Exhibition Period
October 4 – October 26, 2025

 

Hours
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• Monday – Wednesday: By Appointment

• Thursday – Sunday: Open to Public

 

Venue
J-Collabo / OSSAM Gallery 1F
300 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

 

Opening Reception
October 12, 2025, 5:00 PM –

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About the Artists

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Akiko Jinnai

Picture book author, art director, clinical art therapist, and producer for Gekidan Galba.

Born in Fukuoka, Jinnai graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design with a major in Western painting. In 1990, she joined Shiseido Co., Ltd., where she worked on product design, packaging, window displays, graphics, commercials, and web media. She left the company in 2017.

Since 2017, she has been active as a clinical art therapist, engaging in art therapy for the elderly while also beginning her work as a picture book creator.

• 2020: Received the Encouragement Award at the 3rd Creative Picture Book Contest organized by Ehon College.

• 2021: Published Fuu-chan and Mi’s Adventure Song, accompanied by a commemorative original art exhibition at Book House Café (Jinbocho, Tokyo).

• 2022: Held her first solo exhibition Kasanelu Yorokobi at HB Gallery (Harajuku, Tokyo), along with a picture book original art exhibition at Eruru Library Gallery (Sumoto, Hyogo).

• 2023: Solo exhibition Kigi – The Tree with Me at HB Gallery (Harajuku, Tokyo).

• 2024: Solo exhibition Komorebi – Yorokobi at HB Gallery (Harajuku, Tokyo).

 

Jebah Baum

In my art I endeavor to achieve a quality of presence without artifice or representation. My aim is to evoke a proto-physical experience, displacing verbal narrative in favor of a direct visual engagement with form.

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