A group exhibition titled Amazing Fingers: Picture Plane in the Fingermade Era will open at WALL_alternative, an alternative arts venue in Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo, running from June 3 to June 23, 2026. Curated by artist Rintaro Fuse, the show brings together paintings, photography, video works, and a selection of Japanese and international music videos by five artists who each navigate the terrain between the physical body and digital technology.
About the Exhibition
The exhibition takes the concept of "fingermade" as its central proposition — the observation that today's creators produce paintings, music, video, photography, and writing through a single screen, driven entirely by fingertip movements. Touchscreens and trackpads have fundamentally reshaped how people communicate, think, and express desire, but this transformation also means that intimate, physical acts of creation become entangled in vast technological systems.
Rather than presenting a straightforward critique of this condition, the exhibition aims to demonstrate what a freer relationship with one's fingertips can look like. Like the Romantic movement of the 18th century — which cut across painting, music, literature, theater, politics, and religion to produce a singular shift in sensibility — Amazing Fingers draws on multiple forms of expression to reframe contemporary experience. Fuse is careful to note, however, that Romanticism also converged into nationalism, and the fingermade era carries a similar risk: an emphasis on individual sensibility and freedom that can be absorbed back into large systems and collective desires.
Fuse first developed the "fingermade" concept in his essay "Artworks in the Fingermade Era," published in the journal Genron Y in March 2026. This exhibition extends that inquiry by gathering works from artists whose practices have grappled with — and continue to grapple with — the space between hand and fingertip, body and technology.
Participating Artists
Kenta Kobayashi
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1992, Kobayashi is a Tokyo-based artist. His solo exhibitions include "#copycat" at WAITINGROOM (Tokyo, 2025), "EDGE" at agnès b. galerie boutique (Tokyo, 2022), "THE PAST EXISTS" at Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery (Tokyo, 2022), and "#smudge" at ANB Tokyo (Tokyo, 2021). Group exhibitions include "COMING OF AGE" at Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris, 2022) and "Hello World: Toward a Post-Human Era" at Mito Arts Foundation (Mito, 2018). He has collaborated with Dunhill under Mark Weston and created campaign imagery for Louis Vuitton menswear under Virgil Abloh. His work is held in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. He has published two photobooks — Everything_1 (2016, Newfave) and Everything_2 (2020, Newfave) — and in 2026 released the collaborative photobook Flowers (Photobook Daydream) with British artist Tyrone Williams.
Kantaro Tanaka
Born in Tokyo in 1989, Tanaka completed his graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts (Advanced Art Expression). His practice involves fieldwork based on games and films, developing the collected motifs into video, sound, objects, drawings, and installations. Past exhibitions include "150 Years" (Higashi-Ikebukuro, 2025) and "Death Destroyer Destruction" (former cinema, 2023). He also founded and runs the artist-run space JUNGLE GYM in Kita Ward, Tokyo.
Rei Nakanishi
Born in Mie Prefecture in 1994, Nakanishi moved to the United States in 2016 to assist artist Reki Yamaguchi. Since returning to Japan in 2019, she has been based in Shizuoka, exhibiting both domestically and internationally. Her practice combines traditional painting methods with printing, and recent works incorporate 3D modeling, AI, and NFT technologies to probe shifting notions of value and the essence of expression in a rapidly changing era.
Shu Yonezawa
Born in Tokyo, Yonezawa is an artist and animator whose work examines the corporeal qualities of characters in contemporary digital animation alongside the emotional embodiment of living beings in real space — and the atmosphere of the worlds these animated figures inhabit. Recent solo exhibitions include "Swimming Eyes" (SNOW Contemporary, Tokyo, 2025) and "Wounds of Light" (La Main, Paris, 2025). Past curatorial projects include "Anima in the Fog" (Wall_alternative, Tokyo, 2024).
Rintaro Fuse (Curator)
Fuse is an artist who explores "solitude" and "being together" in the post-smartphone city through painting, video, websites, exhibition curation, and publishing. His work has been presented internationally at venues including the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo), and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as well as at international art festivals in Japan and abroad. His most recent curatorial project was Pavilion Zero (2025), a tour-format exhibition held at Kasai Rinkai Park and Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya. Published works include How to Write a Love Letter (2023, Shobunsha) and the poetry collection Catalog of Tears (2023, Parco Publishing).
Music Video Screenings
Alongside the artworks, the exhibition will screen a selection of Japanese and international music videos reflecting post-internet visual culture and contemporary body sensibility, including Aishiteru.com by Seiko Omori (2016).
Bar Programme
The venue bar will serve wine from Yamanashi winery PINO COLLINA throughout the exhibition period, selected in response to the sense of community shared among the participating artists.
Opening Reception
An opening reception will be held on June 3, 2026 (Wednesday) from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with artists in attendance. The venue will continue regular service from 9:00 PM. Admission is free; advance registration is required.
Talk Session
A talk event featuring curator Rintaro Fuse and participating artists is scheduled for June 13, 2026 (Saturday) from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, recorded in a MEET YOUR ART public-recording format. Confirmed speakers include Rintaro Fuse and Rei Nakanishi, with additional guests to be announced. Admission is free; advance registration is required, with places allocated by lottery. Results will be sent to successful applicants only on June 8 (Monday).
Concurrent Exhibition
Rintaro Fuse is also presenting a solo exhibition, "Exhibition for Time Travelers," at SNOW Contemporary (404, Hayano Building, 2-13-12 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo), approximately ten minutes on foot from WALL_alternative. The exhibition runs through July 4, 2026, open Wednesday through Saturday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM (closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and public holidays).
Exhibition Details
- Title: Amazing Fingers: Picture Plane in the Fingermade Era
- Curated by: Rintaro Fuse
- Venue: WALL_alternative (1F, 4-2-4 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
- Dates: June 3 (Wednesday) – June 23 (Tuesday), 2026 (closed Sundays)
- Hours: 6:00 PM – midnight
- Admission: Free, no reservation required
- Official website: https://avex.jp/wall/exhibition/831/
