Opening on October 22 and 23, 2020, the contemporary art gallery Sokyo Lisbon will welcome the artist's first solo exhibition in Portugal and in a commercial gallery in Europe, which includes works by Kimiyo since 1969.
The exhibition can be visited until December 12, 2020, and is an unmissable opportunity to get to know and appreciate the work of Mishima Kimiyo, an artist represented in the main private and institutional collections around the world.

About the artist
Mishima Kimiyo was born in Juso, Osaka in 1932. Having started her career with mixed techniques, she was quickly attracted by the solid yet fragile characteristics of the clay. Combining three-dimensional pieces with a careful silkscreening process, the result is exquisite works of art in ceramics, through which the artist expresses her concern about consumption, waste and the insatiable need for information characteristic of modern society. Her works are included, among others, in the permanent collections of the British Museum, United Kingdom; Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; M +, Hong Kong; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan.

About Sokyo Lisbon Gallery
Sokyo Lisbon is a contemporary art and ceramics gallery based in Portugal in partnership with Sokyo Gallery in Kyoto, Japan. Sokyo Lisbon's commitment is to raise awareness of the high quality of contemporary Japanese ceramics to the Western public, with works by artists such as Machiko Hashimoto, Mishima Kimiyo, Osamu Kojima, Moriyasu Kimura, Toshio Matsui, Eiko Kishi, Toru Ishii, Heechang Yoon, Satoru Hoshino and Kazuhito Kawai, among others.
Atsumi Fujita is the Director of Sokyo Lisbon and Sokyo Gallery. Founded in 2013, Sokyo Gallery represents more than sixty artists who work in ceramics, lacquer, textiles, glass and metal. The gallery regularly participates in international art fairs, including Artissima, ART021, Collect London, Dangdai, Design Basel and TEFAF Maastricht. The Sokyo Gallery actively collaborates with museums and institutions such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Center Pompidou, Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others.