Mizuki Nakazawa x Ryan Schneider
“Connected Roots”
10 Oct - 7 Nov, 2025
AISHO Hong Kong is honored to present "Connected Roots," a duo exhibition featuring Japanese artist Mizuki Nakazawa and American artist Ryan Schneider, on view from October 10 to November 7, 2025.
In this exhibition, the two artists transcend geographical and cultural boundaries, engaging in a dialogue through wood - the most primal of natural materials. Though rooted in different cultural soils, both artists are deeply connected to the tradition of wood sculpture, creating distinctive contemporary interpretations through their intimate dialogue with the material.
Mizuki Nakazawa's work inherits the delicacy of Japanese wood carving while incorporating contemporary perspectives. Her focus lies primarily in exploring human forms through wooden sculptures, skillfully combining materials closely associated with the body, such as synthetic hair and woven fabrics, to develop her unique artistic language. Nakazawa's creations blend uncertainties found in fairy tales, myths, and religious stories from around the world, often conveying a quiet and profound poetic sensibility that seems to preserve the temporal warmth of growing wood.
Schneider's work is deeply rooted in the natural environment of Joshua Tree National Park in United States. His wooden sculptures integrate elements of Native American mythology and German Expressionism, employing sharp formal vocabulary and bold use of color to simultaneously express nature's gentleness while evoking humanity's most primitive intuitions. His works carry strong spiritual and totemic significance, harboring powerful energy within their quietude.
"Connected Roots" not only refers to both artists' shared devotion to wood as an eternal medium but also suggests how art can transcend geographical and cultural boundaries, converging different origins into new possibilities. In our Hong Kong space, viewers will witness two distinct yet resonating sculptural vocabularies, observing how the artists develop unique creative visions within their respective cultural contexts, meeting here in unexpected artistic dialogue.
AISHO Hong Kong 很榮幸為香港觀眾帶來日本藝術家中澤瑞季和美國藝術家Ryan Schneider的雙人展覽「根系相連」，展期為2025年10月10日至11月7日。
在這個獨特的展覽中，兩位藝術家跨越地域與文化的藩籬，以木材這個最接近自然的媒材展開對話。兩位雖然生長於不同的文化土壤，卻都深深紮根於木雕藝術的傳統，透過雙手與木材的親密對話，創造出獨特的當代詮釋。
中澤瑞季的作品繼承了日本木雕的細膩，同時在作品中注入了當代的視角。她主要專注於探索人體形式的木雕作品，木材是她的主要媒介，同時巧妙地結合了與身體密切相關的材料，如人造毛髮和編織布料，從而發展出其獨特的藝術風格。中澤的創作融合了世界各地的童話、神話、宗教故事中蘊含的不確定性，往往呈現出一種靜謐而深邃的詩意，彷彿延續了木材生長時光的溫度。
Schneider的創作則深深紮根於約書亞樹國家公園的自然環境，他的木雕作品融合了美國原住民神話與德國表現主義的元素，以銳利的造型語彙和大膽的色彩運用，在展現自然溫柔的同時，也喚起人類最原始的直覺。他的作品帶有強烈的精神性與圖騰意味，在靜謐中蘊含著強大的力量。
「根系相連」不僅指涉兩位藝術家對木材這個永恆媒材共同的眷戀，更暗示了藝術可以超越地域與文化的疆界，從不同的根源匯聚出嶄新的可能。在展場中，觀眾將看到兩種截然不同又彼此呼應的木雕語彙，見證藝術家如何在各自的文化脈絡中，開展出獨特的創作視野，並在此交會出意想不到的藝術對話。
