Miwa Komatsu《Under the sacred rain, two shimmering green maples stand as a gate at the mossy horizon》2019

Beginning December 18 2025, the Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima Prefecture will present newly acquired works by Miwa Komatsu.

This fiscal year, the museum has added works by Miwa Komatsu, Sam Falls, and Tomokazu Matsuyama to its collection. To mark these acquisitions, the museum is presenting "SIMOSE New Collection Exhibition Part Ⅱ― Sam Falls, Miwa Komatsu". This exhibition highlights the newly collected works of Komatsu and Falls, offering audiences a closer look at the practices of both artists. It follows Part I of the exhibition, which centered on Sam Falls and Tomokazu Matsuyama.

SIMOSE New Collection Exhibition Part 2 Exhibition View

Miwa Komatsu

Miwa Komatsu is a contemporary artist who expresses the spiritual world, including invisible spirituality and life energy, through motifs such as Komainu (guardian dogs) and Divine Spirits. Komatsu, who has performed live paintings both in Japan and abroad, has also developed a significant artistic presence in Hiroshima, including a powerful performance with "prayers for peace" in front of the Great Torii Gate of Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima in 2022. This exhibition will introduce her unique artistic world, featuring over 30 works from her early copperplate prints to recent pieces, centered around newly acquired works, including 《In the Treasure Rain, a Pair of Lustrous Green Maples Becomes a Gate on the Mossy Horizon》, which was created at Jojakko-ji Temple in Kyoto in 2019.

SIMOSE New Collection Exhibition Part 2 Exhibition View

Sam Falls

American artist born in 1984. In recent years, he has attracted growing attention for his process-based practice, in which he arranges branches, leaves, and flowers on canvas, scatters pigments, and exposes the work to sunlight, rain, and wind so that natural forces complete the painting. One of his new collections, Spring to Fall (2023–2024), is a monumental work spanning over 45 meters in width, giving viewers a curious sensation of being drawn directly into nature. In the latter half of the exhibition, three new works created on Miyajima during his visit to Japan in October of this year will be presented for the first time. Incorporating materials unique to Hiroshima, including the natural environment of the sacred island and trees that survived the atomic bombing, they offer an encounter with a deeply site-rooted body of work.

Sam Falls "Spring to Fall" 2023-2024 Exhibition View ©SIMOSE

Exhibition Information

Exhibition Title: SIMOSE New Collection Exhibition Part Ⅱ― Sam Falls, Miwa Komatsu
Period: December 18 (Thurs) , 2025 - February 1 (Sun), 2026
Venue: Simose Art Museum, 2-10-50 Harumi, Otake, Hiroshima, 739-0622, Japan
Open hours: 9:30 – 17:00 (until 19:00 on Night Museum days / Last admission 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Mondays* / Tuesdays / Dec 30, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026 *Open if Monday is a public holiday.
Admission:
・General 2,000 (1,800*) yen
・High School and University Students 1,000 (800*) yen
・Otake City Residents 1,500 yen
・Free for junior high school students and younger
*Rates in brackets indicate group discount for 20 or more people (reservations required).

Organiser: Simose Art Museum, The Chugoku Shimbun
Cooperation: LPC Group / MATSUYAMA STUDIO / Art Office Shiobara / Tomio Koyama Gallery / Itsukushima Shrine / Fudo Co., Ltd.
Support: Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education / Otake City Board of Education / RCC Broadcasting Co.,Ltd. / Hiroshima Television Corporation / Hiroshima Home Television Co.,Ltd. / Television Shin-Hiroshima System / FM Hatsukaichi 76.1MHz
Access: 5 minutes by car from Otake IC. Or, 20 minutes by the city bus 'Koikoi Bus' from JR Otake Station or JR Kuba Station, followed by a 5-minute walk.
Web Site: https://simose-museum.jp/en/

SIMOSE New Collection Exhibition Part 2 Exhibition View

Related Events

◉ Night Museum
On the following dates during the exhibition period, the museum will extend its hours until 7:00 PM. After sunset, visitors can enjoy the nightly ambiance of the Simose Art Museum with colorful light-ups of the movable exhibition rooms and limited-time illuminations.
Dates: Dec 6, 13, 20, 24, 25, 27 / Jan 10, 11, 17, 24, 31

◉ Regular Gallery Talks
A museum curator will guide visitors through the venue, providing commentary on the artworks.
Date & Time: The third Saturday of each month during the exhibition period, from 2:00 PM (approx. 30 minutes).
Lecturer: Museum Curator
Venue: Simose Art Museum, Special Exhibition Gallery and Movable Exhibition Rooms
Fee: Free *Museum admission ticket required.

Simose Art Museum ©SIMOSE