Fri, Nov 21
|Chicago
Circumference of the Sun Opening and Artist Talk
Join us for an evening with Japanese American artist Kioto Aoki, whose pop-up exhibition Circumference of the Sun responds to HMAA’s main exhibition More Things Japanese. Aoki will discuss her practice exploring perception, temporality, intersections of Japanese and American cultural identity
Time & Location
Nov 21, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Chicago, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60609, USA
About the event
The Heritage Museum of Asian Art invites you to an evening conversation with Kioto Aoki, whose exhibition Circumference of the Sun inaugurates the museum’s pop-up artist series in response to More Things Japanese.
Aoki will share insights into her multidisciplinary practice—bridging photography, sound, and movement—and discuss how her work reflects on light, rhythm, and temporality as a dialogue between cultural memory and artistic form. In this talk, Aoki will also reflect on her Japanese American heritage and her engagement with traditional and contemporary Japanese aesthetics in a global context.
About the Artist
Kioto Aoki is a Japanese American artist, educator, and musician whose work spans photography, film, sound, and performance. Her practice is grounded in the material and conceptual exploration of visual and temporal perception, often shaped by her background in traditional Japanese musical forms. Aoki’s projects have been exhibited and performed at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, and Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. She is also a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an active taiko drummer with Tsukasa Taiko.
