ついたよ : Becoming by Making
Mar 14 — Apr 10, 2026
KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi is pleased to present ‘ついたよ : Becoming by Making’, a two-person exhibition by Kazuhito Kawai and Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka, from March 14 to April 10, 2026.
Known for ceramics marked by pop, dynamic colors and forms, Kawai works in dialogue with the plasticity of clay and the contingencies of firing. Through dyeing, printing, stitching, and layering, Hatanaka treats washi as a second skin, giving material form to embodied experience.
Both artists are scheduled to exhibit in Venice in May 2026: Kawai will take part in a group exhibition 'Ethnography of the Body and Material — Slowness and Depth in an Accelerated Society' curated by Yuji Akimoto, while Hatanaka will participate in 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh.
“ついたよ（Tsuitayo）” is an everyday phrase that carries both the feeling of “arriving somewhere” and the nuance of “setting off from here” with the person you are meeting. In this exhibition, the practices of these two artists—who have continuously transformed themselves through the ongoing acts of kneading clay, dyeing paper, and making—intersect at an open point that moves back and forth between arrival and departure.
ARTISTS
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Kazuhito Kawai & Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
VENUE
- URL
- https://kotaronukaga.com/
- 住所
- Piramide Bldg. 2F, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
- Tel
- 03-6721-1180
- 入館料
- 無料
- 備考
- 11:30 – 18:00（Tue – Sat） *Closed on Sun, Mon and National Holidays
NOTES
Kazuhito Kawai & Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
'ついたよ: Becoming by Making'
March 14 – April 10, 2026
11:30 – 18:00（Tue – Sat）
*Closed on Sun, Mon and Public Holidays
*Special Closure: March 21
Opening Reception: March 14, 2026 16:00 – 18:00
*Both artists will be present.
