Oceans―Organs
Venue: Yutaka Kikutake Gallery (Roppongi)
Dates: October 24, 2026 (Sat) – December 12, 2026 (Sat), 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and national holidays
* Open from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Saturday, October 24 only.
* During Art Week Tokyo (Wednesday, November 4 – Sunday, November 8), we will have special hours from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Opening Reception : Saturday, October 24, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Talk Event with Yoko Nose (Senior Curator, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery) : Thursday, November 26, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Hiraku Suzuki (born 1978) positions “drawing” at the intersection of image and language, and continues to explore the expressive possibilities of the “line” in the contemporary world by traversing various media, including two-dimensional art, sculpture, video, and performance. His practice, which he refers to as “Alternative Archaeology,” is an attempt to reinterpret the world by excavating and documenting fragments of lines ubiquitous in daily life—ranging from research on cave paintings to the act of tracing the outlines of sunlight filtering through trees—and using the new symbols generated by the process of rearranging them through the body as clues. In this exhibition, titled “Oceans—Organs,” the artist reveals his current artistic position through two series painted on canvases set against contrasting backgrounds of blue and red.
The series *Oceans and Signs* (2026)—in which symbols drawn in light-reflecting silver ink dance against a meditative blue background evocative of the deep sea and outer space—has brought a new development to Suzuki’s practice. The meticulous worldview of this series, which began in 2025, has evolved in the new works into a simple and restrained expression of dots and lines. On a base created with earth and pigments—which imparts profound spatial depth through its rich gradations of light and dark—light drawings are applied using spray paint, brushes, fingers, and occasionally tree branches, as if unearthing unknown signs. These works possess the power to evoke a variety of narratives that span time and space—from bioluminescent plankton in the deep sea to supernovae born in the cosmos. Through the “Ocean”—which serves as the womb that gave birth to life and all civilizations, yet is also a source of constant tension due to issues like marine pollution and flooding—Suzuki explores symbols that may have existed before or after the emergence of humanity, posing questions about the origins of the civilization we have woven.
This series of five works arranged face-to-face, featuring striking contrasts of red pigment, is a new addition to the artist’s *Interexcavation* series, which he has been working on since 2019. The reddish-brown background, inspired by cave paintings, also evokes images of the human body’s interior. The stencil negatives (hollows) winding through the center of the composition—evoking blood vessels and organs—refer to an ancient mural technique known as the “negative hand” (in which pigment is blown onto the hand to leave a trace), accentuating the pulsating rhythm of the symbols arranged around them. As suggested by the neologism “Interexcavation”—which conveys the meaning of “mutual excavation”—this work reveals the fundamental mechanics of drawing: touching the subject while drawing out as-yet-unseen lines from within one another.
Regarding the development of these two series—which form the core of this exhibition—the artist also references Joan Miró, who once drew inspiration from Eastern calligraphy to explore symbolic painting, and the Japanese avant-garde calligrapher Nangoku Hida, who pioneered free line expression detached from the written word. Building upon this lineage, Suzuki’s practice crystallizes as abstract painting imbued with a new symbolism within the context of contemporary drawing.
Inner and outer, past and future, human and non-human, macro and micro—the lines of light created by Suzuki move freely back and forth, ranging from the city to the universe, the deep sea, and internal organs, appearing like circuits that connect different times, spaces, and realms. Just as ancient humans discovered regularity in the world by carving the phases of the moon onto animal bones, Suzuki’s drawing practice can be described as a “cosmology of lines” that deciphers and reconstructs this chaotic world by unearthing the universal language latent within all things. We invite you to view the fruits of this practice at his first solo exhibition at Yutaka Kikutake Gallery.
Lecture-Performance: Excavating the Space Between Writing and Drawing
Venue: Artizon Museum, 3rd Floor Lecture Room
Date: Saturday, August 29(Sat), 2026
Lecture Series, Session 2: “Lecture-Performance: Excavating the Space Between Writing and Drawing”
Lecturer: Hiraku Suzuki
(Registration opens: Tuesday, July 21, at 11:00 a.m. (tentative))
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Doors open at 1:30 PM)
Capacity: 80 people
IN PRAISE OF THE LINE
20 pieces from the “Looking For Minerals” series (2009) will be exhibited.
Venue: La Fab- LA COLLECTION AGNÈS B.
Pl. Jean-Michel Basquiat, 75013 Paris, France
Dates: May 21(Thu)– October 25(Sun), 2026
MIYAZAKI meets Taguchi Art Collection: What is Contemporary Art?
“Interexcavation” series (2019) will be exhibited.
Venue: Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
Dates: Saturday, July 11 – Sunday, August 30, 2026
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (Last admission 17:30)
Closed: Mondays (except July 20 and August 10), and Tuesday, July 21
Dreamachine
“Casting” series (2019) will be exhibited.
Venue: Galerie chantiersBoiteNoire (Montpellier, France)
1 rue de la carbonnerie Montpellier, France 34000
Dates: July 1(Wed)– July 11(Sat), 2026
agnès b. on aime le graff!!
The exhibition held at the Musée de la Piscine is touring to Tokyo and Taiwan. “Untitled” (2020) will be exhibited.
Venue: PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO (Tokyo)
Dates: May 22 (Fri) – June 8 (Mon)
<Traveling Exhibition>
Venue: TNAM Tainan Art Museum (Tainan, Taiwan)
Dates: June 25 (Thu) – September 20 (Sun)
Organizers: Agnès b. Japan, PARCO
Planning Partners: La Piscine Museum, TNAM Tainan Art Museum, Agnès b. Foundation
Minato Art Center m~m “Prologue Event”
Collaboration Performance: Masato Suzuki x Hiraku Suzuki ‘Prologue”
Date: Sunday, November 30, 2025
Venue: Nissho Hall (2-9-16 Toranomon, Minato City, Japan Fire Hall)
Admission: Free
Program: <Advance reservation required>
Hiraku Suzuki x FUJI|||||||||||TA “Hole-2”
Venue: Shibuya Parco 10F PBOX
Date: November 5 (Wednesday)
A performance session by artist Hiraku Suzuki and sound artist FUJI|||||||||||TA.
Living Lines
Venue: Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art (mima), Hokkaido, Japan
Dates: 6 September (Sat) – 24 November (Mon), 2025
Opening Hours: 11:00－17:00（Closed on Mondays）
Liste Art Fair Basel
Booth #6 – PARCEL (Solo: Hiraku Suzuki)
Messe Basel, Hall 1.1 Maulbeerstrasse / Riehenring 113, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
Dates: June 16–22, 2025
VIP Preview: Monday, June 16, 11 AM–6 PM