TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY is pleased to present Akiko Sumiyoshi’s solo exhibition “Re-Horizon and meandering”.

Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1981, Sumiyoshi started her artist activity in 2005 after graduating from Bunsei University of Art and has been creating her artworks with her full dedication until now.

Although the medium and expression method has changed, she has been still presenting a consistent view of the forest landscape inhabited with the animals with adorable faces, through her paintings, sculptures, and installations.

At the 2011 TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY solo exhibition, many viewers were fascinated by the installation that transformed the gallery space, focusing on sculptures of animals sleeping in a green hammock nest.

Behind the process of creating animals with soft and cute expressions, you can observe the stoic attitude of Sumiyoshi to her artworks. Due to her eagerness in studying the habits and physiques of animals from numerous materials and illustrated books we believe that new creatures full of vitality will be born in her artworks.

This exhibition, which will be announced for the first time in about 9 years at TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, will present paintings with traditional motifs using gold leaf and silver leaf as the background and large-scale two-fold and two-fold gold folding screen works at Main Gallery. Also, in the Viewing Room, you will see paintings and sculptures that have been produced in the past. By looking at Akiko Sumiyoshi’s past and present artworks, you will enjoy its peculiarity such as the appearance of the process of evolving while maintaining a consistent attitude.