HERALBONY to Hold Its First Major European Exhibition at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris

HERALBONY EUROPE, the European subsidiary of HERALBONY Co., Ltd., announces that it will hold its first large-scale exhibition outside of Japan at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (Japan Cultural Institute in Paris). This exhibition will feature 19 original artworks by artists with disabilities from Japan, Europe, and around the world, centering on the winning works of the 'HERALBONY Art Prize'. Alongside these, it will also introduce products incorporating these works, created in co-creation with partner companies. Furthermore, to commemorate the exhibition, a lecture will be held featuring guest speakers Christina Agostinelli, curator of the 'Art Brut Exhibition' at the Pompidou Center, and Marc Décimo, Professor Emeritus at Nanterre University, known as a leading expert in Art Brut research. Exhibition Overview Dates: Tuesday, April 21 – Saturday, June 6, 2026 Venue: Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (101 bis Quai Jacques Chirac, 75015 Paris) Contents: Works by HERALBONY Art Prize winning artists / Introduction of co-creation examples with partner companies "Peurs profondes" by Evelyne Postic (HERALBONY Art Prize 2025 Grand Prize Winner) "Hoo! Hey!" by Yukihito Okabe Yukihito Okabe, a contracted artist of HERALBONY. One of the highlights of this exhibition space is the recreation of his atelier. List of Exhibited Works and Artists (in no particular order) "The Mystic's Dreams" Amanda Angela Soenoko (Indonesia) "The Rhinoceros I See, and 4883 Digits of Pi." Asumi Uchizono "Elephants, Dinosaurs, and Memories" Mami Yoshikawa "Connecting Landscapes" Rinako Ikuta "Flapping Wings" Takahiro Kojo "Titanic" Evelyne Postic (France) "Peurs profondes" Evelyne Postic (France) "To Grandpa" Haruka Asano "Picture of a Mountain Boar" Haruka Asano "Hoo! Hey!" Yukihito Okabe "Scratch Works Yay!Yay!No. 13" Yukihito Okabe "Untitled" Thorsten Raab (Germany) "Spreading" Shu Toriyama "Ballad of Youth" Keisuke Mori "Rudbeckia" Masahiro Fukui "Blue Marble" Fran Duncan (UK) "malfaiteur criminel" Monica Laroche (Belgium) "Untitled" Magid Ajjane (Germany) "Untitled" Léo Pais (France) Lecture Overview Inviting Art Brut experts as guests, this dialogue will focus on the impact art by artists with disabilities has had on society. Christina Agostinelli, who curated the 'Art Brut Exhibition' at the Pompidou Center, Marc Décimo, Professor Emeritus at Nanterre University and a leading researcher of Art Brut, and Marie Oshioka, CEO of HERALBONY EUROPE, will reconsider the intersection of 'beauty', 'boundaries', and 'society' from their three distinct perspectives as practitioners connecting art and society. Date and Time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 18:30 - 20:30 Venue: Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Small Hall (Ground Floor) Admission: Free, Advance reservation required Reservation site: https://www.mcjp.fr/ja/la-mcjp/actualites/repenser-la-beaute-art-brut-handicap-et-societe-ja Language: French (with consecutive Japanese interpretation) Speaker Profiles ©Hervé Véronèse Christina Agostinelli Art Historian / Head of Programs at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. An expert on gallerist Iris Clert and artist Yüksel Arslan, having curated their exhibitions in 2019 and 2022 respectively. Since 2021, following the donation by Bruno Decharme, she has been dedicated to the preservation, valorization, and enrichment of the Art Brut (Outsider Art) collection at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. She has overseen dedicated exhibition rooms (including 'Opening', 'Under the Sign of Bricolage', and 'Concerning an ').