2025 Exhibition Schedule
Details, including the event date and time, will be announced on this page as soon as they are finalized.We are also preparing an alternative way for you to view the Seasonal Boxes.If you would like to receive updates via email, please join our mailing list.
June
Solo Exhibition in Shanghai
Gallery : road of tea
Planned Works : "Sky and Memory"
I have been taking pictures of the blue sky, sunset, cloudy sky, and other skies that move me. I would like to pick up my favorite parts of them and make them into a work of art as if they stay with me.
The sky and memory are connected.
September
Solo Exhibition, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture
Gallery : Utsuwa Note
Planned Works : "Letter" (title undecided)
Patterns for engraving on glass that I started drawing in 2011.
Some were used only once, while others are direct depictions of plants. After organizing them properly, I found there are about 80 different patterns.
Each pattern conveys a message or symbolizes the meaning behind the language of flowers.
I want to create "Time Boxes" in shapes and colors that best match each pattern.
November 29 – December 14, 2025
Sonoko Matsuda × Kenichi Sasakawa
Glasswork Duo Exhibition
Gallery: Kurashi Japanese Crafts
For this exhibition, I created a series of seasonal boxes that reflect the rich and subtle transitions of Japan’s four seasons.
It is my hope that these works may convey a small part of the sensibilities that have taken root within us as we live alongside nature, as well as the culture that has grown from it.
December 20–30
【玄冬 Gen-tō】
WAKO Main Building B1F – Arts & Culture
I am pleased to announce that I will be holding an exhibition at the same booth as last year in the Arts & Culture section on the basement floor of the WAKO main building.
This year’s theme is “Gen-tō”, an old term for winter derived from the Five Elements theory, in which the color black is associated with the season of winter.
There was a time when nearly everything I owned was black. I began to feel as though I was choosing it without thinking, and when I mentioned this to a friend, she said, “Black is a wonderful color. It absorbs so much, embraces everything, and has a powerful presence.” Her words stayed with me, and simple as I am, I found myself falling in love with the color black all over again. Since then, I’ve chosen black with intention.
For this exhibition, I am creating boxes that reflect this deep personal fondness for black. They will be displayed together with my “snow crystal” boxes, which I always look forward to making as winter approaches.