Past
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Ikuro Yagi: Grand Nature
10 Oct - 22 Nov 2024 Exhibition opens Thursday, October 10, 2024 Opening Reception with Yagi: October 10, 6–8 PM All visitors are welcome: Mon. to Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM Private viewing by appointment only. Read more -
Expanding Earth: New Works by Yukiya Izumita
12 Sep - 3 Oct 2024 Exhibition opens Thursday, September 12, 2024. Opening Reception with the Artist: September 12, 6 PM to 8 PM. All visitors are welcome: Mon.—Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM. Private viewing by appointment only. Photography courtesy of Douglas Dubler 3 and Kanako Yamaguchi. Read more -
Laura de Santillana: Echoes of Her Gaze
Impressions of Tokyo and Kyoto in Glass 15 May - 29 Jun 2024 Exhibition opens Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Opening Reception: May 15, 6 PM to 8 PM. All visitors are welcome: Mon.—Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM. Private viewing by appointment only. Photo credits to Fabio Zonta, Enrico Fiorese, and Douglas Dubler Read more -
Massimo Micheluzzi, New Works
Featuring Works from Negozio Olivetti by Carlo Scarpa 11 Apr - 2 May 2024 Exhibition opens April 11, 2024. Opening Reception: April 11, 6 PM to 8 PM. All visitors are welcome: Mon.—Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM. Private viewing by appointment only. Negozio Olivetti in-situ images courtesy of Adriano Cisani, Bianca Vannucchi, and Massimo Micheluzzi. Read more -
Cosmic Sound
Master Paintings by Ken Matsubara 14 Mar - 4 Apr 2024 Exhibition opens March 14, 2024 coinciding with Asia Week 2024. Opening Reception: March 14, 5 PM to 8 PM. All visitors are welcome: Thurs.—Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM. Gallery open by appointment only: Mon.—Wed. 11 AM to 6 PM. Read more -
Floating Vessels
Stoneware by Mitsukuni Misaki 18 Jan - 15 Feb 2024 Exhibition opens January 18, 2024. Opening Reception: January 18, 6 PM to 8 PM. All visitors are welcome: Thurs.—Sat. 11 AM to 6 PM. Gallery open by appointment only: Mon.—Wed. 11 AM to 6 PM. Read more -
Eternal Garden
Metalworks by Shota Suzuki 14 Dec 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 Shota Suzuki returns to Ippodo Gallery for his second solo exhibition in the United States. The Kyōto-based metalsmith fabricates scenes of plant life immortalized in a state of perpetual decay and rebirth. The Eternal Garden is a paradox where time is meaningless and the seasons converge. Suzuki's collection features more... Read more -
Forms and Formations: Design Miami 2023
5 - 12 Dec 2023 Booth G35 Ippodo Gallery presents Forms and Formations, featuring great names in contemporary Japanese fine art at Design Miami 2023 from December 5 to December 12, 2023 in Miami Beach, FL. At this moment, it seems the world lives in a state of uncertainty. Everywhere, people face threats new and... Read more -
Masaaki Miyasako: Living Dreams
26 Oct - 22 Nov 2023 Ippodo Gallery presents legendary painter Masaaki Miyasako for his premier solo exhibition in the United States from October 26 to November 22, 2023. He returns to his signature Nihonga painting medium after leading Tokyo University’s special projects division for a half-decade. Miyasako's unique approach to line—almost verging on pointillism—draws on... Read more -
Iron Strokes
Forged Metalworks by Hajime and Yasuo Ishikura 5 - 21 Oct 2023 Ippodo Gallery presents an online exhibition, Iron Strokes: Forged Metalworks by Hajime and Yasuo Ishikura, featuring the legendary metalsmiths’ Japanese forged iron. The Ishikura brothers are renowned for innovating iron as a medium of Japanese design. The forthcoming exhibition will showcase—both in-gallery and online—an impressive array of the brothers’ devotedly... Read more -
