Keita Miyazaki — From Water To Form: exhibition at the Museum of

Keita Miyazaki — From Water To Form: exhibition at the Museum of Oriental Art, Venice

From 9 May to 13 September 2026 the Museum of Oriental Art at Ca’ Pesaro presents From Water To Form, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Keita Miyazaki. Curated by Pier Paolo Scelsi, Ilaria Cera and Riccardo Freddo, with scientific direction by Elisabetta Barisoni, Marta Boscolo Marchi, Daniele Ferrara and Stefania Portinari, the show explores material, time and transformation through the theme of water.

Miyazaki’s project sets contemporary works in dialogue with the museum’s permanent collection, highlighting continuities and tensions between traditional Japanese craftsmanship and contemporary practices. Water — as generative principle and transformative force — informs the site-specific installations conceived for the historical spaces of Ca’ Pesaro.

The exhibition also features a public art intervention at Crea — Cantieri del Contemporaneo on the island of Giudecca: a site-specific modular sculpture that rethinks modularity and the relationship between form and space, responding to the city’s productive and artisanal identity.

Why visit

• Cross-period dialogue: direct confrontation between contemporary works and the museum's Edo-period Japanese collection.
• Site-specific installation: artworks conceived for Ca’ Pesaro’s historic spaces and the Giudecca shipyards.
• Craft and process: the ritual of making as a central interpretative key.

Practical information

• Dates: 9 May 2026 — 13 September 2026
• Venue: Museum of Oriental Art, Ca’ Pesaro — Santa Croce 2076, Venice
• Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00–18:00 (last entry at 17:00)
• Curators: Pier Paolo Scelsi, Ilaria Cera, Riccardo Freddo
• Scientific direction: Elisabetta Barisoni, Marta Boscolo Marchi, Daniele Ferrara, Stefania Portinari
• Organizers and patronage: Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Veneto - Museo d'Arte Orientale, Galleria Rosenfeld, CREA, Consulate General of Japan in Milan, Japan Foundation
• Info & contacts: [email protected]

The exhibition is part of the broader Biennale program and provides an opportunity to see how artisanal techniques and contemporary research can reactivate museum collections, giving materials a renewed cycle of transformation and memory.