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UNKNOWN ASIA, a unique international art fair from Osaka organized by digmeout, FM802, FM COCOLO, etc., will be held again this year. 300 creators selected from Japan and abroad will exhibit their works at Grand Front Osaka. The exhibition will be moved to Grand Front Osaka for the fifth year. Business matching by a total of 200 judges and reviewers will also be a major feature of this year's event.
Design, photography, fashion, illustration, performance, and more. We invite you to experience a stimulating site of exchange among creators from different genres and countries.

UNKNOWN ASIA" creates opportunities for Asian creators to work beyond their national borders.
We support people who believe in their own creativity, compete, discuss, and recognize each other.
UNKNOWN ASIA" is a place that connects creators whose creativity and passion easily transcend the seas with those who have high expectations for them.
The spirit of "Asia is One," as Okakura Tenshin once advocated, is now here.
Unknown creators, each working toward the realization of their dreams.
UNKNOWN ASIA cordially welcomes all the like-minded people who gather at this fair.

Exhibitor entries for UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2019 will be accepted from 12:00 pm on Friday, January 25.
For more information on the exhibit outline and how to enter, please visit the Exhibit Entry Outline page.
https://unknownasia.net/artist/entry.php

2019.5/3 Fri. - 5/16 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

5/4 Sat.
Opening Reception 18:00-
Gallery Talk 19:00- Interviewer:Taniguchi Yoshihiro（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Tsukue Akimoto.
Akimoto Tsukue has attracted attention at UNKNOWN ASIA with his strange, derealized, stateless, and overwhelming presence, and has expanded to other Asian countries. We hope you will enjoy his triumphant return to the exhibition with tremendous support.
During the exhibition, a zine-making workshop by the artist is also scheduled.

[Artist's Statement]
Strange, Bizarre, Kitsch, Mondo, Cheap. I hope to create something with an indescribable atmosphere that these adjectives do not suffice to describe.
The feeling of dizziness when you see a sign in a foreign travel town that you can't read as if it were a sign. Daily necessities with an unbelievable sense of color. The texture and taste of something sweet or spicy or whatever. A novel and fascinating smell that you have never smelled before.
There is a pleasure in travel in the unknown and the unknowable.
I would be happy if you could enjoy the mixed atmosphere of the objects with such a traveling mood.

[ZINE making workshop]
Printed materials and clippings collected in various countries come to DMOARTS from the workshop of Akimoto Tsukue!
Why not create your own wonder book, just the way you like it?
No rules, just use your creativity and have fun!
May 3 - May 7, 2019 Writers in the gallery, paid as they go
Participation fee 1,500 yen (tax not included)

[Profole]
Tsukue Akimoto
Illustrator and cartoonist.
Strongly influenced by Asian and foreign cultures, he pursues strange exoticism and recreates the excitement of international travel.
In recent years, he has exhibited at art book fairs in Seoul and Taipei, and held solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Taipei, expanding the scope of his activities in Japan and abroad.TIS member. He plans to exhibit at a solo show in Taipei and an art event in Shanghai by the end of the year.

[Major Awards]
2018 TIS（Tokyo Illustrators Society）Public Offering Bronze Prize / Keiji Ito Grand Prize
2017　「UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange OSAKA」
　　　　Jury / Benny Au Award (Hong Kong), Eric Zhu Award (Shenzhen)　
　　　　Reviewer's Prize/ Otani Tokimasa Prize, Kobuki Takafumi Prize, Kuboyama Yoko Prize
2012　Almost Daily Itoi Newspaper" won the Grand Prix of the "2nd Almost Daily Manga Grand Prix" and the "Almost Daily Manga Grand Prix".
　　　　Since 2013, he has been writing "The Big One and the Small One" on "Almost Nikkan Itoi Shinbun".
　　　　　
[Selected Solo Exhibitions]
2019　Exhibition "PAPER WORKS" THE Blank GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo
2018　Solo exhibition "Bizzare Souvenir" at diida ART BOX, Taipei.
Solo exhibition "Exotic Bazaar" curated by Eric Zhu, OCT Loft, Shenzhen
Solo exhibition "Strange Market" PMQ, Hong Kong, curated by Benny Au
Two-person exhibition "JAMAIS VIU / FUJIO KITO + AKIMOTOJI" idyllic urban life style bookstore (Taipei)
ART GROUND 03" (Bangkok) curated by Jam Factory
Exhibition "PAPER WORKS" THE Blank GALLERY, Harajuku, Tokyo
2017 Solo exhibition "Tsukue Akimoto Exhibition," DEER BOOK SHOP, Seoul
2014 Solo exhibition "Drawing Uncle" FORT by PORT (Ikenoue)
akimototsukue.com

UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2019 will start its linked development in Nakazaki-cho.

