IN FOCUS is pleased to present “Ryu-sen,” a solo exhibition by artist Ryosuke Misawa from 9/20 (Sat) to 28 (Sun) at our creative studio “CONTRAST”.
Drawing from his background as a photographer, Misawa explores “light” not simply as a physical phenomenon but as a universal theme resonating with the essence of existence, mediated through time, space, memory, and bodily perception. His painterly language reconstructs light as both invisible presence and poetic metaphor.
Across the canvases, flowing gradients layered with brushstrokes and colors evoke the flux of human endeavor, thought, and emotion. Like ever-shifting ryusen (streamlines), they echo the world through the viewer’s body. Linear structures interrupt this flow, leaving traces of order within the field. Misawa visualizes how cosmos and society weave themselves into being by juxtaposing fluidity and stillness, chance and inevitability, chaos and structure.
As the title Ryu-sen implies, the exhibition also extends into spatial design. Light bends, intersects, and reflects in multiple directions, unfolding in layered motion. These traces stem from personal memories—oblique rays in a childhood garden, shadows at dusk in the city, or faint recollections in the studio—integrated into dialogue with the viewer.
The works transcend visual pleasure by situating light as an “origin of beauty,” opening a resonant field where inner worlds are stirred. Here emerges a fundamental artistic pursuit: salvation, within the avant-garde context. Ryu-sen seeks to anticipate unseen worlds and illuminate the wounded soul, creating intimate sanctuaries of reflection.
Through this exhibition, Misawa presents the universality and beauty of light as invisible energy, where order and chaos intertwine in subtle resonance.
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Ryosuke Misawa
Born in Fukui Prefecture in 1992. Misawa creates works through his unique method, which he terms “Media Paradox,” with the underlying concept of “observing the universal.” Here, “observation” refers to the act of visualizing the tension and expansion that emerge between his own subjective perspective as a contemporary individual and the everyday phenomena he observes. Amid a rapidly changing society, he turns his gaze toward what remains constant—the universal—and expresses the beauty of the world through his art.
In his recent works, Misawa has focused on “light,” an invisible presence, reconstructing its manifestations on canvas. Light, as a universal theme shared across all existence, serves as both a subject of inquiry and a symbol of the pursuit of resonance with pure beauty. Just as a single beam of light refracts into countless colors through a prism, his deeply subjective experiences are elevated into universal and multilayered interpretations. Gradations signify the interweaving and complexity of human activity, while separations and linear structures point to the inevitable order within the structure of the world. Through these formal elements, he projects a gaze rooted in his own lived experiences, cultivating aesthetic empathy with viewers and attempting to mediate the avant-garde artistic proposition of “salvation.”
Recent notable activities include Fractal (GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo, 2024); the 4th Makurazaki International Art Award Exhibition (Finalist, Nammekan Cultural Center, Kagoshima, 2025); Minato Art Festival (Hikawa Shrine, Mikuni, Fukui, 2025); Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, 2024); YouFeel (Shibuya Station public art project, Tokyo); Shinjuku Collective (Live Painting Performance, JR East, Shinjuku Station, Tokyo); and NOH (HOFA Gallery, Mykonos, Greece, 2023).
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オープニングパーティー : 9/19 (金) 18:00 – 21:00
会期 : 9/20 (土) – 9/28 (日)
水 – 金 : 14:00 – 19:00
土・日・祝 : 12:00 – 19:00
休館日 : 月
入場料 : 無料
会場 : CONTRAST
住所 : 東京都渋谷区富ヶ谷1-49-4-1F & B1F
最寄駅 : 東京メトロ千代田線「代々木公園」駅1番出口より徒歩1分
小田急小田原線「代々木八幡」駅南口より徒歩2分
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