Japandi:shared aesthetics and influences will explore common approaches shared between Japanese and Scandinavian cultures thrugh art. Japandi is a hybrid union of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetic elements - appreciation for exceptiona craftmanship, simplicity and minimalism, reverence for nature and natural sustainable materials, and the beauty of embracing imperection. This exhibition features 39 contemporary fiber and ceramic artists from Japan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

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artist list

Jane Balsgaard (DK)
Brigit Birkkjær (DK)
Gjertrud Hals (NO)
Norie Hatakeyama (JP)
Ane Henriksen (DK)
Agneta Hobin (DK)
Kazue Honma (JP)
Mutsumi Iwasaki (JP)
Kiyomi Iwata (JP/US)
Tamiko Kawata (JP/US)
Masakazu Kobayashi (JP)
Naomi Kobayashi (JP)
Yasuhisa Kohyama (JP)
Markku Kosonen (FI)
Kyoko Kumai (JP)
Åse Ljones (NO)
Kari Lønning (US/NO)
Keiji Nio (JP)
Mia Olsson (SE)
Gudrun Pagter (DK)
Toshio Sekiji (JP)
Hisako Sekijima (JP)
Kay Sekimachi (US/JP)
Naoko Serino (JP)
Hiroyuki Shindo (JP)
Jin-Sook So (KR/JP/SE)
Grethe Sørensen (DK)
Kari Stiansen (NO)
Noriko Takamiya (JP)
Chiyoko Tanaka (JP)
Hideho Tanaka (JP)
Tsurko Tanikawa (JP)
Jun Tomita (JP)
Eva Vargö (SE/JP/KR) 
Ulla-Maija Vikman (FI)
Merja Winqvist (FI)
Grethe Wittrock (DK)
Jiro Yonezawa (JP)
Masako Yoshida (JP)