Three Months After the First Kaidan-ha Exhibition,
From Shibuya to Ueno —
In February 2026, Masaya Yoshioka began an intensive series of paintings depicting the staircase in his studio. As other artists became interested in this development, the 1st Kaidan-ha Exhibition was held in Shibuya in April of the same year.
(Artists in the 1st Kaidan-ha Exhibition: Masaya Yoshioka, Takuya Inoue, Naoki Sasayama, and Yohei Sugita)
Even after the first exhibition ended, each artist continued painting.
Continuation, divergence, shifts in direction, returns to origins, departures, concentration, self-effacement, and the planning of new exhibitions—the activities surrounding Kaidan-ha have continued to unfold in various ways.
For this second exhibition, the venue moves from Shibuya to Minnano Gallery in Ueno. The exhibition features works by Takuya Inoue, Yohei Sugita, and Masaya Yoshioka.
Kaidan-ha began by turning its attention to staircase—an everyday presence that has rarely been treated as a subject of painting. We invite you to encounter the current state of Kaidan-ha through the works presented in this exhibition.
Yoichi Tamori
(New Member of Kaidan-ha / Minnano Gallery)
Dates
July 1 (Wed) – July 5 (Sun), 2026
Opening Hours
12:00 – 19:00
Venue
Minnano Gallery
2F, 4-14-3 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Admission
Free
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■ Artists
Takuya Inoue
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1986.
While working as a self-defense officer and bodyguard, involved in crisis management for the nation, companies and individuals, he began to question himself and the state of the world, and turned to the field of art in search of salvation. He currently aims to pursue and expand expression and salvation by incorporating ideas and techniques other than art, such as philosophy, religion, economics and science.
Yohei Sugita
Born in Mie Prefecture in 1983.
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Musashino Art University. Pursuing the full range of possibilities within painting, Sugita focuses on the inherent properties and potential of materials themselves, creating works that challenge conventional notions of painting. Moving freely between abstraction and representation, two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms, he continues to explore the fundamental nature of painting.
Masaya Yoshioka
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, in 1981.
Raised in a family of temple carpenters, Yoshioka mastered traditional craft techniques and became independent, while also studying Western painting on his own from an early age. His work depicts rural landscapes where contemporaneity and folk sensibilities intersect, rendered through a range of painterly styles. In 2026, following a major renovation of his studio, he publicly declared himself a painter.
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