Gallery KITAI
Since its establishment in 1998, Gallery KITAI has been actively participating in art fairs across Europe and North America since 2000, introducing contemporary Sumi ink art long before it gained recognition in Japan. As a pioneer in exploring the expressive possibilities of Sumi ink, the gallery has continued to lead the way and now also takes part in major art fairs throughout Asia and Japan. While maintaining a strong focus on Sumi ink, we also present a wide range of contemporary artworks across diverse genres, always seeking to introduce art with unique appeal through an open and boundary-defying perspective.
Exhibitor Information
| Address |
〒107-0052 #202 AKASAKA 8 Bldg. , Minato-ku, Akasaka, Tokyo, JAPAN |
|---|---|
| Tel | 03-5843-1537 |
| info@kitai.gallery | |
| Website | https://kitai.gallery |
Artists
Kyoko Tsutsui
Artworks
Purchase・Contact
Kyoko Tsutsui
In Silence
2018
Oil on canvas
Painting
H116.7 × W91 cm
Artist Profile
“Linescape, Formgraph”
Kyoko Tsutsui is a painter who explores the possibilities of oil painting through lines and forms. Her ongoing “Lines and Forms” series, first presented around 1995, has remained a central theme since she began pursuing abstraction. In her studio, she arranges around thirty canvases prepared with underpainting and color, then responds to the rising impulses within her, inscribing them onto the surface with unconventional tools such as forks and nails. The artist explains that lines are the skeletal framework of her works, while forms are the minimal elements needed to support that framework. Energetic, continuous lines convey both dynamism and speed, while the placement of red circles, black squares, and other forms punctuate the canvas, heightening the sense of flow and movement. Her works combine the refined and technical with the primordial and elemental, a coexistence that, she believes, mirrors the balance inherent in nature itself. For Tsutsui, holding opposites within a single painting leads toward her ultimate aim: to create works that exist within the natural world without discord.
【 SOLO Exhibition 】
Solo Exhibition
2024 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2022 Solo Exhibition（Gallery KITAI / Tokyo）
2018 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2014 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2013 Solo Exhibition（Bungeishunju Gallery / Tokyo）
1995 Solo Exhibition（Kumamoto Prefectual Museum of Art Chibajo Branch / Kumamoto）
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1991 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Onuki / Tokyo )
1990 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1978 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1977 Solo Exhibition （Echigoya Bijutsu Salon / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1976 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1975 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
【 Group Exhibition 】
Group Exhibition
1996 International Impact Art Festival （Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art / Kyoto）
1995 International Exchange Exhibition of Fine Arts and Crafts (Goethe-Institut / Tokyo)
1978 Exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français (France) *since 1975
Gallery KITAI
Detail- SECTION :
- Galleries
- BOOTH :
- S05
Kyoko Tsutsui
Flow – Blue
1996
Oil on canvas
Painting
H91 × W116.7 cm
Artist Profile
“Linescape, Formgraph”
Kyoko Tsutsui is a painter who explores the possibilities of oil painting through lines and forms. Her ongoing “Lines and Forms” series, first presented around 1995, has remained a central theme since she began pursuing abstraction. In her studio, she arranges around thirty canvases prepared with underpainting and color, then responds to the rising impulses within her, inscribing them onto the surface with unconventional tools such as forks and nails. The artist explains that lines are the skeletal framework of her works, while forms are the minimal elements needed to support that framework. Energetic, continuous lines convey both dynamism and speed, while the placement of red circles, black squares, and other forms punctuate the canvas, heightening the sense of flow and movement. Her works combine the refined and technical with the primordial and elemental, a coexistence that, she believes, mirrors the balance inherent in nature itself. For Tsutsui, holding opposites within a single painting leads toward her ultimate aim: to create works that exist within the natural world without discord.
