EVENT
BUG Art Award first grand prix winner Hikari Mukai’s solo exhibition “The Names on the Beach” was held.
2025.02.12
The Names on the Beach, a solo exhibition by Hikari Mukai, winner of the Grand Prix at the first BUG Art Award held in 2023-2024, will be held at BUG from February 19 (Wed) to March 23 (Sun), 2025.
The BUG Art Award is an award that supports the growth of artists with less than 10 years of production experience.
Hikari Mukai, the winner of the 1st Grand Prix, won the award with her “The Other Side of the Shore is Not Visible,” an arrangement of three-dimensional works, drawings, and videos on a white box. The judges highly evaluated her original point of view and ideas, as well as the space-conscious exhibition method of BUG.
HAYAYAINU / 2024
The exhibition, which will be held after about a year of preparation since winning the Grand Prix, will feature a total of 17 works, including both past and new pieces. While a student at the Department of Sculpture, Musashino Art University, Mukai has consistently created small sculptures that can be held with both hands, combining familiar materials such as wood chips, glass, and paper clay. For this exhibition, Mukai will use every inch of the 7.2 meter-high ceiling space, making this her largest attempt at a new work.
During the exhibition period, there will also be talk events and workshops where visitors can experience a part of Mukai’s production.
*TOP PHOTOS: Exhibition view of the 1st BUG Art Award Finalists Exhibition “The Other Bank is Not Visible” / 2024
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Hikari Mukai, The Names on the Beach
Location: BUG (1F Grant Tokyo South Tower, 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Dates: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 – Sunday, March 23, 2025
Hours: 11:00-19:00
Closed: Tuesday
Admission: Free
Organized by BUG
Sunday, March 2, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Workshop Guest: Agnes Yoshii, Ms. Aisaki Shirai, KEKE (dance unit)
Monday, March 3, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Talk Event Guest: Mr. Junya Utsumi (Curator, Ishibashi Foundation Artison Museum)
＜Hikari Mukai Workshop Dates
Sunday, March 9, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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