Shoko Yui, an artist based in Nagano who paints landscapes that depict the meeting of the sky and horizon, has an exhibition underway at Gallery 38 in Tokyo. Photographs provide the basis for these paintings which, despite their simple structure, present a delicate depiction of the landscape. Yui’s works, as if recreating a moment that has been snapped by a photograph, seem to depict time itself within the canvas in their illustrations of the changing movement of the horizon and sky.

Shoko Yui is an artist based in Nagano, Japan. She graduated from the Oil Painting course in the Department of Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2019. Since 2023, she has presented solo and group exhibitions mainly in Nagano and Tokyo. Major exhibitions include What Will Snow Become When It Melts? (2023, Gallery 1045 Sakudaira, Nagano), Shoko Yui Exhibition (2023, Gallery Ju-ichigatsu, Tokyo), and Before Regretting This Color (2025, Komoro Kogen Museum of Art, Nagano).

Shoko Yui “Reaching the Threshold”
Dates: April 4, 2026 – May 17
Opening Hours: 12:00 – 19:00
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Public Holidays
Venue: Gallery 38 (2-30-28 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

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