Kurumi WakakiSakura de Familia

● Exhibition Overview

Dates: September 12 (Sat) – 27 (Sun), 2026 (Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Weekdays 13:00-19:00 / Weekends and Holidays 11:00-19:00

Using traditional printmaking techniques and expanding the act of creation itself—such as finding “print blocks” in everyday items and her own body—Wakagi has focused on the “cherry wood” (sakura) traditionally used in Japanese woodblock printing. Inspired by Spain’s uncompleted architectural masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, which is still under construction today, she conceived a vision where individual printed works are layered by people’s hands, gradually building one large mural over time.

In this exhibition, based on works printed by the people Wakagi met in Spain, the display will change its appearance little by little through interactions with the visitors. We hope you will join us as a participant in creating this exhibition.

PAO does not start as a completed gallery.
Just as the Sagrada Familia in Spain has been built over many years by the hands of countless people, PAO aims to be a place that is nurtured little by little through encounters with artists, dialogue with visitors, connections with the community, and the numerous expressions born here.

This opening exhibition, “Sakura de Familia,” is that very first step.
PAO begins its journey alongside the world of Kurumi Wakagi’s art, born from unique ideas and humor, and the endless pursuit of creation. How this place will grow and what kinds of expressions will accumulate.
Please come and witness the very beginning of it all.

Scheduled Artist Presence Dates

Currently being arranged. Please check this page, the gallery’s social media, or the artist’s social media for the latest information.

Kurumi Wakaki

Born in Hokkaido in 1985
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in Printmaking, in 2008
Received the Taro Okamoto Award in 2009

Although primarily focused on physical expression, such as drawing faces on her own shaved back of the head, she became deeply absorbed in printmaking following the COVID-19 pandemic.
She has shown remarkable success as a printmaking fanatic who prints indiscriminately, ranging from traditional ukiyo-e to unique miscellaneous prints using everyday goods from around her, as well as dynamic experimental printmaking that directly captures great nature such as forests and waves.

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