Sakura Wada’s Solo Exhibition “□□” to Open at Art or Beefun or Paichu in Roppongi

The Chain Museum Co., Ltd. will present Sakura Wada’s solo exhibition “□□” at Art or Beefun or Paichu, a gallery with an attached Taiwanese restaurant in Roppongi, from Friday, June 19 to Saturday, July 18, 2026. The exhibition centers on the werewolf as a motif representing an existence between human and animal, and features new works across diverse media, including large-scale canvases, sculptures, embroidery, and Wada’s first woodblock prints. Works in the exhibition will be sold exclusively through ArtSticker on a first-come, first-served basis, with purchase applications opening at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026. Visitors who would like a price list in advance are asked to contact the organizer. A reception will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. Advance registration for a free ticket is required. Sakura Wada’s practice begins with a sense of discomfort toward the one-sided act of viewing paintings. Using a broad range of materials and techniques, she creates works that are bright and pop in appearance while also carrying subtle humor and unease. Her practice also looks at imbalances of power in real-world communication. Moving flexibly across painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, and performance, Wada explores interactive relationships between seemingly opposed elements such as humans and animals, artworks and viewers, virtual and real images, and the A-side and B-side of a record. The exhibition takes “crossing relationships” as its theme, questioning balance in the relationship between self and other. The werewolf, which Wada has treated as a symbol of ambiguity and duality, stands at the center of the show, developed through the keywords “main” and “dub.” The exhibition also uses the venue’s large windows and mirrors, as well as its kitchen and the activities of people within the space, as structural cues, making them visible as devices through which artworks and viewers interact. During the exhibition period, related programs will include a workshop for both children and adults and a DJ music event. The “Flipping Puppet” workshop will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, where participants will make puppets by modifying ready-made items such as gloves and may take their creations home. A reservation-only closing event will be held on Saturday, July 18, allowing visitors to view the works while enjoying music by DJs. Admission is 2,000 yen and includes one drink. Exhibition details: Sakura Wada “□□”; June 19 to July 18, 2026; venue: Art or Beefun or Paichu, 2F Asahi Seimei Roppongi Building, 5-2-4 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; hours: 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., with last food and drink orders at 10:00 p.m.; closed Sundays and Mondays; admission free. Participating artist: Sakura Wada. Organizer: ArtSticker, operated by The Chain Museum. Cooperation: Tomio Koyama Gallery.