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Yurina Mase "At the Mountain's Edge, In the Cloud Gap"
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Yurina Mase
Bambinart Gallery is pleased to present “At the Mountain’s Edge, In the Cloud Gap”, a solo exhibition by Yurina Mase.
Yurina Mase was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1999. After graduating from the Department of Painting (Oil Painting) at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022, she completed her Master’s degree at the university’s Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2024. Following her previous solo exhibitions “peeking at our feet” (2024) and “shabon ranch” (2022), this marks her first solo exhibition of new works at our gallery in approximately two years.
Mase’s paintings are characterized by an expression that gently suspends a sense of time and distance within the picture plane. Scenes of hills, plants, windows, houses, animals, and young girls emerge, drawing on the memories and sensations inherent in landscapes. The appeal of Mase’s paintings lies in the warm and open interval they evoke — a space that unfolds between seeing and imagining.
“At the Mountain’s Edge (yamanoha): the mountain’s outline, the ridgeline that distinguishes the mountain from the sky — an area that, though not a line, is perceived as one; it can also be called an edge or a border. In the Cloud Gap (kumoma): holes in the sky, a background distinct from the clouds, a realm that, though not a surface, has no discernible end; it can also be called a space or ground. Edges and backgrounds can be expressed on a flat surface as the smallest units of a landscape. I chose this title to make my paintings stand as effortlessly powerful entities in the same way — as if slowly pushing outward with both hands while feeling a measured resistance. I allow myself to stretch a little beyond my reach, and paint with a conscious sense of courage.” (Yurina Mase)
The scratch lines and surfaces created improvisationally with a painting knife gradually take shape in the act of painting, eventually bringing to light the fluctuations of landscapes and existence. The raised paint evokes the “rising terrain” of yamanoha, while the scraped-away paint resembles the “tear in the sky” of kumoma. The layers of paint sometimes softly reverse the relationship between foreground and background, guiding the viewer’s gaze deep into the landscape.
Mase constructs her paintings from the depth of space, rendering another layer of distance within the landscape. Standing before her quiet canvases, we are led to reconsider the distance between the landscape and our bodies, and between the self and the other. Mase’s paintings demonstrate, with an unassuming yet unmistakable presence, that another world exists in parallel right beside our everyday lives. We invite you to view the exhibition.
Yurina Mase was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1999. After graduating from the Department of Painting (Oil Painting) at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022, she completed her Master’s degree at the university’s Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2024. Following her previous solo exhibitions “peeking at our feet” (2024) and “shabon ranch” (2022), this marks her first solo exhibition of new works at our gallery in approximately two years.
Mase’s paintings are characterized by an expression that gently suspends a sense of time and distance within the picture plane. Scenes of hills, plants, windows, houses, animals, and young girls emerge, drawing on the memories and sensations inherent in landscapes. The appeal of Mase’s paintings lies in the warm and open interval they evoke — a space that unfolds between seeing and imagining.
“At the Mountain’s Edge (yamanoha): the mountain’s outline, the ridgeline that distinguishes the mountain from the sky — an area that, though not a line, is perceived as one; it can also be called an edge or a border. In the Cloud Gap (kumoma): holes in the sky, a background distinct from the clouds, a realm that, though not a surface, has no discernible end; it can also be called a space or ground. Edges and backgrounds can be expressed on a flat surface as the smallest units of a landscape. I chose this title to make my paintings stand as effortlessly powerful entities in the same way — as if slowly pushing outward with both hands while feeling a measured resistance. I allow myself to stretch a little beyond my reach, and paint with a conscious sense of courage.” (Yurina Mase)
The scratch lines and surfaces created improvisationally with a painting knife gradually take shape in the act of painting, eventually bringing to light the fluctuations of landscapes and existence. The raised paint evokes the “rising terrain” of yamanoha, while the scraped-away paint resembles the “tear in the sky” of kumoma. The layers of paint sometimes softly reverse the relationship between foreground and background, guiding the viewer’s gaze deep into the landscape.
Mase constructs her paintings from the depth of space, rendering another layer of distance within the landscape. Standing before her quiet canvases, we are led to reconsider the distance between the landscape and our bodies, and between the self and the other. Mase’s paintings demonstrate, with an unassuming yet unmistakable presence, that another world exists in parallel right beside our everyday lives. We invite you to view the exhibition.
Schedule | Apr 3 (Fri) 2026-Apr 25 (Sat) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.bambinart.jp/exhibitions/yurina-mase-20260403/ | ||||
| Venue | Bambinart Gallery http://www.bambinart.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 2F KI Bldg., 1-7-10 Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0031 | ||||
| Access | 6 minute walk from exit 2 at Bakurocho Station on the JR Sobu line, 6 minute walk from exit A4 at Iwamotocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku line, 7 minute walk from exit A1 at Bakuro-yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6240-1973 | ||||
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