgic appeal. Attracting a growing following, he has presented works at international...More »
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Aya Kamata “Someday, Someday, Where There Is…”
Aya Kamata’s works are rooted in a fascination with the mysterious creatures that are women, herself included. Her creations range from objects made of the hair of herself and her friends, to installations...More »
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Makiko Satake “New Perspectives 2014”
The vivid colors of Makiko Satake’s works are what first catch the eye, as she packs many colors into single lines on the canvas. Looking closely, we see that these lines are not painted but carved multilayer...More »
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Tomoyo Oka “Lacquer Surfaces II— The World on the Other Side”
Organic forms appear on the smooth, water-like surfaces of Tomoyo Oka’s lacquer-polished mirror paintings. Looking closely, one sees that fluctuations in light bring about varying expressions. The blackness...More »
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Ei Tani “Worlds in Pots”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bisMore »
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Moe Yashiro “Language”
Having graduated from the masters course of Tama Art University last year Moe Yashiro has developed a body of work in metal and ceramics but here features sculptural forms created from pencil and ink on...More »
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Ayano Mori “Space of Freedom”
Ayano Mori completed her master’s degree at Tama Art University this spring. Her first solo show unveils paintings evoking refreshing breezes and fragrances with a light-hearted freedom. Venue: Galerie...More »
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Ryoko Kume “Window”
Ryoko Kume is a Nagoya-based artist. Her first exhibition of new works at Galerie Tokyo Humanité in two years presents translucent paintings of flowers and plants. More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Wharf Stem”
Kiyoshi Kawashima, creator of profound sculptures made from iron, copper, wood, and plaster, has expanded his scope of artistic activity in recent years by turning to copper engraving. This exhibition,...More »
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Takayuki Takimoto “Si no no Me”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Takayuki Takimoto “si no no me 2014-002” (2014) Acrylic on canvas 137×162cm]More »
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T Collection Isamu Wakabayashi
[Image: Isamu Wakabayashi “Possession, Atmosphere, Oscillation— Slit” (1984) copper, oil paint, pastel, screws 50x50x4.5 cm]More »
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Shingo Murai “Carta”
New works from Shingo Murakami’s “The Edge” series, in which rectangular blocks have their corners eroded away and are placed as if individual cards in a game of carta. [Image: “Black Solid 1102” (2011)...More »
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Chihiro Toriniku “Torinikuronikuru”
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: Chihiro Toriniku (2014) oil, acrylic, aqyla on canvas 45.5×106cm]More »
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Kiyomi Kato “Samples of Impressions II”
Presenting seven new works in a series of 40 centimeter-tall boxes begun seven years ago. Several copperplate prints are also on display. These works evoke unique atmospheres of serenity and emotional...More »
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Aimi Maeta Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: “A Rainy Day” (2014) etching, drypoint, spit-bite 41×54cm]More »
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Takahiko Hayashi “Time After Time”
The print works of Takahiko Hayashi, although involving a highly delicate technique, are characterized by their both line infused with a sense of speed and confidence. Not only does he produce print making...More »
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Koichi Furudate
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Koichi Furudate “Sea” (2014), iron powder, pigment, stucco on panel 240x460 cm]More »
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Kenta Toyoumi “Some Day”
A new collection of 2D works which combine the charm and beauty of lacquer and rusted copper. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: Kenta Toyoumi “World Salty Desert” (2012) lacquer, linen, mother...More »
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Sumaco Yasui Exhibition
Born in 1959 in Osaka and graduating from Osaka University of Arts, Sumaco Yasui has continued her copperplate etching practice, participating regularly in solo and group exhibitions around Kansai. Each...More »
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Toshio Miyake Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: Toshio Miyake “Green Baroque” 2013, Oil on canvas 227.3×181.8cm]More »
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“Collection Exhibition”
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Ayako Onuma Exhibition
Ayako Onuma graduated from Tama Art University’s Information Design program in the spring of 2013 after working as a TV animator. In her first solo show, Onuma presents a collection of her ink blot works...More »
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“Christmas 2013 Small Print Exhibition”
45 print makers active across the country and internationally present a special collection of small sized prints especially for Christmas. [Image: Sumako Yasui “A Great Day” etching, pastel, aquatint...More »
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Nobumichi Takei + Mayu Murakoshi Exhibition
Works by two second-year students at Wako University. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Nobumichi Takei (2013) mixed media 53x45.5 cm]More »
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Hanae Itoga Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: Hanae Itoga 2012 copper 66×160×103cm]More »
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Mika Hishinuma “Romance”
Venue: Gallery Galerie Tokyo Humanité Bis [Image: Mika Hishinuma “Wind” (2011) oil paint on canvas 53x45 cm]More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Patio”
Works by Kiyoshi Kawashima, one of Japan’s representative sculptors with exhibitions at museums around the country in recent years. [Image: Kiyoshi Kawashima “Roadside Note ①” (2011) Galerie Tokyo...More »
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Shihomi Tomaru Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Shihomi Tomaru “Soaking There” acrylic on canvas 38x46 cm]More »
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Haruka Kawabata Exhibition
Embroidery featuring polar bears by Tama Art University graduate student Haruka Kawabata. Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Haruka Kawabata “Bears” series (2012) embroidery, felt] More »
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Mitsuo Kano “And The Coming Waves And the Color of the Sea”
This exhibition coincides with “Rupa— Crest of the Wave Still Unseen 2013” at the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, which also showcases the works of Mitsuo Kano. “The Coming of the Waves and...More »
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Yasuyuki Uzawa Exhibition
Venue: Galerie Tokyo Humanité bis [Image: Yasuyuki Uzawa, “Untitled” oil on canvas 72.7x60.6cm]More »
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Nobuhiko Nukata “Stationary II”
Nobuhiko Nukata’s images of colored lines on evenly painted surfaces appear at first glance to be the work of computer graphics, but are in fact painted freely by hand without the aid of masking tape or...More »
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Nanako Izumi “Desk Ideas”
Nanako Izumi creates woodblock prints on Tosa paper using oil and water-based ink. Several new works, including small prints from her “Desk Ideas” series, are now on display. [Image: Nanako Izumi “Thinking...More »
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Natsumi Tomita “The Adult Sports Day”
Natsumi Tomita’s new works use the same “semi-sculptural” relief technique as the ukiyoe-themed pieces of her last show two years ago. Her portraits of modern people, reminiscent of picture scrolls, demonstrate...More »
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Momoyo Ijima “New Perspectives 2013”
As part of the “New Perspectives” program Galerie Tokyo Humanité presents the work of Momoyo Ijima, in her second solo show at this gallery. Ijima completed a post-doctorate course at Joshibi University...More »
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Mutsumi Okada Exhibition
After graduating from the short course of Joshibi University of Art and Design Mutsumi Okada(b.1953) went on to study in Cologne and Paris, coming to take Cologne as her base for creative production. In...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Drawing”
Between 1986-1988 Kiyoshi Kawashima participated in the P.S.1 project, New York with the support of the Asian Cultural Council. He went on to exhibit “Observation” in 1993 at Iwaki City Museum, along with...More »
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Naoki Nishijima “Switch”
Depicted landscapes rise in hues of blue grey mists, while across the surface of the image are aligned row upon row of even dots. In this exhibition the dots on the surface of the painting come to take...More »
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Tatsuo Ikeda "Drawing the Phases of Place"
A selection of 10 paper and panel based drawings developed from Tatsuo Ikeda's ongoing series "Phases of Place".More »
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Kuniko Satake "The Shape of the Wind"
The wooden lithograph prints of Kuniko Satake are infused with a unique sense of speed, and having exhibited widely across Japan and internationally Satake has built a strong reputation as a young printmaker....More »
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Risa Hirai Exhibition
Features work by this artist who uses bonsai, sushi and other real materials. [Image: Risa Hirai, "garden-bonsai" (2013)]More »
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Hiroji Noda Exhibition
Presents 16 large-scale works by Hiroji Noda, who creates heavy and irregular impressions with his layered and scraping style. [Image: Hiroji Noda (2012)]More »
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Saki Akiyama Exhibition
Part of a series introducing younger artist, Saki Akiyama graduated from Tama Art University in 2011 and her motifs include flower fields, vaulting horses and other comical and familiar items. [Image:...More »
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Tatsuo Kondo "drawings 1955-1959"
Features some 50 drawings from the 300 discovered in the artist's studio dating from before he went to America. [Image: Tatsuo Kondo, "LC-018" Paper, pencil, watercolor, oil pastel, 42 x 55.3cm]More »
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Gallery Collection
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"Little Christmas 2012" Exhibition
Small print works for the Christmas season.More »
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
On display are some 15 new works depicting ceramics and other vessels. [Image: "Five_4" (2011) oil on canvas 116.7×116.7cm]More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima Exhibition
On display are new table-shaped lead, copper and wood sculptures and watercolor drawings. [Image: Kiyoshi Kawashima, "Roadside Notes 2" (2011)]More »
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Shuji Okada Exhibition
Shuji Okada's recent work has centered on a series of waterfront landscapes inspired by the Lake Biwa region near his own residence. This exhibition showcases new pieces from this series, other large oil...More »
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Koshiro Onchi Exhibition
Koshiro Onchi was a pioneering abstract painter and printmaker, poet and writer who founded the poetry and print magazine Getsuei in 1914. This exhibition focuses on oil paintings from the collection of...More »
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Tatsuya Fukumura Exhibition
After showing heavy sculptures made out of iron and cement in the 1990s, Tatsuya Fukumura began working with paper and wood. This exhibition showcases several door-like works made out of iron, cement and...More »
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Ryoko Kume “another friend”
New acrylic and canvas works by Nagoya-based artist. [Image: Ryoko Kume, "Flower" acrylic on canvas, 162 x 130cm]More »
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"New Perspectives 2012: Tetsuro Tomonari, Beasts & Birds Starvation" Exhibition
Part of a collaboration between 12 Ginza galleries, this exhibition features the work of award-winning 1986-born sculptor Tetsuro Tomonari, known for his unique style liked not only by art fans but children...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima Exhibition
