Waitingroom Tokio

Waitingroom presents Sew, a solo presentation by Tokyo-based artist Rikako Kawauchi (b.1990). Working across embroidery, painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, Kawauchi explores the porous boundary between the body’s interior and exterior through the expanded language of line. Centered on House of the Mouth (2026), a large spider-web embroidery, the project reflects her ongoing interest in food, bodily circulation, and transformation. Threads extend into space, inviting viewers to step into a web-like structure and reconsider the fragile threshold between protection and invasion.

Rikako Kawauchi (b.1990) is a Tokyo-based artist who completed her MFA in Painting at Tama Art University in 2017. Working across drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation, she explores the relationship between the body and thought through the expanded language of line. Recent exhibitions include Kurobe City Art Museum and Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art (Japan), Beyond Gallery (Taipei), and Van der Grinten Galerie (Germany), among others.