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SHIKISAISHA is pleased to present “MJD＋1,” a memorial exhibition honoring the creative legacy of mizu (1966–2025), an artist who tirelessly explored a unique world of abstraction throughout his career.Mizu Tetsuo passed away from pneumonia on January 30, 2025. This exhibition is organized together with Jyushin Hirasawa and Isamu Daigo, two artists with whom he shared a deep personal and artistic relationship, and is timed to coincide with mizu’s birthday, December 13, as a tribute to his life and work.

The title “MJD” represents the three artists—mizu, Hirasawa, and Daigo. The addition of “＋1” signifies the project’s other central concept: a dedicated space to invite a new artist each year. Anchored by the expressions of these three, the exhibition is conceived as an ongoing series in which SHIKISAISHA selects one emerging or mid-career artist to introduce a fresh perspective, extending the dialogue into the future.

For the inaugural edition, we welcome Yasufumi Oyama, an artist who constructs a distinct visual world through photography.Oyama has rapidly gained recognition, receiving the Special Prize at the 27th TARO Award (2024) and the Grand Prize at the 4th Makurazaki International Art Award Exhibition (2025). His works, which capture both the presence of the subject and an invisible sense of time, resonate with the fundamental inquiries shared by the three artists—questions of seeing, of giving form, and of tracing the boundaries between perception and imagination. His practice introduces a new dimension to this exhibition.

“MJD＋1” is a project that seeks both continuity and renewal: honoring mizu’s creative spirit while opening the door each year to a new artistic voice. By reflecting on the trajectories of these three artists and inviting encounters with different generations and sensibilities, we hope this exhibition will carry forward the sense of freedom in creation that mizu embodied.

EXHIBITIONS

ミズテツオ / 平澤重信 / 醍醐イサム / 小山恭史

MJD＋1

KYOBASHI