Ernesto Neto – Dreaming Beings

Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi is pleased to present “Dreaming Beings,” a solo exhibition by Ernesto Neto. This exhibition marks his first solo show at our gallery in 20 years and will feature a new series of three-dimensional works alongside a selection of drawings.

Ernesto Neto is one of the leading contemporary artists from Brazil and is highly regarded internationally. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1964, he continues to live and work in his hometown.

Since the late 1980s, he has presented soft sculptures made of stockings filled with Styrofoam balls and spices, but gradually shifted toward large-scale installations. In the 1990s, he began creating immersive installations using thin, highly elastic fabrics, featuring organic forms reminiscent of skin and internal organs. He also developed the “Nave” (Portuguese for “spaceship”) series, in which viewers could enter fabric structures suspended from the ceiling, tailored to the characteristics of the exhibition space, garnering attention from around the world.

Neto’s work carries on the legacy of Neo-Concretism, a movement that flourished in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s that sought to encourage viewer participation and create new spaces for artistic expression. His works might be described as flexible installations that prompt viewers to reexamine their own physicality and existence, and even to produce a certain palpable connection to the universe and others by integrating various sensations that encompass not only sight, but also smell and touch.

Gallery hours 11 am – 7 pm, closed Sun, Mon, National Holidays

Exhibition Duration 02.05. – 13.06.2026

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Location:
Tomio Koyama Gallery Roppongi
complex665 2F, 6-5-24, Minato-ku
106-0032 Tokyo
Japan