Getting In Shape

INSTALLATION VIEW “Getting In Shape“, 2025. Courtesy of the Artist and AISHO.

 

AISHO Tokyo is pleased to present “Getting In Shape”, the first solo exhibition in Japan by Hungarian artist Ákos Ezer, on view from October 17 to November 15.

Born in Hungary in 1989, Ezer graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2014 and is currently based in Budapest. He has held numerous solo exhibitions internationally—in New York, Paris, Austria, Germany, and Hong Kong, among others—and is currently presenting a solo show at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Luis Potosí in Mexico.

Ezer’s works feature figures with elongated limbs and necks, twisted postures, and distorted bodily proportions, all rendered in bright, high-contrast compositions. While one can sense influences from pop culture such as video games and animation, his dynamic compositions also recall Baroque expressiveness.

Often painted spontaneously and without detailed preparatory drawings, Ezer’s works reveal an underlying structural rhythm beneath their seemingly improvised surfaces. His distinct brushstrokes and bold contrasts convey a sense of physical dynamism, capturing the artist’s own bodily movement during the act of creation.

The intertwined bodies and fluid spaces in his paintings evoke a vision of post-human existence, reflecting an age in which human beings are extended and fragmented into data and images. Yet within these fluid, hybrid spaces, Ezer’s characters retain a sense of humor and vitality, suggesting bodies that, despite transformation, can never be completely dissolved.

The exhibition “Getting In Shape” features eight new paintings and one ceramic sculpture.

We warmly invite you to experience this significant presentation of Ezer’s work.

 

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