Upcoming Move to New Location
This month, we’re excited to begin a new chapter as we move into a historic landmark building in Tribeca, New York. We can’t wait to welcome you to our new space when we grand open in March 2025 during Asia Week. Stay tuned for updates!
Until then, we will be open by appointment only until our grand opening in 2025, except from Dec 23, 2024 – Jan 1, 2025 when we will be closed for the holiday season.
For any inquiries or to schedule a visit, feel free to call us at +1 (212) 967-4899.
PAST RECENT FAIR
Design Miami
New Winds in Japanese Art & Design
December 3 – 8, 2024
Booth G35
Convention Center Drive & 19th Street, Miami Beach
Presenting at Design Miami for the third consecutive year, we introduce new interpretations and explorations of tradition which stir the air of Japanese contemporary design. 12 living artists working in natural materials, ceramic, lacquer, glass, photography, paint, wood, and works on paper alongside the late Italian glass master Laura de Santillana reimagine their mediums as objects of beautiful function, emphasizing the essence of nature. Revolving around the touch of the artist’s hand, these contemporary names creatively shift the boundaries of what natural mediums and traditional techniques can accomplish.
We warmly welcome you to our Booth G35 soon!
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RECENTLY CLOSED EXHIBITION
Ikuro Yagi: Grand Nature
October 10 – November 22, 2024
Opening reception with Artist: October 10, 6–8pm
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We are pleased to present the premier exhibition for Japanese painter Ikuro Yagi in the United States this fall. Spanning works from 1984 to 2009, this overseas debut showcases some of the greatest masterpieces created throughout his long career. More than 15 painted and collaged works on Japanese washi paper, wood panels, and canvas speak to a universal language of nature and city life in Japan through the visual medium of sumi ink and nihonga. The permeating theme of Yagi’s paintings is the unspoken healing effect of nature on the human soul; a gentle reminder that endless kindness is at the fingertips. The artist will travel to New York from Japan for an opening reception commemorating his first solo show in the U.S.
“Sumi ink is not simply carbon; infusion into the washi paper grants us a sense of holding a piece of nature. Perhaps it is the same sort of sensation as strolling amidst the trees.” Ikuro Yagi (b. 1955) maintains his innovative nihonga painting practice from his home in Shizuoka Prefecture where his roots have long been set. Mount Fuji resides in Shizuoka, and Yagi sees no barrier between man-made spaces and the grand presence of nature which he depicts so prominently. His education brought him to Paris following study under nihonga master Matazo Kayama at Tama Art University and western-style painter Koji Kinutani. The French influence invigorated his approach to nihonga styles, the medium through which he began to depict all sorts of material culture. His vivid paintings of sea creatures, flowers in bloom, and all other sorts of wilderness draw on decorative traditions that defined nihonga painting in the era of ornate interiors during the Edo period (1603-1868).
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About the Gallery
Ippodo Gallery is a cultural bridge to Japan’s living master artists. Founded in Tokyo (1996-), the New York gallery (2008-) presents fine handcrafted and rare works created using traditional materials and methods. Each piece selected embodies Japanese aesthetic sensitivity that is born of a spiritual bond with nature. Ippodo’s exhibition program features unique objects — fine ceramics, lacquerware, metal crafts, sculpture, paintings, and works on paper — that celebrate human invention, the natural world, and sublime beauty.
