Fujino Yumiko

Fujino Yumiko is an artist who expands nihonga (Japanese-style painting) into three-dimensional space while remaining rooted in its traditional materials and techniques. By allowing her works to stand free from the wall, she brings attention to the “gaps” between the artwork and its surroundings, engaging viewer’s movement, the ambient light of the exhibition space, and subtle senses of presence. Her practice often begins with research into abandoned houses in various regions, places that still bear traces of everyday life. Drawing on these sites, Fujino incorporates into her paintings elements that evoke the passage of time, creating landscapes where layered temporalities and human memories intersect. This exhibition invites viewers to reconsider nihonga not as a self-contained, flat medium, but as an open field that connects with time and space, suggesting new possibilities for nihonga in contemporary art.

The Triangle
The Triangle (basement level of the Northwest Entrance, free admission) is a space newly created to mark the renewal opening of the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art. It aims to nurture and support emerging artists, while also providing a space where visitors, including citizens and tourists, can freely engage with contemporary art. As of February 2026, the space has introduced a total of 21 emerging artists associated with Kyoto. In 2026, the following three artists will be introduced. This initiative is supported through the “Charity Auction & Gala Dinner for Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.”