Everything Has A Cute Face
Dates: 6 June – 4 July 2026
Venue: Gallery Nomart, Osaka
Everything Has A Cute Face
展期：2026/6/6 – 7/4
地點：Gallery Nomart（大阪）
The title came from something a foreign tourist said casually during one of my trips to Tokyo. Looking at the various mascots around the city, he laughed and said it — and the phrase stayed with me. It also turned out to speak directly to something I've long held at the center of my practice.
"Everything has a spirit" — the idea might seem to point toward mysticism, supernatural forces, or the energy of the natural world. But in the present moment, it maps onto something else entirely. Since the AI wave began in 2023, the boundaries of information have grown increasingly blurred. We find ourselves constantly asking: is this real, or is it generated? Data flows endlessly through servers and networks, as if the age of animism has quite literally arrived — as if everything is watching you.
As an artist, I feel a new kind of energy in this. Something is shifting, something new is about to emerge, and art will change along with it — my own work included.
Every exhibition at Nomart has been a space of experimentation for me, a place where I come away recharged. In Everything Has A Cute Face, what I want to convey is the tension between looking and being looked at. The one gazing back at you might be someone online, might be an AI, might be a presence from another dimension — or it might be yourself. I'm not sure. But what I do know is this: every gaze that meets yours has a cute face.
這個標題來自一次東京旅行中，一位外國旅人隨口說的一句話。他看著城裡各式各樣的吉祥物，笑著說了出來，而這句話就留在了我心裡。後來我發現，它也恰好道出了我創作中長久以來的核心。
「萬物有靈」，這個想法乍看指向神祕主義、超自然力量，或自然界的能量。但放到當下，它對應的其實是另一回事。自 2023 年 AI 浪潮興起，資訊的邊界越來越模糊。我們不斷自問：這是真實，還是生成的？資料在伺服器與網路之間不停流動，彷彿泛靈的時代真的到來，彷彿萬物都在注視著你。
作為藝術家，我在其中感受到一種新的能量。有什麼正在鬆動，有什麼新的事物即將浮現，藝術也將隨之改變，包括我自己的創作。
在 Nomart 的每一次展出，對我而言都是一處實驗場，一個讓我重新充電的地方。在《Everything Has A Cute Face》裡，我想傳達的是觀看與被觀看之間的張力。回望你的那個存在，可能是網路另一端的某個人，可能是 AI，可能是來自另一個維度的存在，也可能就是你自己。我並不確定。但我確知的是：每一道與你交會的目光，都有一張可愛的臉。
