In Noritoshi’s imagery, new forms emerge within existing ones, often expressed through motifs reminiscent of plants.

The figures and beings that appear in Noritoshi’s paintings are not fixed by age or assigned roles. They can appear both childlike and adult, existing in a space between reality and imagination, belonging fully to neither.

From a young age, Noritoshi has felt a discomfort with the concepts of “growing up” and “fitting into the right place.” This feeling could never be fully expressed in words, so he sought a sense of belonging within imagination and fantasy.

For him, painting is a space where beings slightly out of rhythm with the world can pause and remain safely. In this space, innocence and anxiety, kindness and violence coexist simultaneously, without being resolved into a single simple meaning.

Noritoshi is not illustrating a story, but rather depicting emotions without names and states without a stable sense of belonging. While these emerge from personal memory, his work also resonates with feelings shared by many living in contemporary times.

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Exhibition Dates:
May 14 - June 10, 2026

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