UNKNOWN ASIA, an international art fair originating from Osaka and celebrating its 5th anniversary this year, will hold a collaborative event with ONE O Corporation, which handles brand PR and fashion events, in Nakazaki-cho on Friday, April 27.
The project that will start in April is called "THE STORIES. The name was chosen to reflect the idea of making Nakazaki-cho more interesting with art and ideas from the three floors (stories).

■ THE STORIES First project　THE STORIES of UNKNOWN ASIA　■
An omnibus exhibition of works by more than 20 creators who have exhibited at "UNKNOWN ASIA," which marks its 5th anniversary this year. The entire floor of "THE STORIES" will be used for the exhibition and sale of artworks and goods. For a special 10 days, participating creators will take turns to be in the gallery during the period!

＜Scheduled Participating Creators＞
Ainwoods、Tsukue Akimoto、Tatsuya Inoue、Koichiro Kashima、Keeenue、Hanako Kimura、Lulu Kono、Yoshitaka Goto、Hajime Sakurai、Aya Shimohara、Hiroaki Seto、Daisaku Tanimoto、chiaki kohara、Sou Tsujimoto、Towmeiline 、Neko Rinna、Hirarius Jason Pratana、Kaoru Fujiwara、manamu、Rocket jack、Rumie Yamaguchi、yoridono Plans for the rest of the year.

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THE STORIES" unveiling party
Saturday, April 27, 17:00～
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This is a reception to celebrate the opening of THE STORIES and the exhibition.
This is an opportunity to interact with artists exhibiting at the Omnibus Exhibition and to meet creators active in Osaka and other cities. Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy THE STORIES!

Address: NAKAZAKI O HIGHTS, 1-7-13 Nakazakinishi, Kita-ku, Osaka City
MAP 　https://goo.gl/maps/yDiohur3Jm72

Period: April 27, 2019 (Sat) - May 6, 2019 (National Holiday)
Business hours: 12:00-19:00 (*Open every day during GW)
Access: 3 min. walk from "Nakazakicho" station on Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line

We will hold a chick version of the Animal Pompon workshop that was so popular last year.

This is the first workshop in Kansai to be held using the trikotri KIT chick.
Why don't you enjoy a relaxing craft time at the end of Golden Week?
Let's make your own one-of-a-kind, adorable chick-pon-pon in the world.




"Let's Make Chick-Pom-Poms!"

Date 5/6 (Monday, national holiday)
Time　①10:30～13:00 ②14:30〜17:00
Two sessions (about 2 hours and 30 minutes)

Participation fee ¥3,500-(tax not included)
Kit fee (1 trikotri KIT chick, pompon maker, felt needle) included
Capacity: 10 people per session (children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian as they will be using scissors, etc.)

*Other tools, such as scissors, are available for loan.
*This workshop invites lecturers from Yokota Co.
*Only one chick can be made.

Reservations
Mail　onlineshop@dmoarts.com
TEL　0664508187
Also available at DMOARTS stores



trikotri/Tsubasa Kuroda

Born in 1981 in Shizuoka, Japan.
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Painting.
Since childhood, she has enjoyed drawing and making things. She cuts out shapes from "pompons" made of various colors of yarn, and combines them with needle felting techniques to create works with motifs of animals and everyday objects.
http://trikotri.com/



DARUMA Yokota Corporation

Founded in 1901 by Chozaemon Yokota with the aim of producing the world's highest quality sewing thread.
Dharma yarns are safe to use. We produce yarns so that our customers can feel "Dharma threads are safe to use.
He believes in quality, saying, "Price is temporary, quality is eternal," and thinks from the customer's perspective.

