Kinosho Kikaku is pleased to present the group exhibition “A Journey to a Foreign Land” starting October 11, 2025.
When we walk through a strange land, we are traveling not only through the landscape, but also within ourselves. In this exhibition, four artists with different backgrounds will depict the world as they see it through their own “journeys.
Through the confusion, discovery, and quiet empathy felt in these foreign lands, the exhibition encourages viewers to “travel” as well. We hope you will take this opportunity to step away from the everyday and discover a new landscape through the eyes of others.
Group Exhibition “A Journey to a Foreign Land”
Exhibiting artists
KAKA, Shu Kanezawa, Gekoru, Misaki Serizawa
Saturday, October 11 – Friday, October 24, 2025
Hours: 12:00 – 18:00
Closed: Sundays, Mondays
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KAKA
Born in 1995
2021 Completed Master’s program in Fine Arts at Joshibi University of Art and Design
Group Exhibition】
2021 “JOSHIBI at METRO” Exhibition (Metro Ginza Gallery, Tokyo)
2023 “A-R-T in the Brain Hole Group Exhibition” Exhibition (333 Gallery, Taiwan)
2023 “T&ARTCON Currents and Art Exhibition” (China Shipyard, Shanghai) (Shanghai)
2023 “A-R-T in the Brain Hole 2023 Group Exhibition” (Huaihai, Shanghai)
2024 “There are” (Empathy Gallery, Tokyo)
2025 “The Night before the Break GINZA Art Prelude” (Artglorieux GALLERY, Tokyo) (Artglorieux GALLERY, Tokyo)
2025 “The Night before the Break” (Empathy Gallery, Harajuku)
The works in the “Mushroom & Bird” series are a fusion of the warmth of camphor wood and the texture of mineral pigments, creating a fantastical form. The design of the mushroom head overlaid with a bird design symbolizes the ambiguity of evolution and the transformation of living creatures, and combines the playfulness of a fairy tale with philosophical depth. Using the “ippkizukuri” technique of the late Nara and early Heian periods, the artist has captured the unique character of the mushroom bird in each piece, giving each piece its own unique texture and fragrance due to the different woods used.
金澤シュウ Syu Kanesawa
Biography
2013 Withdrew from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Industrial Design
2017 Graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Kasama Ceramic College, Research Department
Exhibition History
2024
Solo exhibition “What color is that earth?” (Ginza Tsutaya, Tokyo)
“Not only ‘cute’! (Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo)
2023
“TEXTURES” (TOKYO PARK Gallery in London, London)
2024
“The Night before the Break Exhibition in Empathy Gallery Part.2″ (Empathy Gallery, Tokyo)
“Innocence Innocence” at Contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“ART TAIPEI” at Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“2-Dimensional School Exhibition” at Daikanyama Hillside Forum, N&A Art SITE, Tokyo, Japan, etc.
Statement
He has been presenting imaginary life forms called “contactors” using ceramic materials. Currently, he is expanding his range of expression by creating paintings based on contactors.
Even today, with the spread of the Internet and the popularity of social networking services, it is still difficult for humans to communicate with each other easily, so I have chosen to use pop culture such as manga and anime, which people feel more familiar with, as a character to connect others and myself, the creator.
げこる Gekoru
Statement
I work with oil paint, plaster, digital prints, and other media on the theme of ambiguity and boundaries. I paint over and over with oil paint, searching for the object. The ears are large so that the viewer can easily see where he or she is.
Recently, he has also been concentrating on drawing lines with charcoal pencils as if he were scraping them off. Now I am concentrating on scraping and painting in addition to applying layers of oil paint. I draw out from the support and painting materials and output.
Career”
[Solo Exhibitions]
2024 “Yukikuni” Gallery Yukihira (Tokyo)
2024 “Aiwai” SUNABA GALLERY (Osaka)
2023 “Konoida” LIGHT HOUSE GALLERY (Tokyo)
[Group Exhibition]
2024 “Ball” KOGANEI ART SPOT Chateau 2 F (Tokyo)
2024 “199X¹³” YOD Editions (Osaka)
2024 “GIRLS FLOATING” YOD TOKYO (Tokyo)
2023 “199X¹² Fuyuyasumi” Gallery Yukihira (Tokyo)
2023 “Doll and Virtual” Miaki Gallery (Tokyo)
2023 My Favorites 3″ Anicoremix Gallery (Tokyo)
2023 “Deep Breath of Being” Art Gallery Shirokane 6c (Tokyo)
2023 “MINI◯” Sansiao Gallery (Tokyo)
2023 “Vacant Land” Barn (Kanagawa)
2023 “Gekkai” Cafe Gallery Kinone (Osaka)
2023 “Drawing Exhibition Haruharu” Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery (Tokyo)
2022 “199X¹¹” YOD Editions (Osaka)
2022 “Habare Hogaraka Suteki Its,” Atelier Mizuki (Osaka)
2022 “GEISAI#21″ Kaikai Kiki (Tokyo)
2022 “Gekoru+” rusu (Tokyo) rusu (Tokyo)
[Book illustration]
2023 “Words, Representations, and the Body in Search of Contemporary Skin Sense” Shunposha
Written by Yukihiro Hirayoshi, Book design by Takeshi Kobayashi
芹澤美咲 Misaki Serizawa
Born in Saitama Prefecture. In order to live “myself” with sincerity in contemporary society, I have been painting daily using my face, thinking about self and existence, becoming aware, analyzing and sharing what I see with others, and attempting to promote awareness and acceptance of feelings and existence. Selected for the 18th World Painting Grand Prize. Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University, Faculty of Education, Secondary Education Teacher Training Course, Fine Arts Major. Currently enrolled in the Master’s Course of Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School, Division of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Wall Painting Research Laboratory 2.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Sun, Art, and Hands accumulated to form light” REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2024 “Stand Mirror, Stand Pelvis, Walk Me” Art Space Ginga 101, Tokyo
2023 “words to sea” Hut+kop × Misaki Serizawa KOGANEI ART SPOT, Chateau 2F, Tokyo, Japan
2023 “HITO TO HITO”, haco -art brewing gallery-, Tokyo, Japan
2022 “JIBIN NO STEEL KATA”, haco -art brewing gallery-, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Misaki Serizawa and NIBB, “To protect or to keep myself sane”, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Campus
2025 MEDEL GALLERY SHU, “eyes”, Daimaru Tokyo
2025 “Egg vol.3″, Ojo Building, Tokyo
2025 “Pulse White”, Awaji Island Residency Exhibition ooc tokyo office, Tokyo
2025 “I have something to tell you” Art Gallery Shirokane 6c, Tokyo
2025 “flat” Gallery Valeur, Aichi
2024 “Why don’t we take a side trip vol.3″ Galerie 10 [TOH], Tokyo
2024 “Open the window 2024 “Open the Window, Urabashira ga Mine,” gallery TOWED, Tokyo
2024 “The Ball,” KOGANEI ART SPOT Chateau 2F, Tokyo
2024 “The 72nd Graduation Works Exhibition of Tokyo Gakugei University,” Tokyo Gakugei University Art Gallery
2023 “FACE Selected Artists Small Works Exhibition 2023,” REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo
2023 “Hate and Smear” Gallery soil, Saitama
2023 “FACE Exhibition 2023″ SOMPO ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
2022 “SAKUTSUKE, KANREI, RETURN” HiFive Gallery, Saitama
2022 “The 18th World Painting Grand Prize Exhibition” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2022 “FACE Exhibition 2022 SOMPO Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan