Discover the joy of the Garden in spring! Many of our flowers have bloomed, creating delightful pops of color throughout our landscape.
Learn more about Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints, on display in the Pavilion Gallery this spring. The exhibition is the first collaboration between Portland Japanese Garden and the Honolulu Museum of Art, and celebrates iconic art of mokuhanga (木版画), the centuries-old process of Japanese-style woodblock printmaking.
This fall, we are honored to display Cross Currents by Portland-based bamboo artist Anne Crumpacker as part of our exhibition, Designing Nature: Elements of Harmony. While Designing Nature will run through February 23, 2026, Crumpacker’s work can be seen in the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner for a special viewing period, October 18 through Monday, November …
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to present Designing Nature: Elements of Harmony, an art exhibition that celebrates the beauty, history, artistry and inspiration behind Japanese gardens themselves.
Bizen ceramics are an 800-year-old tradition brought to life in the latest art exhibition from Portland Japanese Garden.
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to present its first new art exhibition of 2025 with Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of Bizen. Opening Saturday, February 8 and running through June 9 in the Pavilion Gallery, this exhibition celebrates contemporary ceramic art and vessels that preserve a time-honored collaboration of earth, fire, and the artist’s hand.
In 2025, the Garden’s exhibitions highlight a diverse range of Japanese cultural traditions and artforms, including a selection of ceramics from Japan’s famous Bizen region as well as the art inherent in Japanese gardens themselves. These exhibitions aim to share the ideas and aesthetics integral to the fabric of life in Japan. Here, we share a preview of what to expect in the upcoming year.
On September 28, Portland Japanese Garden debuted its final art exhibition of 2024, Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru. In both the Pavilion and Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Galleries, the show will feature the artwork of kintsugi artist and master conservator Naoko Fukumaru. “Kintsugi is a five-hundred-year-old Japanese method of restoring damaged ceramics with natural urushi lacquer dusted with powdered gold, seen as enhancing beauty by celebrating imperfection and impermanence,” shares Fukumaru.
Oregon ArtsWatch, an independent Oregon-focused website featuring arts journalism and criticism recently wrote about Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru, an exhibition now on show through January 27, 2025.
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to showcase the art of gift-giving through the exhibition Painting with Thread: The Art and Culture of Fukusa, featured in the Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Gallery from June 22 through September 16. Fukusa are ornate works of Japanese silk that were traditionally used in formal gift-giving rituals amongst prominent families in Japan starting around 350 years ago during the Edo period (1603-1868). The fukusa (gift covers) featured in the exhibition were generously donated along with a collection of uchishiki (decorated altar cloths) to the organization by San Francisco residents Peter and Beverly Sinton, longtime fans and collectors of Japanese textiles. This exhibition marks the first time the nuanced artistry of fukusa has been displayed in Portland Japanese Garden.