On January 31, 2023, tragedy struck when a devastating fire destroyed the home of painter, video, and animation artist Chikara Matsumoto, tragically leading to his mother’s passing. Despite this, Chikara is still in the hospital in Tokyo. Art Center Ongoing had a solo exhibition planned for Chikara in the month of February, and in response to this occurrence, we wanted to contribute in some way. To this end, we decided to organize a donation exhibition, calling upon artists familiar to Chikara to kindly participate. All proceedings generated from the work of sales from these artists, after subtracting shipping costs, will be donated to Chikara. Simultaneously, donation boxes will be set up at the exhibition venue for those who wish to donate. We hope that people who cares about Chikara and his art will come together to support him during this difficult time.

Nozomu Ogawa, Director, Art Center Ongoing

Participating artists
Satoru Aoyama, Yusuke Asai, Sayoko Abe, Takehiro Ikawa, Taira Ichikawa, Muneteru Ujino, Ichiro Endo, Sayaka Okazaki, Hiroyuki Oki, Ari Ookubo, Daisaku Oozu, Izuru Kasahara, Kojiro Kobayashi, Taiga Kobayashi, Rie Goto, Himiko Takazawa, Tatsushi Takizawa, Hajimu Too, Tomohiro Nagahata, Nao Nishihara, Tsutomu Haraguchi, Kinoshita Parco, Daisuke Nagaoka, Sakurako Hamaguchi, Misumi Mizuki, Mineki Murata, Takayuki Yamamoto, Noe Aoki, kvina (Erika Kobayashi, Mina Tabei, Kasane Nogawa, Hisae Maeda), Boat ZHANG, Rita Ponce de Leon, Artists from Mexico City, VOQ, and more!!

special thanks to the Artists from Mexico City: Simon Gerbaud / Carlos Morales / Jesse Cohen / Diego Solano / Valeria Gutiérrez / Arnulfo Rendón Zepeda / Diego Teo / Marlitt Almodóvar / Rodrigo Treviño. And there are two people that donate money for shipping: Rodrigo Ugalde and Isana Kobayashi. Andrés Villalobos and Rita Ponce de Leon did the organization.

Image designed by Boat ZHANG