Nishimura Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Nishimura Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Tadanori Yokoo “Requiem For Tama”
Tadanori Yokoo, born in 1936 in Hyogo Prefecture, rose to prominence in the 1960s as a graphic designer with outstanding talent and also showed a shining presence in other fields such as painting, film,...More »
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Tokyo 2020 Summer
Focusing on works created during the April/May Coronavirus State of Emergency by artists including Katsura Funakoshi, Chieko Oshie, and Atsuhiko Misawa. More »
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New Works
Group exhibition commemorating the 45th anniversary of the gallery.More »
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Nishimura Gallery Collection
Displaying around 25 works from the Nishimura Gallery collection, including pieces by David Hockney, Edward Keinholz, Anthony Green, Takanobu Kobayashi, Katsura Funakoshi, Atsuhiko Misawa, Tadanori Yokoo,...More »
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Summer Show 2018
Nishimura Gallery’s Summer Show 2018 features the works of leading Japanese and international artists including sculptors Katsura Funakoshi and Atsuhiko Misawa, lithographer Kumi Machida, David Hockney,...More »
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Summer Show 2017
Glass and wood sculpture by Katsura Funakoshi, painting by Takanobu Kobayashi, a deer sculpture by Atsuhiko Misawa, painting by Chieko Oshie, installation art by Asae Masutani, works on paper by Nahoko...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi “Normal Life, Ordinary Pictures”
This exhibition marks the release of a limited edition run of Takanobu Kobayashi’s book “Futsu no kurashii, atarimae no e (Normal Life, Ordinary Pictures),” his first collection of essays that was released...More »
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David Hockney “The Yosemite Suite”
During visits to Yosemite National Park, California in 2010 and 2011, Hockney made the series of iPad drawings titled “The Yosemite Suite” using the touch screen as canvas with the “Brushes” app. The multi-layered...More »
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Nahoko Sashida “Earthly Branches”
Nahoko Sashida creates vividly colorful “pictoral encyclopedias” with compositions drawing on word associations and their subconscious imagery. Here she presents 12 works with motifs from the Chinese zodiac...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi Exhibition
Kobayashi’s latest five oil paintings and six drawings are all forest-based: inverted jars in the grass, blocks keeping impossible balance, a man lying along a river, and so on. Though these are fantasy-based...More »
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40 Years Plus
Having celebrated its 40 year anniversary in June 2014 Nishimura Gallery once again brings together an exhibition of new work from its leading artists who continue you to take innovative steps forward....More »
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Chieko Oshie Exhibition
In this exhibition, Chieko Oshie features 4 paintings and around 10 drawings, which make up a body of some of her newest work, filled with silent but tender conversation.More »
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Kumi Machida “Painting, Drawing, Print”
Kumi Machida’s work was included in the 2006 exhibition “No Border” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and appeared on the cover of Kaori Fujino’s 2013 Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Tsume to Me”...More »
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Nishimura Gallery 40th Anniversary
Celebrating 40 years of the Nishimura Gallery through an exhibition of seven Japanese artists. Reflecting on its long history the gallery has provided a platform for leading British artists such as David...More »
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“New Year New Works 2014”
[Image: Asae Soya “The Light” 2013 oil on cotton on panel 146 x 228 cm]More »
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Asae Soya “Sora”
This solo show presents original illustrations, blueprints, and other drawings, many of which have never been exhibited before, for Soya’s installation “Sora.” More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi “2 Seconds Before Dreaming”
A collection of drawings and oil paintings, including the large scale depiction of a forest bathed in morning light, all attempting to capture a sense of narrative within a single work. [Image: Takanobu...More »
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Summer Show 2013
A group exhibition of associated artists including recent drawing and sculpture from Katsura Funakoshi and unseen work from Kumi Machida. [Image: Asae Soya “Corner”(2003) oil on cotton on panel 90.9...More »
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Kumi Machida Exhibition
10-12 new paintings and drawings by the winner of the 2007 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Machida’s work features sharp lines and restrained coloring on Japanese kumohada paper. Utilizing oriental painting...More »
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Nishimura Gallery Collection
Features around 60 artworks from Japanse and overseas artists.More »
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"New Year New Works" Exhibition
Group show of artists associated with the gallery. [Image: Takanobu Kobayashi, "Full Moon" (2012) oil on canvas 53 x 80.3 cm] More »
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Atsuhiko Misawa “Animals 2012”