Skin & Body: Crazing Vessels by Kodai Ujiie
Crazing Vessels by Kodai Ujiie 14 Sep - 4 Oct 2023 Exhibition opens September 14. Online Viewing will be live ahead of the exhibition opening on September 12, 2:00 PM. All artwork images will be uploaded at 2:00 PM. All visitors are welcome Thurs.—Sat. 11:00AM to 6:00PM. Gallery open by appointment only Mon.—Wed. 11:00AM to 6:00PM. Ippodo Gallery... Read more -
Magic of the Tea Bowl
Volume 3 8 Jun - 31 Jul 2023 Magic of the Tea Bowl (Vol.3) June 2023 The Japanese tea ceremony was first established during the sixteenth century and has continued to flourish to the present day. Closely tied to Zen philosophy, it has held a central place in Japanese art, culture, and soul. Known as chawan, tea bowls... Read more -
Panta Rhei: Everything Flows
Works by Five Artists on Japanese Washi Paper 27 Apr - 27 May 2023 Ippodo Gallery presents selected washi artworks by five Japanese artists (KAKU, Mami Kato, Yasue Maetake, Ryuji Taira, Kaori Teraoka) working with traditional paper in diverse modes. Panta Rhei: Everything Flows unveils new perspectives in Japanese paper, transforming the medium into voluminous crafted planes. Washi is a medium in flux, intertwined... Read more -
Terumasa Ikeda: Iridescent Lacquer
16 Mar - 20 Apr 2023 Ippodo Gallery New York illuminates a modern lacquer technique that disrupts preconceived notions of the raden (mother-of -pearl inlay) tradition. Terumasa Ikeda: Iridescent Lacquer—on display from March 16th to April 20th , 2023—showcases Terumasa Ikeda’s revolutionary laser-incised raden technique, a method the artist spent eight years developing. Ikeda was born... Read more -
Extreme Surfaces: Cutting Edge Kogei
Ippodo Gallery's Premiere at Design Miami 2022 + New Year Exhibition 30 Nov 2022 - 16 Feb 2023 Ippodo Galleryis a pioneering kogei-focused gallery based in Tokyo and New York. Our mission is to honor the living tradition of Japanese fine art in the contemporary world by cultivating craft- and culture-oriented experiences through the work of the finest living Japanese artists. Now located in the heart of Tokyo’s... Read more -
Susumu Shingu: Sculpting with Wind
20 Oct - 29 Dec 2022 Ippodo Gallery is pleased to announce that it will host the first solo exhibition in New York city for renowned kinetic sculptor Susumu Shingu. The exhibition entitled Susumu Shingu: Sculpting with Wind will be open to the public from October 20 until December 29, 2022. It will showcase his latest... Read more -
Innovation in Form
Lacquerware by Jihei Murase 8 Sep - 12 Oct 2022 The Work of Jihei Murase Representative of the country’s prestigious craftsmanship, urushi (“lacquer”) has become synonymous with “Japan.” Artist Jihei Murase stands at the forefront of Japanese lacquer craft; Murase’s artistic practice is informed by an encounter with the sculpture of Brancusi during his college days. His exceptional technique adeptly... Read more -
On the Axis
Works by Kota Arinaga and Kiyoko Morioka 21 Jul - 25 Aug 2022 Kota Arinaga is fascinated by archaeology and expresses the magnificent time axis of textiles through glass. As a Japanese person born at the tip of the Orient, how can he reconstruct the glass originally introduced through the Silk Road? Like spinning a thread, colored glass is stretched and thinned, then... Read more -
Magic of the Tea Bowl
Volume 2 2 Jun - 7 Jul 2022 Magic of the Tea Bowl (Vol.2) April 2022 The Japanese tea ceremony was first established during the 16th century and has continued to flourish to the present day. Closely related to Zen philosophy, it has held a central place in Japanese art, culture, and soul. Known as Chawan, tea bowls... Read more -
