Start of Autumn Residency 2026 – Presentation

2026 September 20

We are happy to welcome the new participants of the autumn residency programme to Arita.
On Thursday 1 Octorber, the freshly arrived CRA participants for the autumn period will have a self-introduction presentation at Arita Será / Gallery Celadon.

Jos Klarenbeek is a Dutch designer-researcher based in Amsterdam with backgrounds in mathematics (University of Amsterdam) and design (Design Academy Eindhoven). He teaches at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK), specialising in technical weaving and its coding.

His practice converts complex subject matter — data, science, field research — into narrative installations and tactile materials. He treats data as raw material: the input for an algorithm, from which the work unfolds. Notable projects include Kadans 2.0 (weaving software translating ocean satellite data into patterns) and Echo (carpets for Kvadrat based on mathematical number sequences).

This will be his first visit to Japan and his first serious engagement with porcelain. He arrives as a researcher entering new territory — with mathematical rigour and genuine openness.

Nishiko (Hiromi Nishimoto) is a Japanese mixed media and conceptual artist born in Kagoshima in 1981, based in The Hague since 2006, where her studio is at the artist initiative Billytown. She trained at Tokyo Zokei University and the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK).

Her work explores coincidences and happenings — framing stories of chance that arise from everyday objects and situations. Rather than leading a story, she concentrates on framing and emphasising, allowing the audience to connect directly with the subject.

Her most sustained project, the Repairing Earthquake Project (2011–present), explores ways to repair the damage of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Most recently she was at EKWC (2025). She already visited Arita last autumn.

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Place: Arita Será / Gallery Celadon
Address: 2351-169, Akasaka Hei, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga 844-0024
Admission Free, no reservation required, open to all