Tomoyumi, When We Close the Pages on a Butterfly Bookmark, 2026, Oil and acrylic on canvas,
1000 x 803 mm
©2026 Tomoyumi/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Kaikai Kiki Gallery is pleased to present Buried Flowers, a solo exhibition by Tomoyumi, on view from Friday, June 5 through Saturday, June 27, 2026.

Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Tomoyumi graduated from the Oil Painting Department at Tokyo University of the Arts. While continuing to navigating an uncertain relationship with artmaking after graduation, alternately distancing from and returning to the act of creation, the artist participated in “GEISAI #22 & Classic” in April 2023. There, Tomoyumi received the Classic Special Prize, an award selected unanimously by the panel of judges and presented to an artist over the age of 30. Following this recognition, she held the commemorative exhibition titled BORDERLINE later that year at Hidari Zingaro in Nakano Broadway. Encouraged by the subsequent strong reception at the Kaikai Kiki Gallery booth during ART SG 2024, Tomoyumi began presenting works extensively through the gallery.

In 2024, Tomoyumi was featured in a dedicated presentation within the Kaikai Kiki Gallery booth at the Paris-based art fair Asia Now 2024. Since then, the artist has been exhibiting her works internationally at art fairs including Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Jakarta.

Struggling with the communication barriers unique to contemporary Japanese society, Tomoyumi draws pictorial subjects from the tensions and frictions born of such experiences. The artist’s practice embodies the image of today’s Japanese youth. In her recent works, motifs such as “flowers and figures” and “light” have become increasingly central elements within the compositions.

This exhibition marks Tomoyumi’s first large-scale solo presentation. We warmly invite you to experience the exhibition on this occasion.