Hong Kong
Exhibition: 
Resonance –
Transforming the atmosphere and feeling of space
Jun Tanaka 

23 May -25 July 2026

Jun Tanaka, yo-ju, 2026, Iron, stainless steel, H 76 x 27 x 27 cm

wamono art is delighted to announce the exhibition of Jun Tanaka, a Japanese metal artist whose practice explores the subtle transformations of space through form, balance, and material presence. This exhibition features Tanaka’s Mobile series.



Tanaka describes the metals he works with as materials that “melt and flow at extremely high temperatures at the Earth’s core, even generating gravity.” He further reflects that metals have given rise to free forms and structures shaped by human imagination. From these elemental properties, Tanaka felt compelled to extract pure form—to touch the resonance of primal energy embedded within metal. The Mobile series emerges from this pursuit, serving as an attempt to visualize that resonance and evoke sensations yet unseen. Each mobile is constructed upon a delicate balance between gravity and the Earth’s axis inherent in metal. As the work rotates freely in space, it embodies equilibrium, precariousness, and transience. Tanaka likens the mobile to a small Earth floating in space, leaving a distinct resonance within the senses of each viewer.

Throughout his career, Tanaka has consistently explored how the atmosphere and feeling of a space shift as form emerges within it. The Mobile series presented in this exhibition represents this inquiry in its most distilled form. Each work is conceived as a presence that alters the surrounding atmosphere

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Jun Tanaka

Jun Tanaka (b. 1981, Tokyo) is a Japanese metal artist whose work explores how form and material subtly transform the atmosphere of a space. Rooted in traditional metalworking yet oriented toward contemporary expression, his practice reflects a sustained interest in balance, resonance, and the quiet presence of metal.

Tanaka trained early in metal craft, graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Kogei High School in 2000 and apprenticing under Io Kenji shortly after. He continued his studies at the National Takaoka Junior College (now University of Toyama), completing the Metal Crafts course in 2003. From 2005 to 2011, he refined his technique under metal artist Nobuo Matsuoka, deepening his sensitivity to form and material nuance.

Tanaka’s commissioned works integrate metal into architectural and interior environments, including projects for Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills, Yagumosaryo, Moriiro, R.Torso.C residence, Ishi no kura restaurant, and Trellis in Nishiazabu.