Sapporo Citizens Gallery
Photo by KUSUMI Erika
Venue Site Visit
Venue Site Visit
Venue Site Visit
Opened in 1982 as a venue for citizens to exhibit and appreciate works created through their daily artistic activities, the Sapporo Citizens Gallery hosts several exhibitions throughout the year, including open-call exhibitions featuring paintings, calligraphy, sculptures, and crafts. This venue will serve as the departure point for the journey through Planet Snow, showcasing artists connected to Hokkaido and those exhibiting in Japan for the first time.
Artists and Works
Three Hokkaido-born/based artists have been selected sculptor KAWAKAMI Rie, who, amid the harsh nature of Ishikari City, engages deeply with iron while contemplating the geological timescale of Earth, otherwise known as “deep time” shigechanland ONISHI Shigenari, based in Tsubetsu Town, assembles driftwood and found objects to summon mysterious creatures and WAKAKI Kurumi, who humorously depicts the world using astonishing printmaking techniques that sometimes involve her entire body.
Five new artists have also been confirmed. These include Fanja BOUTS, who knits a world map of capitalism Cecilia BENGOLEA, who captures Jamaican dancers performing their distinctive dance amid a thunderstorm MORI Yuka, who expresses a world in which plants and humans melt together and Akkarawin KRAIRIKSH, who records the details of the small animals that visit his home garden. Also joining is internationally acclaimed maker of 3D animations, CHEN Xi, who will present a new video installation depicting beings surviving in a world of snow.
Moving beyond a human-centered perspective, this venue resonates voices that boldly transcend scalesfrom micron-level spores to planetary deep time.
Cecilia BENGOLEA
Based in France and Argentina
Born in Argentina
Fanja BOUTS
Based in the Netherlands
Born in the Netherlands
CHEN Xi
Based in China
Born in China
shigechanland（ONISHI Shigenari）
Based in Tsubetsu, Hokkaido
Born in Tsubetsu, Hokkaido
MORI Yuka
Based in Kyoto
Born in Shiga
KAWAKAMI Rie
Based in Ishikari, Hokkaido
Born in Chiba
WAKAKI Kurumi
Based in Kyoto
Born in Rishiri Island, Hokkaido
Akkarawin KRAIRIKSH
Based in Thailand
Born in Thailand
Overview
- Dates
- January 16 Sat February 21 Sun, 2027
- Planning
- KANAZAWA Kodama
- Artists
- Cecilia BENGOLEA, Fanja BOUTS, CHEN Xi, KAWAKAMI Rie, Akkarawin KRAIRIKSH, MORI Yuka, shigechanland ONISHI Shigenari, WAKAKI Kurumi
- Website
- https://sapporo-shimin-gallery.jp/ Only available in Japanese
- Address
- Minami 2-jo Higashi 6-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
