Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tokyo 1

Yutaka Kikutake Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Tokyo, founded in 2015 with a focus on supporting emerging artists working in Japan and introducing their practices to international audiences. Alongside this commitment to new voices, the gallery has organized exhibitions with influential figures such as Yoshitomo Nara, whose work has played a defining role in shaping Japan’s contemporary art landscape. The program is informed by current discourses in art history and seeks to create spaces for reflection on the role of art within a rapidly changing global society.

The gallery presents a consistent schedule of solo and group exhibitions each year and has expanded its scope to more actively introduce emerging artists from outside Japan through a dedicated exhibition program launched in 2022. In parallel with its exhibition activity, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery produces original magazines and artist books as a means of extending curatorial research and artist support beyond the gallery space. In November 2024, the gallery opened a second location in Kyobashi, Tokyo, further strengthening its presence within the city’s contemporary art ecosystem.