History

1984.8Galerie Sho Contemporary Art was established in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
2014.8Galerie Sho Contemporary Art was restructured and renamed, divided into two entities: Shoichiro, a salon-style gallery, and ProjeKcts by ProjeKcts, which focuses on exhibitions.
2015.10Galerie Sho Contemporary Art was closed
2017.9SHO PLUS 1 CO. LTD. was incorporated
2021.3Art Gallery Sho+1 was opened in Ueno, Tokyo

Exhibitions and Activities (selected)

Galerie Sho Contemporary Art

1984“Selected Works from California-Based Artists” focusing on works on paper by Robert Bechtle
Cooperation: Crown Point Press, San Francisco
1986The distributor in Japan for Andy Warhol’s limited-edition prints, “Cowboys and Indians”
Cooperation: Fred Dorfman Gallery and Gautney Klineman Fine Arts, New York
1986The distributor in Japan for Keith Haring’s limited-edition prints, “Andy Mouse”
Cooperation: George Mulder Fine Arts, New York
1987The distributor in Japan for Andy Warhol’s limited-edition prints, “Beethoven”
Cooperation: Herman Wunsche, Bonn, Germany
1988The distributor in Japan for Keith Haring’s limited edition-prints, “Growing”
Cooperation: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, Los Angeles
1989Production and publication of limited-edition prints by Rupert Jasen Smith as an “Homage to Andy Warhol”
Edition: 100
Cooperation: Fred Dorfman Gallery, New York / Published by Galerie Sho Multiples, Tokyo
1992年 – 1993Creation and publication of limited-edition prints from the Big Nudes, newly photographed by Helmut Newton
Edition: 15 each
Published by Galerie Sho Multiples, Tokyo
1993“Abstract Works” by Andy Warhol and Rupert Jasen Smith
Including a 76 x 52 in. Shadow painting, listed in The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne Volume 06A, No. 4171, All Shadow unique prints (F&S 204-209, 210-215, 216-221. 222-223, 224-225)
1993“Computer Graphics Based on Theme of Virtual Reality” and a demonstration of interactive music by Todd Rundgren
Edition: 3 each
Cooperation: Eric Gardner (Panacea Entertainment)
1993“Drug, Armani, and The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat”
Cooperation: Larry Warsh and Jane Rankin Reid
1994“New Editions and Retrospective Prints” by Helmut Newton
Cooperation: Davide Manfredi, Milan and Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Berlin
1994“Kaiju Cemetery”, featuring nine life-size monster costumes based on Ultraman series arranged within the gallery space
Cooperation: Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. Tokyo
1995“Chambre Close” by Bettina Rheims, featuring selected Japanese models, along with the production and publication of limited-edition prints
Cooperation: Gina Kehayoff
Edition: 15 each
Published by Galerie Sho Multiples
1997A second “Jean-Michel Basquiat” exhibition in conjunction with the retrospective show, planned by Galerie Enrico Navarra at Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo
1997“Selected Works by Edwin Schlosberg”
Cooperation: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
1998“Project for Japan and USA” by Ingo Gunther
2001“Collaboration Painting” by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol
2003“Two Black Artists” by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Raymond Saunders
Cooperation: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
2004 “Recent Works: 2002-2004” by Yoshihiko Ueda
2004“Homage to His Soul 01232004” upon Helmut Newton’s Passing
2005Sho Project I with “Selected Works by The Artists from Jack Shainman Gallery”
Cooperation: Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2005“The First Solo Exhibition in Japan” by Richard Pettibone
Cooperation: Barbara Castell at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
2005“The First Solo Exhibition in Japan” by Jonathan Seliger who is a member of the Finish Fetish Movement
Cooperation: Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2006 – 2011The gallery’s emerging artists project, which ran from 2006 to 2011

