07-07 Fri. — 07-23, Sun., 2023
* Opening day starts at 4 pm 

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present Yamazaki’s solo exhibition entitled “GR27B9”.
The stage for this exhibition will be Yamazaki’s memories and records of her travels to various places and her return.
She captured what moved her emotions through her eyes, photographs, and rough sketches.

The paints in the sketches are carefully recorded to express her fresh memories.
GR27 and B9 are derived from the letters and numbers assigned by the artist to manage the colors.

The time spent with the trimmed sceneries, the colors converted into paints, and the brush closing the usual application to create a work of art depicts the expectations and emotions of the journey until they become artworks can also be called a ramble.

We hope you will enjoy the experience of reliving a short trip.

MARIKO YAMAZAKI

Illustrator / Lives and Works in Kyoto.0
Graduated from Osaka Municipal Kogei High School Design Course
Graduated from Osaka Designer’s College, Department of Graphic Design

Since 2001, she has worked on illustrations for men’s fashion magazines and other publications. She is known for her realistic and stylish depictions, from landscapes to portraits. Her warm touch and dramatic presentation that makes full use of light and dark and shading, despite his use of digital technology, are very appealing.

By courtesy of VISION TRACK

06-03 Sat. — 06-18 Sun., 2023

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present Momo Hoshitani’s solo exhibition “365”.

Hoshitani depicts a variety of people in a wide range of life stages.

Each of them is outstandingly humorous, pop, and fresh. The vivid and slightly mysterious scenes are like miracles of precious moments. But each painting, each moment, is a normal, everyday life.

“Every moment of every day is precious” is carefully expressed through 365 days of daily life. Please enjoy the brilliance of life as seen through Hoshitani’s eyes.

Closed: Wednesdays and Thursdays

05-13 Sat. — 05-28, Sun., 2023

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present “Reflective Save Points,” a solo exhibition by Hanako Kimura.

The exhibition will display several series by Kimura in the same space.
In addition to her iconic series “SIGN FOR [ ],” Kimura will release “SIGNS FOR [Summer, 2022],” which have red neon light in the night sky instead of blue neon light in the clear sky, and “My Brand New Shit,” a series of new works that express Kimura’s identity as a contemporary artist.

Many of Kimura’s works have a glossy texture. The surface of acrylic and chrome reflects its surroundings like a mirror, allowing the pieces to interact with each other.
Furthermore, by taking the viewer to the surface, Kimura invites the viewer into a gray zone of “looking/being looked at.”

closed: Wednesdays and Thursdays
Artist in the gallery: May 13, 14, 20, 21

04-15 Sat. —04-30 sun., 2023

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of toetiee “If I had wheels, I would be a bike.”
toetiee majored in Production Design in the US and advertising design in Europe. She has built her career in New York, Tokyo, and Amsterdam. This is the first solo exhibition in Tokyo for the artist, who has returned 5Japan to work as an artist.

toetiee works with acrylic paint, risograph printing, and other media. Her works embrace imperfection, offering glimpses of her humanity through their gaps and scuffs.

In this exhibition, she will present new pieces, including an installation, on the theme of “Bike.” Bikes, or tricycles and bicycles, are the first means of transportation that many people acquire, and they symbolize physical and mental freedom.
Visitors can view the works on a tricycle so that they can be in the shoes of a child. Please enjoy the experience of becoming a part of the bike and the artwork itself.

If I had wheels, I would be a bike.

If you attach wheels, anything can become a bike.
You can run to wherever you like and call it when you need it.
And the moment you sit on a bike, you also get wheels, transforming yourself into an original bike that can take you wherever you want to go.

Artist’s Statement – toetiee

toetiee

Artist / Resident of Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture
2002 – Graduated from the School of Filmmaking, Production Design at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, USA
2012 – Graduated from the Advertising Art Direction at Miami Ad School in Hamburg, Germany

[Experience]
2002 – Assistant Designer, Set Design Studio, New York, U.S.A.
2003 – Producer, major advertising agency, Tokyo, Japan
2005 – Graphic Designer, Design Studio, Tokyo, Japan
2012 – Conceptor and Designer, Advertising Agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 – Freelance Art Director and Designer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2015 – Art Director and Designer, Toyama, Japan
2018 – Developed PPPD: persistent perceptible posture-induced dizziness
2021 – Opened “Risogura,” a hands-on risograph printing studio

[Awards]

