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GALLERY TALK: “AWAI” With Marina Berio, Aya Fujioka, and Asa HiramatsuModerated by Pauline Vermare, Philip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum Saturday, October 25, 2025, 2–4pm As part of the group exhibition AWAI , opening October 23, 2025, SEIZAN Gallery invites you to a conversation with the three exhibiting artists—Marina Berio, Aya Fujioka, and Asa Hiramatsu—moderated by Pauline Vermare of the Brooklyn Museum.Derived from classical Japanese, Awai  refers to an in-between realm or liminal space where two entities meet, overlap, or interact. It evokes the subtle threshold between dualities—light and shadow, self and other, reality and dream. In this discussion, the artists will reflect on how their distinct practices embody and explore the delicate and multifaceted notion of Awai . Marina Berio  (b. 1966, Boston, MA) is an interdisciplinary artist whose charcoal drawings reinterpret the photographic negative as a poetic space of loss, doubt, and transformation. Created between 2007 and 2012, these works invert light and shadow—sunlit fields appear as voids, and studio lamps as celestial forms—evoking the tension between presence and absence. Additionally, Berio presents three new works from her ongoing series of gum bichromate prints, a 19th-century photographic process that uses light-sensitive dichromates instead of silver halides. Using unconventional pigments such as her own blood, she transforms family photographs into intimate, visceral meditations that merge the body with memory and image. Berio earned her MFA in Photography from Bard College and has received awards from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Pollock/Krasner Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Galerie Miranda (Paris), Galería Phuyu (Buenos Aires), Michael Steinberg Fine Art (New York), and in a major survey at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.   Aya Fujioka  (b. 1972, Hiroshima, Japan) presents selected works from LIFE STUDIES , a recently published series from AKAAKA in Kyoto based on photographs she took in New York from the late 2000s to the 2010s. Influenced by the street-photography tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Fujioka captures fleeting moments of urban life that hover between the ordinary and the uncanny, the intimate and the anonymous. Taken during her years in New York as an emerging photographer, these images trace a personal yet universal search for presence and belonging. Fujioka studied photography at Nihon University College of Art and lived in New York from 2007 to 2013 through a fellowship from Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. Her photobook Here Goes River (AKAAKA, 2017) received the Kimura Ihei Award, and her work has been exhibited widely, including at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and the Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography, Nara. Her work is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works in Kyoto.   Asa Hiramatsu  (b. 1982, Tokyo, Japan) is a self-taught painter presenting six new canvases in her U.S. debut. Working primarily with a palette knife or her hands, she creates textured, muted surfaces that evoke quiet introspection. Her imagery—simple objects and abstract forms suspended in dreamlike color fields—emerges from visceral necessity rather than formal lineage. “These are images I’ve been holding inside my body since childhood,” she explains. Recurring motifs such as clouds and seesaws reflect her poetic sensibility and fascination with balance, weight, and the space between reality and imagination. Hiramatsu studied Linguistics at the University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, and her multidisciplinary practice spans oil painting, collage, illustration, and kamishibai. Her work has been exhibited at 104 GALERIE and LOKO Gallery (Tokyo), and she recently completed a residency at photographer Saul Leiter’s New York studio, contributing to Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective  (Thames & Hudson, 2024).   Pauline Vermare  (b. 1978, France) is a photography historian and curator. Raised partly in Tokyo, she later studied Japanese at INALCO in Paris. Vermare has held curatorial positions at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (Paris), The Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, and Magnum Photos (New York). She is currently the Philip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography  at the Brooklyn Museum . A board member of the Saul Leiter Foundation, she co-curated All About Saul Leiter: A Retrospective (Bunkamura, 2017). Her long-term research on photographer Akihiko Okamura culminated in The Memories of Others  (Atelier EXB / Prestel), and she recently co-edited I’m So Happy You Are Here (Aperture / Textuel), a survey of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to the present, and co-curated its accompanying traveling exhibition. She is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Artist Talk with Aya Fujioka Saturday, November 11th, 2-3pm Please join us for an Artist Talk with photographer Aya Fujioka on Saturday, November 11th, 2-3pm. She will be in conversation with art historian Emiko Inoue. They will discuss Fujioka's award-winning series Here Goes River , on view at SEIZAN Gallery New York as part of the group exhibition, Things She Carries . Here Goes River is a tranquil, private documentation of Fujioka's hometown, Hiroshima. Nearly 160 photos show scenes from everyday life around the delta area of Hiroshima, the site of the atomic bomb devastation 70 years ago. Mundane scenes against a backdrop of historic disaster are captured: people gathering in front of a TV showing news of President Obama’s visits to the city; high school students practicing a dance choreography with the iconic Atomic Bomb Dome in the background. For the Artist Talk, Fujioka will discuss how the series started as a personal chronicle, and her struggles to document the city so heavily burdened with history. Aya Fujioka (b. 1972 ) was born in Hiroshima and studied photography at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo. With a scholarship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan, she stayed in New York from 2007 through 2012 and created the series Life Studies . After returning to her hometown Hiroshima, she completed Here Goes River , which won her numerous awards including the Kimura Ihei Photography Award and the Hayashi Tadahiko Award. Fujioka’s works have been exhibited at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, The National Art Center in Tokyo, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum, Higashi-Hiroshima City Museum of Art, and Spiral Gallery in Tokyo among many others. Fujioka currently lives and works in Higashi Hiroshima City in Japan. Soft drinks and refreshments will be served. Sign-Up for the event here . Image: Aya Fujioka, Here Goes River (74) , 2017. ©Aya Fujioka

SEIZAN Gallery is pleased to announce its inaugural participation in Tokyo Gendai, taking place September 11–14, 2025, at Pacifico Yokohama. The gallery will present works by Aya Fujioka, Alex Ito, and Toshiyuki Kajioka. Photographer Aya Fujioka  (b. 1972, Hiroshima, Japan) presents Here Goes River , an award-winning series capturing her hometown of Hiroshima between 2013 and 2017. Initially aiming to depict a Hiroshima not solely defined by its tragic past, Fujioka created a deeply personal and unembellished record of the city as it exists today. The project became a means for the artist to re-embrace her hometown while portraying the reality of contemporary Hiroshima, now eighty years after the historic tragedy. Fujioka was awarded the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award for Here Goes River , and her work has been widely exhibited, including at The National Art Center, Tokyo; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; and the Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, among others. Alex Ito  (b. 1991, USA) crafts sculptural works using silver-nitrate chromed resin on fiberglass and oxidized iron powder. Their chemically reactive surfaces act not as mirrors but as unstable, ephemeral reflectors—fracturing and refracting memory and identity. Ito also presents assemblages referencing his Japanese American heritage, including ikebana-inspired forms, archival photographs, and documents from his grandfather, who was incarcerated during World War II. Ito’s work has been exhibited at prominent institutions across the U.S. and Europe. In 2025, Ito was featured in the group exhibition OTHER WORLD/S  at the Schneider Museum of Art in Oregon. Toshiyuki Kajioka  (b. 1978, Japan) is known for his ongoing “Waterscape” series—delicate yet monumental paintings created with sumi ink and graphite on washi paper. Composed of layered, meticulously brushed water imagery, the works draw from the artist’s meditative observation of rivers and lakescapes. They evoke a timeless space where memory and presence converge, bridging nature and abstraction. For Tokyo Gendai, Kajioka also debuts a new body of work: abstract depictions of forests rendered in washi paper, ink, and pencil. His works have been exhibited at SEIZAN Gallery, Chicago Expo, Art on Paper, among others.   SEIZAN Gallery at Tokyo Gendai Booth A07   Pacifico Yokohama 1-1-1   Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0012, Japan   VIP Preview (Invitation Only) & Vernissage Thursday, September 11   General Admission: September 12-14 Top image: Alex Ito This Is the Way , 2020 Silver nitrate chromed resin, foam, oxidized iron powder, steel 30 x 30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm) Photo by Thomas Barratt Aya Fujioka Here Goes River (112) , 2017 Edition 3 of 8 Chromogenic print ©︎ Aya Fujioka Toshiyuki Kajioka Mujou / Impermanence , 2024 Sumi Ink, pencil on Japanese paper (Kochi Mashi) mounted on wood panel 89.5 x 71.6 x 1.5 in (227.3 x 181.8 x 3.8 cm) Photo by GION

We are pleased to announce two upcoming discussions in Tokyo on contemporary photography. A Dialogue Between Photography and Contemporary Art With: Aya Fujioka, Photographer Yuri Mitsuda, Professor, Tama Art University Pauline Vermare, Philip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum Venue: Tokyo Gendai Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Date & Time: Friday, September 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00 PM Admission: Free with art fair ticket Art critic and writer Yuri Mitsuda moderates a conversation between curator Pauline Vermare and photographer Aya Fujioka. Together, they will explore how contemporary photography intersects with art, examining Fujioka’s work while reflecting on perspectives from both East and West. Fujioka’s award winning series Here Goes River  will be featured in SEIZAN Gallery’s booth (A07) at Tokyo Gendai. Find more details . Turning Photography into Books and Exhibitions With: Aya Fujioka, Photographer Kimi Himeno, Founder, AKAAKA Pauline Vermare, Philip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum Venue: BUG Art Gran Tokyo South Tower, 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Date & Time: Monday, September 15, 2025 (Holiday), 3–5PM Admission: Free. Sign-up from this link . Kimi Himeno, founder of the acclaimed Kyoto-based photo and art book publisher AKAAKA, joins Fujioka and Vermare for a deep dive into the process of creating photo books and exhibitions. Vermare will discuss the recent project I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now , while Fujioka and Himeno reflect on their longstanding collaboration in making books including Fujioka’s upcoming photo book LIFE STUDIES .   Aya Fujioka (Photographer) Born in Hiroshima in 1972. Graduated from the Department of Photography, Nihon University College of Art. Fujioka moved to New York through the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists and stayed there until 2013.  After returning to Hiroshima, she started documenting her hometown and published Here Goes River (AKAAKA). The book received the Kimura Ihei Photography Award and several other prizes. In 2021, she participated in the exhibition Strategies for Responding to Uncomfortable Conversations  at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and in 2022 held a solo exhibition at the Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography, Nara City. In 2023 and 2024, her work was included in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including group shows at SEIZAN Gallery New York. Her photographs are held in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This fall, she will publish a new photobook, Life Studies , featuring works created during her stay in New York. Pauline Vermare (Curator, Writer) Born in France, Vermare spent part of her childhood in Tokyo and later studied Japanese at INALCO, Paris. She is a photography historian and curator who has worked at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (Paris), The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the International Center of Photography (ICP), and Magnum Photos (New York). She is currently the Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum. A board member of the Saul Leiter Foundation, she co-curated the retrospective All About Saul Leiter  at Bunkamura in 2017. In addition to her long-term research on the Irish work of photographer Akihiko Okamura ( The Memories of Others , Atelier EXB / Prestel), she co-edited I’m So Happy You Are Here  (Aperture/Textuel) in 2024—a survey of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to the present—and co-curated the accompanying traveling exhibition. Vermare is based in Brooklyn, New York. Yuri Mitsuda (Art Critic, Professor) Born in Hyogo, Japan. Graduated from Kyoto University. Specializing in modern and contemporary art and photography, Mitsuda has served as a curator at the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, The Shoto Museum of Art in Tokyo, and The Museum of Modern Art in Toyama. Her publications include Photography: At the Interface with Art — History of Photography from the 1910s to the 1970s (Seikyusha) and Words and Things: Jiro Takamatsu’s Issue with Japanese Art, 1961–72  (Suiseisha). She currently teaches at Tama Art University. Kimi Himeno (Founder, AKAAKA) Himeno founded AKAAKA in 2006 and has since collaborated with numerous photographers and artists to produce award-winning books, including projects with Masahisa Fukase, Rieko Shiga, and Yurie Nagashima.

