Exhibition preview·Kyoto
STPI Takes Fourteen Artists' Prints and Paper Works to Kyoto for a Homecoming Show
Singapore print and paper centre STPI is presenting STPI in Kyoto: Print, Paper & Beyond at Kyoto City University of Arts, 7-12 November 2026, in parallel with its participation in Art Collaboration Kyoto. The showcase features works by 14 artists made during STPI residencies and marks 60 years of Singapore-Japan diplomatic relations.
Singapore print and paper centre STPI is presenting a curated showcase in Kyoto this week, in parallel with its participation in Art Collaboration Kyoto. STPI in Kyoto: Print, Paper & Beyond is on view at Kyoto City University of Arts from 7 to 12 November 2026.
The showcase features works by 14 artists made during residencies at STPI, including Tabaimo (2008), Teppei Kaneuji (2013) and Shinro Ohtake (2015). For Kyoto-born Kaneuji, an alumnus of the university, the show is a homecoming he describes as a reunion with old friends. His series Games, Dance and the Constructions combines photographs and manga illustrations in collages inspired by Singapore's multicultural landscape. The presentation also includes Do Ho Suh's Running Man (2010), an early example of the artist's signature thread drawings embedded in handmade cotton paper, and Lee Bul's Untitled - SFLG series (2023), layered screenprints built from up to 16 layers of paper, vinyl and foil.
The timing is deliberate. 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan, and the showcase also marks two decades of exchange between STPI and Japanese artistic practices through its Visiting Artist Programme, in which artists work closely with the workshop's print and papermaking specialists. STPI executive director Emi Eu said the anniversary made the return to Kyoto particularly meaningful, and described the show as an open kitchen: a sampling of what print and papermaking can do at STPI.
Two public talks and a hands-on relief printing workshop run alongside the exhibition, led collaboratively by university students and STPI. The first discussion brings Kaneuji and Tabaimo together with former STPI workshop director Eitaro Ogawa, and a second conversation looks at the future of print. Heman Chong is also showing new works at Art Collaboration Kyoto in a group presentation by STPI and Mizuma Gallery, alongside Kim Lim, O JUN and Junichi Mori. The Kyoto showcase follows earlier STPI presentations abroad, including Forms of Encounter in Bangkok in 2025 and Chances of Contact in Manila in 2024.
