We are pleased to announce that gallery UG Tennoz will host a Solo exhibition "Lost Garden" by Saori HASEGAWA from Friday, May 2 to Sunday, May 25, 2025.
Saori HASEGAWA has been working consistently on the theme of “Lost Landscapes”. In 2022, she participated in the "Blue Period" exhibition at the Terada Warehouse, followed by her participation in the group exhibition "Visualization" at galley UG Tennoz in 2023 and her solo exhibition "Botanical garden" at Bakurocho. In the past years, she has been exhibiting at numerous art fairs, expanding her activities beyond the borders of Japan.
In this exhibition, visitors can enjoy the novelty of standing in front of Saori HASEGAWA's paintings, and let their consciousness be guided by their own memories and fantasies.
Please stop by if you are in the neighborhood.
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"What human beings cannot do
is truly see the landscape before us when our consciousness is not grounded in the “here and now.”
A landscape that cannot be seen = nowhere.
“Nowhere” appears only when we wander—yet we cannot see it.
All we can do is notice that the unseen landscape might have existed.
We live our lives overlooking such presences.
As long as we exist in the present, the “now” clings to us—so close that we can hardly see it.
What a lost child needs is not to return, but to become lost in another place—somewhere outside of the “here and now.”
The paintings in this exhibition do not represent the landscapes of a lost child.
They do not depict lost landscapes, because “Nowhere” is a landscape that cannot be seen.
These works are not representations—they are devices that invite the viewer to wander into “another place,”
and perhaps notice the quiet presence of “Nowhere.”
What we encounter here is surely such an existence."
gallery UG Osaka Umeda is pleased to announce the solo exhibition "Imaginary New Town" by Junko ASANO, from Wednesday, May 14 to Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
ASANO has been an exclusive artist of gallery UG since 2011. She has held a solo exhibition at Gallery UG Bakurocho every year, while also participating in various art fairs both in Japan and abroad. We have primarily promoted her work in Asia, with a focus on art fairs in Taiwan.
We hope you will enjoy this nostalgic and amusing Animal Playhouse, which incorporates the anthropomorphic animal culture that has been enjoyed in Japan since ancient times.
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"I express visions inspired by ordinary daily life, where animals happily coexist and warm feelings of nostalgia prevail. I hope viewers will cherish their imagination, which is often overlooked in today's fast-paced world, and the time they spend relaxing. Through my work, I encourage them to freely imagine the stories that lie beyond the artwork."
"Connecting artworks to people, connecting people to each other through art."
galleryUG are always there for our artists.
We will grow together with the artists and support them from production to promotion.
We aim to further enrich and expand the contemporary art scene by proposing the ideal way for galleries to be.
In moments when I feel like I’m in a place independent of my surroundings,
I sometimes feel like I’m in a different time and space.
The feeling is like clouds or smoke that change shape with no regard for time
that people have to live by, and it also feels like a space of my own.
To turn, various scenes that came up in my imagination from things I encountered.
To express freedom, time and desires that are on the verge of being discarded from memory.
That is what is important, in order for me to be me and for a person to be them self.
2F TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ, 1-32-8, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
8 minutes walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line(Exit B)
11 minutes walk from Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Tennozu Isle Station(Central Exit)
3F TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ, 1-32-8, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
8 minutes walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line(Exit B)
11 minutes walk from Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Tennozu Isle Station(Central Exit)
11F Daimaru Umeda Department Store
3-1-1, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka
From JR Osaka Station from 1-minute walk/JR Kita-Shinchi Station a 6-minute walk
From Midosuji Line Umeda Station from 2-minute walk/Tanimachi Line Higashi-Umeda Station from 8-minute walk/Yotsubashi Line Nishi-Umeda Station a 4-minute walk
From Hankyu Umeda Station from 13-minute walk/Hanshin Umeda Station a 12-minute walk
This is a production studio for exclusive artists of gallery UG, which will open in 2020. It was built to approach and support artists from a long-term perspective.