This exhibition showcases previously unexhibited drawings from 1997-8 and several new works. [Image: Kiyoshi Kawashima, "D-1-4" (1997) Pencil on paper 79.0 × 55.0cm]More »
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Sumaco Yasui Exhibition
The artist's eighth solo show at the gallery and her first there in two years. Born in 1959 she specializes in copperplates with detailed etchings, and then each layer hand-tinted to create a fairytale-like...More »
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Masayuki Inoue Exhibition
Masayuki Inoue's sculptures consist of clay boards that resemble foot bellows, piled up one on top of another. His larger pieces are made out of more than 100 of these units, dried, dismantled and fired....More »
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Hiroji Noda "1984-2012"
Hiroji Noda was born in Wakayama in 1952 and graduated from Tama Art University in 1976. His first solo show came after being discovered by Minami Gallery's Kusuo Shimizu. Since then, he has been exhibiting...More »
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Shingo Murai "Black Solid 2011"
The "Black Solid" series has previously featured 2.5-meter large tower-like works, but the latest example is a mere 10cm tall. Murai's stoic works portray the beauty and brevity of stone. [Image: Shingo...More »
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Yoichi Yoshihara "Poet, Voice, Portrait"
Yoichi Yoshihara was born in Kanagawa in 1983. A chance encounter with the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson during a trip to Paris left a deep impression. Yoshihara currently works at the Museum of Modern...More »
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"Little Christmas 2011" Exhibition
Held in conjunction with 22 galleries throughout the country, this exhibition showcases works by 47 Japanese and international printmakers. [Image: Sumako Yasui]More »
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Mitsuo Kano "water color on paper 2011"
Born in Tokyo in 1933, Mitsuo Kano is a self-taught copper engraving artist who has exhibited his work at international print biennales in Ljubljana and Tokyo. In recent years, Kano has continued to create...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Roadside Notes 2"
On display are table sculptures made using lead, copper and wood, as well as a series of watercolor drawings that represent a continuation of Kawashima's "Roadside Notes 1" series, first exhibited in April...More »
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Nobuhiko Nukata "Stationary"
Nobuhiko Nukata was born in Osaka in 1963. After graduating from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1991, he won a grant to live and work in London, after which he went on to exhibit...More »
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Tsunemasa Takahashi Exhibition
Tsunemasa Takahashi was born in Tokyo in 1949 and graduated from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design in 1973, subsequently spending time living, working and exhibiting his work in Vienna and London....More »
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Ai Okubo Exhibition
Ai Okubo was born in Tokyo in 1982 and held her first solo show at this gallery while still a student majoring in oil painting at Tama Art University. This is her 4th one-person show, showcasing a series...More »
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"humanité lab vol. 43 Hitomi Fukui Exhibition"
Part of a series of exhibitions introducing younger artists, Hitomi Fukui has presented work in Niigata and Australia. This, her first solo show, will feature two large two-metre works alongside smaller...More »
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"Impact 2011" Exhibition
This exhibition features new works by 6 young upcoming artists in their 20s and current art school students. [Image: Natsuko Kitamura]More »
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"humanité lab vol. 42: Ayumu Taniguchi Exhibition"
Ayumu Taniguchi (born 1984) graduated from the oil painting department at Tama Art University in 2008. This is his first solo show, featuring sculptures with organic forms that are created by the simple,...More »
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"humanité lab vol. 41: Toshiyuki Tanaka Exhibition"
On display are sculptures by Toshiyuki Tanaka, who studied glassmaking at Tokyo Zokei University, the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art and Virginia Commonwealth University. [Image: "S. fountain" (2009)...More »
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Koshiro Onchi Exhibition
Born in 1891 in Tokyo, Koshiro Onchi was an early pioneer of abstract painting and innovative printmaking in Japan. This exhibition showcases a selection of some 50 works that were published in a book...More »
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Junsuke Asai “Brick 1/1”
Features around 30 ceramics works by the Aichi-born Junsuke Asai, made using a variety of glazes. [Image: Junsuke Asai]More »
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Yuta Kamiura Exhibition
Works by Yuta Kamiura (b. 1982) that feature gradations of color and precisely calculated curved lines and contours. [Image: "1011-3" (2010) acrylic gouache on canvas, 60×30cm]More »
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Hiroshi Oohira Exhibition
Oohira, based in Osaka, has won many prizes for his wood sculpture works. They feature fantasy human figures of ambiguous gender, made out of cypress wood.More »
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"Humanite Collection" Exhibition
On display are works from the gallery collection by young artists. This exhibition is also part of the Tokyo Art & Antiques - The Nihonbashi/Kyobashi Art and Antiques Festival. See website for full...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Roadside Notebook"
Kiyoshi Kawashima is one of Japan's leading sculptors. This exhibition features new works from his recent Volume of Water series, which examines the fundamental nature of mass and matter through an understanding...More »
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Kaoru Ichikawa "Getting Away from Ceramics"
Kaoru Ichikawa was born in 1987 and is currently a student in the Master's program at Tama Art University. He makes sculptures using kaolin clay as a material. This is his first solo show. [Image: "Sky"...More »
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Haruna Tokimatsu "Lights, Camera, Action!"