SEATTLE ART FAIR AUGUST 1-4, 2019 CENTURYLINK FIELD EVENT CENTER SEIZAN Gallery has been selected to participate in the 2019 edition of the Seattle Art Fair . For the fair, SEIZAN Gallery will present a selection of paintings from Japanese artists that include Yasuko Hasumura , Yasushi Ikejiri , Yuichi Inoue , Haruomi Izumi , Toshiyuki Kajioka , Yayoi Kusama , and Toko Shinoda . SEIZAN is pleased to join the fifth edition of the Seattle Art Fair, and to present a cutting-edge selection of contemporary Japanese art. Each artist chosen for the SEIZAN Gallery booth pursues a fresh view of the world with their distinctive style and extraordinary skill gained through their dedication to enduring practices of Japanese painting. For more information on the Seattle Art Fair and how to purchase tickets, please visit the fair’s website. Photos by Robert Wade

SEIZAN Gallery is proud to be an exhibitor with Intersected Chicago Virtual Fair (Formerly SOFA) for the 2020 edition due to COVID-19. Live online from November 6-12, 2020 at Intersect Chicago with a dedicated VIP Preview Day by invitation only on November 5. The fair will be open to the public, virtually, from November 6 at 12am ET through November 12 at 9pm ET. SEIZAN Gallery will present selected works by contemporary Japanese painters Yasuko Hasumura , Haruomi Izumi , Shigemi Yasuhara and by acclaimed Swiss sculptor Étienne Krähenbüh l . About Intersect Chicago The fair is the evolution of SOFA – Sculpture Objects Functional Art. It is the intersection of art, design, and objects. SOFA includes daily highlights on Glass, Contemporary Art, Design, Ceramic and Craft, Outsider Art, Fiber, and Public Art / Sculpture. Intersect Chicago will feature institutions from around the globe with dedicated programming and a selection of galleries showcasing work of these disciplines. Visit the Fair on Artsy Intersect Chicago has partnered with Artsy, the global marketplace for discovering and collecting art. In addition to accessing the fair through the Intersect Chicago website, visitors may also visit the fair through Artsy. As Intersect Chicago’s Main Marketplace Partner, Artsy will provide a unique opportunity for exhibiting galleries to promote their virtual booths to Artsy’s global audience. Collectors can experience Intersect Chicago on Artsy to discover artists, save favorite works, as well as view works on their home walls through Artsy's AR mobile tool to directly purchase work from galleries. Join the Conversation Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook @sofaexpo and hashtags #IntersectChicago and #IntersectFairs. Intersect Chicago Contact: Ashlin Ballif, ashlin@vgmgt.com SEIZAN Gallery Contact: director@seizan-gallery.com Image: Haruomi Izumi The Eternal Hour , 2019 Natural mineral pigment on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel 38.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inches (97 x 162 x 2 cm) Photo by GION

ART ON PAPER 2020 MARCH 5 - 8, 2020 PIER 36 299 SOUTH STREET NEW YORK, 10002 SEIZAN Gallery Tokyo | New York is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in the 2020 edition of Art on Paper . Our presentation will showcase a selection of contemporary artists who have mastered traditional materials and techniques, including hand-made washi paper. Featured Artists: Yasuko Hasumura Eri Iwasaki Haruomi Izumi Toshiyuki Kajioka Hasui Kawase Étienne Krähenbühl To request a preview please contact us via email info@seizan-gallery.com For more information on Art on Paper and how visitors can purchase tickets, please visit the Fair’s website . Top: Toshiyuki Kajioka Hyohaku / Spiritual Darkness , 2017 Ink, pencil on hemp paper mounted on wood panel 63.9 x 63.9 x 1.4 in (162.2 x 162.2 x 3.5 cm) Middle: Étienne Krähenbühl Plastique , 7 June 2018 Monotype 22 x 29.5 inches (55.9 x 74.9 cm) Bottom: Yasuko Hasumura Yo / Within the Wind – Embrace , 2010 Ink, Japanese paper on canvas mounted on wood panel 51.3 x 63.8 x 1.2 in (130.3 x 162 x 3 cm)

