One-line Definition

White Poem is the act of lifting the quiet poetry that rises at the edge of silence, and letting it take shape as a white, sculptural form.

Beginning

I gather the faint presence of a poem—
a quiet breath rising in the meeting of light and shadow,
before it becomes a word—
and let it settle into the form of a white sculpture.

As a child, I was drawn to the silent worlds
that seemed to appear between the pages of books.
The calm hidden in those margins
became the source of what I would later call White Poem.

Exploration

Since beginning my practice in 2013, self-taught,
I have walked through many materials—
metal, wood, leather, paint—
seeking the trace of stories not yet born.
Each shift in material changed the nature of light,
and in that gentle trembling,
a small seed named White Poem began to open.

Discovery

In 2018, I placed small white forms throughout a space
and connected them with a single white thread.
As the points drifted and the thread wove the air,
I understood something.

I had been gathering fragments from a white world—
a world that exists before form—
and shaping them into what I now call White Poem.

White Poem is a place where meaning still rests in silence,
where light and shadow touch
and slowly begin to grow.
I listen to that tremor,
and crystallize the faint landscapes that float within it.

Discovery

In 2018, I placed small white forms throughout a space
and connected them with a single white thread.
As the points drifted and the thread wove the air,
I understood something.

I had been gathering fragments from a white world—
a world that exists before form—
and shaping them into what I now call White Poem.

White Poem is a place where meaning still rests in silence,
where light and shadow touch
and slowly begin to grow.
I listen to that tremor,
and crystallize the faint landscapes that float within it.

2015 (H27)
Yamaguchi — KO SILVER × Oota Koki Two-person Exhibition (Painting)
Yamaguchi — KO SILVER Group Exhibition: Metalwork · Plants · Painting “Akisho” (Painting)

2017 (H29)
Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Art Exhibition — Selected (Painting)
Yamaguchi — KO SILVER Solo Exhibition “Small Worlds, Many Worlds” (Painting / Sculpture)

2018 (H30)
Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Art Exhibition — Excellence Award “liberty.” (Installation)
Yamaguchi — KO SILVER × Oota Koki Two-person Exhibition (Painting)

2020 (R2)
Yamaguchi — Jiyu Sousaku Ito Young Artists Exhibition (Painting / Sculpture)

2021 (R3)
Yamaguchi — KO SILVER × Oota Koki Two-person Exhibition (Painting / Sculpture)
Yamaguchi — Sekisui House Housing Exhibition Interior Fair (Painting / Sculpture)
Creema Feature — “Staff’s Best Loved Works: First Half of 2021”
Kyoto — JR Kyoto Isetan “Scenes in Everyday Life” Exhibition

2022 (R4)
Osaka — Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Umeda Sook “tp-works × atelier kuuki — One Light”
Kyoto — JR Kyoto Isetan “Tsukiakari” Exhibition
Tokyo / Saitama — SOZO Solo Exhibition “jiyu.”
Shizuoka — Creema YAMABIKO FES 2022

2023 (R5)
Kyoto — Opening of atelier & café mu.
Osaka — ranbu “Cloud Courier” Exhibition
Kyoto — Kyotamba “Second Room” Exhibition

2024 (R6)
Selected for TRiCERA ART’s “100 Artists Exhibition”; Shibuya Cast Exhibition

2025 (R7)
Relocated studio to Hyogo and resumed production
Tokyo — Ogaki Bookstore, Azabudai Hills “Bookends That Stay With Me” Exhibition
Fukuoka — Solo Exhibition “Silent Poetry”