EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Exhibition BiG-I Art Project SPREAD OUR COMMON SENSE

Gallery WEST, Yumeshima, Osaka

From Monday, June 2 to Wednesday, June 4, 2025

open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (closes at 2 p.m. on the last day)

Gallery admission free (You need an EXPO 2025 admission ticket.)

Explore artistic expression of persons with disabilities from multiple perspectives and inquire about the very nature of expression. (Hiroaki Nakatsugawa, Exhibition Curator)

about me special

What do people gain through expression? Why do they express and for what purpose? To them, what does expression mean? Living and expressing are deeply connected with each other. “about me” is an exhibition to close in on the secret of expression of persons with disabilities. By looking at their daily lives, as well as their personal and social relationships in the background, visiting the sites of their art production, paying attention to the creators, supporters, and welfare facilities, and displaying their artworks together with text, photos, and videos, it is our hope to shed light on the lives of creators and the current state of welfare services from multiple angles with the emphasis on their creative activities.

(Hiroaki Nakatsugawa, Exhibition Curator)

Participating institutions: NPO Tomute no Mori: studio BREMEN (Hokkaido), Social Welfare Corporation Art de Vivre (Kanagawa prefecture), NPO The Garden of Hope (Mie prefecture), Social Welfare Corporation Yamanami-kai: Atelier Yamanami (Shiga prefecture) , Social Welfare Corporation Shitennoji Welfare Corporation: Shitennoji Yawaragi-en (Osaka prefecture), NPO Welfare Corporation 100 YEARS: Katayama-Kobo (Hyogo prefecture), Social Welfare Corporation Kinki-kai: Disability Support Facility ‘Smile’ (Ehime prefecture), NPO Maru: Kobo Maru (Fukuoka prefecture)

Bunkamura Official Supplier Special Program

BiG-i×Bunkamura Art Project

“Through art, we want to stimulate conversations among everyone, including persons with and without disabilities, and share moving moments and joy together.”

BiG-i×Bunkamura Art Project is a program initiated by Bunkamura with the cooperation of the International Communication Center for Persons with Disabilities, BiG-i.

From a total of 1,419 artworks submitted from inside and outside Japan, approximately 80 award-winning and nominated works selected by art experts and artists for the 1st BiG-i × Bunkamura Art Project will be showcased.

Participating countries and regions: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Australia, United States, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium, Brazil