Participating Artists:
Clara Desire (France), John Lurie (USA), Betty Tompkins (USA), Trever Sutton (UK), Amy Ellingson (USA), Ayana V. Jackson (USA), Guido Argentini (Italy), Antonio Redaelli (Italy), Toni Meneguzzo (Italy),
Hiroto Murakami (Japan), MASAKO (Japan), Mikiko Azuma (Japan, Asuka Ito (Japan), Ken Matsuyama (Japan), TANKA (Japan), Masaya Yoshioka (Japan), Motoko Otsuki (Japan)
2006“The First Solo Exhibition in Japan” by Miya Ando
2007Sho Project II with “Publications by Edition Schellmann”
2007“Characters, Numbers, and Symbols” by Rene Magritte, Antonin Artaud, and Glenn Ligon
2007“Fake Gallery” by Sturtevant, Richard Pettibone, and Mike Bidlo
2008“A German Week” by A.R Penck, Gerhard Richter, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Jorg Immendorf,
Nobert Bisky
2009Sho Project III with “Extraordinary Printmaking Technique by Durham Press”
2009A New Series, “Faces” by Bishin Jyumonji
2010“Tribute to Wallace Ting”
2011“Comparative Exhibition” by Helmut Newton’s Private Property vs Richard Prince’s Nurse”
2012“American Hyper Realism” by Robert Bechtle, John de Andrea, Richard Estes, John Kacere,
Mel Ramos, Randel Rosenthal, and Paul Wonner
Cooperation: Louis Meisel Gallery, New York
2013“Face Paintings”, including the portrait of Lucian Freud, Antonin Artaud, Francis Bacon by Makoto Saito
2013“Time Machine” including the works by Jeppe Hein, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Zhang Dali,
Tseng Kwong Chi, Fred Tomaselli, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Jackson Pollock
2014“Dead Animals” by Richard Misrach
2015“Another Barbie Painting” by Andy Warhol



Galerie Sho+1 Office

2021Philip Colbert “New Collaboration Paintings +”
Dongi Lee “Redux Atomaus”
Group Exhibition “Scopes”
Group Exhibition “Diversity of Perspective”
Clara Desire Solo Exhibition “Muse Incorruptible | Everlasting Muse”
“Reality and Virtuality”
2022“EROS / Guido Argentini Selected Works from 1996”
Group Exhibition “Inside and Outside of Pop Art”
Group Exhibition “Destined Encounters”
Naoki Kimura “nagi on the edge of Milestone”(Fireking Café)
“Illusion of Reality”(GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS FOAM CONTEMPORARY)
Mitsuru Sakurai “BP”
Katsuhiko Brian Sato “AFRO GAME”(Fireking Café)
Katsuhiko Brian Sato “the perfect view from the planets”
2023Group Exhibition “2023 WINTER to SPRING”
Naoki Kimura “the tranquility as lullscape — ‘nagi’ In praise of shadows”
MItsuru Sakurai “BP”(Kyoto OKAZAKI TSUTAYA Gallery EN Wall)
fusengirl® × Shizuka Ando “moment”
Guido Argentini “Whisper of Florence”
Group Exhibition “new age entropy”
2024Dongi Lee “Multiplied Atomaus“
Naoki Kimura Solo Exhibition “KOIN – a time flies as lullscapes”
Clara Desire Solo Exhibition “Child Oddity”
Group Exhibition “Foresight and Insight”
Group Exhibition “Fascination”
2025fusengirl® Solo Exhibition “Chorus of Memory”
Reon Otsuka and 1 Second Angel 9 “Frenzy or Entropy?”
Kenji Misawa and Jonathan Seliger ”Material and Substance”
Group Exhibition “Faces – Expressions Through the Face”


Art Fair Participation History

Galerie Sho Contemporary Art

2004年Art Chicago
2006年Palm Beach
2006年Art Cologne
2007年Art@Agnes
2007年ART FAIR TOKYO 2007
2008年Art@Agnes
2011年Art Hong Kong
2012年The Armory Show
2012年ART FAIR TOKYO 2012
2012年Art Platform Los Angeles
2013年The Armory Show
2013年ART FAIR TOKYO 2013
2013年TOKYO PHOTO 2013
2014年TOKYO PHOTO 2014
2015年Art Stage Singapore
2015年The Armory Show
2015年ART FAIR TOKYO 2015

Galerie Sho+1 Office

2019年ART FAIR TOKYO 2019
2020年artTNZ
2021年ART FAIR TOKYO 2021
2022年ART FAIR TOKYO 2022
2022年art stage OSAKA
2022年3331 ART FAIR
2023年ART FAIR TOKYO 2023
2023年ART FAIR Asia Fukuoka
2023年artKYOTO
2023年Art Collaboration Kyoto
2024年ART FAIR TOKYO 2024
2024年Art Collaboration Kyoto
2025年ART FAIR TOKYO 19