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Exhibitions by Japanese artist showing around the world.

Kyohei Sakaguchi “Practice for a revolution” at Watarium museum
Feb. 03, 2013
[Exhibition]
Kyohei Sakaguchi is a young provocative artist proclaimed that he will be a president of a "new government" which he formed by himself. He explains it as a performance art based on his pure and fundamental questions such as "Why do human beings need money to live?" or "Why lands are owned by people?" You may have a practical answer but let's rethink through Sakaguchi's exhibition with blank slate of a mind.
Yoko Ono “WATER SOURCE”at Gallery 360 degrees, revived the prism light house.
Jan. 23, 2013
[Exhibition]
Yoko Ono's exhibition "WATER SOURCE" held at Gallery 360 degrees in Tokyo. The first section features two walls with participatory works called "TIME TO TELL YOUR LOVE" and "MY MOMMY IS BEAUTIFUL". In the second section, sparkling prisms titled "LIGHT HOUSE" were floating in the dark, which is the second time to be installed since 1966, London.
Miwa Yanagi Holds Workshops to Foster Elevator Girls
Dec. 23, 2012
[Exhibition]
Miwa Yanagi, internationally renowned photographer and video artist, is currently directing the "Railroad Art Festival Vol.2 - Theater of Station" in Osaka. It is a unique annual art festival focusing on "railroad and its culture".
"Her name is Abstra" at Daido warehouse, Kyoto
Dec. 14, 2012
[Exhibition]
12 artists group exhibition under the theme of "abstract art" is now open at an old warehouse in Kyoto downtown. The exhibition is independently run by the artists themselves to raise a question to us of what the abstract art means today.
Japanese galleries opened branches at Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Nov. 30, 2012
[Exhibition]
Formerly a military barracks built and used by the colonial English, Gillman Barracks opened on September 14, 2012, after a $10-million refurbishment to convert the location into a cultural attraction. Gillman Barracks was jointly developed by several government agencies and is meant to strengthen Singapore's position in the international arts scene as an Asian arts hub.
Hiroshi Fuji “Where have all these toys come from?” at 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Oct. 30, 2012
[Exhibition]
Enormous number of toys were brought to created this view. They don't look like toys anymore but like color palette. It was his solo show focusing on his long time project "Kaekko (= exchanging)" and how these toys could get together. When you continue anything for a quite long period, it will become an enormous power. He has proven that fact.
“The Echo–Although I am still alive”, 17 young Japanese artists gathered in Berlin
Oct. 23, 2012
[Exhibition]
"The Echo - Although I am still alive" showed the work of 17 young Japanese artists from whom 10 are currently living in the capital of Germany and through them the variety of languages, styles and approaches contemporary Japanes Art has to offer.
Yoko Ono's TO THE LIGHT at the Serpentine Gallery in London
Sep. 16, 2012
[Exhibition]
It's no wonder why the Serpentine Gallery was chosen for this exhibition. As you make your way off the busy, crowded metro and into the relaxing calm of Kensington Park you can already begin to feel your mind letting go of appointments, anxieties, deadlines, and other social pressures.
Tatsuo Miyajima "House Lives with Time" at Han Family's House in Gahoe-dong, Seoul
Jul. 07, 2012
[Exhibition]
This time artist Tatsuo Miyajima joined efforts with hanbok- Korean traditional dress designer Kim Young-seok to open joint exhibition in an old Korean house situated in Gahoe-dong- historic district in Seoul ,full of traditional architecture...
"Beat Takeshi Kitano, Gosse de peintre" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Jul. 03, 2012
[Exhibition]
This event originally opened at Foundation Cartier pour l'art in Paris 2 years ago. It was a big hit and extended its period by 6 months.
Kenji Yanobe "Until Sun Child Rises" at the Gallery of Ibaraki
Jun. 18, 2012
[Exhibition]
On 11th March 2012, 6.2 meter (20.4 feet) tall FTP statue was unveiled in the central island of the rotary in front of Hankyu Minami Ibaraki station (Ibaraki city, Osaka). The day marked exact one year since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
"Hiroshi Sugimoto: From naked to clothed" at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Jun. 13, 2012
[Exhibition]
What's wonderful about this exhibit by one of Japan's most popular contemporary artists at a smaller venue like the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is its intimacy...
