EXHIBITIONS

Special Exhibition Moriyasu Kimura: The Spirit of Tenmoku - Radiance till the end of Time

13 Jul - 8 Aug 2024 SOKYO ANNEX Press Preview: Friday, July 12, 2024, 3 - 5PM Dates: Saturday, July 13, 2024 - Wednesday, August 7 Venue: Sokyo Annex 3F, SSS Building 375 Ichinofunairi-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0924 Japan Kyoto, July 12, 2024 ー Sokyo Annex is pleased to present the Special Exhibition 'Moriyasu Kimura: The Spirit of Tenmoku... Read more

CAT (Collaborative Art Team) | Kimiyo Mishima

Second Exhibition led by Children 25 Jun - 7 Aug 2024 SOKYO Press preview: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 4 〜 6PM Dates: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 〜 Wednesday, August 7 Venue: Sokyo CAT is excited to announce its second exhibition of this project series led by children. Unfortunately, we were not able to work alongside Mishima, but with the help... Read more

Hideyuki Hayashi: A Retrospective Exhibition

17 May - 15 Jun 2024 SOKYO Press Preview: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 11 AM 〜 2 PM Dates: Friday, May 17, 2024 〜 Saturday, June 15 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo (381-2 Motomachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan) is pleased to present ‘Hideyuki Hayashi: A Retrospective Exhibition’. This exhibition will feature Hayashi's representative works from the past to the... Read more

Kazuma Koike : Paintings and Sculptures

16 May - 27 Jun 2024 SOKYO ANNEX VIP Preview: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 11AM 〜 2PM Dates: Thursday, May 16 〜 Thursday, June 27 Venue: Sokyo Annex We are pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Kazuma Koike at Sokyo Annex. Read more

Mishima Kimiyo: Solo Exhibition

15 Feb - 7 May 2024 SOKYO, SOKYO ANNEX VIP Preview: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 11AM - 3PM Dates: Thursday, February 15, 2024 - Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Venue: Sokyo, Sokyo Annex ＊ Sokyo Gallery has extended the exhibition period until Tuesday, May 7. Sokyo Annex will end the exhibition on Wednesday, April 17 as planned initially. Kyoto... Read more

Toru Ishii: Drifting

10 Feb - 11 Apr 2024 SOKYO ATSUMI Press Preview: Friday, February 9, 12 PM 〜 2 PM Dates: Saturday, February 10 〜 Thursday, April 11 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI is pleased to present DRIFTING, a solo exhibition by Toru Ishii, a Japanese artist active in Japan and abroad who transforms traditional Japanese techniques into contemporary art... Read more

Hige- san

Yoichi Umetsu, Masumitsu Kanzaki Two Person Exhibition 13 Dec 2023 - 31 Jan 2024 SOKYO, SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Thursday, December 14, 2023 〜 Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Venue: Sokyo Gallery and Sokyo Annex At Sokyo Gallery, we will present a two-person exhibition “Hige-san,” featuring the artist Yoichi Umetsu and the traditional craftsman Masumitsu Kanzaki, who heads the Marumasu Seito kiln in Shigaraki. This show presents the work... Read more

Mika Horie: Snow Melting Water

12 Dec 2023 - 1 Feb 2024 SOKYO ATSUMI Read more

Shuhei Yamada: MEDAMAYAKI

19 Sep - 23 Nov 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI (Tokyo) is pleased to present “Medamayaki” by Shuhei Yamada. Read more

Mika Horie: Trees, Water, and Light

7 Sep - 1 Nov 2023 SOKYO VIP Preview: Wednesday, Sep 6, 2023, 11 AM 〜 1 PM Dates: Thursday, Sep 7 〜 Wednesday, Nov 1, 2023 Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto) is pleased to present 'Trees, Water, and Light' by Mika Horie. Read more

