“Worlding – No Oars, No Shore” will be held from June 12th (Friday).

A group exhibition by Akiko Ueda, Gentaro Ishizuka, and Keita Morimoto.

The Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will host a group exhibition titled "Worlding – No Oars, No Shore," featuring works by Akiko Ueda, Gentaro Ishizuka, and Keita Morimoto, from June 12th (Fri) to July 5th (Sun), 2026.

This exhibition begins with the question, "How does the world come into being?" and features Akiko Ueda, Gentaro Ishizuka, and Keita Morimoto, each approaching the subject through different methods. Ueda depicts the process of images emerging and then crumbling, and the moment events are born, through changes in color and form. Ishizuka, using photographic expression as a starting point, expands on the handling of light and materials to present a sense of overlapping time and space. Morimoto, referencing classical painting, depicts everyday urban landscapes, using "light" as a clue to superimpose contemporary reality with historical depth, and questions the nature of seeing and perception.

In the exhibition space, three worlds with different characteristics are juxtaposed without being connected to each other, but by experiencing them simultaneously, new relationships and perspectives emerge within the viewer.

A single string sways, spreading out like a wave, and as it folds and overlaps, countless folds are created, and a different world appears at each fold.

This exhibition focuses on these trends, showcasing the ever-changing and fluctuating nature of the world.

|| Exhibition Overview ||

Title: Akiko Ueda, Gentaro Ishizuka, Keita Morimoto "Worlding – No Oars, No Shore"
Exhibition Period: June 12 (Fri) – July 5 (Sun), 2026 *Open every day during the exhibition period. Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (Last entry at 18:30)
Admission: Free Venue: Pola Museum Annex (3rd Floor, Pola Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061)
Official website : http://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/
*Please note that the content may change due to various circumstances. Please check the gallery's website for the latest information before visiting.
Organizer: POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS, Inc. Cooperation: KOTARO NUKAGA

|| Author Profile ||

Akiko Ueda

Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1983. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Art and Design in 2006. Completed a Master's program in Painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Brussels in 2020 and a Master's program in Lithography at the same university in 2023. Ueda does not view painting merely as a means of reproduction or representation, but rather as a means of expressing the process, the moment, or the course of events as something changes and transforms. Her attempts to fix the continuity of time, movement, and events within a static image, as seen in her early works, have recently developed into an interplay between déjà vu and déjà vu, incorporating unpredictable changes and improvisation. Akiko Ueda's work has attracted attention from an early stage, winning the Tamayo Iemura Jury Prize at the Shell Art Award Exhibition in 2009 and the Ohara Museum of Art Award at the VOCA Exhibition in 2011. In 2018, she studied in Belgium as an overseas research fellow of the Pola Art Foundation, and since then has expanded her activities both domestically and internationally, including solo exhibitions in Belgium and Shanghai.

Gentaro Ishizuka

Born in Tokyo in 1977, she received the Japan Photographic Society Newcomer Award in 2004 and was subsequently selected as an Overseas Artist Exchange Fellow by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2011. In her early works, she employed a method that traversed documentary and art, and her culminating photobook, "PIPELINE ICELAND / ALASKA" (published by Kodansha), won the Higashikawa New Photographer Award in 2014. In 2016, she won the Grand Prix at the Steidl Book Award Japan, and her photobook "GOLD RUSHALASKA" was published by Steidl in Germany. In 2019, her installation at the "Syncopation: Masters of the Century and Contemporary Art" exhibition held at the Pola Museum of Art, which was arranged to compare modern paintings by artists such as Cézanne and Magritte, attracted considerable attention. In recent years, he has been attempting to reinterpret the spatiality of photographic expression in the age of social media, where photography tends to be limited to simple information, by creating three-dimensional works using photographic paper exposed in a darkroom, and mosaic-like works woven with multiple layers of photographic paper. In 2022, he participated in the "Latent Landscape" exhibition at Arts Maebashi and the "DOMANI: Tomorrow Exhibition 2022-23" held at the National Art Center, Tokyo. In 2024, he held a solo exhibition "Gold Rush Alaska" at KOTARO NUKAGA (Tennozu).

Keita Morimoto

Born in Osaka in 1990, Morimoto moved to Canada in 2006 and graduated from the University of the Arts in Ontario (now OCAD) in 2012. After working in Canada, she returned to Japan in 2021 and is currently based in Tokyo. With a strong interest in and study of Baroque painting, early 20th-century American realism, and the techniques and themes of classical genre painting, Morimoto references these traditions to transform ordinary scenes of modern urban life into special narratives. By symbolically depicting "light," she fuses its sacred and universal nature with the harsh realities of consumer culture, creating works in which the depth of history and the complexity of modernity resonate. In 2025, she held a solo exhibition "what has escaped us" at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada, K11 MUSEA, Horyu Museum of Art, Art Gallery of Peterborough, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, among others. Other collections include those of the Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art, Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, Arts Maebashi, High Museum of Art (USA), Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo (Italy), and the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (USA).

[From the Pola Museum Annex press release ]

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