"Turning Around" at WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
May. 21, 2012
[Exhibition]
Japanese controversial artist collective, Chim↑Pom called out socially rebellious artists and is now holding an exhibition. The artists are all challenging social problems that seem too complicated or unsolvable...
"Shuffle II" at Art Fair Tokyo
Apr. 24, 2012
[Exhibition]
When you contemplate Japanese art, what do you see? The comical characters of Murakami and Nara? The dots of Kusama? Or the temples and sculptures in Kyoto? All of the above assumptions are true, but each is still insufficient to cover the full scope of the "Japanese art".
"Humor, parodie & vidéos" at Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris
Apr. 17, 2012
[Exhibition]
The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris celebrates the 15th year of activity in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower with a program entirely devoted to Japanese humor...
"Double Vision" at Moscow museum of modern art
Apr. 14, 2012
[Exhibition]
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art intends to give an overview of contemporary Japanese Artwork with a capacious exhibition dedicated solely to Japanese Art from the last 40 years...
A Walk-thru Manual for Art Fair Tokyo: Tour guide led by "Office working Collector" Daisuke Miyatsu
Apr. 06, 2012
[Exhibition]
Appreciating and experiencing works of art have become more and more accessible. Museums and galleries, that exhibit the works of artists from various nations in intervals...
Photo report: Art Fair Tokyo
Apr. 06, 2012
[Exhibition]
Art Fair Tokyo which is the largest art fair in Japan, recorded over 53,000 visitors which was the highest number ever. 143 exhibitors were not only from Japan but from other Asian countries...
Photo report: Roppongi Art Night 2012, an all-night art event that covers over an entire town
Apr. 02, 2012
[Exhibition]
One of the biggest Japanese art festivals came back with Yayoi Kusama!

Roppongi Art Night is an all-night art event whose stage is set in the entire Roppongi area, a famous Japanese town for both night owls and art lovers.

Photo report: VOCA at Ueno Royal Museum
Mar. 31, 2012
[Exhibition]
If you are interested in new talent, VOCA is one of the exhibition not to miss in Japan. It is organized by Japanese curators and critics, each of them push in one artist...
Photo report: G-Tokyo 2012 at Mori Arts Center Gallery
Mar. 12, 2012
[Exhibition]
There is nothing better than a day spent on art-spotting on a gloomy Saturday morning. Emphasizing the fact that this day was the day of my initiation as a writer...
Photo Report: TOKYO FRONTLINE, a new concept art fair #2 at 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Mar. 10, 2012
[Exhibition]
TOKYO FRONTLINE is a new art fair which focuses on young Japanese artists with future potential. Started last year, second edition of this art fair tries aggressive promotion of artists by developing art goods, collaborating with companies or making a TV show which introducing young artists.
Nobuya Hoki at Taka Ishii Gallery Kyoto
Mar. 01, 2012
[Exhibition]
Nobuya Hoki has just finished his solo exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery Kyoto. He is a Kyoto-based artist who is developing a unique and experimental approach to painting. The exhibition was showcasing a new body of work which represents the distinctive characteristics of his drawing style.
Reika Nakayama "Sleeping Diary - to Paradise -" at Mori Yu Gallery Kyoto
Feb. 22, 2012
[Exhibition]
Reika Nakayama, the first prize winner of 2011 VOCA award whose aim is to discover new and emerging talent in the country, is now holding her solo exhibition "Sleeping diary - to paradise -" at Mori Yu Gallery in Kyoto.
"DOMANI, The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition" at The National Art Center, Tokyo
Feb. 16, 2012
[Exhibition]
The DOMANI exhibition has been held 13 times, and this year marks its 14th anniversary. This annual exhibition is functioning as an opportunity for those artists who study abroad on the Overseas Study Program for Artists to present their study results. This time, eight artists are featured, who recently went abroad on this program and have not yet exhibited their works at the DOMANI exhibition.
