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."
We are pleased to announce that gallery UG Osaka Umeda will host a solo exhibition"Kirra★" by Naoki NOMURA from Wednesday, April 16 to Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery!
This exhibition marks NAOKI Nomura’s first solo show at gallery UG Osaka Umeda.
This will be Naoki NOMURA's fourth solo exhibition at gallery UG. We invite you to immerse yourself in the whimsical and charming world of Nomura, where mysterious and adorable creatures come to life.
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”The sounds, smells, and signs that I feel while working in the lush green mountains make me imagine the lives of creatures that are not visible to my naked eyes. My life is filled with small discoveries that move me in casual conversations, encounters with people and things in daily life.
When my imagination and discoveries blend together, a story will be born in my head, and many characters will begin to move around in my mind.
Once I have captured their vague images on paper, I shape them with clay, add layers of colors and load them in the kiln over and over again.They emerge into the real world with expressions that seal their intentions and emotions, gently curved surfaces, and unchanging colors and textures. The process of their gradual appearance in front of our very eyes, and knowing that they had been in my mind makes me fulfilled with joy and excitement.
I hope you would imagine the rest of the stories as these creatures are quietly plotting something."
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We will grow together with the artists and support them from production to promotion.
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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.
