Current Exhibition
Roppongi | Projects
Stories Within the Landscape
Yu Ichino, Aeri Park, Momoko Yamada
April 12 (Sat), - May 24 (Sat), 2025
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 12 pm - 7 pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and National holydays
GALLERY MoMo Projects is pleased to present the “Stories Within the Landscape” group exhibition from Saturday, April 12 to Saturday, May 24. This exhibition features three artists—Yu Ichino, Aeri Park, and Momoko Yamada—who employ various techniques such as printmaking and painting to depict works in which reality and memory, personal perspectives, and universal scenes intersect.
Through the memories and time embedded in each of their works and their unique personal viewpoints, Ichino presents landscapes of narratives where past and present intersect and unfold; Yamada offers narrative landscapes through the interplay of color and imagery; and Park expresses landscapes rooted in records and memories. Together, they provide viewers with an experience akin to weaving their own stories through these perspectives. We invite you to enjoy the exhibition.
Yu Ichino
Born in 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking Course, Tokyo Zokei University in 2014. Received the Collection Prize at the 37th Annual University Print Exhibition (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts) in 2012 and an Honorable Mention at the 10th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints in 2017.
While primarily working with lithographs, Ichino creates uniquely deep landscapes through layers of paper and acrylic boards. In recent years, he has also produced works that visualize the passage of time, drawing inspiration from old photographs and memories of his father. Delicate and poetic landscape works of this kind will be exhibited in the current show.
Aeri Park
Born in 1992 in Tokyo, raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Graduated in 2021 from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting, Printmaking Course. She will complete her master's degree in the Graduate School of Art and Design, Printmaking Course at the same university in 2025, and is currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Fine Arts at the Graduate School.
She received the Excellence Award at the 8th Yamamoto Kanae Print Grand Prize Exhibition in 2021 and the Loro Piana Award for Promising Female Artist at the 67th CWAJ Contemporary Print Exhibition in 2024. She will participate in the 4th PATinKyoto Kyoto Print Triennale 2025, opening on April 15.
Through copperplate printmaking, Park explores her roots, sublimating personal memories and experiences into artworks. In pieces featuring motifs such as her grandmother’s photos or childhood scenery, private memories are transformed into universal narratives through copperplate techniques. In this exhibition, unlike her past works, she presents pieces themed on more familiar landscapes. Her series, rendered in delicate etched lines and gradations, evokes memories unique to each viewer.
Momoko Yamada
Born in 1995. Graduated in 2021 from the Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Completed her master’s in 2023 in the Printmaking Program, Department of Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
She received the Excellence Award at the 45th Annual University Print Exhibition in 2020.
Using two distinct techniques—copperplate printmaking and cloisonné enamel—Yamada creates narrative expression through a long and layered process involving an interplay between images and words. Within her works, a unique set of rules constructed by color and form unfolds into a world different from reality. In this exhibition, she presents mainly paintings, offering viewers a chance to experience her original narrative universe.