EXHIBITION INFO
RE-CODE THE ICON
2026.03.18(Wed) - 04.26(Sun) OPEN: 12:00 - 17:00CLOSED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
This exhibition brings together three artists who began their practices within street culture and have continued to develop diverse forms of expression, including mural works and canvas-based production.
Walls, cities, canvases.
Moving across different sites and formats, they have sustained and expanded their practice.
Yet even as formats shift, the “icons” at the core of their work do not disappear.
Characters, recurring motifs, lines inscribed through the body — these are not merely stylistic elements, but visual languages that have been continuously rewritten and reconstructed over time.
“RE-CODE THE ICON” does not look to the past.
It presents a reconstruction in progress.
MHAK
Continuing to expand across urban space and canvas.
Born 1981 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
MHAK is a painter/artist known for murals based on the theme of “coexistence with living space.”
His distinctive style of curved lines and repetition has been applied across private residences, restaurants, and hotel interiors, as well as large-scale exterior murals.
He has also collaborated with global brands including adidas, Fender, THE NORTH FACE, and Mercedes-Benz.
yoshi47
Expression shaped by rhythm and instinct.
Born in 1981 in Gifu and raised in Aichi, Japan.
At the age of twenty, he moved to California and began his career in the Bay Area, engaging in mural work, live painting, and exhibitions. While living in San Francisco, he worked as a bike messenger — a physical, everyday experience that became the foundation of his artistic perspective.
After returning to Japan, he continued both his practice and involvement in the cycling culture. He is currently based in the Atsumi Peninsula, where he lives close to nature.
His work explores impulses and desires that emerge from daily life, visualized through characters and symmetry.
TENGAone
Challenging how we see — and what we choose to ignore.
Based in Tokyo, TENGAone began his practice in graffiti at the age of 14.
Working across murals, sculpture, and graphic design, he has exhibited internationally at venues including Art Basel Hong Kong, Frieze New York, and Kaikai Kiki.
His works are created on surfaces that resemble discarded cardboard, constructed using MDF — a “fake wood” material.
Through this layered illusion, he questions how we assign value to what we see.
What appears to be trash at first glance reveals itself differently upon closer observation.
By disrupting our first impressions, his work invites viewers to look again — and to rediscover the overlooked details within everyday life.
