Next week I will be in a group show at the Gallery Camellia in the Okuno Building in Ginza, February 20-25. Here is a little map that is written on the postcards for the show. It is basically around the corner from the UDC furniture store and Shanghai Joe’s restaurant. The gallery’s hours are made for people like me who do not do mornings. I am hoping to be there every day but I have to leave around 5:00 on Friday.

Warning! The gallery closes at 5:00 on Sunday, the last day.

Nana Masuda is the curator for the show. She chose Image as the title, Black (黒) as the theme, and used her art on the promotional material.  Most of the artists do not use much black in their work and in fact use lots of colour, so it will be interesting to see how people interpret Masuda’s selected theme. I immediately thought of an old etching I did called, Willowy Darkness. For me black=darkness under the tree.

Here are the other artists and their profiles (in Japanese). I wonder what they will make…

Meguri Ichida is a lacquer artist from Kyoto but she surprisingly studied lacquer in Hiroshima and Ishikawa instead. She loves lacquering gourds but also makes brooches and other accessories.

Another one of the artists calls herself acubi.xxx. In Japan it is not unusual for artists to use a pseudonym. She is a photographer born and raised in Tokyo. She currently has a photography show called, Kizu, with photogapher Tetsuya Fukui. The show ends February 18.

This is my blurb in Japanese in case you were wondering. I have also started a Facebook page, Instagram page, and Twitter.

Fumie  works in a variety of media, especially ceramics. Her work is also available at Fabrica, a shop in Ebisu.

Mima Kanokogi is another artist from Hiroshima who works in a variety of media. Her cat creations can be seen throughout Tokyo in February.

Enoch makes various items out of stained glass.

Sho specializes in wood burning.

Gallery Camellia is a cozy place in a fascinating building. The Okuno Bldg is filled with small galleries, antique shops, and interesting places. The elevator is quite old, and the door must be opened and closed manually. If somebody has pushed a button for a floor already and it is different than the floor  you wanted to go to, you have to wait to push the button for the floor you want. Yes, that’s right. The elevator can only be programmed for one floor at a time. You can truly spend all afternoon exploring various nooks and crannies.

Hope to see you there!