tHE GALLERY HARAJUKU to hold solo exhibition "NEW PINK" by Omochi starting April 3rd (Friday)!

【 Omochi SOLO EXHIBITION " NEW PINK" 】

On April 3rd, 2026 (Friday), tHE GALLERY HARAJUKU, operated by Yasumasa Yonehara, will host a solo exhibition titled "NEW PINK" by Omochi.

●STATEMENT

Pink is not just a cute color.

I have captured the pinks found in everyday life and memories through my own filter.

Intertwining it with kawaii culture, I depict a world of pink that is both nostalgic and new.

I hope that after viewing the exhibition, the familiar scenery will appear just a little bit different.

●Artist profile

Omochi

An artist from Kumamoto.

While studying art education at university, she specialized in human body sculpture.

In addition to exhibiting her work primarily through solo exhibitions, she also creates visuals for various media including advertisements, publications, and the web.

Utilizing the soft lines cultivated through her sculpture work, she creates expressions with a sense of warmth, using people and animals as motifs.

＜Instagram＞

@omochi_mochimochii

https://www.instagram.com/omochi_mochimochii

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@omochi_mochimci

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●From Curator Yasumasa Yonehara

The "pink" that Omochi depicts is not merely a "cute color";

it is the pink that emerges between the cuteness imagined by men and the cuteness that women live by.

To elaborate on that:

Male-oriented cuteness is cuteness as an object, something to be protected or gazed upon, placed externally.

In contrast, female-oriented cuteness signifies a state of being cute.

It is a cuteness that is chosen while wavering, and worn to support oneself.

However, the figures Omochi depicts cannot be categorized into either of these.

While the large eyes and round forms might appear to be symbolic cuteness at first glance, they simultaneously possess a definite presence.

This signifies "cute that is here" rather than "cute to be seen.".

The sense of "erokawaii" (erotic-cute) that I have contemplated thus far arises when the body, memories, and time are incorporated into cuteness, and the same structure can be seen in Omochi's works.

The pink she depicts is not mere decoration...