Bring Forest Bathing to the Home
Chairs by Toshio Tokunaga 21 Apr - 26 May 2022 Toshio Tokunaga’s expertise in furniture is uniquely attuned to the natural world. He delicately familiarizes with each rare tree’s individual spirit, allowing him to infuse each chair with warm understanding: precious Zelkova, mulberry, cherry, and Yoshino cedar woods are all sustainably sourced with passion and dedication from local forests, then... Read more -
Chaos to the Cosmos: White Road between Two Rivers
Paintings by Ken Matsubara 10 Mar - 14 Apr 2022 White Road The echo of the wind, the sound of water, a full moon floating in a mysterious blue sky, the cries of wild beasts that agitate the ripples of the lake…Ken Matsubara’s works present a view of the universe that is magnificent beyond description. For him, the act of... Read more -
Elegant Dedications: Selections of Female Artist works by Ippodo Gallery
24 Feb - 9 Mar 2022 Girl’s Day is the Japanese celebration held annually on March 3rd to pray for the healthy growth of girls. In ancient societies, men went out to hunt while women made textiles and earthenware, thus continuing the essential link between w omen and craftsmanship into modern day. Women remain synonymous with... Read more -
Layers of Time
Spatial Ceramic Works by Yukiya Izumita 13 Jan - 17 Feb 2022 Precious Layers Shoko Aono What is it that Yukiya Izumita tries to create with clay? Through the lamination of numerous layers, resembling burnt newspaper, Izumita creates fantastic figures. Their texture is like rusted iron, conjuring images of ancient, petrified wood. While difficult to comprehend, these forms warm our hearts, and... Read more -
Synthesis II
“Adore” Madonna and Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 3 Dec 2021 - 7 Jan 2022 Wakasugi’s works are forever evolving and it is difficult to tell whether they are photographs or illusions. They present scenes that do not exist in reality but evoke nostalgia or depict a universe we would all like to see. In his most outstanding work, he used photographs of nature that... Read more -
Massimo Micheluzzi
Master of Venetian Glass 12 Oct - 19 Nov 2021 As I gaze at the glass mosaic of Massimo Micheluzzi, which has just arrived from Venice, I am overcome with a strange feeling of nostalgia. Among Micheluzzi's latest works, some are evocative of a tortoiseshell design, the stone paving in a Japanese garden, or the dyed patterns of a kimono... Read more -
Moonlit Night
A selection of crafts that celebrates this Otsukimi season 2 Sep - 5 Oct 2021 The Moon and Japan The moon can be seen faintly against the blue sky as the sun goes down. The waxing and waning of the moon have long appealed to the sensibility of the people of Japan—a full moon shining in a pitch-black sky ushering in dreams, or a hazy... Read more -
Kogei: The Art of Japanese craft
Summer Selections from Ippodo Gallery, New York 5 - 27 Aug 2021 The Japanese festival of Obon ( お盆) traces back to ancient Chinese and Buddhist rituals that honor one’s ancestors. It is believe that this time every year, the ancestor’s spirits come back and visit their living relatives. During the holiday, from August 13th to 15th, many families visit ancestral graves... Read more -
Magic of the Tea Bowl
A Survey of 11 Contemporary Ippodo Gallery Artists 17 Jun - 28 Jul 2021 The Japanese tea ceremony was first established during the 16th century and has continued to flourish to the present day. Closely related to Zen philosophy, it has held a central place in Japanese art, culture and soul. Known as Chawan, tea bowls are handed from the tea master, who prepares... Read more -
