11/06/2025
Inflections - Douglas Diaz Solo Exhibiton
DATE: May 16th - June 15th 2025
HOURS:
SAT & Sun 14:00 – 17:00
MON to FRI opens upon reservation at [email protected]
Free entrance
TOMA HOUSE
1325-1 Takabatake-Cho, Nara City
Video by Nicolle Mirabueno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMqSTjxvbeA
ABOUT
Inflections explores the tension between everything and nothingness, presence and absence, self and other. Through materiality, and interaction, the works invite viewers into a space where time is made tangible—layered, fragmented, and inescapable. Each piece becomes an inflection point: between weight and balance, between the seen and the hidden.
At the heart of this exhibition is a practice of compassionate witnessing—an ethical attention that does not scream, but does not turn away. In a world shaped by conflict, inequality, and accelerating loss, these works offer a quiet insistence on presence. To witness is not to look from afar, but to stand in relation.
Here, the viewer is not just an observer but an active participant—negotiating equilibrium, revealing traces, and becoming aware of their own presence in the unfolding moment. The works hold space for grief and gratitude, for what is crushed and what remains, for stillness and interdependence. I do not attempt to offer resolutions. Instead, ask: How do we meet this moment—with care, with courage, with attention?
ABOUT DOUGLAS
Douglas Diaz (b. 1972) is a Brooklyn, New York born artist. His work explores questions of his own humanity, challenging preconceptions and thoughts, embracing fears and the darkness that lies deep within the unconscious in an attempt to gain spiritual equanimity.
His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows since 2015 across Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the United States. In 2017, Douglas had his first solo museum exhibition titled SHUKKE at Art 1 Museum, Indonesia. His work is collected privately and publicly in more than 20 different countries.
He currently has studios in Bangkok and Higashiyoshino and lives in Nara, Japan.
https://www.douglasdiaz.com
https://www.instagram.com/d2.art/