2013
*Clio Awards 2015, Direct Bronze
*Cannes Lions,2013, Shortlisted

2015
*One Show 2015 Social Media Silver Pencil
*One Show 2015 FilmBronze Pencil
The New York Festival, 2015 Direct & Collateral SECOND PRIZE AWARD
The New York Festival, 2015 Film THIRD PRIZE AWARD
*Cannes Lions, 2015 CYBER SILVER 
*Cannes Lions, 2015 FILM BRONZE 
*Clio Awards 2015, Engagement/Experiential Bronze
Epica Awards 2015 Direct Marketing Glod & Grand Prix

2021
TOYAMA ADC Award, Runner-up Grand Prix

And more

*The World’s Top Three Advertising Awards

Instagram @toetiee_0

03-21 Tue —04-02 Sun, 2023

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Shoichi Tsurukawa.
Tsurukawa uses a dyeing technique called “tsutsugaki,” in which he paints his works as if projecting his inner, mixed world.
Tsurukawa creates a unique matiere by sewing the dyed fabric and creating a three-dimensional effect, which makes the most of the characteristics of the support medium, cotton cloth.
The composition of his paintings, which are based on “precision” and “delicacy,” can be said to be the very act of gouging out the artist’s sensitive feelings.
The stubborn core of the artist’s desire to depict the essence of human nature – something common to all human beings with the surface scraped off – never fades away, and the artist’s “ideals” and “life” pile up like debris shattered by reality.
The world of Shoichi Tsurukawa, drowning in colorful joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, exists here.

Shoichi Tsurukawa 鶴川勝一
Born in Tokyo, 1984.

Instagram @shoichi_tsurukawa
http://kinoshokikaku.jp/home/artists/tsurukawa/

02-18 sat—03-12 sun, 2023

• Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays
  (Exception: Open on Thursday/Holiday 23, instead of Tuesday 21 closing)
• Close at 6:00 p.m. on the last day

Tomii’s artworks were created by the bargaining of ‘temperature,’ ‘time,’ and ‘gravity’ using clay and glass.
They fundamentally contain the strength of nature and life, a profound serenity, and a gentleness that universally connects to them all.

Her experimental approach, in which she constantly repeats “reaction” and “transformation” in pursuit of a form suitable for her own expression, is her specialty. By diverting hand building, she aims to express the intimacy of different materials, clay and glass. She explores the ambiguity of erosion and boundary in the world woven by the different materials.

The process of removing a work of art buried in pure white talc powder from the kiln, where the temperature has been lowered over time, is like that of budding crystals carefully dug out from a field of snow. It forms delicate colors and shapes.
Tomii adds a mineral attraction to the glass, seeking a method to interact with the glass itself.

Miki Tomii | 冨井弥樹

Born in Yamagata Pref., 1997.
Graduated from Akita Public University of Arts, Course of Creative Manufacturing Design.
Completed a master’s degree in glass art at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022.
Currently working as a trainee at the Seto City New Century Crafts Museum.
Instagram @miki.tomii

From 12-23 Sat, 2022 Through 1-31 Tue. 2023

[Venue]　make (a) camp

PAGIC Gallery will produce the gallery area in “make (a) camp,” which will be open grand open on December 23.
This is the flagship space for a limited-time project by Camp Inc. at Shibuya Hikarie Creative Space 8/.

The first artist to be commemorated is SUZAKI SEREN.

CHILD FOR SALE-a new painting depicting MARKINTON that is commercialized, and SUZAKI SEREN’s original goods, including a life-size MARKINTON plush toy, will be on display.

If you are in Shibuya, please stop by Hikarie 8/.

SUZAKI SEREN

SUZAKISEREN continues to draw one scene and another from each character’s daily life as if she were randomly creating a patchwork cloth. Therefore, you can only find part of the story from one painting/drawing.
The first book of SUZAKI’S works “/” consists of 400 paintings drawn from 2012 to 2020, arranged in order of the story. Reading the book lets you see the big picture and understand what each artwork depicts.
SUZAKISEREN will continue to fulfill and expand the huge patchwork.

make (a) camp

A culture shock studio that creates tolerance in society through partiality, produced by Camp Inc.

In addition to the gallery and store, there is also a shared office space and other relaxing features.

Shibuya Hikarie 8F, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
11:00 – 20:00
*Closed on January 1
https://lit.link/makeacamp

01-14 sat—01-29, 2023

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present “Kyawawa Dobutsuen,” means “Kawaii Zoo.” This is a collaborative exhibition by Okaerikuma (Toshiyuki Sakai) and Mameko Maeda.