SEIZAN Gallery Tokyo, New York is delighted to announce our participation for the first time ever in Market Art & Design The Hamptons . It takes place at The Bridgehampton Museum from August 12 through 15. We will present new and recent work of three women artists: Yasuko Hasumura, Eri Iwasaki and Rose Morant. Each artist masterfully utilizes traditional materials of art making as they explore their unique vision in highly contemporary expressions. Yasuko Hasumura (b.1958, Hokkaido, Japan) manipulates Japanese washi paper and sumi ink into a unique abstract expression, capturing air, light or a fleeting instant onto canvas. Hasumura studied oil painting at Tama Art University and contemporary art theory under Lee Ufan. Greatly influenced by her encounter with Noh theatre, which she describes as a “soul-trembling experience,” Hasumura recreates this experience onto canvas. Eri Iwasaki (b. 1968, Hyogo, Japan) circumvents the boundaries of Nihonga, the traditional Japanese painting style. While exploring new techniques via the traditional mediums of mineral pigments, shell powders and gold leaves, Iwasaki powerfully interprets her favorite subjects: nuanced portraits of women and children. Amid haunting dreamlike atmospheres, the strong and willful faces of Iwasaki's portraits appear both real and divine; archaic and contemporary. Rose Morant (b. 1963, Paris, France) has extensive experience of working with artisans in Asia as a collaborator with European luxury fashion and homeware brands. After changing careers and becoming a full-time artist, she began creating sculptural works made of “flower powder.” The powder is derived from dried petals collected from a pagoda in Myanmar and mixed with black lacquer by a local family of artisans. With this unique and vernacular material, Morant presents rhythmic sculptures and golden panels which offer the viewer an epiphanic yet serene experience of strolling in nature. DOWNLOAD ARTIST BIO DOWNLOAD LIST OF WORKS SEIZAN Gallery : Booth B33 General Hours Select VIP Preview: Thursday, Aug 12th - 1:00-5:00 Opening Evening: Thursday, Aug 12th - 5:00-9:00 Public Hours: Aug 13th - 11:00-7:00 Aug 14th - 11:00-7:00 Aug 15th - 11:00-6:00 Location: The Bridgehampton Museum 2368 Montauk Highway Bridgehampton, NY 11932 https://artmarkethamptons.com/ Image: Eri Iwasaki. Tiny Night , Tiny Light, 2021. Mineral pigment, gofun, gold leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel. 35.8 x 35.8 inches (91 x 91 cm) Photo by GION

SEIZAN Gallery Tokyo & SEIZAN New York are delighted to announce our participation in Art on Paper . It takes place at Pier 36 from September 9th through 12th. Our booth will feature a solo presentation of work by Japanese artist Toshiyuki Kajioka . Born in 1978 in Tokyo, now living and working in Shiga, Japan, Toshiyuki Kajioka has stoically painted one subject only for the last twenty years: the surface of a flowing river. He received his training in Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting, as a young artist at school. Early on, Kajioka experienced an epiphany with the profound realization that the surface of a flowing river was to be his ultimate subject. Working in sumi ink and graphite pencil, Kajioka captures the transcendental wildness, tranquility, and depth of rivers. While the artist captures a riverscape, the work also displays the intense, experiential characteristics of abstract painting. Fumio Nanjo, a curator and former director of Mori Art Museum wrote of Kajioka’s painting, “The creative spirit here is rooted in a kind of outer limit. This very much embodies the spirit of contemporary art. Art is a clear concept, but also a ‘limit’ that is a common thread throughout insanity.” DOWNLOAD ARTWORK LIST DOWNLOAD ARTIST BIO Art on Paper New York Booth: B37 Sep 9 - 12, 2021 Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan 299 South Street New York, 10002 Select VIP Preview Thursday, September 9, 2021 — 6:00pm to 7:00pm Opening Evening Thursday, September 9, 2021 — 7:00pm to 10:00pm Public Hours Friday, September 10, 2021 — 11:00am to 7:00pm Saturday, September 11, 2021 — 11:00am to 7:00pm Sunday, September 12, 2021 — 12:00pm to 6:00pm Image: Toshiyuki Kajioka, Nagare / Flow , 2021. Ink, pencil on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel. 89.4 x 71.6 x 0.8 inches (227.3 × 181.8 × 2cm).