Shida Kuo: Solo Exhibition

8 Jul - 17 Aug 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview：Friday, July 7, 2023, 5PM 〜 8PM Dates: Saturday, July 8, 2023 〜 Thursday, August 17 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI(Tokyo) is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Shida Kuo. This will be the first solo exhibition at SOKYO ATSUMI, following two exhibitions at Kyoto’s Sokyo Gallery... Read more

Shozo Michikawa: TAZUTAZUSHI: Peering beyond tradition

13 May - 29 Jun 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview: Friday, May 12, 2023, 5PM 〜 7PM Dates: Saturday, May 13, 2023 〜 Thursday, June 29, 2023 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI (Tokyo) is pleased to present Shozo Michikawa's 'TAZUTAZUSHI: Peering beyond tradition.' This will be his first solo exhibition at SOKYO ATSUMI, following his solo... Read more

Jennifer Lee: Ceramics and Drawings

10 May - 26 Jul 2023 SOKYO VIP Preview: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 4 PM 〜 6 PM Dates: Thursday, May 11 - Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present 'Jennifer Lee: ceramics and drawings.' This will be her third solo exhibition at Sokyo Gallery, following shows in 2015 and 2018.... Read more

Kimiyo Mishima Solo Show

Solo Exhibition 1 Feb - 26 Apr 2023 SOKYO VIP Preview: Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 11 AM 〜 6 PM Dates: Thursday, February 2 〜 Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Kimiyo Mishima. This follows her first solo exhibition at Sokyo Gallery in 2017. Since the 1960’s,... Read more

Chie Aoki: Tranquil Bodies

28 Jan - 10 Mar 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview: Friday, January 27,2023, 13 PM 〜 19 PM Dates: Saturday, January 28, 2023 〜 Friday, March 10 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI (Tokyo) is pleased to present “Tranquil Bodies,” an exhibition by Chie Aoki. This will be Aoki's first solo exhibition at SOKYO ATSUMI. Read more

CAT (Collaborative Art Team) | Yoichi Umetsu

Fantastic Art by Kids 15 Jan - 23 Feb 2023 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Sunday, January 15, 2023 - Thursday, February 23. Venue: Sokyo Annex CAT (Collaborative Art Team) is a children's leadership and teamwork group that engages with the arts. Through discovery, collaboration, research, curation, writing and exhibition, children take the lead in exploring 'what is art' and 'what is collaboration.' Through... Read more

Sylvie Auvray: Marguerites

"Marguerites" 3 Dec 2022 - 19 Jan 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview: Friday, December 2, 2022, 1 〜 7 PM Dates: Saturday, December 3, 2022 〜 Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI * Winter Holidays: Sunday, December 25, 〜 Thursday, January 5, 2023 SOKYO ATSUMI(Tokyo) is pleased to present 'Marguerites,' a solo exhibition by Paris-based artist Sylvie Auvray.... Read more

Toru Ishii, Kazuma Koike: Koishi-kei

"KOISHI-KEI" 19 Nov - 21 Dec 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Saturday, November 19, 2022, 5 - 7PM Dates: Saturday, November 19, 2022 - Wednesday, December 21 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI Sokyo (Kyoto) is pleased to present 'Koishi kei', a two-person exhibition by Kazuma Koike and Toru Ishii. Koike creates black ceramic sculptures on the... Read more

Mei Mei: 「KAMI」

"KAMI" 13 Oct - 16 Nov 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 1 - 6PM Dates: Thursday, October 13, 2022 - Wednesday, November 16 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo (Kyoto) is pleased to present Mei Mei’s first solo exhibition in Japan. Marta Corada was born in Spain in 1984 and is currently based in London. She began... Read more

Yuichiro Kikuma: Traces of Summer

"Traces of the Summer" 6 Oct - 5 Nov 2022 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - Wednesday, November 2 Venue: Sokyo Annex Sokyo Annex (Kyoto) is pleased present Yuichiro Kikuma’s solo exhibition, “Traces of the Summer,” which is his first solo exhibition at Sokyo. Kikuma is a London-based artist who has been expressing incidental events that happen in daily life... Read more

