sponge gallery

"sponge gallery" is an online store specializing in artists based in Japan. We would like to develop content that captures artists from multiple perspectives, focusing on artists' creative activities and processes.

We will expand our sales channels as a cross-border e-commerce site and provide new discoveries and deep art experiences for art lovers both domestically and internationally.

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越境ECサイトとして販路を広げて、国内外のアート愛好者に とって新たな発見と深いアート体験を提供していきます。

STUDIO VISIT

アーティストの制作環境や思考の過程へアクセスする体験を通じ、作品にアプローチできるものとして重要視されています。

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What is sponge gallery?

"sponge gallery" is an online store specializing in artists based in Japan.
We would like to develop content that captures artists from multiple perspectives, focusing on artists' creative activities and processes.

We will provide special experiences such as visiting the atelier, interviewing and posting information about the production background and works, and selling the drawings that are the basis for the creation of the works. We will also incorporate interactive elements to create an engaging and unique online store that allows users to experience the art-making process.

In addition, "sponge gallery" will expand its sales channels as a cross-border e-commerce site, providing new discoveries and deep art experiences for art lovers both domestically and internationally, thereby revitalizing the Japanese art scene without being tied to existing mechanisms. We aim to play a role in this transformation.

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Studio visit

TANAKA CHISATO / Chitomo Tanaka
FUKUOKA / Fukuoka
From April 2021 to the present

Creates two-dimensional works, mainly oil paintings.

Interview

TANAKA CHISATO / Chitomo Tanaka
Comments regarding the new release at Bunkitsu Roppongi

Looking back, I sometimes drew things that looked like flowers, but I almost never drew actual flowers. When I went to buy flowers to check the number of petals, and when I carefully observed the flowers themselves to draw details, I felt as if I had returned to when I first started drawing, and it felt very refreshing. Ta. I'm very embarrassed to recreate "My Bookshelf," but I hope that it will be an opportunity for me to talk with you about my reading experiences so far.

In 2023, he will hold a solo exhibition “Horizon and Road” at the Fukuoka Art Museum.
We also created a 13m mural on-site during the exhibition period for one month.
This time, a tour video of the exhibition and a time-lapse video of the mural are also on display.