Since the 1990s, Miyuki Yokomizo has presented minimalistic installations in Japan and abroad that use plastics and other familiar artificial objects, with time, space, and light as central elements. In recent years, she has been attempting to construct new landscapes by combining installation works with two-dimensional works that reimagine the installation space onto canvas.
In the works she describes as “paintings as sculpture,” Yokomizo does not use a brush. Instead, she snaps thread coated with oil paint against the canvas, leaving traces of lines across the surface. Through splashes, raised textures, fading, and subtle displacements, these lines reveal painting not only as an image on a flat surface, but also as a material presence in real space and as traces of a physical gesture.
In this exhibition, Yokomizo responds to the distinctive architecture of ICHION CONTEMPORARY, where natural light enters each floor and shifts throughout the day. Between the visible and the invisible, she creates fleeting scenes where space, light, line, and memory intersect.
- Open:
11:00‒18:00 (Last entry at 17:30)
- Closed:
Sundays, Mondays, and Public Holidays
- Admission:
Free
- Artists:
Miyuki Yokomizo
Group Reservations
Groups of 10 or more visitors are required to make a reservation in advance by phone or email. Please note that we may not be able to admit groups without a prior reservation. To support our exhibitions, artists, and the maintenance of the gallery, we kindly ask for a ¥3,000 donation per person for group visits (applicable to junior high school students and above; optional for elementary school children and younger). As a token of our appreciation, each donor will receive an original ICHION CONTEMPORARY tote bag.
Visitors with Young Children
To help ensure the safety of our visitors and the protection of the artworks, visitors accompanied by preschool-aged children are required to make a reservation in advance. A member of our staff will accompany you during your visit. We kindly ask that you make a reservation before your arrival. Same-day visits may be accommodated; however, admission is subject to staff availability. Thank you for your understanding.
Miyuki Yokomizo
Major Collections:
JAL First Class Lounge - Tokyo International Airport (Haneda),Tokyo; Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, Kyoto; Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto; The Ritz Carlton Hotel Kyoto, Kyoto; The Palace Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo; Domain, Hong Kong; SkyperfectTV! Media Center Tokyo, Tokyo; Azabu Daiichi Mansions, Tokyo; Kansai Medical University Hirakata Hospital, osaka; The Japan Foundation
Major exhibitions
Criterium 37 (Mito Arts Tower, 1998), The Age of Plastic (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 2000), Leaning Hut (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2002), Stolen Nature (Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 2003), Circuits for the Future: New Generation Artists from Japan (The Japan Foundation, 2004–2019), Landscape – Beyond the Soft Horizon (Pola Museum Annex, 2021), and ABSTRACTION: The Awakening and Development of Abstract Painting — From Cézanne, Fauvism, and Cubism to the Present (Artizon Museum, 2023).