From Friday, August 11, 2023 to Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at the Shingon Buddhism Sohonzan Toji and dining hall, Bajj Shaam, a leading contemporary Gond art in India The first solo exhibition in Japan will be held. About 40 original paintings, including works drawn for this exhibition and new large-scale canvas works that will be exhibited for the first time in the world, will be exhibited. In addition, he plans to visit Japan for the first time to coincide with the exhibition period and produce works while staying in Japan.

Born in Patangal, a village of the Gond tribe in the forests of central India, Bajj Shahm inherits the expressions and stories handed down by the Gond tribe, sublimating them from his own perspective, and expresses them with a modern sensibility and simple storytelling. artist to do. Beginning with his participation in a group exhibition in Paris in 1998, his solo exhibitions have been held in museums and galleries around the world, including London, Berlin, Milan, and the Netherlands, attracting attention both in India and abroad.

In addition, the valuable original works exhibited at this exhibition will also be sold, with the exception of some. A pop-up shop selling original goods as well as duplicated original drawings and pictorial records will open in the cafeteria at the same time. Items such as a collaboration T-shirt with the apparel brand [BRÚ NA BÓINNE] and this exhibition, and a collaboration key chain with the contemporary art hotel [KAGANHOTEL], which is attracting attention as a new art spot in Kyoto, will also appear. It's scheduled, so please check it out.