【 SOLO Exhibition 】
Solo Exhibition
2024 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2022 Solo Exhibition（Gallery KITAI / Tokyo）
2018 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2014 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2013 Solo Exhibition（Bungeishunju Gallery / Tokyo）
1995 Solo Exhibition（Kumamoto Prefectual Museum of Art Chibajo Branch / Kumamoto）
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1991 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Onuki / Tokyo )
1990 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1978 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1977 Solo Exhibition （Echigoya Bijutsu Salon / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1976 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1975 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
【 Group Exhibition 】
Group Exhibition
1996 International Impact Art Festival （Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art / Kyoto）
1995 International Exchange Exhibition of Fine Arts and Crafts (Goethe-Institut / Tokyo)
1978 Exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français (France) *since 1975
Gallery KITAI
Detail- SECTION :
- Galleries
- BOOTH :
- S05
Kyoko Tsutsui
Cosmo
2024
Oil on canvas
Painting
H116.7 × W91 cm
Artist Profile
“Linescape, Formgraph”
Kyoko Tsutsui is a painter who explores the possibilities of oil painting through lines and forms. Her ongoing “Lines and Forms” series, first presented around 1995, has remained a central theme since she began pursuing abstraction. In her studio, she arranges around thirty canvases prepared with underpainting and color, then responds to the rising impulses within her, inscribing them onto the surface with unconventional tools such as forks and nails. The artist explains that lines are the skeletal framework of her works, while forms are the minimal elements needed to support that framework. Energetic, continuous lines convey both dynamism and speed, while the placement of red circles, black squares, and other forms punctuate the canvas, heightening the sense of flow and movement. Her works combine the refined and technical with the primordial and elemental, a coexistence that, she believes, mirrors the balance inherent in nature itself. For Tsutsui, holding opposites within a single painting leads toward her ultimate aim: to create works that exist within the natural world without discord.
【 SOLO Exhibition 】
Solo Exhibition
2024 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2022 Solo Exhibition（Gallery KITAI / Tokyo）
2018 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2014 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2013 Solo Exhibition（Bungeishunju Gallery / Tokyo）
1995 Solo Exhibition（Kumamoto Prefectual Museum of Art Chibajo Branch / Kumamoto）
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1991 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Onuki / Tokyo )
1990 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1978 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1977 Solo Exhibition （Echigoya Bijutsu Salon / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1976 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1975 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
【 Group Exhibition 】
Group Exhibition
1996 International Impact Art Festival （Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art / Kyoto）
1995 International Exchange Exhibition of Fine Arts and Crafts (Goethe-Institut / Tokyo)
1978 Exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français (France) *since 1975
Gallery KITAI
Detail- SECTION :
- Galleries
- BOOTH :
- S05
Kyoko Tsutsui
Flow – Yellow
1996
Oil on canvas
Painting
H80.3 × W116.7 cm
Artist Profile
“Linescape, Formgraph”
Kyoko Tsutsui is a painter who explores the possibilities of oil painting through lines and forms. Her ongoing “Lines and Forms” series, first presented around 1995, has remained a central theme since she began pursuing abstraction. In her studio, she arranges around thirty canvases prepared with underpainting and color, then responds to the rising impulses within her, inscribing them onto the surface with unconventional tools such as forks and nails. The artist explains that lines are the skeletal framework of her works, while forms are the minimal elements needed to support that framework. Energetic, continuous lines convey both dynamism and speed, while the placement of red circles, black squares, and other forms punctuate the canvas, heightening the sense of flow and movement. Her works combine the refined and technical with the primordial and elemental, a coexistence that, she believes, mirrors the balance inherent in nature itself. For Tsutsui, holding opposites within a single painting leads toward her ultimate aim: to create works that exist within the natural world without discord.
【 SOLO Exhibition 】
Solo Exhibition
2024 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2022 Solo Exhibition（Gallery KITAI / Tokyo）
2018 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2014 Solo Exhibition（Koushin Gallery / Tokyo）
2013 Solo Exhibition（Bungeishunju Gallery / Tokyo）
1995 Solo Exhibition（Kumamoto Prefectual Museum of Art Chibajo Branch / Kumamoto）
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1991 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Onuki / Tokyo )
1990 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Tamaya / Tokyo )
1978 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1977 Solo Exhibition （Echigoya Bijutsu Salon / Tokyo )
Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1976 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
1975 Solo Exhibition （Gallery Atsusaka / Fukuoka )
【 Group Exhibition 】
Group Exhibition
1996 International Impact Art Festival （Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art / Kyoto）
1995 International Exchange Exhibition of Fine Arts and Crafts (Goethe-Institut / Tokyo)
1978 Exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français (France) *since 1975
Gallery KITAI
Detail- SECTION :
- Galleries
- BOOTH :
- S05