NEW is pleased to present *The Quiver of Nonhuman Life*, a solo exhibition by painter Chisako Fukuyama, on view from September 2 to 13, 2026.

Throughout her practice, Fukuyama has responded to signs of small, overlooked and abandoned forms of life, tracing, for instance, the passage of plants through wilting, withering, and decay. A graduate of Musashino Art University, her practice extends beyond the conventional boundaries of painting and has been deeply influenced by Kazuo Ohno, Yukio Nakagawa, and Isamu Wakabayashi.

For her first solo exhibition in 1998, poet Gozo Yoshimasu contributed an introductory text, while Kazuo Ohno, inspired by Fukuyama’s work, performed a dance in front of her paintings. Since then, Fukuyama has continued to present her work primarily through solo exhibitions. In recent years, she has also participated in exhibitions at the Ashikaga Museum of Art, which has acquired several of her works for its collection.

The Japanese word *sendō* (顫動), used in the exhibition title, refers to a faint, subtle trembling or quivering. What Fukuyama confronts is the very existence of these minute quivers of nonhuman life—forms of life that can never be fully absorbed into human systems of value and meaning.

To what extent can painting respond to the signs of small lives that are trampled underfoot and disappear without ever being named? Layers upon layers of paint and paper accumulate on the surface of Fukuyama’s works, materializing the very time devoted to this question.

We invite you to visit the exhibition and experience *The Quiver of Nonhuman Life* as rendered through Chisako Fukuyama’s paintings.