This exhibition showcases new ceramic works and other pieces shown at museums in recent years, focusing on sculptures of rare animals and "spirit pairs" from the Pacific coast of Canada. [Image: Atsuhiko...More »
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"SEPTEMBER 2012" Exhibition
Selection of paintings, prints and sculptures by David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Richard Hamilton, Kumi Machida and Katsura Funakoshi. [Image: Richard Hamilton "Soft pink landscape" (1980) collotype,...More »
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"35 Years +" Exhibition
To celebrate the publication of a book showcasing the gallery's history, this exhibition features seven of the space's current artists, and others from its past. [Image: Takanobu Kobayashi, "Pillow"...More »
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"On Paper 2012" Exhibition
Works on paper by both Japanese and foreign artists. THere will also be an accompanying show of smaller works.More »
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"Graphics Prints & Posters" Exhibition
Features a wealth of posters by well-known foreign artists and designers.More »
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Nahoko Sashida Exhibition
Nahoko Sashida has already held many previous exhibitions on themes such as travel and dreams. Her pop art style comes into fruition now with these 8 new, highly detailed illustrations works depicting...More »
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"Summer Show 2011" Exhibition
On display is a selection of drawings, sculptures, prints and photos by various international and Japanese artists. [Image: Anthony Green, “Canterbury Belle” (1964)]More »
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Asae Soya "Float"
First solo exhibition in three and a half years by Asae Soya (b. 1974 in Kanagawa). Soya studied oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts and received the Shell Art Prize in 2001 while still a student...More »
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Kumi Machida "Stories from a Cold Country"
[Image: Kumi Machida, "Rocking Horse" (2010), sumi(blue), sumi(brown), mineral pigments, pigments and color pencil on kumohada linen paper 140 x 113cm]More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi "Dreaming, Dreaming"
[Image: "Dream, dreaming us" (2004) oil on canvas 270x540 cm ED Brogan Collection]More »
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"September 2010" Exhibition
Group exhibition of new works by the gallery's artists.More »
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”Summer Show 2010” Exhibition
This summer exhibition at Nishimura Gallery features works by 13 Japanese and international artists. On display are drawings, sculptures and prints by artists like David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Anish...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi "Summer Moon"
10 new works that depict people in sleeping bags.More »
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Katsura Funakoshi Exhibition
On display are 3 sculptures and 10 drawings by Funakoshi, as well as one new work from his ongoing Sphinx series.More »
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Tadanori Yokoo "Tokyo Y-Intersection"
Without being shackled by established frameworks of art, Tadanori Yokoo has demonstrated an exceptional talent in various fields such as design, painting, photography, film, theater, music and literature....More »
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"Drawing & Print Show 2009"
Nishimura Gallery is holding "Drawing & Print Show 2009" from September 1st (Tue) through to October 10th (Sat), showcasing collections of drawings and prints by both domestic and international artists. The...More »
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"Seven -35th Anniversary" Exhibition
Celebrating the 35th anniversary, Nishimura Gallery is holding an exhibition entitled "Seven - 35th Anniversary" from June 23rd to July 25th. Nishimura Gallery has held 256 exhibitions, from lithograph...More »
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"Drawings" Exhibition
Oshie joined Artist in Residence 2008 at Ohara Museum of Art last year. She stayed for 3 months at Muison-sou, an old atelier formally owned by an artist Torajiro Kojima, and drew within majestic nature....More »
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Kae Higuchi Exhibition
Kae Higuchi was born in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture in 1975, and graduated from Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College in 1997. In spring of 2005, she was introduced in the "N.E.Blood 21" exhibition at the Rias Ark...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi "Far Light"
This solo exhibition of Takenobu Kobayashi consists of 11 paintings and 5 drawings, all depicting changing light through day and night. "River Bank" shows a river bank in the morning sunlight, while "Electric...More »
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Richard Hamilton Exhibition
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Kumi Machida "Snow Day"
Kumi Machida was born in Gunma prefecture in 1970. She graduated from Tama University of Art in 1994, majoring in nihon-ga (Japanese style painting). Since then, she has made work using uniquely Japanese...More »
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Chieko Oshie Exhibition
Nishimura Gallery is pleased to present Chieko Oshie’s new works from May 13th (Tue) to June 14 (Sat). This is the 5th and the newest exhibition of this highly praised artist. Oshie Chieko was born...More »
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Tadanori Yokoo "Onsen"
