[Tokyo Arts and Space] Opening April 4th (Sat)! "TOKAS-Emerging 2026"

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) provides phased and continuous support for artists through open calls, curated exhibitions, and international residency programs. "TOKAS-Emerging" is a support program for young artists that TOKAS has been running since 2001, offering opportunities for solo exhibitions to artists aged 35 and under based in Japan.

For "TOKAS-Emerging 2026," six artists were selected from 186 applicants across the country. The solo exhibitions of these emerging artists, who work in various media including painting, printmaking, video, and installation, will be held in two sessions from April to June 2026. Additionally, on the first day of each session, we will host talk events featuring the exhibiting artists and guest jurors from the open call. We look forward to your visit to this exhibition, which serves as a springboard for these rising artists.

TOKAS-Emerging 2026

■ Exhibition Overview

Session 1: April 4 (Sat) – May 3 (Sun/Holiday), 2026
Session 2: May 16 (Sat) – June 14 (Sun), 2026
Venue: Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo (2-4-16 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

Hours: 11:00-19:00 (Last admission 30 minutes before closing)

Closed: Mondays

Admission: Free
Organizer: Tokyo Arts and Space (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Website: https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/archive/exhibition/2026/20260404-7535.html

■ Related Events (Free)

[Session 1: Artist Talk]

Date/Time: April 4, 2026 (Sat) 16:00-17:30
Speakers: Kento Terada, Ryo Nishimura, Yang Bo
Guest: Keisuke Mori (Curator, Chiba City Museum of Art)

[Session 2: Artist Talk]

Date/Time: May 16, 2026 (Sat) 16:00-17:30
Speakers: Yuan Shuohan, Karen Okimi, Nozomi Kishimoto
Guest: Takashi Fukumoto (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Art, Osaka)

■ About the Exhibition

The six selected artists explore various themes: traces of war buried in the landscape (Terada), the fluidity and processes of nature (Nishimura), the distance between oneself and the music one listens to (Yang), shifting identities while living as a foreigner (Yuan), the relationship between body movement and perception (Okimi), and traces of others left in the city (Kishimoto). These works address things we overlook in our daily lives, things we have forgotten, or things we have become unconscious of. Their creative practice involves a sincere re-examination of these elements.