Keisuke Watanabe
Music is
Music exists
October 14th-21st, 2026
Mon- Fri, 9am - 4pm
Saturday, 9am - 4pm
Closed on Sunday
歌舞伎 — Kabuki by Keisuke Watanabe at Plastico Gallery
This exhibition presents a seven-metre-long ink work inspired by Schubert’s song Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams), alongside a new series of nudes drawn improvisationally, and landscape works that capture the atmosphere and movement of the places in which they were created.
Keisuke Watanabe
Music is
Music exists
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October 14-
October 21, 2026
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Plastico Gallery
Syros, Greece
猫と女 — Cat and woman by Keisuke Watanabe at Plastico Gallery
Drawing on the physical and sensory awareness developed through his practice as a flautist, Watanabe works primarily with ink while exploring a wide range of materials and techniques.
At the heart of his practice is a distinctive approach he describes as “drawing as if listening.”
Keisuke Watanabe, artist and musician
神戸のカーニバル — Carnival in Kobe (detail) by Keisuke Watanabe at Plastico Gallery
Through depictions of bodies of different ages and genders, as well as ever-changing landscapes, his work asks: What is the body? What is a dream? What does it mean to see?
Themes of solitude, prayer and the memory of place resonate through the lines of ink and the empty spaces surrounding them.
三人 — Three People by Keisuke Watanabe at Plastico Gallery
Watanabe has developed a practice in which many years of musical experience form the foundation of his painting, often working directly on location.
He received an Excellence Award at the Shigeru Aoki Memorial Grand Prize Exhibition and has held a solo exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, supported by the Japan Foundation. His work has also received support from Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs.
He has held solo exhibitions in New York, Cologne and Ginza, and studied in Austria. He has been invited to take part in an artist residency in the United Kingdom.
In Adelaide, Australia, and Avignon, France, he exhibited a 100-metre-long work depicting the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Invited by choreographer Pina Bausch, he spent one month in Wuppertal, Germany, drawing rehearsals.
His artistic travels and projects have also taken him to Tibet, Peru, Inner Mongolia, Mexico, Portugal and many other places.
Four collections of his work have been published
Now on display
Music is
Music exists
On display at Plastico Gallery, Syros until October 21st, 2026.