Opening at TAI Modern this month is NAKATOMI HAJIME, the artist's first solo exhibition in the US.

The exhibition brings together work from five series developed over more than two decades — Prism, Musubi, Auspicious 8, Frill, and FLY — work defined by a single animating question: what does it mean for something not to look like bamboo?

Rather than emphasizing material qualities or classical techniques and forms, Nakatomi embraces this paradoxical inquiry. His aim is to express the beauty of bamboo through colors, shapes, sizes, and materials not typically found in bamboo art. The most recent works in the exhibition combine bamboo with other materials, such as gold.

NAKATOMI HAJIME
June 26 – July 25, 2026

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, June 26, 5 – 7PM

ARTIST TALK
Saturday, June 27, 2PM