The "Things that Rise" is an installation that was developed in the Irahara Residence (designed by Arata Isozaki) in Fukuoka Prefecture in the summer of 2022, just before the building was demolished.
The "Things that appeared" is an installation that was developed in the building in the summer of 2022, just prior to the demolition of the Irahara residence in Fukuoka Prefecture (designed by Arata Isozaki). When the household goods were removed and the room was cleaned, a breeze blew through the room. What appeared there was a "memory" that had been deeply asleep in the building.
memories" that had been deeply dormant in the building.

Mitsumi Irahara short CV

1972 Born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan 1999 B.F.A., in Urushi art, Tokyo University of the Arts

1999 Encouragement Prize, International Lacquer Design Exhibition

2005 Silver Prize, International Lacquer Design Exhibition

2007 A Joint Exhibition of Urushi Art between Japan & Korea, at the Museum of Tokyo University of Arts

2010-2022 Aizu Urushi Art Festival, at Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima

2012 A Festival for a Beautiful Party with Urushi– Contemporary Expressions of Urushi Art by Female Artists Worldwide, held in Tokyo, Fukushima, and Kyoto

2019-2023 Taiwan x Japan Lacquer Exchange Exhibition The URUSHI EXHIBITION, at FEI ARTMUSEUM, Yokohama

2020 KAJIMA Sculpture Competition Winning Works Exhibition, at Kajima KI Building Atrium, Tokyo
Suruga no Kuni Art Festival Fujiyama Biennale, at Fuji River Folk Museum, Shizuoka
International Lacquer Exhibition Ishikawa 2020, at Wajima Museum of Lacquer Art, Ishikawa
Solo exhibition "UZU 2020, at Ginza Gallery Sol, Tokyo

2021-2023 Niki Exhibition, at National Art Museum, Tokyo　 Awarded Encouragement Prize in 2021

2022 K’s Concept Vol.4 -Connecting the Three-, at Keio Plaza Hotel Lobby Gallery, Tokyo

2023 Solo exhibition, "Things that appeared standing up" at Gallery So, Tokyo