POLA Museum Annex Photographer Nozomi Suzuki’s exhibition “Slow Glass – The Mirror, the Window, and the Door” will be held

[Pola Museum Annex] Photographer Nozomi Suzuki Exhibition “Slow Glass – The Mirror, the Window, and the Door” ​
Pola Museum Annex Press Release: September 4, 2025 Photographer Nozomi Suzuki’s exhibition “Slow Glass – The Mirror, the Window, and the Door” opens From Friday, October 3rd
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Photo: (Left) Light of Other Days: Three large mirrors on the wall of Yoshida Barber Shop 2020 H. 160×W. 380×D. 92cm Photo by Shinya Kigure Courtesy of Arts Maebashi (C) Nozomi Suzuki Photo: (center) Other Days, Other Eyes: Window in the second-floor hallway of the Takayama Residence 2017 H. 110×W. 55×D. 5cm Photo by Shinya Kigure (C) Nozomi Suzuki Photo: (right) Light of Other Days: Back door of Shirakawa 2-chome Neighborhood Association Hall 2018 H. 170×W. 71×D. 16.5cm (C) Nozomi Suzuki Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will be hosting “Slow Glass—The Mirror, the Window, and the Door,” an exhibition by Suzuki Nozomi, who attempts to manifest memories residing in objects through the principles of photography, from Friday, October 3, 2025, to Sunday, October 26, 2025. Nozomi Suzuki studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University, then self-taught herself in photography. She completed her doctoral studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2022. In recent years, she has continued to expand the possibilities of her expression through participation in exhibitions and residency programs both in Japan and abroad. Suzuki’s works begin with traces of light that he happens to see in his daily life. He captures these moments as memories of what was there and of time that has passed, and sublimates them into artworks. In his signature work, “Other Days, Other Eyes” (from the “Window” series), he uses a unique technique to apply photographic emulsion to the window itself and print the image directly, imagining the scenery that may have once been seen through the window. The images that emerge capture the ever-changing relationship between light and space, as if quietly building up layers of time that are often overlooked. This exhibition will feature approximately 15 pieces, including this “Window” series as well as new works featuring motifs of “mirrors” and “doors.” Experience the invisible memories woven by light and time through Suzuki’s
perspective. ∥ Exhibition overview ∥ title Nozomi Suzuki “Slow Glass – The Mirror, the Window, and the Door” Dates: Friday, October 3, 2025 to Sunday, October 26, 2025 *Open every day during the exhibition Organizer: POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. Venue: POLA Museum Annex (3rd floor, Pola Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061) Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (last admission at 18:30) *Only on Friday, October 17th, until 18:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing) Admission Fee: Free *The contents may change due to various
circumstances. Please check the gallery website
(https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/ ) for the latest information before visiting. ∥ Talk event ∥ Nozomi Suzuki × Toshiharu Ito (Art Historian) Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Venue: Pola Museum Annex (3F, Pola Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061) Participation Fee: Free *For details and to apply, please visit the gallery website
(https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/). Author profile Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1983. Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art and Design, Tokyo Zokei University, majoring in Painting, in 2007. Completed the Master’s program at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in Intermedia Art, in 2015. Completed the Doctoral program at the same university in 2022. Received the New Artist Award at the 41st Higashikawa Photography Awards in 2025. In 2018, he was an overseas trainee for the Pola Art Foundation (UK). In 2016, he received the VOCA Encouragement Award at the VOCA Exhibition 2016: Prospects for Contemporary Art – New Artists of the Flat Surface. Her major solo exhibitions include “HIRAKU Project Vol.16 Suzuki Nozomi ‘The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope'” at the Atrium Gallery of the Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa, 2024), as well as group exhibitions such as “Potential Landscapes” at Arts Maebashi (Gunma, 2022), “Photography of Innocence and Experience: Emerging Japanese Artists vol.14” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2017), and “NEW VISION SAITAMA 5: The Emerging Body” at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (2016). In 2022, she published the collection “LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS” (rin art association). Her works are held in the collections of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Arts Maebashi, and elsewhere. ＜Statement＞ Through the principles of photography, I attempt to manifest the memories that reside in objects through the phenomena of light. Such latent images can be found everywhere in familiar objects, such as inverted images created by small hole projections that lurk in our daily lives, shadows created by light, the reflection of light on smooth surfaces, and the transmission and refraction of light through glass. These phenomena are physical, but at the same time, they are deeply connected to our vision and memory. Rather than being an artist who generates images, I act as a mediator or translator, visualizing the “memory of things” in my search for a perspective that allows us to reexamine our human-centered world. “Slow Glass” is a fictional piece of glass that transmits delayed light from the past, depicted in the short story collection “Other Days, Other Eyes” (1966) by British science fiction writer Bob Shaw. Its properties are similar to the fundamental principle of
photography, which captures light and reveals an image over time. In modern times, photography emerged with the Industrial Revolution and has shaped our perception and our view of the world through its deep ties to visual devices and architectural boundaries such as windows, mirrors, and doors. Windows act as frames that frame the outside world, mirrors as a medium for reflecting one’s self, and doors as a boundary connecting the inside and outside. Each of these has influenced our vision and memory. This exhibition presents memories residing in familiar “boundaries” such as the view through a window, the interior of a room reflected in a mirror, and the landscape beyond a door. It is our hope that when the objects upon which these photographs are fixed function as “Slow Glass,” they will recall times past and provide an opportunity to create new connections with the present. Talk Event Discussion: Toshiharu Ito Profile Art historian. Born in Akita in 1953. Graduated from the Department of Art History, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, and completed his graduate studies at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities (majoring in Western Art History). After serving as a professor in the Department of Information Design at Tama Art University, he became a professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Art at Tokyo University of the Arts. He currently serves as a professor emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts, a visiting professor at Tama Art University, and a professor at the Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School. His published works include “Photographic City” (Fuyukisha), “Diorama Theory” (Libroport), “Mechanical Art Theory” (Iwanami Shoten), and “Electronic Art Theory” (NTT Publishing).
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