2026.04.21
KG+ Jinn Yagi SOLO EXHIBITION 2026
Jinn Yagi Solo Exhibition
Social Layer – The Comfort of Silence
Dates
Saturday, April 25 – Wednesday, May 6, 2026
13:00 – 18:00
Closed: April 27 and 30
Admission free
Venue
69 Higashi-Takanawa-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8203 (east of Horikawa-dori, one block south of Imamiya)
TEL / FAX：075-495-4158
Organizer
International Public Art Co., Ltd. (IPA)
About the Exhibition
Kyoto-based artist and photographer Jinn Yagi presents the solo exhibition
「Social Layer – The Comfort of Silence」 at Art Space Kan, Kyoto.
Centered on 「Social Layer」 , a series combining portrait photographs with acrylic layers, the exhibition attempts to make visible the “invisible layers” that exist within people.
Since the pandemic, words have circulated more than ever, yet genuine understanding has drifted further away. In these works, echoes of words that drifted through the pandemic are layered onto acrylic panels, and the reflection and refraction of light veil the subjects’ expressions.
In a society overflowing with information, people are consumed only as outlines, without being understood.
Before them, a wall rises quietly, like mist, yet laden with thorns.
Silence is not absence.
It is another form of existence.
KG+ PICK UP Exhibition
This exhibition is part of a satellite event of the Kyoto International Photography Festival KYOTOGRAPHIE , KG+ 2026 ,
and has been selected for the “PICK UP” program as an exhibition highlighted by KG+.
Artist Statement
Silence is not absence.
It is another form of existence.
An inner self that refuses to be made visible.
Overlaying contemporary society and portraiture, the work makes visible the “invisible layers” within people and opens them to the imagination.
Echoes of words that drifted through the pandemic cling to acrylic panels; light reflects and refracts, becoming a trauma that obscures expression.
Beings consumed only as outlines, never understood, in a society overflowing with information.
A dilemma that ends in criticism.
Before us, a wall stands quietly, like mist, yet laden with thorns.
— Jinn Yagi
Artist Profile
Jinn Yagi
Artist / Photographer
Born in Kyoto. Completed the postgraduate program in
Interactive Arts & Media at Middlesex University, London.
Starting from photography and expanding into sculpture, video, and installation, Yagi explores contemporary themes such as division, distance, and transparent barriers.
In 2024, an exhibition was held at THE IW GALLERY in Brooklyn, New York, curated by Vida Sabbaghi .
Works are currently on view at Empire Stores（Brooklyn） (through the end of April 2026).
Selected Exhibitions
2005 “HONESTY” etw, Kyoto
2012 Video work “A Gift to the Earth” POLA Ginza
2020 『Unnatural Nature』LS STUDIO / KG+
2021 “Ambiguous Boundary Patterns” LS STUDIO / KG+
2022 “LGBTQ+” Kyoto Bar Association
2022 SOLO EXHIBITION TUNE STAY KYOTO
2023 Sensitive daily life and panicky nights backs Gazai Gallery / KG+
2024 “Samsara: Fragments of Circularity” KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+
2024 『KUU – Moments of Circularity』THE IW GALLERY（New York）
2025 Discover the One Japanese Art（Paris）
2025 Cheongju International Contemporary Art Exhibition (Korea)
2025 Yeoju International Photo Festival (Korea)
KG+
KG+ is an art festival launched in 2013 as a satellite event of the Kyoto International Photography Festival KYOTOGRAPHIE . Exhibitions are held throughout Kyoto, and it has become an international cultural platform with participating artists from Japan and abroad.
