CURRENT
Manipulation
KUBO Eriko, NAKAZAWA Fukumi
2026 1/28wedー2/14sat
PM 12-7
Open: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Opening 1/31 wed PM5〜
Artist Talk and Music Performance(EZAKI Masafumi）
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Participation fee 500yen
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Is what exists truly as it appears to the eye?
The reality before us coolly orchestrates our perceptions.
Reality and consciousness coil around one another,
and from within the body, something murmurs.
Like an insect, parasitized, compelled toward the water’s edge,
we are unable to resist a deliberately radiant light.
Kubo centers her work on inner mental states at the moment when balance collapses, narratively depicting a sensation in which the boundary between interior and exterior becomes blurred through motifs such as constellations and animals.
Meanwhile, Nakazawa—whose practice focuses on the evolving relationship between humans and tools, and who has produced two-dimensional works including drawings and animations—explores in this exhibition how the form and function of chairs both constrain and extend the human body.
KUBO Eriko
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Graduated from the Oil Painting Course at Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly Kyoto University of Art and Design) in 2019, and completed an MFA in Oil Painting at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2021.
Drawing on animation created through peace education in Hiroshima—her place of origin—he produces two-dimensional works centered on the theme of “the moment when equilibrium collapses,” which forms the foundation of her practice.
Recent exhibitions include Unicorn Constellation (TAKI, Kyoto, 2025), ART OSAKA 2023 (Osaka, 2023), and Old Dreams, Shining Butterflies on the Wall (Studio New Hope, 2023).
Left:《play God 2023, Right《Esquisse》2021
NAKAZAWA Fukumi
Graduated from the Oil Painting Course at Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly Kyoto University of Art and Design) in 2019.
Enrolled in the MA Animation program at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2020.
Focusing on the relationship between the body and various tools, she creates animations that use line drawing to explore the boundaries between them.
Recent exhibitions and screenings include Japan Deep Dive – Tomography (China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China), Yanbaru Art Festival 2025 (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi Village, Okinawa, 2025), and Ho no Bunshin (Supplementary Double) (biscuit gallery, Tokyo, 2024).
《Video installation in China》 2025
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