【miho kajioka 「have you ever listened to the scent of flowers blooming from peacock islands?」@gallery G + VINCENT&MIA, Hiroshima】

Starting Tuesday, July 14 next month, gallery G in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture will host an exhibition by Paris-based artist miho kajioka: "have you ever listened to the scent of flowers blooming from peacock islands?"

The "Peacocks Project," launched in 2025 as a life project that intersects, resonates, and creates with meaningful places and people, held its first edition at VAGUE KOBE in Kobe — a city marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake — under the direction of Gallery NAO MASAKI. This second edition unfolds in Hiroshima, as the city reaches the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing.

Kajioka's photographs quietly guide us toward emotions that words cannot fully express and memories that refuse to fade. Please experience this journey across memory and sensation as you visit two venues within Hiroshima city.

For the first three days beginning Tuesday, July 14, the artist will travel from Paris to be present at the gallery. On Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th, a collaboration event with Niida Honke will also be held at the second venue, VINCENT & MIA. We look forward to welcoming many visitors.

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miho kajioka

Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1973; based in Paris. She studied painting and photography in San Francisco and Montreal, then worked in photojournalism in Tokyo after returning to Japan. The Great East Japan Earthquake prompted her to resume her art practice. In 2016 she published the photobook And, where did the peacocks go?, weaving together the memories of people and places she encountered while covering the disaster. In 2019, her photobook So it goes became the first by a Japanese artist to receive the Prix Nadar, France's prestigious annual prize awarded to the finest photobook published in the country. She continues to present her work primarily in Europe and the United States while dividing her time between Japan and Paris.

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gallery G

Established in 2004 alongside the opening of Urban View Grand Tower in Kami-Hatchobori, Hiroshima. For over 20 years the gallery has supported Hiroshima's art scene as a venue for artists of diverse genres from within and beyond the prefecture and from around the world. It operates as both a hub that broadcasts local Hiroshima culture to the world and a space that brings art into everyday life.

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miho kajioka

"have you ever listened to the scent of flowers blooming from peacock islands?"

Main Venue:

gallery G

4-1 Kami-Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 730-0012

Dates: Tuesday, July 14 – Sunday, July 26, 2026

Open daily during the run

Hours: 11:00–19:00 (until 16:00 on the final day)

Artist in attendance: Tuesday July 14, Thursday July 16, Friday July 17

Second Venue:

VINCENT & MIA

5-1 Nakamachi 1F, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City 730-0037

Dates: Tuesday, July 14 – Sunday, July 26, 2026

Closed Wednesdays. Hours: 12:00–20:00

Related Event

Sake Tasting & Sales by Proprietress Maki Niida

Dates: Thursday, July 16 & Friday, July 17, 2026

Hours: 12:00–20:00

Venue: VINCENT & MIA, 5-1 Nakamachi 1F, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City 730-0037

Special sale of a Paris-exclusive sake featuring miho kajioka's artwork on the label

Organizer: Peacock Project 2026 in Hiroshima

Executive CommitteeCo-organizer: Gallery G

Supported by: Gallery NAO MASAKI, Shima Kogei, VINCENT & MIA