Minato Mari: Biwa Lake's Horizons, Dialogue with the Earth

"Biwa Lake’ s Horizons, Dialogue with the Earth" 23 Sep - 19 Nov 2022 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview: Thursday, September 22, 2022 Dates: Friday, September 23, 2022 - Friday, October 28 Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI is pleased to present Mari MINATO's solo exhibition “Biwa Lake’s Horizons, Dialogue with the Earth.” The show 's central and biggest work is “Biwa Lake’sHorizons”, the 31-ceramic tile piece created... Read more

Yukiko Sugano: Petting, Cuddling, Holding a Leash

7 Sep - 5 Oct 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Tuesday, September 9, 2022 Dates: Wednesday, September 8, 2022 - Wednesday, October 5 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present Yukiko Sugano’s solo exhibition “Petting, Cuddling, Holding a Leash.” Sugano, based in Hyogo Prefecture, poetically expresses narrative works using ultra-fine transparent glass lines. Recently she has been... Read more

Kunihiro Akinaga: Presence/ Absence

4 - 31 Aug 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Wednesday, August 8, 2022 Dates: Thursday, August 4, 2022 - Wednesday, August 31 Venue: Sokyo ※ Gallery will be closed from August 14 - 22 for Summer Break. Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present Kunihiro Akinaga’s solo exhibition “Presence/Absence.” This will be his first solo show at our... Read more

Mayu Kunihisa: 「THE BUTTERFLY DREAM」

"THE BUTTERFLY DREAM" 18 Jun - 27 Jul 2022 SOKYO ATSUMI VIP Preview: Thursday, June 16, 2022 Dates: Saturday, June 18, 2022 - Wednesday, July 27 Venue: Sokyo Atsumi Sokyo Atsumi is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Mayu Kunihisa, titled 'THE BUTTERFLY DREAM.' This show is a continuation of works shown this spring at 'THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT,' Sokyo... Read more

Joe Isanako: Amulet

14 May - 11 Jun 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Friday, May 13, 2022 Dates: Saturday, May 14, 2022 - Saturday, June 11 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto) is pleased to present Joe Isanako’s solo exhibition, Amulet. Isanako's works are created through experimental and sincere communication with materials such as clay and glaze. Her works have been... Read more

Kristen Morgin: 21st Century Works 2001-2019

13 Apr - 4 Jul 2022 SOKYO, SOKYO ANNEX VIP Preview: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Dates: Thursday, June 23, 2022 - Wednesday, July 27 Venue: Sokyo, Sokyo Annex Sokyo Gallery, and Sokyo Annex (Kyoto) are pleased to present “Kristen Morgin: 21st Century Works 2001- 2019.” Following her successful solo exhibition at SOKYO ATSUMI in Tokyo in this spring, Kristen... Read more

Song Kwang Ik: Paper Things

13 Apr - 7 May 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Dates: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - Saturday, May 7 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo (Kyoto) is pleased to present 'Song Kwang-Ik: Paper Things'. Song is a painter who sublimates hanji (traditional Korean paper) into figurative works with his delicate and skillful technique. His innovative approach challenges... Read more

Mayu Kunihisa: BUTTERFLY EFFECT

19 Mar - 22 Apr 2022 SOKYO ANNEX VIP Preview: Friday, March 18, 2022 Dates: Saturday, March 19, 2022 - Saturday, April 23 Venue: Sokyo Annex Sokyo Annex (Kyoto) is pleased to present 'BUTTERFLY EFFECT' by Mayu Kunihisa. In the group exhibition 'Woman and Lines' held at the same venue in December 2020, she showed... Read more

Kim Jai Kwan: Post Relationship

5 Mar - 2 Apr 2022 SOKYO VIP Preview: Friday, March 4, 2022 Dates: Saturday, March 5, 2022 - Saturday, April 2 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto, Japan) is proud to present Kim Jai Kwan: Post Relationship. A common feature of Kim Jai Kwanʼs works is the relationship between geometric lines and colors. This exhibition,... Read more

