HRD FINE ART

IO
- HRD FINE ART'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION -

Venue: HRD Fine Art
Date: October 18 - November 29, 2025
Hours: Thu 11:00am - 3:00pm / Fri & Sat & October 19 (Sun) & November 24 (Mon) 11:00am - 7:00pm
Closed: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed (Viewing available by appointment)
Opens on Octobr 19 (Sun) & November 24 (Sun): 11:00am - 7:00pm

Artists: Axel Hütte, Figen Cebe, Reico Motohara, Tomohiro Takagi, Sinzow, Akihito Okunaka, Marguerite Dabaie, Keita Iehara, Nari Choi, Weixin Quek Chong

Opening Reception: October 18, Saturday, 5:00pm-7:00pm

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Introduction

HRD Fine Art opened its permanent, physical gallery in Kyoto in April 2015. Hence, this year marks its tenth anniversary of its opening. At this occasion, we showcase a commemorative group exhibition, titled "IO," in the hope that it will provides us with an opportunity to look back on our ten years' operation as well as shed a guiding light for the next ten years.

The title of the exhibition, "IO" (read "ai-ou"), suggests the number ten, but it also is an acronym for "input/output." The show focuses on ten artists who have worked with HRD Fine Art or the director, Akikazu Harada, in some way, but have never exhibited their work at the gallery except for open-call exhibitions and collection exhibitions to date. We showcase one artwork by each artist, totaling ten artworks in an anthology-style format.

"I" or "Input" represents respect for and tribute to the artists who have provided precious and joyous collaboration opportunities to the gallery, including artists who do not take part in this upcoming exhibition, while "O" or "Output" refers to the role and responsibility of a gallery that owes a lot to its community and the wider public.

This exhibition is largely inspired and driven by the personal connections and sentiments of the director of the gallery, and may look different from HRD's past exhibitions, hopefully in a positive way. A booklet that includes essays by Harada introducing stories and episodes related to each of the ten artists will be published to coincide with the opening of the exhibition.

Artworks (*for reference only)

Axel Hütte
"Rigi Klum" | Ditone inkjet print on Hahnemühle natural paper | 37x48.6cm (image) | 2019
© Axel Hütte

Figen Cebe
"We Are All Ordinary and Broken Pawns"* | oil on canvas

Reico Motohara
"Kitchen Stories in Joenju"* | installation | 2023

Tomohiro Takagi
"Sio-Sai"* | oil on canvas | 61x50cm | 2025

Sinzow
"Holiday"* | acrylic on canvas | 116.7x91cm | 2021

Akihito Okunaka
"INTER-WORLD/Cocooner: Apparent motion of celestial bodies_mobile" | nano-multilayer film, air, light, fan, LED light, stainless steel plinth | 25x30x60cm | 2025

Marguerire Dabaie
"thaqafa bunka"* | collage (fabric) | 2025

Keita Iehara
"Prayer of the Sheep"* | installation | 2023

Nari Choi
"Sexy Mato 38" | acrylic on canvas | 53x45cm | 2024

Weixin Quek Chong
"Flesh skin surface. 3 / Chrysanthemum indicum, YSL Touche Eclat Shade 2.5" | photograph, aluminum board | 80x54.1cm | 2017