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The 2nd Fukuoka Art Award Exhibition
The video installation, 《Bellybutton and Breathing》received an award from the 2nd Fukuoka Art Award. The installation work will be collected at Fukuoka Art Museum. It will be exhibited at Modern and Contemporary Art section (2F) of Fukuoka Art Museum from March 28th (Thu) to June 2nd (Sun).
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Dates
:- March 28 (Thu) to June 2nd (Sun), 2024
- 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Last entry is at 5PM) *Open from 10 AM on March 28th.
Venue
:- Fukuoka Art Museum ((1-6 Ohori Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture, 810-0051 Japan)
Closed on
- Mondays, April 30th, and May 7th *Open on April 29th and May 6th due to national holidays.
“FATHOM —Shiota Chiharu, Kanazawa Sumi, Soh Souen”
Soh Souen will participate in "FATHOM - Chiharu Shiota, Hisami Kanazawa, Soh Soen", commemorating the 55th anniversary of Kyoto Seika University, which will be held at Kyoto Seika University Gallery Terra-S from November 17 to December 28, 2023.
On the first day of the exhibition, November 17th (Fri), Soh will have a performance "Eggsercise" from 11AM to 3PM, and an opening talk by the artists begins at 5PM.
Dates of the Performance
|- November 17 (Fri) From 11AM to 3PM : <Eggsercise> by Soh Souen
Dates of an Opening Talk
|- November 17 (Fri) From 5PM to 6PM
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Group Exhibition
“FATHOM —Shiota Chiharu, Kanazawa Sumi, Soh Souen”Dates
:- From November 17th (Fri) to December 28th (Thur) 2023
- 11AM - 6PM
Venue
:- Gallery Terra-S (137 Kino-cho, Iwakura, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)
Closed on
- Sundays
“Your Body is the Shoreline”
“Your Body is the Shoreline” will be held from September 16th (Sat) to October 14th (Sat) at√K Contemporary. At this solo exhibition, Soh will present his performance work he has been working on recently and as well as installation and paintings. On September 16th (Sat), a performance with Sara Milio, the visual artist and Soh Souen’s remote-based project collaborator since 2021, will be held.
Furthermore, every day from September 22nd to October 12th, the artist will perform Eggsercise, whereby the artist continually supports an egg, a symbol of life, with his body.
Dates of the Performance
|- September 16 (Sat) From 3PM : <The Egg> by Sara Milio and Soh Souen （Duration approx. 20 to 30 minutes)
- September 22 (Fri) to October 14 (Sat) 3PM to 7PM : <Eggsercise> by Soh Souen
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Solo Exhibition
“Your Body is the Shoreline”Dates
:- September 16th (Sat) to October 14th (Sat)
- B1F: Installation 11AM-7PM / 1-2F: Parformance & Paintings 3PM – 7PM
Venue
:- √K Contemporary (6 Minamicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
*Performances will not be held on September 19th to 21st.
Closed on
- Sundays and Mondays
Le forum “Enamel and Body / Ceramics”
Soh Souen will be performing in the environment created by Agathe Naito in the group exhibition "Enamel and Body / Ceramics“ currently being held at the Ginza Maison Hermés Le Forum.The performance will take place throughout the opening hours of the gallery.
Dates of the performance : July 31st (Mon), August 2nd (Wed), and August 5th (Sat) 11AM - 7PM.
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- Credit:
- Agathe Naito / Gardening II, 2021, Photography
- Photo:
- Brigitte Besson
- Technical support:
- Bertrand Weissbrodt,Courtesy of the artist
“Enamel and Body / Ceramics”
by Sylvie Auvray, Jean Girel, Agathe Naito, Yusuké Y. Offhause, Machiko Ogawa, Françoise Pétrovitch, Masaomi Yasunaga
Dates
:- From June 17th (Sat) to September 17th (Sun), 2023 11AM - 7 PM
Venue
:- Ginza Maison Hermés 8, 9F (Tokyo, Chuo City, Ginza, 5 Chome−4−1, 8F)
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)”
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)” will be held from April 2nd (Sun) to May 28th (Sun) at rin art association .
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Solo Exhibition
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)”Dates
:- From April 2nd (Sun) to May 28th (Sun), 2023 11AM - 7PM
Venue
:- rin art association (5-24 Iwaoshimachi, Takasaki, Gunma)
Closed on
- Mondays and Tuesdays
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)”
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)” will be held from April 2nd (Sun) to May 28th (Sun) at rin art association .