Eric Serritella: Shared Spaces

8 Jan - 26 Feb 2022 SOKYO Press Preview: Friday, January 7, 2022 Dates: Saturday, January 8, 2022 - Saturday, February 26. Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto) is pleased to present the exhibition'Eric Serritella: Shared Spaces'. Serritella's trompe l'oeil ceramic works fascinate the viewer both by the nature of the material and by the message... Read more

John Mason

15 Dec 2021 - 5 Feb 2022 SOKYO ATSUMI SOKYO ATSUMI is proud to present a solo exhibition by John Mason. This is his second solo exhibition in Japan, following his first exhibition John Mason: A SURVEY at Sokyo Gallery (Kyoto) in 2017. Read more

Kazunori Hamana and Yoichi Umetsu: A Room with Six Floating Pots and Message Bottles

4 Dec 2021 - 19 Feb 2022 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Saturday, December 4, 2021 - Saturday, February 19, 2022 Venue: Sokyo Annex Sokyo Gallery is proud to present A Room with Six Floating Pots and Message Bottles, a collaborative exhibition by Kazunori Hamana and Yoichi Umetsu. There is little evident overlap in the works of Hamana and Umetsu. Rather,... Read more

Daisuke Iguchi Shuto - Deepening -

18 Sep - 30 Oct 2021 SOKYO Press Preview: Friday, September 17 Dates; Saturday, September 18, 2021 - Saturday, October 30 Venue; Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present “Daisuke Iguchi: Shuto -Deepening-”. Iguchi is inspired by the indescribable power of ancient sculptures and the beauty of things that corrode with the passing of time, thereby evoking... Read more

Kimiyo Mishima Solo Exhibition 1950s - 2021

15 Jul - 9 Oct 2021 SOKYO ATSUMI Dates: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - Saturday, October 9. Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI We are thrilled to announce the opening of a temporary “pop-up” exhibition space, SOKYO ATSUMI, located in TERRADA ART COMPLEX II in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The opening of SOKYO ATSUMI follows closely after the opening of Sokyo Annex,... Read more

シルヴィ・オーヴレ: 野獣と箒

12 Jun - 17 Jul 2021 SOKYO Press Preview: Friday, June 11, 2021 Dates: Saturday, June 12, 2021 - Saturday, July 17. Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to present Beasts and Brooms, Sylvie Auvray’s first solo exhibition in Japan. A total of 38 new ceramics and drawings will be on display. Read more

Kentaro Kawabata: Knee Bridge

8 - 29 May 2021 SOKYO, SOKYO ANNEX Press Preview: Friday, May 7, 2021 Dates: Saturday, May 8, 2021 - Saturday, May 29. Venue: Sokyo, Sokyo Annex (Dates: Friday, April 16, 2021 - Saturday, May 1) Sokyo Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Kentaro Kawabata, “Knee Bridge”, which runs from Saturday, May... Read more

Group Exhibition 'White'

8 Mar - 10 Jul 2021 SOKYO ANNEX Press Preview: Friday, May 7, 2021 Dates: Saturday, May 8, 2022 – Saturday, July 10 Venue: Sokyo Annex Since ancient times, the color white has held special meaning to the Japanese: a sacred color for confronting the gods, openly, without falsity. The origins of this belief harken to the ancient... Read more

Yoichi Umetsu: Heisei Mood

5 - 27 Mar 2021 SOKYO Dates: Friday, March 5, 2021 - Saturday, March 27 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Yoichi Umetsu, “Heisei Mood,” from Friday, March 5 to Saturday, March 27, 2021. Following his group exhibition Kazuhito Kawai/ Yoichi Umetsu: “SHOW ME” [TUCHIKURE] with “LOOP FEELING”,... Read more

