Kazuhito Kawai & Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka 'ついたよ: Becoming by Making'

KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi is pleased to present ‘ついたよ : Becoming by Making’, a two-person exhibition by Kazuhito Kawai and Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka, from March 14 to April 10, 2026.

Known for ceramics marked by pop, dynamic colors and forms, Kawai works in dialogue with the plasticity of clay and the contingencies of firing. Through dyeing, printing, stitching, and layering, Hatanaka treats washi as a second skin, giving material form to embodied experience.

“ついたよ（Tsuitayo）” is an everyday phrase that carries both the feeling of “arriving somewhere” and the nuance of “setting off from here” with the person you are meeting. In this exhibition, the practices of these two artists—who have continuously transformed themselves through the ongoing acts of kneading clay, dyeing paper, and making—intersect at an open point that moves back and forth between arrival and departure.

【Exhibition Detail】
Kazuhito Kawai & Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka ‘ついたよ: Becoming by Making‘
March 14 – April 10, 2026
11:30 – 18:00（Tue – Sat）
*Closed on Sun, Mon and Public Holidays
*Special Closure: March 21

Venue:
KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi
Piramide Bldg. 2F, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan

Opening Reveption: March 14, 2026 16:00 – 18:00
*Kazuhito Kawai and Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka will be present.