SHO SHIBUYA

Painted onto the front cover of New York Times newspaper sheets, a signature medium for which the Brooklyn-based artist has become widely renowned, each of the 30 artworks in the exhibition depict light from a morning’s sunrise translated through a window pane flecked with trompe l’oeil raindrops.

Falling From The Sky explores weather as metaphor for memory, routine, and fragility. Shibuya began his sunrise series in April 2020, as a quiet daily meditation during New York’s lockdown for Covid-19, and since then painting each morning has become a ritual no different from eating or sleeping. His commitment to this routine continues, but not every day brings clear skies. “Rain slows the world down,” says the artist. “It makes me pause. I want to freeze those moments: the raindrops, the lines, the darkened sky.”

At its core, Falling From The Sky is a reflection on transience. Newspapers, raindrops, shifting sunrises, and fleeting weather patterns - none are ever the same twice. These works form a visual diary that invite viewers to pause, reflect, and consider the emotional weather in our daily lives.