The Garden of Dreams
Porcelain Stories by Yuki Hayama 30 Apr - 11 Jun 2021 A surface completely covered in flowers; Yuki Hayama’s Offering Bowl with Ten Thousand Flowers is like a radiant dream. The form of the offering bowl suggests a sense of openness and vulnerability, one that can be filled with prayer and love. Stories tell of our ancestors, offering flowers to the... Read more -
Painting Radiance
Light and Nature in the Art of Daisuke Nakano 25 Mar - 23 Apr 2021 If There is a Heaven Daisuke Nakano creates paintings of light. I think, if heaven exists, it would resemble the landscapes of Nakano’s creation. Following Illuminating All Over the World, a painting that had brought hope last summer, this spring Nakano added a pair of two-panel screens titled, Blessed with... Read more -
Through Her Eyes
In Memory of Laura de Santillana 21 Oct - 18 Nov 2020 An exhibition at Ippodo Gallery New York featuring artist Laura de Santillana's glass sculptures. Read more -
Ceramics on Lacquerware
Keiji Ito and Tohru Matsuzaki 9 - 18 Oct 2020 Ippodo Gallery Tokyo is holding “Ceramics on the Lacquerware”, a collaborative exhibition featuring Keiji Ito, ceramic artist, and Tohru Matsuzaki, wooden lacquerware artist. The two artists were first connected by Ippodo Gallery and Shigeru Uchida, renowned interior designer. Uchida once wrote “Keiji Ito’s artwork reassures me ‘the power of... Read more -
Samsara 輪廻:
Sculptures by Sho Kishino 10 Sep - 8 Oct 2020 The sound of footsteps, the rounded shoulders of a priest, the crowing of a gamecock, a mother’s gentle smile…these works possess not only sorrow, but also humor. Light and shadow coexist. Using wood from old temple or shrine buildings, pine, cedar driftwood, or stones he finds in the Kizugawa river... Read more -
A Lotus in Bloom
The Beauty That Rises 10 Jun - 10 Jul 2020 Lotus: Beauty that Rises from the Mud Growing out of muddy water, the lotus produces flowers that represent purity and clarity, resulting its use as a symbol of Buddha’s wisdom. Although most often depicted with a Buddha sitting on a lotus Blossom, numerous cultures have used the flower to express... Read more -
The Breath of Clay
The Life of Koichiro Isezaki's Contemporary Bizen 12 Mar - 16 Apr 2020 Time seems to pass slowly in this small village. Set among the greenery of the surrounding mountains, passing along a road lined with walls made of pottery shards, we come to a large mound of raw clay that marks Isezaki’s studio. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Yōzan, and... Read more -
Conversations in Tea
The Modern Ritual Through Ippodo Artists 6 - 24 Feb 2020 Read more -
Scenes of Lightness
Works by Yukiya Izumita 13 Dec 2019 - 24 Jan 2020 Izumita begins his day standing on a beach in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. He travels back and forth along the path that leads to his studio, carrying salt-rich clay and wishing that ‘the clay could be lighter.’ Heavy and light, living and dying, he searches for a comfortable... Read more -
Kukai : Sun and Moon
Paintings by Ken Matsubara | Grand Opening Exhibition at 32 E 67th street gallery 10 Oct - 22 Nov 2019 Benevolent Painting The Kuroshio Current that flows along Japan’s south-eastern coastline creates powerful eddies around the sunken rocks while the raging waves thunder against the coast, raising fine spray. The sun rises in the sky, day by day, while at night the silver light of the moon shines through the... Read more -
Ethereal Clay
Ceramic works by Shin Fujihira 13 Jun - 21 Jul 2019 Read more -
Laura de Santillana | Moon.
