Reina SUGIHARA paints viscerally; simultaneously viscous and static, her paintings picture haptic moments, the body abstracted and re-presented in a mix of matter and memory. Second-handedly sculptural, SUGIHARA’s paintings are constructed via her response to both anatomical drawings as well as an object, the weight and texture of which she measures through touch prior to painting. A sense of frozen time is achieved through her use of both forms and color that suggest a more historical painting without drawing upon a specific period or palette. SUGIHARA’s recent exhibitions include : “Island that does not know the sea”, Arcadia Missa, London (2024), Unbearable Lightness, ROH Projects, Jakarta (2024)  The Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2024, Tokyo (2024) Relics (with San D. Henry-Smith, 47 Canal, New York (2023), Frame, MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo, 2022