Toko Okamoto’s first solo exhibition in a year and a half. Will the passion that smoulders in the dark, like a fire banked under ash, fade at last into a still and empty air? Or will it rise again as flame, and show itself burning bright?

Toko Okamoto’s first solo exhibition in a year and a half.

Will the passion that smoulders in the dark, like a fire banked under ash, fade at last into a still and empty air?

Or will it rise again as flame, and show itself burning bright?

Exhibition Information
ExhibitionToko Okamoto: Apparition at the Third Watch
DatesMay 29 (Fri) – June 6 (Sat), 2026
VenueGallery SHUKADO
Hours10:00 - 18:00

On Friday 29 May the gallery stays open until 21:00 for our evening reception.
NotesOpen every day of the exhibition. Admission free.
岡本東子2026「丙夜顕現」
岡本東子2026「丙夜顕現」
岡本東子2026「玉藻幻夢」
岡本東子2026「玉藻幻夢」

女の静かな情念が、胸のうちにひっそりと息づいている。
暗がりに忍ぶ埋み火のように。
影に溶ける気配は、魂の淵を撫でては微かに響き、いつしか静謐な虚空に儚く消えゆくのだろうか。
あるいは再び焔となって、赫々と顕れ出るのだろうか。

岡本東子2026「玉響」
岡本東子2026「玉響」
Toko Okamoto
Born in Kyoto and earned a MFA degree in Japanese Style Painting from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Okamoto Toko is a Japanese painter who looks straight at the essence of what she is painting, especially the delicacy of women depicted with refinement as if you could feel the temperature, humidity and the air rising from the surface of the work, a mysterious world created by her great artistic senses. It is hard not to be captivated by her intense and amazing works.
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