TAI Modern

Opening at TAI Modern this month is NAKATOMI HAJIME, the artist's first solo exhibition in the US. The exhibition brings together work from five series developed over more than two decades — Prism, Musubi, Auspicious 8, Frill, and FLY — work defined by a single animating question: what does it mean for something not to look like bamboo?

Rather than emphasizing material qualities or classical techniques and forms, Nakatomi embraces this paradoxical inquiry. His aim is to express the beauty of bamboo through colors, shapes, sizes, and materials not typically found in bamboo art. The most recent works in the exhibition combine bamboo with other materials, such as gold.

NAKATOMI HAJIME
June 26 – July 25, 2026

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, June 26, 5 – 7PM

ARTIST TALK
Saturday, June 27, 2PM

📷 Nakatomi Hajime "FLY: stardust" 2023, madake bamboo, rattan, gold leaf, 17 x 17.5 x 15.5 in. Image: Minamoto Tadayuki

“Japanese Bamboo Art: Tradition and Transformation” opens this week in New York as part of Asia Week New York 2026. Exhibiting at COLNAGHI from March 19–23 (11AM–5PM daily), with an opening reception on Thursday, March 19 from 5–7PM.

"Kobako: The Art of Enclosure" opens THIS Friday, November 21, from 5-7PM at 1601 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe! This curatorial vignette features the handcrafted artist boxes of Jacqui Ghosin, shown along Japanese bamboo works from the gallery's artists. We hope you will join us in the gallery with the artist, Jacqui Ghosin, on Friday evening—we'll see you soon!
Pictured: "Mother of Pearl and Abalone Inlay", 2024, mixed media artists box, 2.5 x 7.5 x 4 in.