From Kyoto to New York 19 Apr - 24 May 2019 In last autumn’s exhibition in Kyoto, Laura’s work was displayed together with kimonos and obi sashes in a traditional Japanese building, where it harmonized beautifully with the tatami matsand painted folding screens. Despite being glass, the light that passes through it is softened, as if it had passed through shōji... Read more -
Burst of Nature
Nihonga paintings by Daisuke Nakano 7 Mar - 6 Apr 2019 Burst of Nature Shoko Aono A nandina plant with red berries struggles under the weight of the falling snow while a marten holds its breath, its eyes gazing in our direction. The sweet perfume of a magnolia in full bloom almost wafts from the image as the carp stream against... Read more -
Rinpa: Silver Waves
Lacquer works by Tohru Matsuzaki 1 - 21 Nov 2018 Matsuzaki's studio is set among the quiet mountains of Motegi town in Tochigi Prefecture, which is situated next to the village of Mashiko where the potter, Shoji Hamada, one of the leaders of the mingei (folk-art) movement of the 1920s and 1930s, based his activities. In Mashiko, Matsuzaki studied under... Read more -
Moon : Tsuki wo koso …
Kondaya Genbey x Laura de Santillana 6 - 8 Oct 2018 Moon : Tsuki wo koso… Genbey Yamaguchi, the tenth generation owner of the famous Kyoto obi specialist, Kondaya, is a rare breed of man. Kondaya has remained a leader in its field for 280 years, and Yamaguchi believes that challenging tradition is the best way to protect it. He therefore... Read more -
Between Forms
The Terracotta Cosmos by Mokichi Otsuka 6 - 28 Jun 2018 Endless Bonds Shoko Aono One day in late summer, I visited Mokichi Ōtsuka at his home in Yamanashi Prefecture. The evening cicadas called as a gentle breeze blew through the trees in the garden of his classical Japanese home, bringing with it a cool scent. The breeze blew past the... Read more -
Oceans Formed
Glass Works by Midori Tsukada 24 May - 21 Jun 2018 To the Forest, Wind and Ocean Depths Shoko Aono When I first saw works by Midori Tsukada, my immediate impressions were of the forest, the wind, and the sea. The refreshing scent of the new leaves experienced when walking through the forest. A form resembling the draping aurora becomes light... Read more -
Tea Bowls: Art of Five Senses
Contemporary Japanese Tea Ceremony Wares 15 Mar - 7 Apr 2018 Expressing Gratitude for Ippodo Gallery’s First 10 Years Shoko Aono “It (Teaism) insulates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we... Read more -
Ripples & Blooms
Metal Works by Shota Suzuki 7 - 29 Dec 2017 Still Life: Creating a Moment for Eternity Shoko Aono When I was young, I ran through the fields, picking the wildflowers that grew close to the ground. I would return home, hands full of flowers, only for the buds to soon wilt away. But the flowers that Suzuki creates capture... Read more -
The Essence of Imperfection
Wabi Sabi at Ippodo Gallery 26 Oct - 22 Nov 2017 Wabi Sabi Shoko Aono The call of the evening cicada that signals the approach of autumn, a lonely plain of eulalia grass, a moss-covered rock, a simple teahouse… The Japanese philosophy of wabi and sabi derives from a close affinity with nature and an abiding love for the changes created... Read more -
Earth From Sky
Stoneware Works By Mitsukuni Misaki 7 - 29 Sep 2017 Beginning to Breathe Shoko Aono Blue oceans, endless skies, billowing clouds — a boundless world with a horizon separating earth from sky. Misaki’s works create an impression of limitless space and time, like an ever-expanding universe. Their slightly distorted forms are evocative of naturally sprouting seeds or fruit. Perhaps they... Read more -
Bamboo Exposed
Mastery in Modernity of Hafu Matsumoto 8 Jun - 30 Jul 2017 Bamboo Exposed Shoko Aono Bamboo has played an important role in Japanese culture since earliest times. Its elegant form, its straight, hollow, green stems reaching up into the skies, symbolize purity and good fortune. In ‘Kaguyahime (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter)’, which is said to be the world’s oldest... Read more -
Surface Folds