Color pencil and watercolor drawings that depict innocuous scenes and moments from everyday life. [Image: "Lonely" (2010) pencil, watercolor, paper on panel, 68 x 48cm]More »
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"humanité lab vol. 36 Yoshifumi Ohori Exhibition"
On display are prints and etchings made using photopolymer plates by Yoshifumi Ohori.More »
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Takahiro Nagasawa Exhibition
Takahiro Nagasawa was born in Yamagata in 1972 and graduated from the printmaking course at Musashino Art University. His stellar portraits won him the 13th Taro Okamoto Prize for contemporary art. On...More »
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
This is Yumiko Sugano's first exhibition at Galerie Tokyo Humanité in two years, featuring 20 new works that convey a sense of insecurity and unease: gone are the neatly configured still life objects,...More »
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Hiroji Noda Exhibition
Noda's recent work features white, human-like forms in simple, dynamic compositions. This exhibition of new works features 10 large-scale pieces with animal, plant and human motifs interwoven with Noda's...More »
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Mitsuo Kano Exhibition
Mitsuo Kano was born in Tokyo in 1933. On a trip to Brussels in the late 1960s, he came across a market of wild birds, where a glimpse of an entire flock hovering in mid-air facing the same direction ...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Water Quantity Ⅵ"
On display are recent sculptures with a mystical air about them that measure up to 5m across.More »
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Yutaka Mukoyama “Chamber of Stone・Developing”
First solo show by Yutaka Mukoyama, who was born in Osaka in 1984. Mukoyama's motifs in recent years have tended towards sea creatures like eels and octopi. He does meticulous research on the animals that...More »
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Manika Nagare "Waku Waku"
On display are new works by Manika Nagare focusing on several large-scale oil paintings that depict human forms only faintly visible, portrayed using mellow colors and a sense of translucency. [Image:...More »
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Kuniko Satake "Wind Fossil"
Kuniko Satake is known for her woodblock prints and lithographs that have won her numerous prizes. This is her first solo show at Galerie Tokyo Humanité in 5 years featuring new frescoes and large works....More »
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Taijin Tendo "Letter Scape-Overlay"
Project "La Voix des Poetes" September 30th (Thu) Mayumi Inaba October 1st (Fri) Taijin TendoMore »
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Ayaka Terai “Zokuzoku”
On display are pencil drawings of familiar everyday foods like pudding, kiwifruit and bamboo shoots as well as thumbtacks and matchsticks by young artist Ayaka Terai, currently a third year student in...More »
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Reiji Kikuchi Exhibition
Reiji Kikuchi (1946-1968) was a copperplate engraving artist who passed away at the young age of 22. In the last two years of his life he produced some 60 works and received the 36th Best Newcomer Prize...More »
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Tamotsu Kido Exhibition
Tamotsu Kido was born in 1974 in Mie prefecture. Since graduating from the oil painting department at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, he has been based in Nagoya. Although he majored...More »
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Eri Dewa "Humanite Lab Vol. 33: Shell”
This installment of the Humanite Lab series, which seeks to introduce viewers to the work of young experimental artists, features porcelain sculptures by Eri Dewa, who was born in Ishikawa prefecture in...More »
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Makito Takagi "Humanite Lab Vol. 32 - Ascension Please!"
This exhibition introduces the work of Makito Takagi, a young artist born in Shizuoka prefecture in 1986 who graduated from the painting department of Tama Art University this spring. This is his first...More »
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Natsumi Tomita “Sorry to Keep you Waiting”
Natsumi Tomita was born in Tokyo in 1986. She held her first solo show at Tokyo Humanite while still a student in the oil painting department at Tama Art University, and also showed her work at the Korean...More »
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Mutsumi Okada "New Paintings"
Mutsumi Okada, an artist currently based in Cologne, was born in Nagano prefecture in 1953. After graduating from Joshibi University she moved to the former West Germany in 1985 in order to study painting...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Erosion: Silver Hole"
Kiyoshi Kawashima, one of Japan's representative sculptors, was born in 1951. He withdrew from the doctoral program in sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1983, and received a grant from the Asian...More »
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Nobuhiko Nukata "Dark Adaptation"
Nobuhiko Nukata was born in Osaka in 1963. After graduating from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1991, he received a grant to go to London in 1999. In the same year, he showed...More »
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"Tokyo Art & Antiques -The Nihonbashi / Kyobashi Art and Antiques Festival"
The district of Nihonbashi / Kyobashi, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, has been famous since the post-war era for its dealers in classical art, craft, nihon-ga painting, modern painting, sculpture, prints and so...More »
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Sumako Yasui Exhibition
Sumako Yasui was born in Osaka in 1959. After graduating from Osaka University of the Arts, she began making copperplate prints and exhibiting them mostly in the Kansai area. Her work is distinctive for...More »
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Katsumasa Kuroda "Critical Point Of Memory"
Katsumasa Kuroda was born in Shiga Prefecture in 1945. After attending Musashino Art University and graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, he won the Grand Prix at the Japan International Art...More »
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Akira Kamiyama Exhibition
Akira Kamiyama creates elaborate works out of oil-stained cedar wood that resemble architectural models made up of small huts, towers and staircases. For this exhibition, however, he has moved completely...More »
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Hiroko Wada "Manhattan, New York"