Times have changed, and thread has gone from being an indispensable tool for sewing in daily life to something that gives us joy and pleasure in making things with our hands.
Each employee continues to take on the challenge of creating products and services that will delight customers while demonstrating their individuality.

http://www.daruma-ito.co.jp/

2019.4/19 Fri. - 5/2 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party 4/20 Sat. 18:00-
Gallery Talk 4/20 Sat. 19:00- Interviewer: Ryo Takahashi（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS will hold a solo exhibition of Saki Matsumura for the second time in a year.
Matsumura is a painter who attempts to visualize abstract concepts. The white lines that appear in many of his works are actually blank spaces on which nothing is drawn. By depicting the surrounding shapes and colors, Matsumura expresses the human act of reading information from signs that are never concretely verbalized, as well as the space between the lines.
The works presented in this year's exhibition show a richer and more colorful expression compared to last year's exhibition. Through various exhibitions and commissioned work, the artist has evolved from the rigid world of monochrome to a unique and playful depiction.

The title "The eyes: they see" is made up of two words in an anagram relationship.
Like letters whose meanings can be changed by rearranging them, Matsumura's questions about visible phenomena and his insatiable search for the unseen are sure to be enjoyed by all.

[PROFILE] Saki Matsumura
1993 年 Born in Nagano Prefecture
2017 年 M.F.A. in Painting, Kyoto University of Art and Design
https://dmoarts.com/artists/saki-matsumura/

solo exhibition
2016 at THE TERMINAL KYOTO (THE TERMINAL KYOTO・Kyoto)
2017 Over and over again(sundaycafe・Tokyo)
2018 SEEING THINGS（DMOARTS・Osaka）
Awards
2014 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition, Incentive Award
Turner Acrylic Gouache Biennial 2017, Honorable Mention
Selected, Tokyo Wonder Seed 2017
Publications, etc.
2018 ARTBOOK「 SakiMatsumura」Published by DMOARTS
2018 JALX ART+WINE PROGRAM Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Label Artist

Alternative Texture is a fashion brand that sensuously captures the urban present with the concept of "[ALTERNATIVE] another [TEXTURE] sense of material.
DMOARTS will hold the first order event for dried flower bags, which have become popular mainly on social networking sites for their fleeting yet gorgeous visuals and continue to be difficult to obtain.

You can choose a base color from white, natural, or silver, and order your choice of dried flowers like a Viking.
The designer will be at the gallery on the day of the event to listen to your requests. Please take this opportunity to get your very own dried flower bag.

Date: Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, 2019, 12-6pm

Limited to 15 pieces
Price: 10,260 yen (tax included)
Pick up at DMOARTS from Wednesday, May 1

※Shipping
We accept payment on delivery.
We will deliver them sequentially from May 8 (Wed.) onward.

Contact Us：
DMOARTS
MAIL onlineshop@dmoarts.com
TEL 06-6450-8187

NAOTO KITA × MAUMEE Brass Collection POPUP
2019. 3. 23 Sat. - 2019. 4. 4 Thu.

We are pleased to present a brass - brass collection pop-up by two creators with unique expressions.
Naoto Kita creates objects and brooches that stir the imagination in a "weird" and allegorical way.
MAUMEE will present new accessories with the theme of "flapping wings" and the image of a bird taking flight in the blue spring sky.
Please enjoy the world of brass with its rustic texture and warmth.

NAOTO KITA
With the goal of creating rhythmic three-dimensional illustrations
He produces and presents three-dimensional works, products and accessories in brass and various other metals.
https://kitanao1115.wixsite.com/naoto-kita
https://instagram.com/naoto.kita/

MAUMEE
A brand by Mayumi Shouda, who creates jewelry using brass and silver as materials.
It is characterized by a humorous style that expresses the flow of fantasy as it arrives.
Each piece is handmade, so they are all one-of-a-kind with slightly different expressions and patterns.
Completed Itami College of Jewelry in 2015; Selected for the Itami International Craft Exhibition (2014-2017).
mayumi-shohda.strikingly.com
http://instagram.com/mayumi_shohda

Inori Kito x Alternative Texture collaboration dried flower bag
Released at DMOARTS on Friday, March 8 to coincide with Inori Kito's solo exhibition!

Inori Kito, a painter who fascinates people with his contemporary paintings using Japanese painting techniques and motifs of dwarfs and strawberries, and Alternative Texture, a young brand popular for its gorgeous and bold plastic bags with dried flowers sealed inside, have collaborated!
The flower depicted with the dwarfs in the painting, "Sennichiben", is also decorated on the bag's handle as a dried flower.
Enjoy the unique designs produced by DMOARTS and available nowhere else.

Retail price: 12,960 yen (tax included)
White/Beige
*There is a limit to the number available.
*The texture of silkscreen prints and dried flowers vary from piece to piece.

