Outdoor International Artist Exhibition  August 24 (Mon) – August 30 (Sun), 2026. 12:00 – 18:00 毎日
 

ARTISTS

Ryan Foerster (New York)   WEBSITE
 
Ryan Foerster is a Canadian visual artist recognized for his zines, photographs, videos, and sculptural installations which frequently incorporate found objects, salvaged materials, and natural elements. The artist’s reuse of discarded materials to create new artworks is a generative process of discovery and transformation integral to Foerster’s practice as well as a reaction to excessive waste.
 

1. Here Comes The Sun. 2025. Unique C-prints. 64 prints, each: 14 × 11 inches, 56 × 176 inches overall.Courtesy Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York.
2. Ryan Foerster, Self Shadow Garden (cyan printing plate), 2012–14. C-print mounted on aluminum with ink, 88.9 x 58.4 cm. Courtesy Clearing, New York/Brussels.
3. Blue Glass Palette Legs, 2014, mixed media, 108 x 76 x 19 cm, Courtesy Clearing, New York/Brussels.

 
 
Shinpei Kusanagi (Tokyo)   WEBSITE
 
Born in Tokyo where he currently remains based. Kusanagi relies on a technique reminiscent of traditional Japanese nijimi, in which he stains untreated canvas with layers of translucent color. He then incorporates improvisational brushstrokes, drawing on the tension between motion and stillness. Kusanagi’s landscapes evoke familiar urban and natural scenes; his use of atmospheric colour transforms the everyday environments into something new and unknown.
 

1. now, here. 2024 (C) Photo: Kenji Takahashi, Taka Ishii Gallery.
2. To the Ocean 2025 (C) Photo: Kenji Takahashi, Taka Ishii Gallery.
3. 2024/12/10　2024（C）photo: Mie Morimoto, Taka Ishii Gallery.

 
 
Christy Kunitzky (Montreal)   WEBSITE
 
Christy Kunitzky is a multi-disciplinary artist and weaver currently based in Montreal, Canada.
She is interested in making from a layman’s perspective and aims to use processes and materials that are accessible and readily available. Interested in material histories, she uses sculpture, installation and textiles to investigate power relations, notions of time, labour, and closeness. Through making, she aims to pull apart some of the sticky moments where control and care meet, where commitment and obligation intersect and where ownership and burden overlap.
 

1. Pets, 2021. handwoven textiles (by artist) from cotton, wool and linen yarns, mylar emergency blanket, nylon string, mulch, found objects. Photo by Jean-Michael Seminaro, courtesy of The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery.
2. Mask, 2025-26. baseball hat, embroidery thread, glass beads, found objects. Photo by Katya Konioukhova.
3. Dead Stock, 2023. suede work gloves leftover from my father’s failed business, waxed linen thread, ceramic and metal beads, newsprint, metal bar. Photo by B. Brookbank.

 
 
Sarah Sands Phillips (Tokyo)   WEBSITE
 
Sarah Sands Phillips (b.Tsí Tkaròn:to, Canada) is a Red River Métis/British-Irish artist and poet. She is engaged in a multi-disciplinary process-oriented exploration of impermanence. Spanning painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, moving image, and text, she is interested in material knowledge, fragmentation, and the regeneration of objects. By exploring intuitive sites of presence and absence, she finds ways of documenting the dissolving and translucent space between identity, intention, and the skin.
 
 
Mario Tauchi (Tokyo)   WEBSITE
 
Born in 1973, Saitama, Japan. Having lived in Japan, France, Australia, and the United States, Mario Tauchi’s work is informed by an array of influences, including street art, tribal art, religious iconography, and psychedelic art. While working as an literary agent, he began practice in drawing in 2001.
 

1. The day the sun went out (In hope). Enamel on salvaged door (glass and wood), 72″x 29″x 1.25, 2026.
2. Sour Grapes. Acrylic on linen, diptych, 29″ x 92″, 2025.
3. Rise and Fall. Acrylic and persimmon dye on linen, 10″ x 8″, 2025.

 

 
Living in Japan these past years has brought me much happiness. I have acquired a mental clarity and focus that has greatly benefited my work, all thanks to this place. Although fairly stress free, for most immigrants in Japan there are always visa issues looming. This weighs heavy on me – building a life in a place that can at any moment ask me to leave. With the new Takaichi government, it seems that my time has come, and my plans of the past 10 years have been foiled due to the new visa regulations. While it is now unlikely that I will be able to stay, I want to hold an exhibition in the place that has brought me much peace. Exhibiting the work of these artists and friends, I want to show that you can have a meaningful connection to a place and its culture while being globally aware. This show is dedicated to everyone who believes in open minds, open hearts, and open borders.

-Daniel Innes

ACCESS

This is an outdoor exhibition. The front rooms of the kominka will display the artist’s publications.

We recommend visiting on a clear day for the intended experience, but in case of rain, the front rooms in the kominka will be used to display some of the artworks. 

Part of the exhibition is in areas of the garden that are un-manicured. We recommend wearing boots or rain boots due to the rough terrain, insects, and snakes.

Unfortunately, the Kominka is not wheelchair accessible, and part of the garden is very difficult to access by wheelchair. The closest public restroom is located at the Hase Yamazaki.

Hase 420, Kamikawa, Hyogo, Japan

The property is 1 km from Hase JR station.

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