Taro Nasu

This gallery of contemporary art originally opened in 1998 in Sagacho, Koto-ku. It moved to Roppongi in 2003, and then to its current location in Bakurocho in 2008. (In 2006 Taro Nasu Osaka was also opened in Osaka, but closed its doors in 2009). The gallery’s owner is Taro Nasu, and its interior decoration was designed by architect Jun Aoki, well known for his work both in Japan and abroad. The list of artists represented by the gallery is impressive, including Tatsuo Majima and Futo Akiyoshi, as well as international artists like Anton Henning and Ryan Gander. Ihei Kimura Award winning photographers Ryuji Miyamoto, Taiji Matsue, Cozue Takagi and young up-and-comer Akira Rachi are also involved. The gallery is comparatively spacious, allowing the artists the space to create their own dynamic exhibits, and producing a leisurely environment where visitors can experience the works at their own pace. Due to its location in the Bakurocho area – with its concentration of galleries within walking distance, and with the support of even the most hard-core art critics – this gallery could be said to have become part of the contemporary art establishment.