Materials: Acrylic paint, mineral pigments, gold leaf
Exhibition location: ESPACIO Nagoya Castle – Chinese Restaurant RYUJO (4th Floor)
Phoenix, Moon and Elegant Nature
Inspired by a bird the artist once kept, this work captures the quiet divinity and vitality found in living beings. By superimposing these qualities onto the houoh, the auspicious mythical bird, the artist creates a fantastical figure dancing beneath the moonlight. Finding myth within everyday life, the work evokes a mystical world shaped by a rich imagination.
Toshiyuki Enoki
Born in Tokyo in 1961, Enoki received the Tokyo University of the Arts Design Award in 1986. Major exhibitions include Mirror Reflecting the Heart at the Kawaguchiko Muse Museum (1998), Inner Eye at the Obuse Museum (2005), Paradise and Humanity at the Kawaguchiko Muse Museum (2024), and the *Rakuchū Art Exhibition 2025* at EXPO Messe, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
