18, Murata
SHIHO SAITO / MIKI MORIOKA 『Pictura super Pavimentum』
Fri. 9th May - Thu. 31st Jul 2025

Volume 8 of TOGA TRIANGLE welcomes 18, Murata, a gallery based in Ōimachi, Tokyo, run by artist Fuyumi Murata. The exhibition will feature a two-person show, "Pictura super Pavimentum", by artists Shiho Saito and Miki Morioka. "Pictura super Pavimentum," takes its title from the Latin phrase meaning “painting on the floor.” The exhibition explores the intersection of visual art and bodily perception, daily life and institutional systems, memory and spatial experience.

Saito presents paintings made with Japanese Washi paper, acrylic, and silkscreen, displayed alongside everyday domestic elements such as shelves, wallpaper, and desks. Through these arrangements, she visualizes the unexpected encounters that arise when artworks are placed in intimate, lived-in spaces. Morioka, on the other hand, focuses on the physical and mnemonic experiences shaped by religious and educational institutions, creating installations rooted in the foundation of the environment—the floor.

In this exhibition, paintings and floors, gazes and footsteps, the act of display and the rhythm of everyday life come into play within TOGA, a space designed to present clothing. The show invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between artworks and the spaces they inhabit. Here, paintings are not only hung on walls; they emerge through the viewer’s movement, quietly returning our gaze from the ground beneath our feet.

Miki Morioka / Floor Preparation (weeds) / veneer, pigment, urethane, beeswax / 900×1200×9 (mm) / 2023

Shiho Saito / JV2024 / 2025

18, Murata
SHIHO SAITO / MIKI MORIOKA 『Pictura super Pavimentum』
Fri. 9th May - Thu. 31st Jul. 2025

Reception Party: Fri. 9th May 17:00 - 20:00

18, Murata

A gallery based in Oimachi, Tokyo. They organize exhibitions and events featuring both domestic and international artists. Originally launched in 2017 as "mumei" at a shared studio in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, the space reopened under a new name in Ōimachi in 2024. They have since organized exhibitions featuring artists such as Barbara Signer, Shiho Saito, and Fumimaro Ayano. Beginning May 10, they will host Margherita Raso’s first solo exhibition in Japan. Since 2024, they have also launched "Numanohashi Residency," an artist-in-residence program developed in collaboration with both domestic and international artists and galleries. The program offers artists from Japan and abroad opportunities for stays and creative work, while also fostering engagement with the local community and facilitating international cultural exchange.

1-8-6, Futaba, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Hours Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm
For appointment　info@18murata.tokyo

HP : https://18murata.com/

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/18murata/

Shiho Saito

Born in Tokyo in 1988. Saito completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in Printmaking at Musashino Art University. Her practice centers on paintings made by applying printmaking techniques such as acrylic and silkscreen onto washi (traditional Japanese paper). Selected solo exhibitions include Pic of Pain (18, Murata, Tokyo, 2024), “TEMPORAL POSSESSIONS Ⅱ” (Higashikasai 1-11-6, A SO-KO / Tokyo, Japan) “kanata” (Ichijo-Hokkeji temple / Tokyo, Japan), and “I was staring at it without blinking”(MANHOOD gallery / Tokyo, Japan). Group exhibitions include Sensibility in Reproduction (Iriezaki Memorial Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara, 2024), “Maps” (Cité Internationale des Arts / Paris, France), “Playground for the Senses” (ANB Tokyo / Tokyo, Japan), “meanwhile” (KAYOKOYUKI / Tokyo, Japan), and “End Of Summer” Portland, Oregon, US. Saito is also involved in an ongoing collaborative project as part of the art unit The Goodwiller, working with Misako Taoka to create works using second-hand clothing and found objects.

Miki Morioka

Born in Tokyo in 1989. Graduated from the Department of Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts, where she also completed her graduate studies. Morioka’s practice explores the relationship between space, people, and objects, particularly in contexts where communication emerges. Selected exhibitions include After They Left (Long Story Short NYC, curated by Kyoko Hamaguchi, USA, 2023), POP-UP “ARTIST RUNNING” #6 (void+eaves, curated by Hikotaro Kanehira, Tokyo, 2022), Before It Became a Voice (two-person exhibition with Chihiro Gombe, Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, 2020), The Flag of Sulking Sleep (Toride Geidai Cafeteria Showcase, Ibaraki, 2017), Rich Farts in a Holy Temple (curated by Taro Izumi, Toshima Museum, Tokyo, 2016), CAMP August Exhibition and CAMP July Exhibition (CAMP Studio Aufheben, Tokyo, 2015), Pre-Opening Party (organized by Naomi Oguchi, blanclass, Kanagawa, 2015), and Delta: The Tactility of Possibility (BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa, 2013).

TOGA TRIANGLE

TOGA TRIANGLE is a small, triangular exhibition space located within TOGA AOYAMA. It is a project that welcomes and presents exhibitions in collaboration with a diverse range of local and international communities, including galleries, bookstores, alternative spaces, and collectives.

TOGA AOYAMA

Open：12:00 - 20:00
Adress：Mil Roche building B1F, Minami Aoyama 5-3-5. Minato-ku, Tokyo
2 minute walk from A5 exist of Omotesando station
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