Premonition
Akiko Iijima (JP)
07/05-30/05/2025
Premonition begins in the body. Everything may appear as usual, yet a slight dissonance emerges — a subtle tension, a near-invisible resistance. “Premonition” explores this elusive state: how quiet shifts in space and routine become signals that something has already changed, even if it cannot yet be named or seen.
Through an attention to small, often overlooked gestures — arranging, cleaning, repositioning — the artist draws out the latent poetics of everyday action. These movements, shaped by habit and repetition, begin to leave traces: like soap altered by the touch of hands, or the imprint of a routine performed again and again. In these understated processes, a search unfolds — for balance, control, or perhaps simply a sense of presence.
Akiko Iijima (1994) is a Japanese artist. She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo (2017), and in 2018-2019 she furthered her knowledge in Nantes, France. In her practice, she often uses minimalist ready-made objects, as well as working with etherealism and elements of empty space, such as dust.
Supported by SCCF, Arts Council Tokyo and Tālava cider
Graphic design: Elīna Salnāja
Photo: Akiko Iijima
Akiko Iijima (JP)
07/05-30/05/2025
Premonition begins in the body. Everything may appear as usual, yet a slight dissonance emerges — a subtle tension, a near-invisible resistance. “Premonition” explores this elusive state: how quiet shifts in space and routine become signals that something has already changed, even if it cannot yet be named or seen.
Through an attention to small, often overlooked gestures — arranging, cleaning, repositioning — the artist draws out the latent poetics of everyday action. These movements, shaped by habit and repetition, begin to leave traces: like soap altered by the touch of hands, or the imprint of a routine performed again and again. In these understated processes, a search unfolds — for balance, control, or perhaps simply a sense of presence.
Akiko Iijima (1994) is a Japanese artist. She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo (2017), and in 2018-2019 she furthered her knowledge in Nantes, France. In her practice, she often uses minimalist ready-made objects, as well as working with etherealism and elements of empty space, such as dust.
Supported by SCCF, Arts Council Tokyo and Tālava cider
Graphic design: Elīna Salnāja
Photo: Akiko Iijima