Centering on a large-scale drawing measuring 261cm, around 15 works depicting buildings, subways and landscapes of Manhattan in charcoal and ink are on view.More »
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Tatsuo Kondo Exhibition
Tatsuo Kondo established himself as a painter in New York, where he was based for 40 years. Holding the line against abstract expressionism, which saw its prime in the U.S. during the 1960s, Kondo explored...More »
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Shingo Murai "Black Solid"
Shingo Murai's (1952-) works attract the viewer immediately for their stoic form and beauty of the stone surface. A closer look at the simple forms, however, reveals a fascination with the interior. His...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Water Quantity Ⅴ”
Kiyoshi Kawashima (born 1951) creates sculptural works that explore the origin of materiality. Being highly conscious of the limitations of sculpture, Kawashima works exactly at that threshold that leads...More »
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Hiroji Noda Exhibition
Hiroji Noda was born in 1952 in Wakayama prefecture. He graduated from Tama Art University and quickly gained a reputation for his experimental and dynamic style. Removing all factitive painting methods,...More »
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Natsuko Kitamura "Swimming Pool"
Born in 1982, the young artist Natsuko Kitamura is garnering attention for her unique clay sculptures of vegetables, animals and human beings. She fills the exhibition space with enormous amounts of sculptures...More »
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Tatsuo Ikeda Exhibition
Born in 1928, Tatsuo Ikeda was active in the post-war reportage painting movement. He later expanded his scope by incorporating objects and performances into his artistic practice and collaborating with...More »
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Takeshi Yamato "Association Game"
"Humanite Lab" is an experimental exhibition series by Gallery Tokyo Humanité in which up-and-coming artists are presented. This time it will focus on the works of Takeshi Yamato. Yamato was born in 1987...More »
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Aya Kamata Exhibition
Galerie Tokyo Humanité is pleased to present this year's installment of the "New Generation" series, hosting works by artist Aya Kamata. Kamata had an exhibition at Humanite Lab 2 years ago and despite...More »
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Hiroshi Ohira Exhibition
Galerie Tokyo Humanité will be hosting Hiroshi Ohira's first solo exhibition in Tokyo. Born in 1961, Ohira mainly works as graphic designer for which he has received several awards including the Asahi...More »
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Naoki Nishijima "Distance and Time"
Naoki Nishijima's new works are on display for the first time in two years. Nishijima used to create paintings of maple leaves and multi-layered abstract paintings, but he has switched to landscapes in...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Mimizu"
Born in 1951, Kawashima received a doctorate in sculpture from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1983, spent 1986-88 in New York with the support of the Asian Cultural Council, and exhibited at P.S....More »
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Shizu Shimada Exhibition
Shizu Shimada graduated from the Western-style painting department of today's Joshibi Art University in 1942, and later worked under calligrapher and Eastern art researcher Yaichi Aizu at Waseda University....More »
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Mitsuo Kano Exhibition
Born in Tokyo in 1933, Mitsuo Kano taught himself copperplate printmaking and started exhibiting in the mid 50s. He participated in the Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubliana, and Tokyo International Printmaking...More »
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Yoriko Takabatake "I like it"
Takahata was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1982. She is currently based in Tokyo, and is due to complete her bachelor's degree this spring. Simple geometric forms or floral shapes protrude abruptly...More »
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Akihito Takuma Exhibition
Akihito Takuma was born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1966. After graduating from the graduate department of Shiga University in 1993 where he studied art education, he spent the following year in Circulo...More »
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Tatsuya Fukumura Exhibition
Tatsuya Fukumura was born in Tokyo in 1966. After receiving a doctorate degree at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1994, he went on to study at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London. Currently,...More »
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Sumako Yasui Exhibition
Sumako Yasui was born in Osaka in 1959. Graduating from Osaka Art University, Yasui creates copperplate prints and had solo as well as group shows mainly around Kansai. Her work is characterized by the...More »
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
Yumiko Sugano was born in Tokyo in 1960. She began exhibiting while she was still a student at Tokyo Zokei University, and subsequently had her work included in the Sydney Biennale in 1986, the 3rd Asian...More »
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Rikuji Makabe Exhibition
This Humanité Labo Series presents works by emerging artist Rikuji Makabe. Makabe was born in Kanazawa in 1971. Graduating from the painting department of Tama Art University, he has exhibited his works...More »
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Nobuhiko Haijima "Deep River"
Nobuhiko Haijima was born in 1970. After graduating from the printmaking course at Tokyo Zokei University, he entered the research faculty of the university and began showing at exhibitions in the late...More »
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Kanae Sasaki "Symbol"
The Humanite Lab series is a program of exhibitions held by Gallery Humanite to promote work of young artists. This edition of the exhibition features Kanae Sasaki. Sasaki is currently enrolled in the...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Water Quantity IV"
Kawashima was born in 1951. In 1983 he dropped out of the doctoral program in sculpture at the art research department of the Tokyo University of the Arts. From 1986 to 1988, he lived in America with the...More »
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Galerie Tokyo Humanité Special Weeks Exhibition