The two artists, each with their iconic facial expression style, will present a special and lovely collaboration, including “Okaerikuma wearing a Mameko Maeda style hat” and “Maeda Mamiko’s drawings wearing an Okaerikuma style costume.”
Please visit and look at the straight eyes of these “kyawawa” animals.

Okaerikuma (Toshiyuki Sakai)

Due to the domestic travel boom in the Showa period (1926-1989), “carved wooden bears” became a standard souvenir of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island.
During the Meiji period (1868-1912), with the development of Hokkaido and the rise of the folk art movement, the carved wooden bear was nurtured as a part of Japanese culture and was widely loved as a brilliant icon of Japan’s economic and cultural development.
Today, as the status of travel and lifestyles have changed, the bears that were cherished in tokonoma (alcove) as souvenirs are increasingly losing their place.
“Okaerikuma,” which means “Welcome Back Bears,” is a project to collect bears that sadly end up in storage rooms as unused articles, recarve them, and hand them over to people who will take good care of them once again.

Instagram @okaeri.kuma

Mamemko Maeda

For Mameko Maeda, “body” is an idea that lies at the foundation of her expression.
The body was her first artistic material, as she learned modern dance and jazz dance since she was a child.
The artist, who has a deep interest in using bodies consciously and their possibility, gives thumbs-up to cute and healthy bodies. She focuses on the stretching and contraction of the body and the tension and wrinkles that arise.
Maeda’s works are characterized by the expressionless face of a person staring straight at you, which shows a solid self that is not swayed by the evaluations of others.
It is an expression of admiration and respect for the courage to be oneself, whether bold or eccentric.

Instagram @mameko_maeda
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11-05 Sat.—11.27 Sun., 2022

*Closed on Wednesdays & Thursdays

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to announce Nekoshowgun’s solo exhibition, “Flourish.”
In this show, Nekoshowgun will depict focusing on flourishing flowers.
The flowers open to bear the seeds attract everyone with their fragrance and color.
They are the most cherished decoration and gifts for people, as long as the bread and butter of beautiful insects.

LIVE DRAWING STREAMING
11-06 13:00pm Start on Instagram @pagicgallery

[OSAKA]
Nekoshowgun solo exhibition “Flourish”
12-14 Wed.—12.19 Mon., 2022
14:00-19:00 / Weekday
11:00-18:00 / Weekend

Venue: KITAHAMA N GALLERY
(THE BOLY OSAKA B1F, 1-16, Kitahama 2, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JAPAN)

*The Executive Committee for the Osaka Culture and Arts Creation Project, funded by contributions from Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City, subsidized the exhibition in Osaka.

10-01 Sat.—10-23 Sun., 2022

*Closed on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Tuesday, 10-11

PAGIC Gallery is pleased to announce hin’s second solo exhibition at the gallery.
HIN tries to bring humanism into balance by harmonizing with nature in this show.
In other words, it is returning to our original place by remembering ourselves as belonging to nature.
Her works have various meanings: intention and contingency, consciousness and unconsciousness, jokes and truth, and balance of mind, head, and body.
From one perspective, the blooming flowers in the paintings symbolize life; wish to dedicate them while the people you love are still around.

One day I was on the train, coming up with a phrase, “I wanna collect many jewels in my mind.” And I was happy with it.That was the moment of getting healed by my word flowing out from myself

HIN

08-27 Sat. —09-19 Mon/Holiday, 2022
Closed on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Tuesday 09-06

From a physics perspective, there is always a force of repulsion when different objects come into contact with each other.
The fabrics used in Shin’s work are collected through various routes and represent something between the artist himself and others.
Contemplating contemporary art is something that Shin cannot separate from himself, and he expresses this by daring to combine his work with staging that evokes a water feature at the center of the living environment.

This exhibition is a continuation of the solo exhibition of the same title held last year, which evolved from “Emotional Nostalgia for Broken Things.
By tuning in to the “cuteness” of Shin’s works, such as their human imperfection and their experientially “small” size, the ideal is to make the viewer feel no distance between them and the art as much as they come into contact with it.

07-30 Sat.—08-07 Sun, 2022

Shinozaki’s artwork is made up of an accumulation of detailed drawings on paper and wood.
Shinozaki depicts them as he receives inspiration that fit his specific frequency, such as fragments of information or geometric shapes. From a proximal perspective, Shinozaki is an observer of the micro-imagination.
His work becomes a space by arranging it like a puzzle, creating a universe on the screen. From an overlooked perspective, Shinozaki is also a creator of multiple time spaces.

Artist in gallery on July 30th, 31st, Augast 5th, 7th
Closed on Wsebnesday and Friday