"Fuyuko MATSUI: Becoming Friends with All the Children in the World" at Yokohama Museum of Art
Feb. 11, 2012
[Exhibition]
Posters of a hauntingly beautiful nihon-ga (Japanese-style painting) depicting a young girl who seems to be searching for something in a dense forest of wisteria while turning her back on an empty cradle appear all over the City of Yokohama and in trains on the Tokyu Toyoko line.
Photo Report: Japanese galleries in Art Stage Singapore 2012
Feb. 05, 2012
[Exhibition]
We Are Asia', roared the ad campaign for the second edition of Art Stage Singapore, and Japan was not short on representatives at the island nation's second attempt to establish itself as a vital destination in the Asian art scene.
Yayoi Kusama "Eternity of Eternal Eternity" at The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Feb. 04, 2012
[Exhibition]
Her largest-scale retrospective soon open at Tate Modern, the show was recently running at Centre Pompidou, Paris and is traveling to Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Kusama Yayoi's solo exhibition "Eternity of Eternal Eternity" has begun at the National Museum of Art, Osaka in Japan.
"elan photographic" at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Jan. 26, 2012
[Exhibition]
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of photography was showing artworks by 5 emerging artists. Although they are all using photograph as a medium, their expressions were beyond our imagination and captured my eyes with excitement.
Hiroshi Sugito "Paintings and Sketches" at JCC in Singapore
Jan. 19, 2012
[Exhibition]
While Cool Japan and Takashi Murakami's Superflat series have led the charge the world over, blazing the trail for Japanese art on an international platform , another artist has been making inroads into the art scene with less fanfare.
"Kenji Yanobe : Sun Child, Taro's Children" at Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum
Jan. 14, 2012
[Exhibition]
2011 is the 100th anniversary of Taro Okamoto's birth, who gave Yanobe great influence on his life as an artist. In celebration of Okamoto's centenary, several exhibitions have been held this year. The last one is this "Kenji Yanobe: Sun Child, Child of Taro". Colliding with Okamoto's work, Yanobe presents a novel and exciting view before our eyes.
Yoko Ono "I want you to remember me" at Gallery 360 degree
Dec. 26, 2011
[Exhibition]
This picture was taken during the WWII in front of a shrine. The family originally lived in Hiroshima prefecture where the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945.
Keiichi Tanaami "Dividing Bridge" and "Lost and Wandering Bridge Series"
Dec. 22, 2011
[Exhibition]
Exhibitions titled "Dividing Bridge" and "Lost and Wandering Bridge", both by Keiichi Tanaami were held at gallery NANZUKA...
"Nishino Travelers - What's our destination?" at Art Area B1, Nakanoshima Banks CENTER-A & Antenna Media
Dec. 19, 2011
[Exhibition]
German-based Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi holds his debut exhibition in Kansai region. The show is a part of the art festival which is addressing the theme of "Railway and Travel" and featuring exhibitions, talk and performance events at multi-venues on Keihan railway line.
"Ways of Worldmaking" at The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Dec. 09, 2011
[Exhibition]
The National Museum of Art, Osaka is currently presenting an exhibition "Ways of Worldmaking" which showcases recent works by emerging nine artists and groups.
Toshio Shibata "concrete abstraction"
Dec. 06, 2011
[Exhibition]
Over 50 color photographs which has been taken since 2009 were displayed in the gallery.
Yurie Nagashima "What I was supposed to see and what I saw"
Nov. 29, 2011
[Exhibition]
Yurie Nagachima's exhibition "What I was supposed to see and what I saw" was held in Tokyo.
Japanese artists shown at Yokohama Triennale 2011
Nov. 10, 2011
[Exhibition]
Photos of the artworks by Japanese artists in Yokohama triennale.
Homage to Taro Okamoto celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth
Nov. 08, 2011
[Exhibition]
Celebrating his 100th anniversary of his birth, 14 Japanese contemporary artists joined the exhibition tilted "Taro Love". It is held at Seibu Department store in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Naoki Ishikawa "8848" exhibition at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
Oct. 27, 2011
[Exhibition]
Photograph by Naoki Ishikawa At the end of March 2011, Ishikawa embarked on a t...