Part 1 October 6th (Mon) - 11th (Sat) Mitsuo Kano "Lightening Catcher" drawings 1977 Part 2 October 14th (Tue) - 18th (Sat) Susumu Miyazaki, Koichi Tanikawa, Tatsuo Ikeda, Shinya Hitsuda, Yoshishige...More »
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Nobuhiko Nukata "Addiction"
Nobuhiko Nukata was born in Osaka in 1963. After graduating from the graduate school at the University of the Arts in Aichi Prefecture in 1991, he received sponsorship to go to live in London starting...More »
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Michika Kimura "Seeking in the Garden"
Michika Kimura was born in 1972. She has introduced work on a regular basis since her student days at the graduate school of the Aichi Prefecture University of the Arts. Kimura paints day to day changes...More »
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Momoyo Iijima "Dissolving House"
Iijima was born in Kanagawa in 1982. She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the graduate school of the Women's Art University. She makes sculptural works using stone and wood, and has recently...More »
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Yutaka Mukoyama "Dissolved Oxygen in Seawater"
Yutaka Mukoyama was born in Osaka in 1984. He held his first solo exhibition in 2005 while still a student at Takaratsuka University of Art and Design as part of Humanite Lab, an exhibition series conceived...More »
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Humanité Lab Small Works Exhibition 2008
The "Humanite Lab Series" is a series of experimental exhibitions featuring young artists, organized by Gallery Tokyo Humanite. 21 solo exhibitions of such artists were held from 2004 up until last year....More »
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Haruna Tokimatsu Exhibition
The "New Generation Viewpoint Exhibition", promoting the work of young artists and organized by galleries in and around the Ginza and Kyobashi areas, began this year. This solo exhibition features the...More »
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Tomoka Saito Exhibition
The Humanite Lab Series aims to introduce the work of younger artists to the public. The first exhibition in this series this year features the work of Tomoka Saito. Saito was born in 1983 in Kanagawa...More »
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Takehiko Sanada "Sense of Touch"
Takehiko Sanada was born in Tokyo in 1962. After graduating from the Kuwazawa Design Research Institute, he worked as a fashion designer. In search of more free modes of expression, Sanada then spent time...More »
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Atsuo Okamoto "New Works 2008"
Atsuo Okamoto was born in Hiroshima in 1951. After finishing a graduate course in sculpture at Tama Art University in 1977, Okamoto won the Teijiro Nakahara Prize and the Henry Moore Prize. He then went...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "The Depths 2”
Kiyoshi Kawashima was born in 1951. Dropping out of the art research department at the graduate school of the University of Tokyo in 1983, he left to live in America from 1986-88 with the support of the...More »
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Takahiko Hayashi Exhibition
Hayashi was born in 1961 in Gifu prefecture, Japan. In 1987, after completing a course in printmaking at the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Art & Music, he began to create copperplate...More »
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Manika Nagare "Melting Scene"
Manika Nagare was born in Osaka in 1975. After graduating from the painting department at Joshi Art University, she held a solo show of her work at a gallery the following year to resounding success. In...More »
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Shin Miyazaki Exhibition
Shin Miyazaki has been creating psychological works based on his wartime experiences in Siberia. However, his works speak more of love, passion, and the energy of life than his dark and oppressive war...More »
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Katsumasa Kuroda + Rokubey Kiyomizu Exhibition
Following the previous collaborative exhibition held at Gallery Nakamura in Kyoto in 2006, this exhibition presents Katsumasa Kuroda and Rokubey Kiyomizu's collaborative work as well as their individual...More »
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Hiroji Noda "Absent Shapes"
Hiroji Noda was born in Wakayama in 1952, and in 1976, soon after he graduated from Tama Art University, he was approached by gallerist Kunio Shimizu of Minami Gallery and held his first solo exhibition....More »
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Edison Osorio Zapata "Culture Filter"
Edison Osorio Zapata was born in Venezuela in 1970. He studied ceramic and glass art in Canberra and Sydney University, came to Japan to attend the graduate program at Tama Art University in 2004, and...More »
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Ai Okubo Exhibition
"Humanite Lab" is a series of exhibitions introducing works by young artists at Galerie Tokyo Humanité. This exhibition features works by Ai Okubo who is a junior at Tama Art University. She has created...More »
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Hitoshi Kuriyama Exhibition
Born in 1979 in Hyogo Prefecture, Hitoshi Kuriyama graduated from the graduate program at Tsukuba University and is currently completing his doctoral course at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts...More »
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Satoshi Nakata "Akaki"
Satoshi Nakata was born in 1962 and completed his graduate studies at the Tama Art University in 1989. Since then he has been exhibiting domestically and internationally. Memories of a strange, atmospheric...More »
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Shingo Murai Exhibition
Murai's stoic granite sculptures are seemingly very simple, and yet seen up close, certain subtleties indicate attention toward the internal. From the slits made into the granite viewers are able see "everything,"...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Double"
Kiyoshi Kawashima was born in 1951, studied in Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music in 1983, and lived in the U.S. and participated in a program at P.S. 1 through the support of the Asian...More »
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Mitsuo Kano "Stop, Fibonacci's Rabbit"
Born in Tokyo in 1933, Mitsuo Kano is a self-taught artist working in copperplate printing since the mid 1950s. His work was highly acclaimed in various international printmaking exhibitions during the...More »
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Sumako Yasui Exhibition
