| Period | Oct 18 – Nov 15, 2025 *15:00-19:00 on Oct 18 |
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| Reception | Oct 18 (Sat), 17:00-19:00 |
| Hours | 11:00 – 17:00 |
| Closed | on Sundays, Public holidays |
| Venue | 104GALERIE FORCE Building B1F 1-20-4 Aobadai Meguro-ku Tokyo |
| Contact | info@104galerie.com |
Opening / Oct 18 (Sat), 17:00-19:00
104GALERIE (Nakameguro, Tokyo) is holding PINK, a solo exhibition by El Bocho, from October 18 (Sat) to November 15 (Sat) 2025.
This exhibition, the artist’s third at the gallery, seven years since the last, will feature approximately 30 pieces of new work. In addition, a collaborative installation work will be created with a group of street artists from Berlin that he is visiting Japan with.
El Bocho studied design in school, before he moved to Berlin. He began his career as a street artist in a place that, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, saw reconstruction as a city, and he has pursued painting of the longing and joy in life, with the theme of “everyday life in a metropolitan city.” At the same time, he questions the people who live in the city through his work, in which the eyes of figures seem to pierce right through the viewer. El Bocho has also engaged in creative work beyond Berlin. His wide field of practice as an artist and his sincere attitude to the history and memories of the places he visits have secured recognition as one of the foremost street artists in Berlin. He has held solo exhibitions not only in major cities in Germany, but also in Japan, Russia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brazil, France, and Italy, and he continues to produce murals all over the world.
In PINK, which consists entirely of new work, we can see a new side of El Bocho in the colors and brushstrokes. All of the canvases are painted with a new distinctive approach, in aggressive neon pink developed with additional details.
The motifs featured in the work of El Bocho are universal things: portraits, flowers, buildings – elements that painters have worked on for centuries. However, what he expresses through these familiar motifs are themes unique to himself, such as contemporary urban life, and he continues a process of communication with the city that has never ceased since he began producing street art. In this exhibition, these core themes remain present, yet he develops the work with new themes such as the movement of the population from city centers to suburbia in “Waiting for the Flood”, and managing the fear and uncertainty driven by ongoing climate change in “Homeland”.
The issues of contemporary urban cities are also relevant to Tokyo, as they are universal conditions. Against the undercurrent of complications and pessimism about the future, love towards humans and hope for the future in bright colors spring out at us between Berlin and Tokyo. We hope many of you will grasp the opportunity to experience El Bocho’s first visit to Tokyo for seven years.
An opening reception with the artist will be held on October 18 (Sat) from 17:00. We hope to see many of you there.