Yukiya Izumita Clay Wares 9 Mar - 7 Apr 2017 Unforseen Lines Shoko Aono Yukiya Izumita’s studio is situated in Noda Village, on the border between Iwate and Aomori prefectures, in Japan’s northernmost ceramic production area. Facing the Pacific Ocean, the Tohoku region’s distinctive climate is forged by strong winds and rough seas. Izumita’s native landscape lies amidst deserted coastlines, cracked... Read more -
Lacquer Forms : Modern Negoro
Lacquer Works by Jihei Murase 13 Oct - 3 Nov 2016 The lacquerwork of Jihei Murase embodies the essence of formative art. It represents not merely the ‘beauty of functionality’ that settles comfortably into the hand, but is simultaneously a refined sculpture in its own right. Jihei is the third generation of the Murase family to adopt the name, following his... Read more -
Beauty of Life
The Debut Exhibition of Ceramic Works by Yuki Hayama in collaboration with Joseph Carini Carpets 9 - 29 Sep 2016 Yuki Hayama— A Ceramic Paradise Shoko Aono Yuki Hayama is an exceptional artist whose ceramics resemble gleaming, finely polished gemstones. Those who see these works of ceramic art are drawn into an uncanny world, unable to discern the era or the land in which they were produced but enchanted by... Read more -
Distillation
Paintings by Ken Matsubara 12 May - 10 Jun 2016 “When the ability to express emotion was acquired, that is when man became human. I would like to get back to this starting point. If my paintings strike a sympathetic chord with, and awaken nostalgia in the back of a viewer’s mind, it will be my pleasure as... Read more -
Synthesis
Japanese Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi 10 Mar - 22 Apr 2016 Wakasugi combines views of nature he has photographed while traveling the remote regions of the world with fusuma, decorated sliding doors. These particular fusuma have been taken from a Japanese room with over four hundred years of history, and his photographs have been artfully inserted into them. This represents a... Read more -
Japanese Kogei
by Five Ippodo Artists 21 Oct - 28 Nov 2015 Kôgei art springs from detailed technique and genuine internal soul. In honor of our artists’ participation in the Japanese Kôgei Future Forward exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, Ippodo will be presenting the newest works by our five exhibiting artists: Shinya Yamamura, Toshio Ohi, Kohei Nakamura, Harumi Noguchi,... Read more -
Art of Lines | " Human, and We Live "
Calligraphy by Suikei Saito 12 Sep - 3 Oct 2015 'My struggle has started when I was fascinated and astonished by the world of calligraphy, which is the 'art of lines', and its depth, and when I made up my mind to master it. “ Suikei Saito Suikei Saito first held a writing brush when she was twelve. After... Read more -
Spiral
Ceramic works By Ken Akaji 18 Jun - 3 Jul 2015 Spiral The shape of the Milky Way, of whirlwinds and whirlpools, snails and ivy tendrils—it is the form of the fundamental and mathematical energy of nature, and the pattern we, mankind, have used as a symbol of death and rebirth. Ken Akaji was born in the city of... Read more -
Hime | The Princess of Japan
Was I born to Play? Was I born to Frolic? (“Ryōjin Hishō” (1179) ) 12 - 30 Mar 2015 Was I born to Play? Was I born to Frolic? (“Ryōjin Hishō” 1179) Shoko Aono The samurai lived for victory in the battles that swept the country, creating the history of Japan in the process, but they could not have done so without the support of the brave yet elegant... Read more -
OKAMI | Wolf & The Elemental Spirits of Nature
Ceramic sculpture by Harumi Noguchi 8 - 27 Dec 2014 “There was a time when I was small that I was looked after by a cross between a Japanese wolf and a dog. Like foxes and deer, wolves are said to be messengers of the gods, while simultaneously they are revered as gods in their own right. It can be... Read more -
Sculpting ‘Emptiness’
Wood sculptures by Sho Kishino 12 Sep - 3 Oct 2013 An Artist Who Sculpts ‘Emptiness’ Shoko Aono Shō Kishino’s sculptures depict the ‘emptiness’ that envelops them. Although they may take the form of a human figure, an animal or a priest, by paring away all superfluous material, he manages to accentuate their inner spirit. He works in wood—old wood from... Read more
