【1st March – 18th March 2019】 PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 28th February 18:00-20:00 RSVP via EVENTBRITE ARTIST TALK + Demonstration: Saturday 9th March at 15:00 The theme of this exhibition is Now and Then, Here and Now. The Sway Gallery London is proud to present a carefully curated selection of artworks by the Japanese artist and calligrapher, Rie Takeda, taken from her Painted Poems series. Painted Poems radiates with an embrace of a unified harmony, striving to create a natsukashii feeling, a warm nostalgia paired with the momentum of here and now. The original poems pour into the calligraphic design compositions, flowing with the rich colours, patterns and the atmospheric spirit. … Read More

【14th – 25th February 2019】 PRIVATE VIEW: Wednesday 13th February 18:00 – 20:00 ARTIST TALK: Saturday 23rd February 15:00 – 16:00 The Sway Gallery London is pleased to announce Innervisions, an exhibition by Akiko Ban, a Japanese interdisciplinary artist based in London. This exhibition presents Ban’s latest sculptures and drawings that explore to establish a primal, naturalistic and spiritual vista of the inner world of her creation. Her artistic practice seeks to give lives to materials, generating individual bodies which she believes have their own existence. These ritual objects and environments were inspired by contemporary culture, music, fashion and her own daily experiences. She presents art work as a means … Read More

【11th – 29th January 2019】 PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 10th January 18:00 – 20:00 (RSVP) MATTHEW PHINN X TRAVELER’S COMPANY Traveler’s Company workshop event in collaboration with the London-based watercolour artist Matthew Phinn DATE: Saturday, 19th January, 12:00-18:00 This exhibition is a collection of watercolour paintings celebrating the diversity and beauty of Japanese landscape. Matthew integrates Japanese brushwork and aesthetics with a traditional English water colour technique. Artist profile Matthew was born in Yorkshire and studied Fine Art at the University of Leeds and the University of California. He went on to spend six years as an artist in residence in Japan and Bermuda. Matthew has exhibited with The Royal Society of Marine … Read More

【12th – 22th December 2018】 PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 13 December  18:00 – 20:00 (RSVP) Following the great success of ‘The Pets You Love’ by illustrator So Fujii, the Sway Gallery London is delighted to announce the opening of ‘I’m with you’, an exhibition where So Fujii teamed up with Tokyo-based icing artist Natsuki Tsukagoshi to deliver a new view of ‘The Pets You Love’, using different materials, yet following the same theme. This exhibition is divided into two parts The first part has Pets as the main theme. The two Japanese artists gathered pictures of pets on different social media, and they worked on a unique project, creating two portraits … Read More

【3rd – 7th December 2018】 LATE OPENING: Thursday 6th December 11:00 – 20:00 (RSVP https://bit.ly/2Rw6Igi) Noriyuki Misawa will be attending. Noriyuki Misawa is one of a new generation of bespoke luxury shoemakers from Japan. Tokyo based, his shoes are favoured by an international clientele, including the likes of Spike Lee and Park Chan Wook. Noriyuki Misawa has also become a selected shoe-maker for the Japanese Imperial Household: an extremely rare honour for someone so young. In addition to custom wearable shoes, Noriyuki Misawa also makes non-wearables, such as avant-garde, sculptural pieces. “I was largely captivated by the functional ‘formative beauty’ rather than the utility of shoes. I strive to continuously evolve … Read More

【26-30 November 2018】 A group exhibition of unique and creative Japanese artists, curated by Artrates Mon-Fri → 11:00-19:00 Late Opening Thu 29 Nov → 11:00-20:00 (RSVP, Drink will be served from 17:00) PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: ● Maki NOHARA (Oil Painting) ● Sei Amei (Watercolour) ● Fumi Yamamoto (Mixed Media Painting) ● chizuko matsukawa (Embroidery Illustration) ● Naho Katayama (Paper Cut Works) ● Yuki Minato (Japanese Ink Painting) ● noco (Mixed Media Painting) ● Nobutaka UEDA (Japanese Ink Painting) ● Harumi Yukawa (Watercolour) ● Kaoruko Negishi (Acrylic Painting) ● IWACO (Doll Maker) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eleven Japanese up-and-coming artists, art majors as well as self-taught creators, have gathered to captivate the viewers with their … Read More