Exhibition • Japan

RINN / 輪 Ireland & Japan: a dialogue on place and time

16

April

2025

20

May

2025

RINN / 輪 Ireland and Japan: a dialogue on making, place and time is the debut exhibition at Ireland House, Tokyo, jointly curated by Joseph Walsh and Wahei Aoyama, Director of A Lighthouse called Kanata Gallery. Featuring both new and collaborative works from Irish and Japanese makers in art and architecture, the exhibition explores the idea of circularity; connections between people, relationship to place; relationship to the past and the future, through material form-finding.

The exhibition will travel to the Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland in July 2025 and will remain on view until early November.

Featuring Japanese & Irish makers

Kan Yasuda, Sean Scully x Mourne Textiles, Sueharu Fukami, Deirdre McLoughlin, Satoru Ozaki, Frances Lambe, Eiko Kishi, Joe Hogan, Osamu Yokayama, Sara Flynn, Shihoko Fukumoto, Joseph Walsh

About Ireland House

Overlooking a park in central Tokyo, Ireland House opens in 2025, and will serve as a 3,000 square metre flagship example of the Ireland House concept. This state-of-the art facility will house the Irish Embassy, State Agencies, the official residence, as well as an exhibition and performance area and library, serving as a vibrant hub for creative dialogue.

The new Ireland House will be a showcase, state-of-the-art platform from which Team Ireland in Japan will be able to project and promote what Ireland has to offer and to mark Ireland’s commitment to its long-standing and ever-strengthening relationship with Japan. It is designed to act as a beacon for business, diplomacy, culture and community.

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