9s Gallery is pleased to present "Softly Yours," a two-person exhibition by Karin Hosono and Aoi Kaneko from Friday, March 14, 2025 to Sunday, March 23, 2025.
Karin Hosono paints cats with a unique touch based on repeated observation, while Aoi Kaneko continues to create unique paintings using a variety of techniques and textures.
Artist Statement
Softly Yours - Softly Yours
What is something that "softly yours" to you?
An irreplaceable family member,
Cute pets,
A cute pet, a happy friend,
Special time,
A special time,
or what?
Just as the kindness we suddenly feel in our daily life has warmth,
Just as the warmth of the tenderness we suddenly feel in our everyday lives, the things that are important to us, no matter what form they take, gently deliver warmth and a sense of security to us.
Their expression is also gently here, with a quiet love that envelops us.
Karin Hosono's work is expressed through cats, which are an irreplaceable part of her life, while Aoi Kaneko's work is expressed through the beauty and warmth of cats.
Aoi Kaneko creates a nostalgic world in her own unique way, as if depicting some distant memory.
This is the season when we begin to hear the footsteps of spring.
Though it is still a little chilly,
We hope that the world they depict will warm your heart gently.
Exhibited Artist
Born in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2002, Karin Hosono is currently a student at Tama Art University, majoring in oil painting.
She has been consistently drawing cats since her childhood. With a unique touch based on repeated observation, she creates works that are "120% more cat-like than cats.
Her first solo exhibition, "arakawa" (9s Gallery by TRiCERA), sold out in September 2024, and in October 2024, she participated in her first overseas art fair at ART TAIPEI.
Born in 2003 in Shizuoka Prefecture.
As of 2025, she is currently a student at Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in oil painting.
She paints motifs obtained from her travels and daily insights using acrylics and oils on her unique painting surface, which is based on plaster or encaustic technique (a painting technique established in ancient Greece around the 5th century B.C. that uses beeswax as the main ingredient, which is then melted with heat). Her work skillfully interweaves influences from the dignified aspects of modern Japanese painting and the techniques and patterns of classical art with contemporary elements and her own experiences and memories.
All exhibited works are sold by lottery.
All works exhibited in this exhibition will be sold by lottery.
Applications will be accepted until March 23, 2025 at 19:00.
You can apply for the lottery by clicking on the artworks page in the list of artworks below.
Exhibition Outline
Dates: Friday, March 14, 2025 to Sunday, March 23, 2025
Opening hours: 12:00-19:00
*Hours of opening are different due to the event.
*3/14(Fri.) 11:00-22:00
*3/15(Sat), 3/16(Sun) 11:00-20:00
*3/18(Tue) - 3/23(Sun) 12:00-19:00
Closed: Monday, March 17, 2025
The Wall 3F, 4-2-4 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Walking distance from Roppongi and Hiroo Stations on the Hibiya Subway Line and from Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Line
10 min. walk from Nogizaka Sta. on Chiyoda Line
☎03-5422-8370
Admission free
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