YOD Gallery (Osaka)

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Kunihiro Akinaga 

Solo Exhibition

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December 13, 2025 (Sat) – January 16, 2026 (Fri)

Opening Hours: 13:00–19:00

Closed: Sunday

Winter Holidays: December 27, 2025 (Sat) – January 4, 2026 (Sun)

Opening party | December 13 (Sat), 17:00–19:00

Venue: YOD Gallery, Nishi-Tenma, Osaka

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Artists

Kunihiro Akinaga​

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YOD Gallery is pleased to present “Fleeting Forms”, a solo exhibition by Kunihiro Akinaga.

 

We live in an age where information overflows and boundaries of all kinds grow increasingly ambiguous.In this era oscillating between the virtual and the real, Akinaga poses a fundamental question to society,  “What does it mean to exist?” through the medium of ceramics. Akinaga’s works feature animals as their primary motif layered with intricate decorative elements. The “life” expressed through clay evokes a palpable physical presence, yet its contours appear blurred and unstable, as if quietly dissolving into the threshold between existence and nonexistence. This fragile state reflects the transience of being that something we can sense but never fully grasp.

 

Decoration, in Akinaga’s practice, is not merely embellishment; it embodies the artist’s awareness that adornment can also “conceal the essence.” In his works, ornamentation simultaneously veils the core and introduces layers of uncertain relationships. As the boundary between the seen and unseen wavers, the meaning of the forms deepens and expands.

 

All living things eventually arrive at “death” as an inevitable conclusion. Ceramics, meanwhile, possess a dual nature: they can endure for tens of thousands of years, yet they are brittle and easily broken at a touch. This inherent contradiction resonates deeply with Akinaga’s core, allowing scenes of final moments of lives to be expressed through the medium of ceramic. It is this oscillation between opposing forces that grants form its meaning and freedom.

 

We invite you to encounter Akinaga’s world, where solidity meets delicacy and quietude reveals profound strength, through this exhibition.