SEIZAN Gallery is delighted to announce we will join SCOPE Miami Beach , November 30 through December 5. For our inaugural participation in the Miami Art Fair, we will present two exciting new talents from Japan: Yasushi Ikejiri and Kenta Takahashi. Yasushi Ikejiri (b. 1971 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a contemporary expressionist influenced by a wide range of landscape painters, from Ivan Shishkin to Edward Hopper. Ikejiri chooses mundane scenes from everyday life in Tokyo and depicts them with astonishing detail and saturated color. His painstaking style and modest subject matter reminds us of the pure, celebratory joy found in landscape painting. Ikejiri’s works were first shown in the US at the 2019 Seattle Art Fair followed by a successful solo exhibition HERE, THERE in 2021 at SEIZAN Gallery New York. Kenta Takahashi (b. 1996 in Aichi, Japan) is trained in traditional Japanese style painting called “Nihonga.” For his US debut, the artist completed five new paintings including a large scale “byobu” screen. The paintings feature images of diamond steel plate, patinated and covered with random graffiti. Takahashi recreates these ubiquitous urban scenes with washi paper, mineral pigments, and shell powder covered with silver leaves. Takahashi’s paintings defy expectations and present new approaches to the concepts of high and low, East and West, ubiquitous and specific, craftsmanship and industrialism. SEIZAN Gallery at SCOPE Miami Beach BOOTH C015 November 30 - December 5 SCOPE Miami Beach Pavilion 801 Ocean Drive Miami Beach, FL 33139 DOWNLOAD ARTWORK LIST DOWNLOAD ARTIST BIO Top image: Kenta Takahashi, 4-7 Ueno, Taito-ku #1 , 2021. Natural mineral pigment, silver leaf on Japanese paper. 28.6 x 23.9 x 0.8 inches (72.7 x 60.6 x 2.1 cm)

SEIZAN Gallery is pleased to announce our return to Art Market Hamptons , open from August 11th through 14th at Nova’s Art Project and Sculpture Park. We will be presenting three contemporary artists: Haruomi Izumi, Étienne Krähenbühl, and Takashi Seto. Haruomi Izumi (b.1979 in Chiba, Japan) is a successor of “Nihonga,” the Japanese-style painting practiced over centuries. Working with traditional materials such as mineral pigments, shell powders, metal leaves and washi paper, Izumi constructs ethereal scenes based on nature. “Nature has a perfect beauty and I don’t find it interesting to only copy it in my painting,” says the artist. "I pursue new beauty by eliminating randomness and creating patterns from a single motif and then simplifying elements I find in nature.” For the Fair, we will present works from his signature “Hour” series. Étienne Krähenbühl (b. 1953 in Vevey, Switzerland) is known for large scale sculptures in a range of metals, including shape-memory alloys and reclaimed metals. They are often kinetic and site specific to the natural environment and to architectural settings. Recently the video of his signature work "Bing Bang" went viral on social medias. In the video, the 3.5 meter round sculpture composed of thousands of wooden chimes produces breathtaking sounds in the park. For this presentation, we will be showing Krähenbühl's interactive works in various sizes. Takashi Seto (b. 1974 in Saitama, Japan) is an artist and researcher of traditional Japanese textiles. He deciphers 17th-century fabric books to revive and reinterpret the forgotten paint dye techniques