For mail order inquiries, click here.：
DMOARTS
MAIL onlineshop@dmoarts.com
TEL 06-6450-8187



Inori Kito Solo Exhibition "Bloom"
March 8 - March 22
For more information


ALTERNATIVE TEXTURE |
A new brand by product designer Kousuke Shimada and clothing designer Mako Kawamura based on the concept of "[ALTERNATIVE] another [TEXTURE] sense of materiality".
www.alternativetexture.com
www.instagram.com/Alternative_texture/

2019.4/5 Fri. - 4/18 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party 4/6 Sat. 18:00-
Gallery Talk 4/6 Sat. 19:00- Interviewer:Yoshihiro Taniguchi（DMOARTS）

A thinly painted monochrome world where reality and fantasy mingle.
With as few touches as possible, the artist weaves a sense of atmosphere and creates a single story.
The scenery is fantastical, similar to the sensation of creating a diorama.

[PROFILE]
Born in 1988 and currently resides in Nara Prefecture.
She creates monochrome watercolor paintings on the theme of "the beauty of life and the beauty of simply being here, despite the sadness, loneliness, and transience we feel every day. She is active in solo exhibitions, public exhibitions, and events mainly in the Kansai region.
https://digmeout.net/artists/junya-inoue/

> Click here to read the interview

2019.3/23 Fri. - 4/4 Fri.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party
3/23 Sat. 18:00-

Gallery Talk
3/23 Sat. 19:00-
Interviewer:Yoshihiro Taniguchi（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS is pleased to present "My Odd Friends," the first solo exhibition of Emi Suzuki at DMOARTS.
Suzuki has a wild yet sophisticated style, depicting animals and scenes in simple forms on handmade paper that retains a natural texture.
His poetic expressions, in which the temperature of living creatures' bodies and even the smell of wild flowers and grasses can be felt, have been accepted, and he has been active mainly in solo exhibitions, including collaborations with fashion brands.
In this exhibition, we will present works inspired by the stories in our imagination. We look forward to your visit.

Artist’s statement

The theme of this exhibition is "strange imaginary friends" and I drew funny creatures.
Here are some of my friends in my head, a little strange but not hateful.
For the first time, ceramic works are also available. The earthenware painted on the porcelain
You will feel the power of the work, which is different from that of two-dimensional works.


[Profile]
Emi Suzuki
Painter
Lives in Kanagawa Prefecture
1984 Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
2005 Graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design Junior College

web : www.szkie.com
Instagram：@suzukie_mi

[Main Exhibits]
2019 Solo exhibition "quiets", HASE, Nagoya, Japan
2018 Solo exhibition "fables" at LISETTE, Kamakura and Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Solo exhibition "Tak" at Gallery noir, Shizuoka, Japan
2018 Group exhibition "bird" Galleri Engholms Brændpunkt／Denmerk
2018 Solo exhibition "silent" cafe du grace 921gallery／Okayama
2017 Solo exhibition "Late at night" Gallery NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
2017 Solo exhibition "The Story of Form," HASE, Nagoya, Japan
2016 Solo exhibition "Aojyo" cafe du grace/Okayama
2016 Two-person show "People" Gallery annex, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Solo exhibition "A Blue Day in Winter" Art Salon Kinkodo, Nagoya, Japan
2015 Two-person show "The Blue Box of the White-Winged Butterfly" Gallery annex, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Solo exhibition "Hibi, Kankan" Shingoster LIVING / Ibaraki, Japan
2014 Solo exhibition "Bar & Food ...", Hatsudai, Tokyo
2014 Solo exhibition "Whispering in the Night" OPA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Solo exhibition "Shake the Wind" Gallery NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
2012 Solo exhibition "Shiroi Nanika: Picture Book Original Drawing Exhibition" Gallery NOKTA, Shizuoka, Japan
2012 Solo exhibition "The story of the outside and the inside" iTohen/Osaka, Japan

[Activity history]
Permanent installation of artworks in Hoshino Resort "Kai Anjin" facilities
Satoshi Kida "Face" CD cover art
Makoto Shiina "EVENA" book cover (Bungeishunju)
Deciphering the Rat Man" (Kongo Shuppan)
Jiro Asada, "Shishikaro" and "Welcome to Kyusenkaku," separate volume, Bungeishunju, door picture
the rest