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Osaka Directory 10 Supported by RICHARD MILLE

KIM Mitsuo

2025-11-15 – 2025-12-14

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Summary

Kim Mitsuo has been garnering attention for his artwork using wax (paraffin) and silkscreen prints since he was a student. In recent years, he has greatly broadened his range of expression, taking on large-scale three-dimensional art projects. His use of wax takes advantage of its properties—melting or hardening according to temperature, becoming either clear or opaque in the process. Furthermore, in this show, the artist focuses on performing the slide guitar method, in which sounds are made by sliding over the guitar strings. The smooth transitions of wax and the tones produced by using the slide guitar method, freely traversing musical scales, correspond to how people fluctuate between multiple places and identities. Through these phenomena, the exhibition creates a space for contemplating the lives of people who cross boundaries.

Information about the Exhibition

DatesNovember 15 – December 14, 2025
Closed on Mondays, November 25 (except November 24)
Opening hours10:00 – 17:00
VenueNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 2F Multipurpose space
OrganizersNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, The Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association
Supported by
Sponsorship
Production CooperationGWASENDO Co., Ltd., ALC Co., Ltd., gallery BALC, NK-Group, Kameyama Co.,Ltd., ThreeHigh Co., Ltd.
CourtesyLEESAYA
Admissionfree
  • Reference image provided for this show
    2025

  • Reference image provided for this show
    2025

  • View of the Terrada Art Award 2023 Finalist Exhibition
    Artwork by Mitsuo Kim, Photo by Yusuke Suzuki (USKfoto)

  • Seascape/See wave#1
    2025
    Courtesy of LEESAYA

  • SUN#1
    2023
    Courtesy of LEESAYA

KIM MitsuoBorn in Osaka City in 1987. Graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2012. Kim is a very active creator of art as a student, and, following graduation, received the VOCA Encouragement Prize in 2014, as well as the Best Young Artist Award from the City of Kyoto in 2016. He is internationally active, and was selected as the first artist to be highlighted in the Aperto series of shows showcasing young, up-and-coming artists in a solo exhibition format at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in 2014.

Related program

Artist talk

Date16:00 – 17:00 on Saturday, November 15, 2025
SpeakerKIM Mitsuo
ModeratorNAKAMURA Fumiko (Senior Curator, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka)
VenueNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 2F Multipurpose space
CapacityApprox. 30 people
AdmissionFree (reservation not required)

About Osaka Directory Supported by RICHARD MILLE

Organized jointly by Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka and The Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association, the Osaka Directory series of exhibitions introduces upcoming Kansai-connected artists in a solo exhibition format. This annual series presents artists who create new art symbolizing the coming age of the future. The term "directory" is used in IT (Information Technology) to refer to folders and similar structures that are used to organize files. Through this series, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka stores ‘files’ on promising young artists in the Kansai area in a ‘directory’ from which it can present their work to a wide audience throughout the world and support the launch of their careers on the global scene.