JAPANISM 2025 -1st  NYC Opening Party (Japanese Contemporary Artists Team)

Get ready to experience the vibrant world of Japanese contemporary art at the JAPANISM 2025 - 1st NYC Opening Party!

Noho M55 Gallery

<h3>JAPANISM Exhibition 2025</h3><h3>73 Artists, 120 Works, Now in Chelsea, New York</h3><h3> </h3>Don't miss your opportunity to check out unique artworks by Japanese artists.<h4>1st Opening Party: Jul 17 (Thurs), 5:30 pm-7:30 pm</h4>This July in Chelsea, you're invited to witness a powerful emergence. The Japanese Contemporary Artists Team (JCAT) presents a rare and moving exhibition that brings together 73 artists from across Japan and beyond—each offering a raw and personal vision of contemporary Japanese expression under the theme “JAPANISM.” Spanning three weeks and three unique lineups (Team A, B, and C), the exhibition showcases 120 works ranging from calligraphy and mixed media to deeply introspective paintings. The artists hail from Aomori to Okinawa in Japan, and several from abroad—each voice distinct, yet unified in sincerity. <h4>Exhibition dates (First week / Artist Team A): Jul 15 (Tue) - Jul 19 (Sat), 12 pm-6 pm</h4><h4>Venue: NOHO M55 GALLERY, 548 W 28 STREET, SUITE 634, NEW YORK, NY 10001</h4>🌟Free Original Postcard Set for the First 30 Visitors Each Opening Party!🌟 Can’t make it on the 17th?Join our other free parties—July 24 or July 31 (same time, same place).<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/japanism-2025-2nd-nyc-opening-party-japanese-contemporary-artists-team-tickets-1482034849129?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl" title="">2nd Opening Party on July 24</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/japanism-2025-3rd-nyc-opening-party-japanese-contemporary-artists-team-tickets-1485141360789" title="">3rd Opening Party on July 31</a> <h3>Unseen. Unfiltered. Unforgettable.</h3><h3>Discover the talent the world has yet to see.</h3> 🔻Press Release🔻<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiqH0R9Dcdl63fH7YExIIFCKJwxrDeVJ/view?usp=sharing" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiqH0R9Dcdl63fH7YExIIFCKJwxrDeVJ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT JAPANISM 2025 Press Release</a> 🔻More information about JCAT🔻<a href="https://www.jcatny.com/" title="https://www.jcatny.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT</a> | <a href="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-ny-2025" title="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-ny-2025" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT JAPANISM 2025 Exhibition</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jcat_ny/" title="https://www.instagram.com/jcat_ny/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jcatny8185/" title="https://www.youtube.com/@jcatny8185/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youtube</a> |

<h3>takayuki.o</h3><h3>The Erased Answer</h3>2025 / ed. 1/50 / 20 × 20 × 0.98 inch / museum-quality giclée print$1000 / with frame

<h3>Yuzulemon</h3><h3>Right and Left</h3>2025 / 3 × 3 × 0.59 inch / japanese plaster, canvas, acrylic paint$300 / without frame

<h3>Takashi HATTORI</h3><h3>White Sand</h3>2025 / 16 × 20 × 0.7 inch / mixed media on canvas$250 / without frame

<h3>Reiko KAMBARA/Atelier Rhus et</h3><h3>Guided by Chronos</h3>2024 / 7 × 9 × 1.18 inch wooden panel, natural urushi lacquer, charcoal powder, paper, jewel beetle wing, flour, tin powder, stainless steel hanging bracket, waxed cotton string$700 / without frame

<h3>Alive again (RAKURA)</h3><h3>iCloudy Crowd</h3>2024 / 30 × 24 × 0.98 inch / canvas$5300 / without frame

<a href="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-featured-artists" title="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-featured-artists" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT Featured ARTISTS</a><h3>TEAM A: Ryo.S</h3>These works explore movement and emotion born within physical limitation.Rendered solely in pencil, the monochrome world may appear silent, yet carries inner speed and temperature.Acts such as flying, swimming, and resisting recur—symbols of unheard voices and unspoken wishes.Because the body cannot move freely, the will to advance is poured onto paper.Drawing is not merely a technique, but a way to carve the contours of existence.Centered around the hanging scroll piece Life to Dream, the series unfolds a quiet yet persistent will.

<h3>1st Opening Party: Jul 17 (Thurs), 5:30 pm-7:30 pm</h3><h3>In the Opening Party, discover the raw beauty of Japanese expression with a special live performance by Ryo.S—an artist who paints with a pencil held between his lips. Then, welcoming a legendary pioneer, SEIKOU, a 102-Year-Old Calligrapher who shaped JAPANISM, sharing a timeless vision for the future of JAPANISM.</h3><h3>\\ ☆LIVE DRAWING ☆//</h3>Performance by Ryo.S<h4>Piano accompaniment by Ariana Dominique Dellosa（Pianist / Based in NJ)</h4>Our featured artist, Ryo.S, was born with severe cerebral palsy and has very limited mobility in his arms and legs. Speech is also a challenge. And yet, for over 20 years, he has painted by holding a pencil between his lips, carefully moving it across canvases laid out on the floor. For him, art is not just about technique—it’s about how deeply a work can move the human heart. This New York exhibition will showcase 10 of his works, including a selection of new pieces and his debut collection with JCAT. Audiences will also have the rare chance to witness his passion firsthand in a special live performance.

<h3>\\ ☆ GUEST ARTIST scheduled to attend ☆//</h3>SEIKOU , a 102-Year-Old Calligrapher bridging Japan and the U.S. through beauty and sensibility. Met education program participant. Based in New York.For nearly 50 years, SEIKOU has continued to share Japanese culture in New York. In 1996, she participated in an educational project at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offering workshops on calligraphy-based teaching methods.To this day, she continues to teach “Sho”, which she sees not just as technique, but as a way to express breath, thought, and the spirit of art—with a clear, honest heart.

🔻Press Release🔻<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiqH0R9Dcdl63fH7YExIIFCKJwxrDeVJ/view?usp=sharing" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiqH0R9Dcdl63fH7YExIIFCKJwxrDeVJ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT JAPANISM 2025 Press Release</a>🔻More information about JCAT🔻<a href="https://www.jcatny.com/" title="https://www.jcatny.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT</a> | <a href="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-ny-2025" title="https://www.jcatny.com/japanism-ny-2025" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JCAT JAPANISM 2025 Exhibition</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jcat_ny/" title="https://www.instagram.com/jcat_ny/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jcatny8185/" title="https://www.youtube.com/@jcatny8185/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youtube</a> |

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