Encounter art while walking through the streets of Tokyo.
Tokyo Biennale 2025 is an international art festival held every two years in urban spaces. This year, the third edition, will be held under the theme "Would you like to take a walk with me?" and will feature artworks in the Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho (O-Maru-Yu) areas in addition to Ueno, Kanda, and Nihonbashi.
Rather than being displayed in a museum, art is displayed in everyday scenes such as street corners, underground passages and historical buildings, bringing out new charms and discoveries in the city.
In the Otemachi-Maru-Yuraku area, Naoki Sato's large-scale work "It Grows There" will be on display at Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery and on Otemachi Park Bldg. 1F. The series, which connects plywood panels depicting plants, now exceeds 330 meters and continues to grow along with the changes in the city. In addition, a large-scale wall art piece by Ouchi Kaze will be displayed on the wall of the Otemachi First Square Building, allowing visitors to experience the resonance between the city and art.
01. Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Otemachi Park Bldg. 1F Entrance (Exhibition Period: September 29th Mon- December 12th Fri)
Author: Naoki Sato
"It grows there. 2025-" 2025-
Period: Mon September 29th -Fri December 12th
■ Otemachi Park Bldg. 1F Entrance
Opening hours: Weekdays 7:00-21:00
■ Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery
Period: Mon September 29th -Fri December 12th
Opening hours: Time Zone when the passage is open
The exhibition will feature a series of works that connect plywood panels painted with plants, stretching over 300 meters.
Artist Profile
Born in Tokyo in 1961. After graduating from Hokkaido University of Education, he studied sociology of education and sociology of language at the Yamamoto Satoshi Laboratory at Shinshu University. He completed his studies at the Kikubata Mokuma Painting School at Bigakko. In 1994, he was appointed art director for the launch of the Japanese edition of WIRED. In 1998, he founded Asyl Design (now Asyl). From 2003 to 2010, he produced the art, design, and architecture complex Events "Central East Tokyo (CET)." He is a professor in the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University and a member of the Institute for the Anthropology of Art and Design.
There will also be a live performance at Otemachi Park Building!
Live performances: Scheduled for every Wednesday from 12:00 to 16:00
The art work will be created in public in a corner of Otemachi Park Bldg. 1F.
02. Otemachi First Square Building Wall (Exhibition Period: October 17th Fri- December 14th Sun)
Artist: Ouchi Kaze
profile
He graduated from the Department of Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in oil painting, in 2023. His major solo exhibitions include "Soul" (GALLERY MERROW, Tokyo, 2023), "Words from the Heart" (Yubido, Tokyo, 2024), and "Color, People, Form" (NOHGA HOTEL UENO, Tokyo, 2024). His major exhibitions include the 2nd Saga University⇆Tokyo University of the Arts⇆IAMAS Exchange Exhibition "Circular Intersection" (Saga University Art Museum, 2022) and the "71st Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition" (Tokyo University of the Arts, 2023).
Artist Statement
I wanted to change the world. Looking around, I see anxiety, fear, and indifference running rampant in the world. In order for people to express themselves freely, to tolerate each other's expressions, to complement each other's abilities and weaknesses, and to create a better world, we need to bring to the surface the anxieties and fears that each of us currently harbors, even if we ourselves are not aware of them. We need to confront them. I happen to be a painter, and I'm having this exhibition, but my primary job is to live each day better as myself. What is functional and more beautiful as expression, and what is an unproductive and self-destructive choice? This clearly resonates within me as a constant axis, both within my paintings and when I step outside into the real world.