Akira Yamaguchi explores new territory in his "Singa-planet" exhibition
Oct. 11, 2011
[Exhibition]
Akira Yamaguchi explores new territory in his Singa-planet exhibition
Kumi Machida "Stories from a Cold Country" at Nishimura Gallery
Mar. 03, 2011
[Exhibition]
We would like to introduce the exhibition "Stories from a Cold Country" held at Nishimura Gallery
"Transformation" at Museum of contemporary art Tokyo
Feb. 15, 2011
[Exhibition]
We would like to introduce the exhibition "Transformation" held at Museum of contemporary art Tokyo. This exhibition included Japanese artists such as Masakatsu Takagi, Motohiko Odani, Naoki Ishikawa, Jyunya Oikawa and Sputniko!.
Motohiko Odani "Phantom Limb" at Mori Art Museum
Jan. 17, 2011
[Exhibition]
Motohiko Odani's solo exhibition "Phantom Limb", is held at Mori Art Museum. This exhibition included from his early to recent artworks.
Takashi Murakamai at Versailles - Roundup
Dec. 16, 2010
[Exhibition]
Takashi Murakami's solo exhibition at Versailles, Paris ended on Dec 12 2010 as it was scheduled. Collected the reviews, photos and reports regarding to this exhibition.
Kenji Yanobe "Levitation" at Yamamoto Gendai Gallery
Dec. 15, 2010
[Exhibition]
Kenji Yanobe's solo exhibition "Levitation", was held at Yamamoto Gendai Gallery. The selected pieces were from his entirely new series to operate on magnetic energy.
Paramodel "the world according to paramodel" at Otani memorial art museum in Nishinomiya city
Dec. 14, 2010
[Exhibition]
The exhibition was covering every artwork and installations done by Paramodel since 2001. They decorated the entire space with blue plastic rail track and created a new
"Nobody's fool" by Yoshitomo Nara
Sep. 10, 2010
[Exhibition]
Nobody's Fool is the first major New York exhibition of the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, and features more than one hundred works ranging from his early career to his most recent paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and large-scale installations.
"Umep" by Kayo Ume
Aug. 30, 2010
[Exhibition]
Kayo Ume is a photographer born in 1981, who captures the funny sceneries we must have seen in our everyday life.
"BASARA" curated by Hisashi Tenmyoya
Aug. 24, 2010
[Exhibition]
Artist Hisashi Tenmyoya curated an exhibition named "BASARA" in Tokyo, which was just held for 4 days...
Kenji Yanobe "Mythos" exhibited in an old electric power plant
Jul. 23, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through Sep 23] This exhibition place used to be an electric power plant. Yanobe will transform this abandoned building into the "future" place by creating a story and put it as an installation...
Takashi Homma "New Waves" at 1223 Gallery in Tokyo
Jul. 12, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through Aug 1] Takashi Homma has photographed the waves of North Shore in Hawaii since 2000. His new series of "New Waves" taken in 2010, is now exhibited at 1223 gallery in Tokyo....
Mariko Mori "Kumano" at Asia Society
Jun. 17, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through June 8] This exhibition features Kumano, an early video work by internationally renowned Japanese artist Mariko Mori (born 1967, Japan), and a recent ...
Tadanori Yokoo "The Aesthetics of End" at Friedman Benda
May. 10, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through May 19] "A towering influence on the evolution and iconography of Japanese contemporary art, Yokoo has straddled the worlds of commercial and fine art since...
Pickup two Japanese contemporary artists from Roppongi Crossing
Apr. 26, 2010
[Exhibition]
"Roppongi Crossing" is a series of exhibitions that introduce the work of diver...
Tat Ito & Hiro Kurata "From Kojiki To Modern Heroism" at Joshua Liner Gallery
Feb. 11, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through Mar 13] "From Kojiki to Modern Heroism" is a two-person exhibition of new paintings by the New York-based Japanese artists Tat Ito and Hiro Kurata.
Daido Moriyama at Luhring Augustine Gallery
Feb. 09, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through Mar 13] Daido Moriyama is one of Japan's leading figures in photography. Witness to the spectacular changes that transformed postwar Japan, his photographs
Tomokazu Matsuyama "In Case You're Lost" at Frey Norris
Jan. 30, 2010
[Exhibition]
[through Mar 6] The Japanese penchant for appreciating nature, materials, details, and small objects is at the core of Suda's work.