![“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)”]()
Solo Exhibition
“It’s been breaking, still breaking (yet not broken)”Dates
:- From April 2nd (Sun) to May 28th (Sun), 2023 11AM - 7PM
Venue
:- rin art association (5-24 Iwaoshimachi, Takasaki, Gunma)
Closed on
- Mondays and Tuesdays
“WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries− Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation”
“WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries− Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation” will be held from December 3rd (Sat) to 11th (Sun) at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
At this group exhibition, Soh will present his installation work “Bellybutton and Breathing” and performance “Eggesercise”.
![WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries− Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation]()
![WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries− Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation]()
Group Exhibition
WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries− Stone, Breathing, and Land ReclamationDates
:- From December 3rd (Sat) to 11th (Sun), 2022 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum 9:30AM - 7:30PM / Artist Cafe Fukuoka 11AM - 5PM
Venue
:- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (7 & 8th Floor, Riverain Center Bldg.,3-1 Shimokawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka) / Artist Cafe Fukuoka (2-5, Jonai, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka)
Closed on
- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum December 7th (Wed)
“Let it sway, like a ripple of agitation.”
“Let it sway, like a ripple of agitation.” will be held from July 15th (Sat) to August 5th (Fri) at HIRO OKAMOTO. At this solo exhibition, Soh will present his portrait series he has been working on and as well as the works from the series called “painting holes all over the holes of the body”.
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“Let it sway, like a ripple of agitation.”
Dates
:- From July 15th (Sat) to August 5th (Fri), 2022/11AM-7PM
Venue
:- HIRO OKAMOTO (103, K’s Apartment, 3-32-3, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
*Please call “103” on the entrance intercom when visiting.
Closed on
- July 25th (Mon) and August 1st (Mon)
“(I see all but you)” Soh Souen and osanaihikari
“(I see all but you)” by Soh Souen and osanaihikari will be held from January 15 (sat) to January 25 (tue) at GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS GINZA ATRIUM. Soh will present his pastel works which are drawn with synchronized movement by his both hands.
And also, there will be his new work in which his body is traced onto cloth using bleach and his first videography work. Osanai will present her new poetry book, “You can see a lake from observatory made of jewels” which is written for this exhibition. The book will be available at the venue.
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![“(I see all but you)” Soh Souen and osanaihikari]()
“(I see all but you)” Soh Souen and osanaihikari
Dates
:- From January 15(sat) January 25(tue), 2022/11AM-8PM
Venue
:- GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS GINZA ATRIUM (GINZA SIX 6F, 6-10-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
“We will sea” Sara Milio and Soh Souen
A performance project and an archive exhibition, ‘We will sea’ by Sara Milio and Soh Souen will be held from November 26th to December 5th at Ulotamlo (Fukuoka).
This performance is performed by two people approximately 9,000 kilometers apart, communicating using web conferencing services such as zoom and Skype, and using projected body images next to physical bodies. It is an attempt to continue to confirm the "separation" and "sharing" between the two artists while involving phenomena such as "delay" that occurs in live web connection.
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“We will sea” Sara Milio and Soh Souen
Performance Dates
:- From November 26(Fri) to November 28(Sun), 2021 / Start at 7PM
Archive Exhibition Dates
:- From December 1(Fri) to December 5(Sun), 2021 / 12PM-7PM
Venue
:- Ulotamlo (1F, 3-17-13, Hirao, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka)
Ticket
:- Ticket : ¥2,500 (advanced ticket) ¥3,000 (same-day ticket) ¥1,000 (live streaming)
Reservation
:- Tickets at https://ulotamlo.com/wewillsea
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A solo exhibition “A Modest Scream”
A solo exhibition “A Modest Scream” will be held from November 21st to December 27th at “The Mass” in Shibuya, Tokyo. This will be the artist’s first exhibition since renewing the name from “Hajime Kuwazono” to “soh souen”. The exhibition will present “tie”, the portrait series souen has been working on since 2019. Also, his abstract pastel works from the series “etude” and “caress and hug”, as well as a three-dimensional installation titled “my body, your smell, and ours” are going to be presented.
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soh souen ‘A Modest Scream’
Dates
:- Saturday 21st November 2020 - Sunday 27th December 2020
Venue
:- The Mass (5-11-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) / http://themass.jp/ja/
Information
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The archive film
The archive film from the exhibition “ tie / soh souen ” in December 2019 has arrived from UNION SODA Fukuoka. The music is by naomi paris tokyo from “ jan and naomi ” who also performed at the reception. Please take a look to feel the atmosphere of this exhibition.
" tie / soh souen " 21.Dec - 27.Dec 2019 @ UNION SODA
music : naomi paris tokyo ( jan and naomi )