Born in 1959 in Osaka, Sumako Yasui studied at Osaka Art University, mostly working with copperplate prints and exhibiting regularly. Yasui's prints consist of delicate, etched lines and soft and fantastically...More »
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Humanité Collection Exhibition
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Kiyomi Kato "Samples of Impressions"
Kato's works are based on a box format that reminds one of a theater display. The format defines the duality between viewers and the scenery inside the box. A mysterious hand reaching out of the box, a...More »
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Mutsumi Okada Exhibition
Okada's works consist of stripes of colors laid on monotone canvases. At first glance, her painting is stoical and bold, yet the controlled surface speaks of a deeper psychological level. Her previous...More »
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Kazuhiro Ito Exhibition
Born in Fukuoka in 1972, Kazuhiro Ito focused on studying metalwork at Musashino Art University's Department of Industrial, Interior, and Craft Design. Meta-casting in usually done with a mold to create...More »
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Natsumi Tomita "Galapago"
Natsumi Tomita was born in Tokyo in 1986, and is currently a student at Tama Art University. She loves waste disposal sites where one can find bicycles, electronic equipment, furniture - anything that...More »
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Takahiko Hayashi "Nest of Prayers"
Takahiko Hayashi creates copper plate prints that are elaborately composed of strong and lucid contour lines. He also works with handmade paper or parchment to create collages with strings and pieces of...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "Quantity of Water III"
Kawashima uses iron, aluminum, wood, copper, wax, glass and plaster, constructing works that form complex layers of time and memory. This exhibition includes three new works from the "Quantity of Water"...More »
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Yumiko Sugano Exhibition
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Yumiko Kanno, she started showing when she was still a student at Zokei University. She exhibited to a hugely positive reaction at the Sydney Biennial in 1986 and the 3rd Asia Art...More »
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Aya Kamata “One’s Innermost Thoughts”
Gallery Tokyo Humanité has been holding a series of exhibitions "Humanite Lab" to introduce young artists. For this exhibition, Aya Kamata, born in Tokyo in 1981 and a current student at Tama Art University...More »
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Chung Hyun Exhibition
Born in Korea in 1956, Chung Hyun studied both in Seoul and Paris. Since then, she has been showing internationally and is known as one of Korea's leading sculptors. Last year, she was awarded "Artist...More »
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Haruyuki Uchida Exhibition
Uchida is one of Japan's foremost sculptors, having worked on large scale outdoor public artworks made of composite metals like stainless steel and aluminum. Incorporating magnets in his works, he creates...More »
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Naoki Nishijima "Sealing Wax and the Truth of Memories"
Born in 1951 in Toyama Prefecture, Naoki Nishijima graduated from Tokyo Zokei Art University and is currently based in Tokyo, regularly holding exhibition as museums and galleries in Japan and abroad....More »
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Akira Kamiyama "New Work 2007"
Kamiyama's works consist of materials stained with oil, assembled into structures such as sheds, towers and staircases, conveying a mysterious but fascinating sense of a distant past. In recent years,...More »
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Yasumasa Takanashi Exhibition
Born in 1970, Takanashi has been working as an artist since 1995, and has recently stayed in Mexico and Bolivia as an artist-in-residence. Takanashi creates organic sculptures using oak, elm and cherry...More »
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Yutaka Maeda "Passers-by"
This exhibition attempts to create a space and time that features a 'traveller' within it. The artist aimed to create work that evokes transient phenomena. River streams always look the same, for example,...More »
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Tatsuo Ikeda "New Works 2006"
This exhibition presents a body of work that continues with the concepts in the "Phase of Location Series" that Ikeda presented at his last solo exhibition in 2004. On display will be seventeen works using...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima “Quantity of Water ll”
This exhibition is a continuation of last year's exhibition, showing new sculptural works. Three works from the "Quantity of Water" series that the artist has been working on since 2003 will be on display....More »
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Shuji Okada Exhibition
This exhibition puts on display seven canvas works, including two large-scale ones, centred on new works from the artist's ongoing "Waterside Series" of paintings that he has been producing in recent years....More »
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Hiroji Noda Exhibition
After graduating from the oil painting course at Tama Art University, Hiroji Noda's work caught the eye of Kusuo Shimizu, curator of Minami Gallery (one of the pioneering art galleries at that time). There,...More »
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Focusing on a New Generation '06: Mari Ota "My Diary"
This year, galleries in Ginza and Kyobashi are holding a series of exhibitions called "Focusing on a New Generation '06", and Gallery Tokyo Humanité is holding a solo show of Mari Ota. This show will...More »
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Natsuko Kitamura "Agri-house"
One year ago Gallery Tokyo Humanité set up the "Humanité Lab" project to introduce new young artists and has until now shown the experimental work of 11 artists at university. The theme of this exhibition...More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima Exhibition
Kawashima received critical acclaim last year for his first exhibition of etchings. As a follow-up to last year's show, come enjoy his new copper print works.More »
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Shin Miyazaki Exhibition
Having experienced for himself detention in Siberia after the war, Shin Miyazaki continues to make works which express his innermost feelings. However, his works are not dark and oppressive, but full of...More »
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Yuriko Kaneko Exhibition