of "Yuzen.” Works by Seto featured at Art Market Hamptons are created by incorporating and reinterpreting traditional techniques. He fabricates whimsical and delicate scenes from nature and city scapes on silk using the meticulous paint dye process of Yuzen. After painting, the thin silk is stretched over a panel gilded with silver. The glittering of silver shimmers through the thin fabric. Over time the silver gains patina, another distinctive element of Seto’s work. SEIZAN Gallery (Booth B21) Art Market Hamptons 2022 Nova’s Art Project & Sculpture Park 206 Millstone Road Water Mill, NY 11976 August 11 through August 14, 2022 For inquiries, please email to info@seizan-gallery.com . 1 Haruomi Izumi Shady Pines , 2020 Natural mineral pigment on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel 27.6 × 22.1 × 0.59 inches (70 × 140 × 1.5 cm) 2. Haruomi Izumi The Eternal Hour , 2020 Natural mineral pigment on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel 63.8 × 63.8 × 0.59 inches (162 × 162 × 1.5 cm) 3. Étienne Krähenbühl Au fil de l’O (In the Flow) , 2018 Edition 1/5 Corten steel, nickel titanium Diameter 27 inches (69 cm), adjustable height 4. Takashi Seto, Namiko Kuroyanagi ME TA KA KE RO , 2016 Japanese cypress, Yuzen dyed silk, silver leaf 36.6 × 47.2 × 1.2 inches (93 x 120 x 3 cm)

SEIZAN Gallery is pleased to announce our return to Art on Paper , open from September 8th through 11th at Pier 36 in New York City. The gallery will present new visions and voices of four contemporary artists who work in “Nihonga,” a traditional style of Japanese painting on “washi” paper. Eri Iwasaki (b. 1968 in Hyogo, Japan) brings new portraits to the fair. Pitch dark backgrounds painted in ground minerals, feature ethereal characters and swirling clouds rendered in platinum paint. The serene faces with steady gaze and straight postures are reminiscent of Buddhist statues in Kyoto, where the artist lives and works. Toshiyuki Kajioka (b. 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) has stoically painted the same subject for twenty years: the surface of a flowing river. Working in sumi ink and graphite pencil, he explores the transcendental wildness and tranquility of watery depths. Kajioka brings new works to the booth in connection with his two-artist show with Kengo Takahashi opening September 8th at SEIZAN Gallery New York. For this presentation, Kenta Takahashi (b.1996 in Aichi, Japan) completed new works from his signature "diamond steel plate” series. Takahashi recreates ubiquitous urban scenes with traditional painting materials of mineral pigment, silver leaf and washi paper.They defy expectation and present new approaches to concepts of abstraction and figurative, East and West, craftsmanship and industrialism. Shigemi Yasuhara (b. 1984 in Aichi, Japan) addresses with solemnity, the most popular subject of Nihonga: nature. Working on a signature butter-yellow background, Yasuhara depicts the branch of a tree, a vine, or a landscape in pitch perfect brush strokes and delicate colors. The paintings are fresh and captivating with the pure joy that nature paintings can offer. SEIZAN Gallery (Booth B39) Art on Paper 2022 Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan 299 South St New York, NY 10002 Hours Thursday, Sep 8, 5-9pm (for VIP ticket holders) Friday, Sep 9, 11am-7pm Saturday, Sep 10, 11am-7pm Sunday, Sep 11, 11am-6pm