KOTARO NUKAGA Tennoz is pleased to present ‘Fishing as a Mole Does – Until Stone Becomes Water –‘, a solo exhibition by Akiko Ueda, alumni of Lithography Departement from July 26 through September 14, 2025. 

Born in 1983, Ueda does not approach painting simply as a means of reproduction or representation, but rather as occurrences that emerge in both ephemeral moments and extended processes of transformation. The artist gained recognition early on, receiving the Tamayo Iemura Jury Prize at the Shell Art Award Exhibition in 2009 and the Ohara Museum of Art Prize at the VOCA（Vision of Contemporary Art）Exhibition in 2010. In 2018, she studied abroad in Belgium under a fellowship from the Pola Art Foundation–an experience that proved to be a turning point in her career, as she has since expanded her practice to Belgium and China. This show features work created before, during, and after Ueda’s pivotal stay in Belgium, revealing a shift in her visual language marked by intricately layered imagery that illuminates the invisible elements of time, space, and memory.