[Hanshin Umeda Main Store] Exhibition featuring works created with diverse techniques such as oil painting, acrylic, and copper plate oil painting, themed around "Being Together" and "Being Close."

Ryuta Shiga "I Can Ride on a Butterfly with You" No. 20 Oil Painting

"Forms of Memories That Draw Near"

Hanshin Umeda Main Store 8th Floor Art Gallery

July 1 (Wed) - July 7 (Tue), 2026 *Closes at 5 PM on the final day.

"Bijutsu Sanpo" Official URL: https://website.hanshin-dept.jp/hshonten/bizyutsusanpo/?_bdld=2yga-O.pib-h1c.1739517477

The Art Gallery at Hanshin Umeda Main Store offers accessible paintings, objects, and art goods.

This time, we introduce "Forms of Memories That Draw Near." The exhibition features works by Kaz Kazu Watabe, Hikojiro Fujisawa, Makoto Nitarabara, and Ryuta Shiga, using different techniques such as oil painting, acrylic, and copper plate oil painting to express fragments of daily life, traces of memories, and the quiet emotions between people. Please enjoy works that re-examine the meanings of "Being Together" and "Being Close," and quietly question future relationships.

Featured Works

Kaz Kazu Watabe "Push and Pull" No. 6 Oil Painting

Makoto Nitarabara "Ephemeral Blank Space" 20.0 x 32.0 cm Copper Plate Oil Painting

Hikojiro Fujisawa "Walking Together" No. 8 Acrylic

Ryuta Shiga

Born 1988 in Aichi Prefecture, resides in Gifu Prefecture

<Major Awards> 2021 "Origin of Beauty Exhibition" Encouragement Prize 2023 "independent tokyo" Yuta Okuda, Sho Myojin Prize Winner

<Major Solo and Group Exhibitions> 2022 "Kobe Art Marche" Kobe (also '23, '24, '25) 2023 Solo Exhibition (Isetan Urawa, Saitama) 2024 "ONE ART TAIPEI" Taiwan (also '25), "BAMA" Korea, "MANGO ART FESTIVAL" Thailand 2025 Solo Exhibition (A/D Gallery, Tokyo), (Mengtan Gallery, China), "ART FAIR TOKYO" Tokyo

Kaz Kazu Watabe

Born 1975 in Chiba Prefecture 2006 Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course

<Major Awards> 2008 Selected for "The 2nd Biennale Ushiku," "The 7th Nishiwaki City Small-Size Art Grand Prize,"

"Tokyo Wonder Wall Competition 2008" 2009 Selected for "Wonder Seed 2009"

<Major Solo and Group Exhibitions> 2011 "Kaz Kazu Watabe Exhibition" (Seizan Gallery, Tokyo) 2013 "Kaz Kazu Watabe Artworks" (Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Osaka) 2022 "SUMMER GROUP SHOW," "KAZ WATABE: BUCKET BOY & INCHWORM"

(SEIZAN Gallery, New York) 2023 Art Taipei (Taipei World Trade Center, Seizan Gallery Booth, Taiwan, also '24)

"Kaz Kazu Watabe - To All Living Things -" (SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO Totsutsu, Tokyo) 2024 "WINTER GROUP SHOW: TRAVELING" (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) 2026 "KAZ WATABE: STRAY" (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)

Makoto Nitarabara

Born 1986 in Fukuoka Prefecture 2004 Graduated from Kyushu High School Affiliated with Kyushu Sangyo University 2012 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts 2014 Completed Master's Program in Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

<Major Solo Exhibitions> 2024 Stories Floating in the Moonlit Night (Suzu Gallery) 2025 Dreaming of Stars (Suzu Gallery) 2026 GALLERY IRO (Scheduled for October)

<Major Group Exhibitions> 2024 Precious Things Exhibition - ...Not Just Panda - (Seizan Gallery) 2025 Precious Things Exhibition - Pechika - (Seizan Gallery) 2026 Hamubiyori (gallery re:tail), ART Festival (Sendai Mitsukoshi), Spring Attire Painting Exhibition (Niigata Isetan)

Hikojiro Fujisawa

Born 1959 in Chofu City, Tokyo 1982 Graduated from the Department of Art, Faculty of Letters, Wakō University

<Major Awards> 1989 "Modern Art Exhibition" Newcomer's Prize 1994 "Izu Art Festival Painting Competition" Honorable Mention, "Modern Art Exhibition" Encouragement Prize ('95)

<Major Solo and Group Exhibitions> 2010 "Hikojiro Fujisawa / Kaz Kazu Watabe Two-Person Exhibition" (Sapporo Daimaru), Storytellers Exhibition

(Takashimaya (Nihonbashi, Yokohama, Nagoya)) 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Charity Auction Exhibition (Gallery Tsubaki),

Tegucigalpa Art Fair (ART LINE DAEGU) (Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea) 2012 Art Fair "Art Kyoto" (Hotel Monterey Kyoto), Solo Exhibition (Shinsaibashi Daimaru) 2013 Solo Exhibition (Sendai Mitsukoshi), Solo Exhibition (Seizan Gallery) 2018 Solo Exhibition (Gallery Goto) ('20, '21, '22, '24) 2023 Return to Fantasy Exhibition (Iwamizawa City Painting Hall) 2024 Solo Exhibition (Gallery Tutti), etc.

Also available on the Art Gallery blog:

https://www.hanshin-dept.jp/hshonten/shopnews/detail/12701474_3429.html

"Forms of Memories That Draw Near"

Hanshin Umeda Main Store 8th Floor Art Gallery

July 1 (Wed) - July 7 (Tue), 2026 *Closes at 5 PM on the final day.

"Bijutsu Sanpo" Official URL: https://website.hanshin-dept.jp/hshonten/bizyutsusanpo/?_bdld=2yga-O.pib-h1c.1739517477