Yoshihiro Suda "in focus" at Asia Society
Dec. 10, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Feb 7] The Japanese penchant for appreciating nature, materials, details, and small objects is at the core of Suda's work.
Hiroshi Sunairi "Leur Existence - Tree Project" at Horticultural Society of New York
Dec. 09, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Feb 12] Sunairi has been collecting seeds from hibaku trees in Hiroshima and has distributed them to nearly 400 Tree Project participants in 23 countries.
Aya Takano "Reintegrating worlds" at Skarstedt Gallery
Nov. 26, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Dec 12] Aya Takano "Reintegrating worlds" at Skarstedt Gallery
Katsuhiro Saiki at ISE cultural foundation gallery
Nov. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Jan 2] Katsuhiro Saiki joined the exhibition "Volcano Lovers"
Tomoo Gokita at Honor Fraser Gallery
Nov. 15, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Dec 19] Tomoo Gokita, "Heaven" at Honor Fraser Gallery
Rinko Kawauchi at Mountain Fold Gallery
Oct. 21, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Nov 28] Rinko Kawauchi "Condensation" at Mountain Fold gallery
Kazuo Shiraga at McCaffrey Fine Art
Oct. 20, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Jan 23] Kazuo Shiraga "Six Decades" at McCaffrey Fine Art
Takashi Murakami at Gagosian Gallery
Sep. 24, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Oct 24] Takashi Murakami at Gagosian Gallery; "Picture of fate: I am but a fisherman who angles in the darkness of his mind I am"
"Sacred Monsters" at Tufts University Art Gallery
Aug. 21, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Nov 22] Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime at Tufts University Art Gallery
Enokura, Nomura, Takamatsu at McCaffrey Fine Art
Aug. 14, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through Sept 26] Enokura, Nomura and Takamatsu are part of a generation of artists that emerged during the later 1960s
Kengo Kito at The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University
Jul. 23, 2009
[Exhibition]
[through July 31]Kengo Kito's large scall installation at The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University ...
Hiroh Kikai at Yancey Richardson Gallery
May. 14, 2009
[Exhibition]
Kikai!s first solo U.S. presentation of work from his Asaskusa Portraits series, ...
Rika Noguchi at D'Amelio Terras Gallery
May. 02, 2009
[Exhibition]
D'Amelio Terras is showing Noguchi Rika's critically acclaimed photographic series The Sun...
Miya Ando at Michael Ingbar Gallery
May. 01, 2009
[Exhibition]
A direct descendent of Bizen sword maker Ando Yoshiro Masakatsu, Miya Ando utilizes...
Keiko Narahashi at Hudson Franklin Gallery
Apr. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
Keiko Narahashi presents artworks created from her ruminations about the essential nature of pictures...
Aiko at Joshua Liner Gallery
Apr. 22, 2009
[Exhibition]
Aiko's first solo outing at Joshua Liner gallery and her largest show to date...
Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian Gallery
Apr. 16, 2009
[Exhibition]
For New York and Los Angeles two-part exhibition, Kusama has conceived some astonishing...
Kaoru Hirano at Kumukumu Gallery
Apr. 01, 2009
[Exhibition]
An exhibition by Kaoru Hirano at Kumukumu gallery.
Momoyo Torimitsu at Thrust Projects
Mar. 30, 2009
[Exhibition]
An exhibition by Momoyo Torimitsu at Thrust Projects addresses America's consumption...
Takahiro Kaneyama at M.Y. Art Prospects
Mar. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
A solo exhibition by Takahiro Kaneyama at M.Y. Art Prospects with Kaneyama's latest...
Tomoo Gokita at ATM Gallery
Mar. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
An exhibition "Champion Carnival" by Tomoo Gokita is now on view at ATM Gallery...
Tomokazu Matsuyama at Joshua Liner Gallery
Mar. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
"Glancing at the Twin Peak," an exhibition of new paintings, sculpture and installation ...
Yoshitomo Nara at Marianne Boesky Gallery
Mar. 25, 2009
[Exhibition]
An exhibition of new work by Yoshitomo Nara is now on view at Marianne Boesky...
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