Skipping Stones

BIEN, Yuri Ando, Kanji Hasegawa, Aya Higuchi, Miho Ichise, Ryu Takeda, Chen Tianyi, Koji Yamaguchi

  1. Press release


17 Goulston Street

Organised in collaboration with Saki Kanaya

Across Skipping Stones, calm observations gradually shift toward blurred, fragmented, internalised images. Initial encounters soften into memory, and translated abstraction brings perception itself into focus. Each artwork offers a small daily experience, moments that have left subtle impressions on the artist and, by extension, the viewer; the skipping stones collected along the way.

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

Koji Yamaguchi, untitled, 2026, oil on canvas, 103 x 68 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

Aya Higuchi, beginning of rain, 2026, oil on canvas, 38 x 38 cm

Aya Higuchi, snow forest in the morning, 2025, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

Koji Yamaguchi, untitled, 2026, oil on canvas, 49 x 43 cm

Miho Ichise, Plenty, 2025, oil on linen, 23 x 23 cm

Miho Ichise, Moonlit Town, 2025, oil on linen, 45 x 38 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

BIEN, untitled (dance with skeleton), 2026, acrylic on linen, wood frame, 63 x 84 cm

Chen Tianyi, In the Mist, 2026, mineral pigments, mud pigments, chalk and cotton on board, 51 x 36 cm

Chen Tianyi, hana, 2026, mineral pigments, mud pigments, chalk and cotton on board, 51 x 36 cm

Kanji Hasegawa, CAN #6, 2026, bayberry wood, gold leaf, ceramic, copper wire, 24 x 18 x 11 cm

Yuri Ando, apartment complex leaves, 2025-26, oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm

Koji Yamaguchi, untitled, 2026, oil on canvas, 53 x 68 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

Ryu Takeda, atlantis, 2026, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 cm

Kanji Hasegawa, CAN #7, 2022-26, bayberry wood, gold leaf, ceramic, copper wire, 32 x 18 x 11 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

Aya Higuchi, sparrow in the evening, 2025, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

BIEN, untitled (unveiling the main dish), 2026, acrylic on linen, wood frame, 39 x 29 cm

Miho Ichise, Moonlit Roofs, 2024, oil on linen, 22 x 27.5 cm

Ryu Takeda, tinnitus, 2026, oil on canvas mounted on panel, 19 x 33 cm

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific

'Skipping Stones', 2026, installation view, Union Pacific