"Ami. @ Echika" - Held until May 28th at Echika Ikebukuro Gallery
The Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation is holding the "Ami. @ Echika" exhibition at Echika Ikebukuro Gallery. It features works by Kiko Kimura, who created the main visual for the Ikebukuro Montparnasse Art Tour, and her fellow artists, aiming to invigorate Ikebukuro's art and culture.
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The Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation (Location: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Naoto Aiba) will hold "Ami. @ Echika" at Echika Ikebukuro Gallery.
From the early Showa period to the post-war era, young artists moved to the area around Nishi-Ikebukuro, and their passionate creative endeavors led to the area being called "Ikebukuro Montparnasse," likening it to Montparnasse in Paris, France. This project aims to make Ikebukuro a place where artists can connect and expand their circle of activities, as it once was, by disseminating exhibition plans for Toshima Ward's culture and art and for currently active artists.
This exhibition will feature works by Kiko Kimura and her fellow artists, who created the main visual for the "21st Ikebukuro Montparnasse Art Tour" to be held in spring and autumn 2026.
Ms. Kimura has previously held three group exhibitions titled "Ami." at Gallery KAMON Irie in Nishi-Ikebukuro, a participating gallery of the Art Tour. This time, it is a traveling exhibition of the "Ami." exhibition.
Please enjoy the works of five contemporary artists who met in the "land of Ikebukuro Montparnasse" at the venue. (*Ami means friend in French.)
Exhibition scene ①
Exhibition scene ②
[Overview]
Ami. @ Echika
Dates: May 1 (Fri) - May 28 (Thu), 2026
Venue: Echika Ikebukuro Gallery (connecting passage within Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Ikebukuro Station)
Organizer: Ikebukuro Montparnasse Art Tour Executive Committee
Cooperation: Kiko Kimura, Yoko Yamamoto, Akoru, Jiro Hiratsuka, Kuniko
★For more information on this exhibition, please visit the URL below.
https://www.toshima-mirai.or.jp/tabid216.html?pdid1=3513
[Customer Inquiries]
Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Echika Ikebukuro Gallery 담당 Hayashida, Kumazaki
TEL: 03-3981-4732
From the early Showa period to the post-war era, young artists moved to the area around Nishi-Ikebukuro, and their passionate creative endeavors led to the area being called "Ikebukuro Montparnasse," likening it to Montparnasse in Paris, France. This project aims to make Ikebukuro a place where artists can connect and expand their circle of activities, as it once was, by disseminating exhibition plans for Toshima Ward's culture and art and for currently active artists.
This exhibition will feature works by Kiko Kimura and her fellow artists, who created the main visual for the "21st Ikebukuro Montparnasse Art Tour" to be held in spring and autumn 2026.
Ms. Kimura has previously held three group exhibitions titled "Ami." at Gallery KAMON Irie in Nishi-Ikebukuro, a participating gallery of the Art Tour. This time, it is a traveling exhibition of the "Ami." exhibition.
Please enjoy the works of five contemporary artists who met in the "land of Ikebukuro Montparnasse" at the venue. (*Ami means friend in French.)
Exhibition scene ①
Exhibition scene ②
[Overview]
Ami. @ Echika
Dates: May 1 (Fri) - May 28 (Thu), 2026
Venue: Echika Ikebukuro Gallery (connecting passage within Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Ikebukuro Station)
Organizer: Ikebukuro Montparnasse Art Tour Executive Committee
Cooperation: Kiko Kimura, Yoko Yamamoto, Akoru, Jiro Hiratsuka, Kuniko
★For more information on this exhibition, please visit the URL below.
https://www.toshima-mirai.or.jp/tabid216.html?pdid1=3513
[Customer Inquiries]
Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Echika Ikebukuro Gallery 담당 Hayashida, Kumazaki
TEL: 03-3981-4732