17/10/2026
Exhibition Information
Benrido 140th Anniversary Project
After the Landscape：Michiko Van de Velde × Beya Rebaï
Dates: October 26,2026 (Mon.) – March 13 (Sat.), 2027
-First Period / Michiko van de Velde: October 26 – December 26, 2026 (52days)
-Second period / Beya Rebaï: January 11- March 13, 2027 (51days)
Hours: 10:00–12:00 / 13:00–17:00(last admission 16:30)
Closed: Sundays and national holidays, the year-end/New Year period, and during the changeover (December 27,2026 – January 10,2027)
Venue: Benrido Collotype Gallery (1st Floor, Benrido Head Office)
302 Benzaiten-cho, Shinmachi Takeyamachi-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Access: A 6-minute walk from Exit 6 of Marutamachi Station on the Karasuma Subway Line.
Parking: Available (In front of the Benrido Kyoto Main Store, adjacent to the south side of the Benrido Head Office 1st Floor Collotype Gallery).
Admission: Free
URL: http://www.benrido.co.jp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benrido.collotype.gallery
Michiko van de velde、a Brussels-based artist with Belgian and Japanese roots, and Beya Rebaï, a French artist based in Paris, come together in After the Landscape, a two-person exhibition featuring two young artists working in Europe.
Both artists begin with encounters with nature and landscape. Rather than simply depicting what they see before them, however, they reinterpret the light, color, atmosphere, time and memories that remain from those experiences, transforming them through their own sensibilities into works of art. Michiko draws on shifting light and the sensations of fleeting moments to explore time, perception, and memory. Beya, meanwhile, reconstructs compositions and forms found in nature through vivid colors of her own choosing.
The title After the Landscape reflects the exhibition’s focus not on landscape itself, but on what remains after seeing a landscape and how that experience takes form as art. Though they come from different backgrounds and work through different forms of expression, both artists respond sensitively to quiet moments and memories of place. This exhibition presents new landscapes born from the resonance between their fresh and distinctive sensibilities.
To be released on Monday, October 19
To commemorate the exhibition, we are pleased to publish portfolios of the two artists.
• Michiko Van de Velde: KOMOREBI, 12,000 yen (Includes 6 works)
• Beya Rebaï: Where Colors Rest, 12,000 yen (Includes 6 works)
Opening Reception: Monday, October 26
An opening reception will be held from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Benrido Collotype Gallery, with both artists in attendance.
