“Material for material_01” 914mm × 410mm, thin steel plate, red lead, paint, 2026 “Material for material_02” 140mm × 116mm, thin steel plate, red lead, paint, 2026 “Fallen leaves_corrosion / Beech” 1050mm × 330mm, round steel bar, round steel tube, forging, gas welding, corrosion, 2023 / Remake 2026 “Hem” 180mm × 180mm, thin steel plate, silkscreen, corrosion, 2026

I use iron as the main material for my pieces. Iron (along with steel) is the most widely used industrial material in our world. It is a material we see every day, which forms the various scenery around us. Moreover, if we expand our perspective on this material to include cosmic phenomena, examining it along a spectrum ranging from the origins of matter to life itself, iron exhibits a history closely interlinked with ours as humans. While conveying the appeal inherent in the grandeur of these perspectives, it is my hope that iron can serve as a single, shared ""bridge"" to answer ubiquitous inquiries. 
Multiple types of overlapping and interweaving time exist within matter, ranging from time in the larger geological sense to that relating to industrial structures. My job is to capture those strata and, serving as an agent of formation myself, arrange them in my own unique ways. I do this while exploring the ways in which overlap occurs between the inherent human process of creating, manipulating and structuring materials, and the cycles of nature.

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🔶Emu Nagasaka
Born in Tokyo in 1982 
Graduated from the Metal Program, Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University in 2005 

 
[Recent Major Solo Exhibitions] 

2025 “Iron, Returning Mountain / Iron red” VIENTO ARTS GALLERY, Gunma 
2022 “Forest” YAMANEMU Exhibition: Emu Nagasaka, Tomoko Yamane / Yu Kobo Art Space, Tokyo 
2017 “fallen leaves -corrosion-” JFE Steel Corporation, Hibiya Headquarters, 23rd Floor, Tokyo 
2015 “fallen leaves -corrosion-” Hoshino Resorts Oirase Keiryu Hotel Arts Cube, Oirase, Aomori 
2013 “AN ISLAN-Islands-” Eishundo Art Museum, Taiwan, and others. 

[Recent Major Art Fairs, Group Exhibitions, and Others] 

2025 “Hiroshima MoCA FIVE 25/26” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima 
2025 “Nakanojo Biennale 2023” Rokugo / Former Taishi Station, Gunma 
2025 “ART FAIR TOKYO 2023” Takiya Art, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2024 “silence” takase, Saitama
2023 “Nakanojo Biennale 2023” Rokugo / Former Taishi Station, Gunma
2023 “ART FAIR TOKYO 2023” Takiya Art, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo 
2016 “ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2016” / GAKEI GIMLET SAAS, Hotel Okura Fukuoka, Fukuoka 　　　
　　“3331 Art Fair 2016 – Various Collectors Prizes –” / Yū Kōbō Art Space, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, and others. 

 
【Permanent and Retail Exhibitions】 

 SOUEN / Shoin Shrine Mae Store ・Tokyo 2025~ 
Yoro no Mori / Doshi Village・Yamanashi 2024~ 
Shibaura Sharing Co., Ltd. / Shibaura Crystal Ginza Building・Tokyo 2023~　 
JFE Steel Corporation / Head Office, Tokyo 2017– 

[Awards and Selections] 

2025 Selected for “Hiroshima MoCA FIVE 25/26” / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima 
2011 “Shincho Award” Winner / “YOUNG ART TAIPEI 2011” Winner / Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei, Taiwan

[Lectures & Events]

2026 “Symposium Organized by the Japan Institute of Metals” Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino Campus, Chiba
2025 “Forum on Iron Technology and History” Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 
　　“Metals Division Technical Seminar / Historical Metallurgy 3” at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo
2020 “Steel Distributors Association Young Professionals Joint Networking Event” at HSB Teppozucho, Tokyo
2017 “Machiko BAR Vol. 19: The Cycle of Iron” at Kurilabo Tamagawa / Factory Building, Tokyo
2016 “National Heavy Plate Shearing Industry Association Youth Group” at the Steel Hall, Tokyo