Sakura Wada Explores 'The Balance of Relationships' with <Werewolf> in Solo Exhibition '□□,' Intersecting Reality and Fiction, at Art ka Bifun ka Paichu in Roppongi from June 19

The Chain Museum Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masamichi Toyama) will hold the exhibition '□□' at 'Art ka Bifun ka Paichu,' a gallery attached to a Taiwanese restaurant it operates in Roppongi, from Friday, June 19, 2026, to Saturday, July 18, 2026.

This exhibition will feature new works using a variety of materials, from large canvas pieces to sculptures, embroidery, and her first attempt at woodblock prints, primarily using the 'werewolf' as a motif, an intermediate being between human and animal.

・The works in this exhibition will be sold exclusively on ArtSticker. All will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting from 17:00 on Friday, June 19, 2026. Please contact us if you would like a price list in advance. ・A reception will be held on Saturday, June 20, from 18:00 to 21:00. Pre-registration for a free ticket is required to attend. Please register here.

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Exhibition Overview

Art ka Bifun ka Paichu will hold a solo exhibition '◻︎◻︎' by Sakura Wada from June 19 to July 18.

Wada's creative activities, which utilize a wide range of materials and techniques, start from a 'sense of discomfort with the one-sided viewing of paintings.' With a style that is bright and pop, yet also possesses a hint of strangeness and fear, she also addresses the power imbalances in real-world communication. She flexibly crosses her own expressive domains with forms such as sculpture, printmaking, installation, and performance, while seeking an interactive state between seemingly contradictory elements such as humans and animals, artwork and viewer, fiction and reality, and the front and back of a record.

This exhibition features the werewolf as an intermediate being between human and animal as its main motif, showcasing works using diverse materials such as large canvas paintings, sculptures, embroidery, and woodblock prints. Visitors can enjoy the unexpected combinations of different materials and a spatial composition that utilizes the unique features of the venue.

During the exhibition period, workshops for all ages and music events by DJs will also be held.

photo by Kenji Takahashi ©Sakura Wada, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

photo by Kenji Takahashi ©Sakura Wada, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

photo by Kenji Takahashi ©Sakura Wada, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

Exhibition Statement

In this exhibition, the theme is 'Crossing Relationships,' stemming from a question about the equilibrium in the relationship between self and other.

The <werewolf>, which I have treated as a 'symbol of an existence fraught with ambiguity and ambivalence,' is the central motif, developed with the keywords 'main' and 'dub.'

This time, from among the media I use, I have chosen woodblock printing in addition to painting, embroidery, and wooden objects. In constructing them, I have used the large windows and mirrors of the exhibition space, as well as the kitchen and the activities of people, as functional hints.

It is an attempt to manifest them as devices for the mutual interaction between the work and the viewer.

The title '□□' encompasses multiple meanings, such as two adjacent canvases or frames, windows, and the real and virtual images, and visualizes them as a simple symbol.

Artist Profile

Sakura Wada / Sakura Wada

Sakura Wada was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1999 and graduated from Tokyo Zokei University's Department of Fine Arts, Painting Major, last year in 2024. In the same year, she received the Tomoko Yabumae Prize and the Tomio Koyama Prize at 'ART AWARD TOKYO MARUNOUCHI 2024.' She has held four solo exhibitions to date.

Based on painting, she has developed a diverse range of expression methods not bound by genre, such as installation, video, and performance, while using familiar materials like cloth and embroidery. With a deep interest in the equilibrium and power balance of relationships with others, Wada creates originality that encourages active and multifaceted viewing, where the viewer and the work interact with each other and the work itself becomes a hint for some kind of realization, in order to 'avoid the one-sided viewing that tends to occur when paintings are hung on a wall.' She does this by giving the paintings themselves legs to make them stand on their own, making them as huge as a wall, or painting on both the front and back.

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Related Events

1: Workshop: 'Reversible Puppet' *Reservation required

Content: Make puppets by processing ready-made items like gloves. You can take home what you make.

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