【OFFICE ZEN】 Artist ZEN’s latest work, “Urban Equivalence,” will be exhibited at DESIGNART TOKYO 2025 and Ginza Tsutaya Books this fall. OFFICE ZEN Press release: October 29, 2025 Artist ZEN’s latest work, “Urban Equivalence,” will be exhibited at DESIGNART TOKYO 2025 and Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore this fall. ZEN’s latest work, “Urban Equivalence,” reexamines the structure of cities through the dynamic movement of the body. The exhibition will be held in two parts at DESIGNART TOKYO 2025 and Ginza Tsutaya Books.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/135574/9/135574-9-5ab8c55e614aa0bb589371a1726bb91a-1505×2144.jpg DESIGNART TOKYO 2025 Event Overview Dates: 10 days from Friday, October 31st to Sunday, November 9th, 2025 Area: Omotesando, Gaienmae, Harajuku, Shibuya, Roppongi, Ginza, Tokyo Exhibition Venue: MEDIA DEPARTMENT TOKYO | 19-3 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ZEN will be exhibiting for the first time at one of Japan’s largest design and art festivals, held throughout Tokyo. Although this is ZEN’s first time exhibiting at a domestic fair, their latest work, “Out of Times/2024” from the LA2024 Series, was chosen as the main visual for the entire fair, and they will also have a booth at the main venue (Shibuya). Exhibition 2 – Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore Art Wall –
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/135574/9/135574-9-b20f4446f62bd1de696b8842d82e4dfc-1000×708.jpg Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore Solo Exhibition Overview Dates: Saturday, November 29, 2025 – Friday, December 19, 2025 Venue: Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore Art Wall, 6F, GINZA SIX Ginza, 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo *This venue, located in the cultural and commercial center of Ginza, showcases works by artists active both in Japan and abroad, creating opportunities for visitors to encounter art in their everyday lives. This exhibition will feature six previously unreleased works from the LA2024 Series, which was previously shown at DESIGNART TOKYO 2025. Collections
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/135574/9/135574-9-e8d83e71051f43979eb422cbefe20990-591×264.jpg *Photo: Solo exhibition “See Paris Differently – Encounter with the Known” to be held in May 2025 @TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY THE LINKPILLAR1 SOUTH 3F ZERO-SITE -2023- Solo exhibition “SEE THE WORLD” DIFFERENTLY” Lurf MUSEUM (Daikanyama, Tokyo) -2024- Solo Exhibition “Living Things – Things Hiding in Everyday Life” Hankyu Men’s Tokyo (Yurakucho, Tokyo) Solo Exhibition “Living Things – Things Hiding in Everyday Life” -” Hankyu Hakata (Hakata, Fukuoka) Solo exhibition “Living Things – Things Hidden in Everyday Life” Hankyu Umeda Main Store (Umeda, Osaka) Solo exhibition “See Paris Differently” Delsey Paris (Paris, France) Art fair “Photo London” Somerset House (London, UK) -2025- Solo Exhibition “See Paris Differently – Encounter with the Known” Takanawa Gateway (Takanawa, Tokyo) ZEN Profile ZEN | Artist & Athlete An artist from Tokyo. As Japan’s first professional parkour athlete, he traveled the world competing in the French training culture, becoming the world champion in competitive parkour in 2020. Since that year, he has been developing an artistic practice centered on the relationship between urban space and the body, mediated by his own experiences and physicality. Centered on self-portraits, he works in a variety of media, including contemporary photography, sculpture, and drawing. His unique approach consistently positions his work as “devices that connect with the viewer’s unconscious,” aiming to reconstruct the contemporary viewing experience. He creates works around the world, including in Bangkok, Paris, and Los Angeles, and has exhibited his work both domestically and internationally, including at the London photo art fair “Photo London” and in a solo exhibition on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/135574/9/135574-9-09dd3d0a8d8f6ed5401f76935de77837-1800×2700.jpg In 2013, he signed with LDH JAPAN, becoming Japan’s first professional parkour athlete. In 2015, he won the North American Parkour
Championships, becoming the first Asian to become a US and North American champion. 2016: Joined TEAM FARANG, a leading international parkour team in the world scene. Made his acting debut in the “HiGH & LOW” series, and his first appearance in the TV drama series ZEN won the “Best Action Scene” award at the 4th Japan Action Awards. 〇Breaked the Guinness World Record for the “Longest Distance Jumped Between Two Bars” for the first time in six years, setting a new record. In 2019, he was listed in the Top 10 of the Parkour World Cup Men’s Freestyle World Rankings and was selected as one of Newsweek’s “100 Most Respected Japanese People in the World.” 2020: Won the E-FISE FIG PARKOUR VIRTUAL COMPETITION FREESTYLE PRO MEN. Became the world champion. 2023: Sublimated his parkour experience into art and held his first solo exhibition at LURF GALLERY, an art gallery in Daikanyama, Tokyo. 2024: National touring exhibition in three cities: Solo exhibition “Living Things – Things Lurking in Everyday Life” held at Hankyu Hanshin Department Store. 2025: Solo exhibition “See Paris Differently – Encounter with the Known” held at TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY ZERO SITE. WEB SITE: https://www.zenshimada.com Instagram:
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