At Azabudai Hills Gallery Butaiura, CADAN x ArtSticker's Third Joint Project Begins: Juri Akiyama and Noriaki Hattori Duo Exhibition "Aftermath of Light <ep.3>" Starts August 5 (Wed)

The Chain Museum Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Masamichi Toyama, hereinafter "The Chain Museum") will hold a duo exhibition "Aftermath of Light <ep.3>" by Juri Akiyama and Noriaki Hattori at "Gallery Butaiura" (within Azabudai Hills), which we operate. The exhibition will run from Wednesday, August 5, 2026, to Sunday, August 30, 2026.

This project is the third installment of "CADAN Butaiura," where CADAN member galleries hold exhibitions in a relay format at "Gallery Butaiura," operated by ArtSticker.

*A reception by reservation will be held from 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. (Participation is free, please reserve here)

Exhibition Details Here

Organizer's Comment

Sprout Curation will hold a series of group exhibitions titled "Aftermath of Light" at three venues from June to September 2026, with participating artists changing. This exhibition, "Aftermath of Light <ep.3>", is part of the "CADAN Butaiura" project and is a duo exhibition by Juri Akiyama and Noriaki Hattori at Gallery Butaiura, located within Azabudai Hills.

About the Exhibition Concept

In painting, if color is a dance of reflected light of different frequencies, and the emergence of an image is the result of complex responses between the support and tools, then artists who handle light might be choreographers, or perhaps closer to shamans in their reliance on the chance occurrences of light's behavior.

When the title of this exhibition is "Aftermath of Light" rather than "Remnants of Light" or "Work of Light," it becomes ambiguous whether the subject of the aftermath is light, the artist, or the viewer. It is none of them, and all of them at the same time. By blurring the lines between subject and object, we want to emphasize the nuance that this exhibition is a phenomenon woven from the relationships and networks of light, the artist, the work, and the viewer.

About the Artists

Juri Akiyama is a conceptual artist who explores the theme of "mottainai" (wastefulness), and in recent years, she has been energetically working with encaustic painting using beeswax. She mixes pigments with beeswax melted at high temperatures, applies it to a support to create multiple layers, and then scrapes and peels off the surface of the solidified beeswax with a hot iron, revealing images from the underlying layers. The illusion, accompanied by the unique luster and transparency of beeswax, creates a sense of being drawn into a mysterious space.

Noriaki Hattori is an artist who practices a unique technique using an industrial laser cutting machine. He creates paintings, which could be called industrial paintings, where images digitized from spray-painted aluminum plates are burned and revealed from the lower layers by laser. The reflection of aluminum and accidental noise add strength to his works.

Both artists establish their paintings by revealing latent images, albeit through different materials and tools.

Artist Profiles

Juri Akiyama / AKIYAMA Juri

Born in Tokyo in 1992. Spent her time from junior high school to university graduation abroad in Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA. Graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, Painting Department in 2015, receiving the Florence & Leif Award and participating in the Honors Exhibition. After returning to Japan, she completed her Master's degree in Global Art Practice at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018.

She practices conceptual painting that thematically explores "mottainai" and interpretively deciphers the very concept of painting. In recent years, she has been creating works that span objects, materials, states of being, form changes, and records and memories, using beeswax and drawing inspiration from its historical, cultural, and philosophical background. She is actively involved in projects such as participating in the Tokyo Biennale 2025 with a large-scale beeswax installation "Golden Floating Island" (Kakuchi Konpo Ten), and her co-directed work with filmmaker Philip Warnell will be exhibited at the Thessaloniki Biennale in 2026.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2024 "Tabula Rasa" Sprout Curation / Tokyo, "Flower, Honey, Smoke" Grisette / Tokyo; 2023 "Landscape of the Shell" Museum of Tobacco and Salt Collection Gallery / Tokyo; 2020 "Submerging in the Void" Sprout Curation / Tokyo. Selected Group Exhibitions: 2025 "Aftermath of Light <ep.1>", 2023 "AFTER THE HEGEMONY" both at Sprout Curation / Tokyo; 2022 "The Yamamoto Handshake" N/A/S/L (Mexico City); 2021 "The Day Before Yesterday's Fuji, The Day After Tomorrow's Blue Light" Ebihara Shoten / Tokyo, "A HAPPY NEW WORLD" Sprout Curation / Tokyo; 2020 "Thinkers" Ebihara Shoten / Tokyo, among many others.

