wamono art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Seiju Toda, one of Japan's leading art directors and a fine artist. The exhibition features a body of works from Toda’s signature HEIAN series.

The title "Heian"  corresponds to a name of the period in the middle age in Japan from the 8th to the 12th Century. However, with the title,   Toda has never intended to provoke any nostalgia for that period. Instead,   such elements as light, color, humidity, air, and tenderness that the word   Heian evokes in the artist's mind are the motivation of the project along with a hope the world today would reevaluate peace and well-being, which are just what the word Heian means. The concept of the creation is   "subtraction." Because the act of subtraction, as opposed to that of addition, can make things simple to stimulate people's imagination. In fact, this is the very virtue of the Japanese spirit of beauty. The materials are all "raw things" such as plain wood, living creatures and natural light. The shooting was done on a cloudy day at midday. The camera aperture is wide open and the distance from the subject is about 7-8 meters. The images are shot in a way that makes you feel as if you are watching with your own eyes open. Due to the difficult conditions to have, it took three years of shooting before he accomplished the project.

Gallery address: Unit A, 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

wamono art is excited to showcase collection objects that were introduced in two Paris exhibitions at Japonismes 2018: les âmes en resonance, a joint project between Japan and France in commemoration of the 160th anniversary of their friendship between the two countries. 

In this exhibition, some of the works and artists from Japon Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867-2018 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and Fendre l'air, Art du bambou au Japon in Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac will be shown. In addition, these exhibited works illustrate the wide variety of the aesthetic impressions of Japanese art. 

This group exhibition covers bamboo, glass, and urushi artists including Kazutoshi KIZAKI, Yukito NISHINAKA, Kenji TOKI, Jin MORIGAMI, Tokuzo SHONO, Kei HASEGAWA, and Masaya IKE.

Gallery address: Unit A, 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

wamono art presents a solo exhibition of Wataru Yamakami in Hong Kong for the first time. Yamakami’s themes are “proliferation and transformation”, “connection of boundaries” and “exploration of connection points”. Since childhood, Yamakami has had doubts and fears that everything that happens in the world is fake or fiction, and creating artwork is a way for him to connect himself with this invisible realm. Through motifs such as slime, minerals, drifting objects, natural phenomena, festivals and rituals, he tries to create his “truth“ with a “seamless and elusive connection” that everything existing in this world is in flux and changes in both form and essence. His solo exhibition will feature oil paintings, with a focus on his signature “World of the world” series, which he began in 2010.

We are inviting viewers to immerse themselves in Yamakami’s unique world.

Exhibition | 12-6pm

Gallery address: Unit A, 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Road

wamono art, which introduces artists’ bold ideas regardless of media, technique, or genre, will be exhibiting the works of four up-and-coming Japanese artists. This exhibition showcases the unique perspectives, thoughts, and approaches of JUN INAGAWA, Teppei Kaneuji, Daisuke Yokota, and Kenta Cobayashi as “多次元TOKYO” where various elements occur and coexist.

We welcome the visitors at “多次元TOKYO” to enjoy the world of artists created by freely moving between diverse elements, time and space.

多次元TOKYO will be participating in the Japan Autumn Festival in Hong Kong hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong.

Gallery address: WerkRaum 10A, Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang

This will be the first exhibition in Hong Kong by internationally renowned Japanese artist Yuki Onodera, who has been based in Paris for just three decades. Onodera is known for singular experimental works that employ photography as their medium, but extend beyond its bounds to encompass an astonishing variety of expression that includes collages measuring several metres, and the use of drip painting techniques.

wamono art will present Onodera’s 2022 Here, No Balloon series, which takes as its theme the bronze hot-air balloon monument by Bartholdi that once stood in the Porte des Ternes in Paris, but was melted down and lost to posterity in the 1940s. Photographing the location as it is today, sans this monument, Onodera utilises new Ricoh StareReap technology to add vibrant 2.5D prints several millimetres thick to the surface of two-metre gelatin silver prints she has processed by hand, in an unusual, one-of-a-kind series that throws into relief the fusion and collision of handmade photo and digital technology. Also on display will be a number of other recent works offering insight into one side of this artist’s incredibly broad practice.

Gallery address: 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building Unit A, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang

WAMONO ART is proud to announce VOIDS, the first solo exhibition by Tsukasa Soda              (b. 1978, Japan), a promising Japanese young artist in the field of contemporary ceramic art. This is the first ever solo exhibition of Tsukasa Soda and brings for the first time 10 new works to an exhibition. Fascinated by the uniqueness and creativity of his works, wamono art has been working with Tsukasa Soda since the beginning of his career as a ceramic artist. Soda’s works were accepted in two competitions which are known as gateways for young ceramic artists: in 2019 for the 8th Kikuchi Biennale and in 2022 for the 5th Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa “Craft Visions”.

The exhibition title VOIDS refers to the round spaces that appear in every one of Soda’s works and this empty space is the core for his creative motivation. Soda once commented, “I was fascinated by the sight of light leaking through the gaps between the trees and shining under the calm sky”. He manifested the beauty of this scene and his feeling towards these glimpses of light in his early works. Over the years, however, he added philosophical meaning in these empty spaces. The act of creating the round spaces could be interpreted as an artist’s prayer that he could be free from negative things or to free himself.

Gallery address: WerkRaum 10A, Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang

Wamono art is excited to stage an exhibition of work by Noriyuki Haraguchi, starting October 29. The title “How freely I can open up this space and time I am sharing” was something Haraguchi found himself thinking all the time. Sadly this pioneering artist passed away on August 27, 2020 due to illness, however to accurately embody the ideas behind his practice, an exhibition plan has been assembled by the Noriyuki Haraguchi Work Archive that will bring his unique worldview to the gallery space.

Gallery address: WerkRaum 10A, Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang

WAMONO ART is proud to announce BAMBOO AND BEYOND, a solo exhibition by Jin Morigami, one of the most prominent Japanese bamboo artists of our time. Structured around the artist’s two signature series of Nawame ami (Twining plaiting) series and Mutsume ami(Hexagonal plating) series, this exhibition brings together for the first time in Asia the comprehensive works of Jin Morigami.

Internationally admired and collected, Jin Morigami (b. 1955, Japan) was born to several generations of bamboo-craft families. Surrounded by the bamboo crafts, it was very natural for him to start playing with and eventually crafting bamboo as young as three years old, and by now he has more than sixty years of experience. While the length of his career in bamboo art is exceptional, Morigami is known to have devoted his life to creating many varied bamboo works. Over the years, he has become one of the most skillful bamboo artists in Japan. His achievements, however, are not only in his skill, but in taking his bamboo works beyond mere craft. To pursue his aesthetic, Morigami is not hesitant to turn away from traditional styles and accept unprecedent challenges. Morigami shed the traditional bamboo styles of heaviness and thickness. He has created a completely new style which is characterized by translucency and lightness. This can be especially seen in one of his signature series, Nawame ami. Asked about this series, he mentioned that “I want to be in the state of being open and free minded towards things”.  The very open spirit of Morigami towards his creation together with his skills made it possible to reach the level of fine art.

Gallery address: WerkRaum 10A, Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang