Kishio Suga is one of the leading artists of the Mono-ha (School of Things) art movement. Recently, experiments of the 1970s that drew links between conceptual thinking and matter have garnered international attention, bringing great acclaims to Mono-ha works, particularly those by Suga, together with works of the Italian art movement, Arte Povera.

By careful arrangement of mono (things) such as stones, wood and other natural and architectural materials, Suga’s work possesses the unique ability to activate and transform the space itself. Through his creative intervention Suga visualizes the inherent power of unprocessed objects, their structure and origins, and their rich idiosyncrasy. Suga’s explorations of what it is to see things and how to perceive existence are fundamental, yet highly fresh now in the exuberance of contemporary visual culture.

Suga recently held two major solo museum exhibitions in Japan at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, where he mainly presented historical large-scale installations from the 1970s, when Suga's concepts were highly radical. Works are temporary and never completed, the possibilities of each perceived in a system of remaking at different times, and in different locations. The keen sensibilities of the artist, engaging with the complex, constantly changing environment that surrounds us, in an attempt to divine a universal structure, are reflected in his work.

Yuko Hasegawa, chief curator at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo describes the reason why Suga is so refreshing in 2015 as follows: 'he so clearly presents the perceptual reality of existence/non-existence and visibility/non-visibility... Suga began using materials and exploring the environment in which these materials existed during the 1960s. Over the decades he has observed and attempted to gain an understanding of weight, texture, and surfaces, as well as the characteristics of different materials, and his ability to perceive and understand his environment has continued to be enhanced and reach new depths.'