Miki Komatsu: The Coloring Outlines

5 - 27 Mar 2021 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Friday, March 5, 2021 - Saturday, March 27 Venue: Sokyo Annex Sokyo Annex is pleased to present ‘Miki Komatsu: The Coloring Outlines’. This is Komatsu's first solo exhibition and will include 17 new works. Currently enrolled in a master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts, Komatsu has... Read more

Kimiyo Mishima

7 Jan - 27 Feb 2021 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - Saturday, February 27. Venue: Sokyo Annex To mark her special inclusion in the 4th Collection Gallery Exhibition 2020 at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Sokyo Annex is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Mishima Kimiyo, spanning her two-dimensional pieces of the... Read more

Women and Lines

3 Dec 2020 - 13 Jan 2021 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Thursday, 3 December, 2020 ‒ Wednesday, 13 January, 2021 Venue: Sokyo Annex Participating Artists: Gaku Azuma, Toru Ishii, Mayu Kunihisa Sokyo Gallery is very glad to present a group exhibition, Women and Lines at Sokyo Annex. This exhibition will focus on 'women' and 'lines', and two-dimensional works by Gaku... Read more

Osamu Kojima: Distortion

3 Dec 2020 - 13 Jan 2021 SOKYO Dates: Thursday, December 3, 2020 - Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition, “Distortion” by Osamu Kojima who is known globally in countries such as the United States and Taiwan. Read more

Harumi Nakashima: A survey of the last 50 years

2 Oct - 21 Nov 2020 SOKYO, SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Friday, 2 October - Saturday, 21 November, 2020 Venue: Sokyo, Sokyo Annex Online Conference: Thursday, 12 November, 2020 7:00PM JST via Zoom Lecturers: Nakashima Harumi, Artist, Gifu, Japan. Bai Ming, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Head of Ceramic Art Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University; Director of... Read more

Female Artist 4 Person Show

28 Aug - 16 Sep 2020 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Friday, 28 August - Wednesday, 16 September, 2020 Venue: Sokyo Annex Participating Artists: Yukiko Sugano, Yoko Tanaka, Tomomi Hoonoki, Marina Yonetsu Read more

Toshiya Masuda: Memory Scoop

21 Aug - 26 Sep 2020 SOKYO Dates: Friday, August 21 - Saturday, September 26, 2020 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo is pleased to announce Toshiya Masuda's solo exhibition “Memory Scoop”. Masuda is known for his works that look like plastic dots from video games. Also known as a digital ceramic artist, his pop artworks have attracted attention from... Read more

Temperature of Color

6 - 27 Jun 2020 SOKYO ANNEX Dates: Saturday, June 6 - Saturday, June 27, 2020 Venue: Sokyo Annex Participating artists: Jun Kaneko, Tetsuo Kusama, Toru Kurokawa, Mio Kosaka, John Mason, Fausto Salvi, Anna Sew Hoy, Yuri Takemura, Matt Wedel, Sokyo is pleased to present a group exhibition, 'Temperature of Color'. Following to the Breeze -Art Journey,... Read more

Tomomi Tanaka: Integrated Form

14 - 28 Mar 2020 SOKYO Dates: Saturday, March 14 - Saturday, March 28, 2020 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Tomomi Tanaka: Integrated Form. This will be her first exhibition with us and 11 ceramic new works will be on display. Read more

Kazuhito Kawai & Yoichi Umetsu: “SHOW ME” [TSUCHIKURE] with “LOOP FEELING”

15 Jan - 7 Mar 2020 SOKYO Press Preview: Saturday, February 15, 16:30 - 18:00pm Dates: Saturday, February 15 - Saturday, March 7 Venue: Sokyo Sokyo is pleased to announce the two-person exhibition, “SHOW ME” [TUCHIKURE] with “LOOP FEELING” by Kazuhito Kawai and Yoichi Umetsu. This exhibition was realized by Kawai's invitation to... Read more