“WE ARE THE HOUSE” at WHAT MUSEUM from January 2027; Tomoko Mukaiyama and Fuyuhiko Takata

Terrada Warehouse announced on September 29, 2026 that it will hold “WE ARE THE HOUSE – Tomoko Mukaiyama + Fuyuhiko Takata (Freeloader)” at WHAT MUSEUM (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo), which it operates, from Tuesday, January 19 to Monday, March 22, 2027 (national holiday). The exhibition is built around “WE ARE THE HOUSE,” Tomoko Mukaiyama’s project in Japan and abroad that asks who “we” are and what a “house” is. Fuyuhiko Takata’s video works join Mukaiyama’s large-scale installations. Reiko Tsubaki, curator at the Mori Art Museum, serves as guest curator.

What kind of exhibition? Turning the entire venue into a “house”

Mukaiyama adds large new works, including “Hammerklavier,” to works selected from her solo exhibition “Act of Fire” at Arts Maebashi. With large-scale installations, she will turn the entire venue into a “house.”

In the title, Takata’s name is accompanied by the word “(Freeloader).” According to the press materials, Takata invades and disrupts Mukaiyama’s world with a group of video works centered on “Dream Catcher,” creating a strange resonance.

What the two artists, whose forms of expression differ, have in common is the conviction that the world should be open to everyone, free from gender norms and unnecessary social rules. The press materials express the hope that the meeting of different personalities will spark an unexpected chemical reaction. The total number of works on display has not been disclosed. Details of related events, such as a talk by the artists, will be announced as they are decided.

Who are Tomoko Mukaiyama and Fuyuhiko Takata?

Tomoko Mukaiyama is an artist and pianist born in 1963 in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. She has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and others, and has given the premieres of many contemporary works. Working across video, photography, theater, installation and salons, she takes up themes such as femininity, bodily self-determination, gender, boundaries, memory and ritual. Her works have been presented in theaters such as Lincoln Center in New York and the Paris Opera, as well as in museums, private homes, a fish market on an island in the Seto Inland Sea and online. In 2027, she plans an installation performance on the North Sea that visualizes sea-level rise caused by climate change.

Fuyuhiko Takata is an artist and video artist born in 1987 in Hiroshima Prefecture and based in Chiba Prefecture. He makes humorously distorted video works that deal with myths and fairy tales, gender, sexuality, loneliness, narcissism, trauma and more. His major exhibitions include the solo exhibition “Cut Pieces” (WAITINGROOM, Tokyo, 2023), the group exhibition “Dream Screen” (Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, 2024), the “14th Taipei Biennial 2025” (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2025) and the group exhibition “Collection 3 (Special Feature: Reflecting Cities)” (The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2026).

What is WHAT MUSEUM? A museum run by a warehouse company

WHAT MUSEUM is a museum of contemporary art and architecture operated by Terrada Warehouse. The press materials describe it as “a museum unique to a warehouse company, which has elevated a warehouse space into a place for encounters with contemporary art and architecture.” Its name derives from “WareHouse of Art Terrada,” and it has exhibited two- and three-dimensional works, architectural models, photography, video, literature, installations and more. It also introduces works that Terrada Warehouse stores for artists and collectors, linking the storage and display of works with a place for exchange. The museum says it serves as the core of the local art community as a hub of Tennoz as an international art city.

The international art exhibition currently being held in Tennoz is covered in our article on TOKYO ATLAS, and the major exhibitions opening in 2027 are introduced in [2027] Notable Exhibition Schedule.

Tickets and prices

Admission is 1,500 yen for adults and 800 yen for university and vocational school students, and free for high school students and younger. Timed online tickets are 200 yen off but cannot be combined with other discounts. Opening hours are 11:00–18:00 Tuesday to Sunday (last entry 17:00). The museum is closed on Mondays (the following Tuesday if Monday is a holiday) but is open on the final day, March 22.

Overview

Name: WE ARE THE HOUSE – Tomoko Mukaiyama + Fuyuhiko Takata (Freeloader)
Dates: Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, March 22, 2027 (national holiday)
Hours: 11:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00)
Closed: Mondays (the following Tuesday if Monday is a holiday). Open on March 22
Venue: WHAT MUSEUM
Address: Terrada Warehouse Building G, 2-6-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Adults 1,500 yen, university and vocational school students 800 yen, high school students and younger free (timed online tickets 200 yen off)
Organizer: Terrada Warehouse Co., Ltd.
Planning: WHAT MUSEUM
Guest curator: Reiko Tsubaki (Curator, Mori Art Museum; also TOKYO NODE)
Special cooperation: Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation
Cooperation: WAITINGROOM
Technical director: Yutaka Endo (Luftzug)
Grants: Arts Council Tokyo (Life with Art Grant), Performing Arts Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
Official website: https://what.warehouseofart.org/exhibitions/we_are_the_house
*Information as of October 20, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: Tomoko Mukaiyama, “WE ARE THE HOUSE: Performance,” 2026 (from a press release by Terrada Warehouse Co., Ltd.)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on press materials from Terrada Warehouse (September 29, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team