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Chinatsu Ban
We are pleased to announce Chinatsu Ban’s solo exhibition “The Tale at the Heart of Everything” at Kaikai Kiki Gallery, on view from February 6 (Fri) to February 28 (Sat), 2026.
Since her debut with Kaikai Kiki in 2001, Chinatsu Ban has been active both in Japan and internationally. In 2005, she held a solo exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and unveiled a large-scale elephant sculpture in Central Park through Public Art Fund the same year. She has since taken on a series of major projects in the United States and elsewhere, including another solo exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas in 2006.
Around 2012, she temporarily stepped away from her artistic practice to focus on raising her child. The inclusion of one of her earlier works in a group show at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in September 2021 renewed her connection with the gallery, leading to her full return to her art at the end of 2023. The following year, she presented her first new work in 12 years at Taipei Dangdai 2024. Since then, she has continued to present her art energetically at international art fairs such as ART SG 2025, Frieze Los Angeles 2025, and Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. At Art Fair Tokyo 2025, she had a solo booth and performed a live painting on a nearly three-meter-tall elephant sculpture.
“The Tale at the Heart of Everything” marks Ban’s first large-scale solo exhibition at a gallery since her return. Sixteen new paintings will be on view. We warmly invite you to come and see the works in person.
Since her debut with Kaikai Kiki in 2001, Chinatsu Ban has been active both in Japan and internationally. In 2005, she held a solo exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and unveiled a large-scale elephant sculpture in Central Park through Public Art Fund the same year. She has since taken on a series of major projects in the United States and elsewhere, including another solo exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas in 2006.
Around 2012, she temporarily stepped away from her artistic practice to focus on raising her child. The inclusion of one of her earlier works in a group show at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in September 2021 renewed her connection with the gallery, leading to her full return to her art at the end of 2023. The following year, she presented her first new work in 12 years at Taipei Dangdai 2024. Since then, she has continued to present her art energetically at international art fairs such as ART SG 2025, Frieze Los Angeles 2025, and Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. At Art Fair Tokyo 2025, she had a solo booth and performed a live painting on a nearly three-meter-tall elephant sculpture.
“The Tale at the Heart of Everything” marks Ban’s first large-scale solo exhibition at a gallery since her return. Sixteen new paintings will be on view. We warmly invite you to come and see the works in person.
Schedule | Feb 6 (Fri) 2026-Feb 28 (Sat) 2026 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Feb 6 (Fri) 2026 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Kaikai Kiki Gallery http://en.gallery-kaikaikiki.com/  | ||||
| Location | B1F Motoazabu Crest Bldg., 2-3-30 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0046 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 1 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line, 13 minute walk from Azabu-juban Station on the Toei Oedo or Namboku line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6823-6038 | ||||
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