ART SPHERES

TOKYO GADAN NY 2024
September 19 – 25

Opening Reception: Saturday, Sep 21, 3–5pm
Live performance: Kuni Mikami, Jazz piano

Sonosuke Yukichika
Akiko SIACCA
Shinji Ohya
Masako Izaki
Nilmini Bandara
Yume SyuSyu

TOKYO GADAN was formed in 2020 by painters who “dedicate themselves to painting in pursuit of pure painterly expression” (Representative: Sonosuke Yukichika). Since then, as the leading figures in the Japanese and Western painting worlds, they have held such as two large-scale exhibitions at the Maruzen Marunouchi gallery, pursuing the creation of beauty. At this New York exhibition, six artists at the helm of the times exhibit approximately 35 works in an effort to spread this momentum even further around the world.

JAA Hall, Japanese American Association of New York
49 W 45th St, 5th Fl, New York, NY 10036
Hours: Mon–Fri 9am to 5pm • 212-840-6942 / info@jaany.org

Images (detail) from left: SyuSyu, Bandara, Yukichika, SIACCA, Ohya, Izaki ©2024 TOKYO GADAN

Kazuko Hyakuda
ORCHARD STREET

August 28 – October 8, 2024

Opening Reception
Wednesday. Aug 28, 5–7 PM

Orchard Street, in the modern era, was a shopping district full of enthusiasm, being supported by the specialty stores selling clothing, fabrics, hats, bags, toys, etc. competed for low prices and product selection. This series of black-and-white photographs taken in 2003 is the situation in an attempt to capture the changing times when the vibrant 20th century prosperity turned into decline, representing the original scenery of a downtown shopping district.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

Tenth Annual Exhibition
PEACE 2024

August 1 – 27, 2024

Reception
Tuesday. Aug 6, 5–7 PM

Ayako Bando • Vassilina Dikidjieva • Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart • Kana Handel • Miho Hiranouchi • Kumi Hirose • Kazuko Hyakuda • Kunio Izuka • Heena Kim • Chris Kozel • Tokoha Matsuda • Mieko Mitachi • Elisabeth Page Purcell • Nobuko Saji • Akiko SIACCA • Akemi Takeda • Izu Watanabe • Yayoi Yokoyama

Anti-war Anti-nuke Art: PEACE Project is an August exhibition to remember the 1945 two atomic bombings on Hiroshima, August 6, and on Nagasaki, August 9, so that people may think about peace and hand this beautiful planet over to next generations.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

KUNIO IZUKA
PIKADON: A Tale of the Big Blast

July 17 – August 12, 2024


PIKADON: A Tale of the Big Blast (1983) is a narrative picture book consisting of 10 pieces of watercolor painting, which was found in the inner part of the storage after his death in 2020. Izuka made PIKADON to dedicate it to his father who had been exposed to radiation in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The 10 depictions released for the first time at Nagasaki Peace Museum are stories of what his father experienced and witnessed just after the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945.


Short Biography (En & Jp)


Flyer (En & Jp)

Press Coverage (Jp)
Nagasaki Shimbun　 NHK Nagasaki　 Shukan NY Seikatsu

NAGASAKI PEACE MUSEUM (Admission Free)
7-15 Matsugaemachi, Nagasaki 850-0921
Hours: Tue–Sun 10:00~17:30 • Mon 8/12 10:00~14:00
Closed: Mondays 7/22, 7/29, 8/5

Nagasaki X (detail), 1982, Watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 inches (457 x 610 mm) ©Kunio Izuka

Katsumi Suzuki
From Relation to Sublation

June 26 – July 30, 2024


Opening Reception
Wednesday. June 26, 5–7pm

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

Image: Untitled, 2022, Oil on panel, 10 x 10 inches ©Katsumi Suzuki

Izu Watanabe
inter-mission

May 14 – June 25, 2024

Opening Reception
Tuesday, May 14, 5–7pm

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

Images: Drm 1 (left), Drm 2, 2024, Acrylic on paper, 11 × 8.5 inches (matted), ©Izu Watanabe

Yayoi Yokoyama
INNOCENCE

April 4 – May 13, 2024

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

Bloom #1, 2024, Digital print and screen print on paper, 16.5 x 16.5 in. ⒸYayoi Yokoyama

Yayoi Yokoyama
DAYDREAM

March 5 – 9, 2024
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 5, 6–8pm

Yayoi Yokoyama believes that there is no boundary between digital and analog, aiming to complete a piece of CG art as if she were producing a painting. By superimposing the curves of a real woman’s body on the abstract curvaceous beauty unique to CG, Yokoyama reveals woman’s thoughts and doubts, past, emotions, wounds, attachments, regrets, hopes, elation, pride, etc. that women have acquired through their experiences.

Gallery Max New York
552 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm

Bossa Nova #10 (detail), 2024, Archival CG print ⓒYayoi Yokoyama

Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart
JAPANESENESS! from Traditional to Kawaii

February 21 – April 2, 2024

Opening Reception
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 5-7pm

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CCCS
80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am–5pm

Japonica Series: Sakura, 2018, Sumi ink, watercolor on washi mounted on canvas, 11 x 14 in. (Left)
Choppiri Naitemo Kawaii, 2006, Enamel house paint on canvas, 8 in. diameter

NY CONNECTION 2024
January 29 – February 3

Opening Reception: Mon. Jan 29, 5-7pm (Tokyo)

Virtual Reception via Zoom
Tokyo: Monday, Jan 29, from 12:30pm
NY: Sunday, Jan 28 from 10:30pm

Silvia Aviles • Ayako Bando • Max Fujishima • Miho Hiranouchi • Kumi Hirose • Kunio Izuka • Atsuko Kawai • Ayane Kurai • Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart • Mieko Mitachi • Miki Nagano • Yasuko Okumura • Yupin Pramotepipop • Elisabeth Page Purcell • Akemi Takeda • Kazuko Uchida • YUKAKO

Gallery SIACCA
Ginza 2-9-16-BF, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Hours: Mon–Fri 12–7pm • Sat 12–5pm