{"title":"agoera","description":"\u003cp\u003eagoera (b. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan) is a painter and illustrator based in Nasu, in the highlands of Tochigi. A graduate of the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University and of the MJ Illustrations school, he paints in acrylic gouache on canvas, plywood and board, building his surfaces in thin, layered strokes that remain visible in the finished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis subjects are quiet, ordinary scenes. What the paintings hold is less the scene itself than its atmosphere and temperature — the particular light and air of a moment that is already passing. The result is a body of work that is immediately legible and yet withholding, asking the viewer to slow to the pace of the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagoera's work has been widely recognised in Japan's illustration world. He received the Seiichi Suzuki Prize at the HB Gallery File Competition (2015) and the Michihiko Yanai Prize at the Peters Gallery Competition (2012), was selected for The Choice Award 2012 (\u003cem\u003eIllustration\u003c\/em\u003e magazine), and won the Silver Prize at MJ Prize 2023. His work is presented in Europe by Tokiol and will be shown at Art Market Budapest in October 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSelected exhibitions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e2026 Art Market Budapest, Budapest (with Tokiol)\u003cbr\u003e2026 \u003cem\u003eKoboreru Hibi no Kakera o\u003c\/em\u003e, solo exhibition, HOTEL SHE, KYOTO, Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e2026 Solo exhibition, MONKY Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo (November)\u003cbr\u003e2027 Solo exhibition, 綠光+marüte, Taichung, Taiwan (April)\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"agoera-fluttering-spring","title":"Fluttering spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder a heavy bough of cherry blossom, a small figure in a pale dress stands against a dark band of water. The branches fill most of the picture and she fills very little of it, which gives the scene its scale: spring seen from inside, larger than the person standing in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on canvas, 2025. 41.0 × 31.8 cm. 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