Born in 1985 and currently a third year student at Tama Art University's painting department, Yuriko Kaneko uses gauze, jerseys and other materials she has in her home to make organically shaped works....More »
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Haruna Tokimatsu "It's like, (really) happy"
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1984, Haruna Tokimatsu is currently a 4th year student in the painting department of Tama Art University. Using a sharp pencil, she draw pictures of students playing sports,...More »
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Tatsuya Fukumura Exhibition
Galerie Tokyo Humanité introduced Tatsuya Fukumura in a group exhibition during the 1990s, and in 2003 he held his first solo exhibition. For this exhibition, using the iron and expanded metal which he...More »
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Risa Tamaki Exhibition
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Etsuko Iwao Exhibition
In Iwao's work, grasslands, mountains, skies and houses are always there, but they don't necessarily appear immediately to the eye; at times that expectation is confounded and the viewer gets lost within...More »
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Mitsuo Kano "oil on canvas 2005-06"
The titles of Mitsuo Kano's works are often related to literature and biology, and the title of his new work shown st this exhibition was taken from the work of William Blake. His new work has been inspired...More »
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Kakuzou Tatebata Exhibition
A 1950's pioneer of abstract sculpture, Kakuzou Tatebata, now aged 86, still plays an active role in the scene. His works are mysterious and sometimes even humourous.More »
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Nobuhiko Nukata "Addition"
Nobuhiko Nukata was born in Osaka in 1963 and graduated from the Aichi Art University Graduate School. He exhibits his works both in Japan and abroad. His paintings on hemp clothes are made with a personal...More »
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Sumaco Yasui Exhibition
Sensitive, childlike and gentle; those are the words that come to mind when looking at Sumaco Yasui's copperplates. This 46 year old Osaka-born artist learned her craft at the Osaka Arts University, after...More »
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Yutaka Mukoyama Exhibition
A solo exhibition of photograph-like paintings of birds and animals by Yutaka Mukoyama, a student at Takarazuka University of Art and Design.More »
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Akiko Mashima Exhibition
Born in 1952, graduated from the Sculpture Department of Musashino Art College before going to New York and work there as an artist for over 20 years. She turns wood planks into big sculptures.More »
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Kiyoshi Kawashima - New Works "Quantity of Water"
Following the success of last year's show, this is an exhibition of new sculptures from Kiyoshi Kawashima. He uses various materials for his sculptures: iron, lead, wood, bronze, wax, glass, and plaster....More »
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Shingo Murai New Works 2005
Shingo Murai's stones possess a fascinating beauty. Although his works cut from black granite or marble might at first sight seem very simple in shape, a closer look reveals the artist's soul hidden inside....More »
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Global Players - Martin Dörbaum
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Humanite Lab Vol.-5 Ryota Shioya
In this fifth edition of Humanite Lab, the spotlight is aimed at Ryota Shioya, a major in ceramic arts at Tama Art University who just finished his studies at the graduate school of the University of Tsukuba...More »
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Humanite Lab vol. 4 - Momoko Asano
Momoko Asano was born in Gifu prefecture in 1978. Currently, she is studying at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In her installations, she always tries to link a real world space with...More »
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Shigeru Hasegawa
When Hasegawa returned to Japan in '96 and started showcasing his works, he gained public attention with a huge screen of over 3m. It portrayed motifs like raw meat and ginger in vivid colors, making it...More »
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Manika Nagare - New Works “Clue”
Manika Nagare was born in 1975 in Osaka and studied painting at Joshibi University of Art and Design. Following her graduation, she exhibited in numerous shows, and in 2002, she received a grant from the...More »
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Kuniko Satake - Field of the Air Elements
Born in Kanagawa in 1970, Kuniko Satake studied oil painting and printmaking at Tama Art University, and has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Satake employs plywood, with its grains and...More »
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Masayuki Inoue
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Humanite Lab Vol.2 Mari Ota "Unfinished Zoo ∞"
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Kiyoshi Kawashima "New Drawings & Prints"
Using various materials such as iron, lead, wood, copper, wax and plaster, Kawashima has been presenting large-scale sculptures that bring to mind the passing of time and the accumulation of memories....More »
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Tetsuro Komai - Copperplate Prints from the Book "From Nine Dreams"
It has been 28 years since the passing of Tetsuro Komai, a pioneer in the modern Japanese print world and his popularity has yet to wane. This exhibition will feature 20 copperplate prints that were included...More »
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Nobuhiko Haijima New Works 2005 "Windowpane"
Nobuhiko Haijima has been exhibiting actively since the late '90s, and his works were recently selected for Museum of Contemporary Art's "Fiction?" and "11&11 Korea Japan Contemporary Art World Cup...More »
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Jun Minowa Exhibition
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Sumako Yasui Exhibition
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Naoki Nishijima
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Humanite lab vol.1 Natsuko Kitamura
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Hiroji Noda "White"
Works by Hiroji Noda, exhibiting a new style of white-based and flat-surfaced paintings. More »
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Mitsuo Kano
An exhibition of new oil paintings and prints by Mitsuo Kano.More »