Noriaki Hattori / HATTORI Noriaki

Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1981. Moved to the UK after graduating from Keio University in 2005, and graduated from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2025 "Pataphysical Garden" Sprout Curation / Tokyo; 2021 "permits" GALLERY ROOM A / Honjo, Tokyo; 2019 "Boundary and Access", 2018 "Draped Correctness", 2014 "Temporary Correctness" all at Sprout Curation / Tokyo. Selected Group Exhibitions: 2025 "Aftermath of Light", 2024 "AFTER THE HEGEMONY", 2022 "Coffee Table Goes Wrong" (collaboration with architect Ken'ya Sato), 2021 "TRILLUSION" CADAN Yurakucho, 2019 "Ambient as Medium", 2016 "AKZIDENZ", 2015 "NEW BALANCE" all at Sprout Curation.

Affiliated Gallery

Sprout Curation

Sprout Curation is a gallery operated by art director Yoshikazu Shiga. Started in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in 2010, it later moved to Kagurazaka, and is currently based in Roppongi. It has planned numerous exhibitions with a unique perspective, often held in temporary spaces, that are rarely seen elsewhere.

About CADAN Butaiura

"CADAN Butaiura" will launch this spring at Gallery Butaiura in Azabudai Hills, a collaboration between the art platform "ArtSticker," operated by The Chain Museum Co., Ltd., and the Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association (CADAN).

This project involves CADAN member galleries holding exhibitions in a relay format at "Gallery Butaiura."

By collaborating CADAN, which has pioneered the contemporary art market in Japan, with ArtSticker, an artist platform, we aim to promote Japanese and Asian artists to the world from Azabudai.

First Exhibition: Yumi Nishimura Solo Exhibition "Exudate and Scab" Second Exhibition: Tami Kakimoto Solo Exhibition "Star Boy -Night of the Flood-"

Information

Exhibition Title

Duo Exhibition by Juri Akiyama and Noriaki Hattori "Aftermath of Light <ep.3>"

Exhibition Dates

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - Sunday, August 30, 2026

Reception will be held on Wednesday, August 5, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Free admission, reservation required)

Artists

Juri Akiyama, Noriaki Hattori

Opening Hours

[Tue-Sun]

11:00 - 18:00

Closed

Mondays

*If Monday is a public holiday, the gallery will be closed the following day.

Admission Fee

Free

Venue

Gallery Butaiura

Address

Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza A B1F, 5-8-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001

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Access

・1-minute walk from Exit 5 of Kamiyacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (directly connected to the station)

・Elevator available, barrier-free

・Wheelchairs and strollers are allowed entry

Organizers

ArtSticker (Operated by The Chain Museum), CADAN (Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association), Sprout Curation

Exhibition URL

https://artsticker.app/events/139163

About Gallery Butaiura

"Gallery Butaiura" is an art gallery produced by The Chain Museum Co., Ltd., the operator of ArtSticker. Designed as a space that encompasses not only art appreciation but also human interaction, where performers and audiences can have intimate conversations backstage amidst the lingering atmosphere of a performance. It plans exhibitions featuring a wide range of artists, from veterans who have shaped art history globally to emerging artists attracting keen attention, sometimes incorporating elements of culinary experiences and performances.

This space is composed solely of a frame built with steel pipes and temporary exhibition walls hung on it. Although it is not a large space at 26 tsubo, it offers two different atmospheres by utilizing variations in floor height, lighting brightness and color temperature, and finishes. Through its unique spatial design, it aims to be a place where the front and back can be experienced seamlessly. It proposes a new viewing experience of mutual interference where gazes and presences intermingle through every gap.

▽Instagram Account

https://www.instagram.com/butaiura_artsticker/

About ArtSticker

ArtSticker is a platform operated by The Chain Museum Co., Ltd., which provides opportunities to encounter art and places to enjoy dialogue, connecting the "entire experience" of art appreciation. It features a wide range of works from renowned artists to emerging talents, covering various genres such as installations, paintings, and performing arts.

Furthermore, ArtSticker aspires for art and artists to connect directly with the world through encounters with unique real-world locations, not just digitally.

▽ArtSticker Website

https://artsticker.app/

▽ArtSticker Download URL

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/artsticker/id1446438049

About The Chain Museum Co., Ltd.

Company Name: The Chain Museum Co., Ltd.

Location: Daikanyama TOKO, 3F, Daikanyama Art Village, 17-10 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Masamichi Toyama, Representative Director

▽The Chain Museum Official Website

https://www.t-c-m.art/