This artist has been a pioneer in a variety of fields such as performance art, film and music since making his debut as a graphic designer in the beginning of the 1960s. In 1981 he announced that he was...More »
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Katsura Funakoshi Exhibition
[Image: "Not Imagine Horns" Painted camphor wood, marble 112 x 66 x 30cm]More »
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Asae Soya "prism"
As a painter, Soya has been continuously active, and has been recognized for quite a while, especially since she won the grand prize for 'The 6th Exhibition of Showa Shell Sekiyu Contemporary Art Prize’...More »
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
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Atsuhiko Misawa "Another Unity"
This exhibition, centering on this artist's drawings and paintings, is being held to coincide with the Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum retrospective exhibition featuring his wood carvings. Keys to the artist's...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi "From Submarine to Portrait 1989-2007"
The artist, who was born in Tokyo in 1960 and graduated from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts in 1986, started painting submarines as reflections of himself in such works as 'Alone' and 'Hard...More »
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Kae Higuchi "My Ears are Ringing Sometime"
Following the success of her first solo exhibition at Nishimura Gallery, up and coming artist Kae Higuchi will exhibit 15 new works. Higuchi was born in 1975 in Sendai, and graduated from Tohoku Seikatsu...More »
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Gallery Collection Exhibition
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Katsura Funakoshi Exhibition
Since 1985, Nishimura Gallery has consistently displayed sculptures and drawings by Katsura Funakoshi. This exhibition is his first exhibition to display new works in five years. Funakoshi produces...More »
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Takanobu Kobayashi "Things and Feelings"
12 new oil paintings and several drawings all depicting people's faces as their main subject will be on display or Takanobu Kobayashi's eighth exhibition at this gallery. ["Man in a Green Shirt", 2006]...More »
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Summer Show 2006
There will be an opening party on July 11th, 17:00-19:00. [Kumi Machida, "Meeting", 2006]More »
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Kumi Machida Exhibition
New works by Kumi Machida, the sensation of MOT's Annual 2006 "No Border" - From Nihonga to Nihonga. Mixing two themes: beautiful materials of Japanese-style paintings, and the chaos and unease of modern...More »
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Permanent Collections Display
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Yoji Kuri - New Works
Yoji Kuri is an animator known around the world. This exhibition features twenty new works, including 9 paintings mixing humor with uncertainty. The work "Clouds to rivers, and then clouds again" features...More »
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Gallery's Private Collection Exhibition
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Collection - Prints of British Artists
Pop Art, one of last century's most impressive art styles, was born in England in the mid-1950s, influencing not only art, but also the music and fashion of the times. "Swinging London" became the cultural...More »
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Isshiki Chikako New Paintings
Fifteen new oil paintings of colorful flowers such as cherry blossoms, roses, tulips, begonias and hydrangeas by Chikako Isshiki. The artist, a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,...More »
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Summer Show 2005
8 artists works will be on display. Besides the venue's regular exhibitors Katsura Funakoshi, Takanobu Kobayashi, Atsuhiko Misawa, and Chieko Oshie, works by 4 newcomers, Kumi Machida, Kae Higuchi, Chikako...More »
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Kae Higuchi "24℃"
Kae Higuchi was born in Sendai in 1975. She studied printmaking while at Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka Daigaku, and was later drawn to the whiteness and the texture of tempera and self-taught herself its techniques....More »
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Atsuhiko Misawa "Animals 05"
This is Atsuhiko Misawa's fourth exhibition at Nishimura Gallery. In his first exhibition in 2000, he presented life-size sculptures of animals, such as a zebra and a dog, carved out of camphor wood and...More »
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Kumi Machida "à Sade"
By choosing materials such as India ink and pigment on fine flaxen paper, Kumi Machida projects the beloved Japanese motifs of Cupies and bobbed-hair children in a twisted present time, based in anxiety....More »
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Chieko Oshie "Nude"
An exhibition featuring 25 nude watercolor drawings by Chieko Oshie. More »
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New Works by Five Artists < Nishimura Gallery 30 Years >
Nishimura Gallery will be marking its 30th anniversary with a five-person show, which will also be its 229th exhibition. More »
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Horst Antes - gouache・lithograph・aquatint
Horst Antes is renowned for his “kopffüssler” or “head-footer” (creatures with legs attached directly to a disproportionately large head and usually a gigantic single eye) paintings, but is also an avid...More »