Artists
Artists of the exhibition MEGURU: Satoshi Hoshi, Junichi Oboshi, Yuto Yamada, and Yasuhiro Cúze.
Junichi Oboshi (Abstract Painting / Layering Techniques): Junichi Oboshi, who from 2002 to 2007 lived and created as the first Japanese artist-in-residence at Kunsthaus Tacheles, works with acrylic paint, hand-torn Washi tape, and transparent film. Through the meticulous, repetitive layering of these materials, he crafts works infused with depth and stillness. In his creations for MEGURU, strata
Meguru evokes the everlasting cycle of the four seasons—an unending dance of dissolution and rebirth
of color and Washi fragments condense into visual layers of memory—until, unexpectedly within the process, the arrival of spring becomes palpable. Satoshi Hoshi (Painting): For Satoshi Hoshi, who has lived and worked in Berlin for over two decades (1st Prize, City of Weilburg Art Award 2019; 2nd Prize, Hamburg Painting Biennale 2022), the seasons are not mere decorative motifs, but a poignant reminder of the beauty found in transience. His painting builds a bridge between his two worlds—Japan and Berlin—offering an unromanticized gaze at existence: embracing all its fractures, its quietude, and its unexpected wonder. Yasuhiro Cúze (Ceramics / Sculpture): For this exhibition, Cúze has fashioned formal studies and artifacts that evoke relics from a culture yet to exist. He merges traditional Japanese ceramic techniques with everyday observations from Berlin, as well as formal idioms from Mexico, Morocco, and the Caribbean. Into the clay, his hybrid objects fire a speculative past—one that will only be completed by the "archaeologists of the future," while awakening subtle seasonal resonance within the context of the show. Yuto Yamada (Photography): Hailing from Tokyo and now based in Berlin, photographer and Adobe Lightroom Ambassador Yuto Yamada is renowned for his evocative photo books (Silent World, JAPANISM, JAPAN). Following creative periods in Tokyo and New York, Yamada’s photographic works capture fleeting moments of stillness, spatial depth, and atmospheric light—rendering the evolution of our environment and the shifting of the seasons visually striking and deeply palpable.
