Kuniko Maeda: The Room - Sculpture Exhibition

Running alongside performances of The Gambler, The Story of Peer Gynt and Last and First Men, this exhibition by London-based artist Kuniko Maeda transforms the Print Room Studio into a space of quiet reflection.

Maeda combines traditional Japanese craft techniques with contemporary processes to explore transformation, impermanence and sustainability. Her practice embraces material-led abstraction and the quiet poetry of form, exploring subtle shifts in time and space and capturing moments that feel at once familiar and strange.

Rather than treating sculpture as a fixed or isolated object, the works are conceived in direct response to their surroundings: the architecture of the room, the presence of the audience, and the understated rhythms of everyday life within a working theatre. Old furniture – chairs, tables, and other domestic forms – becomes an integral part of the installation. Bearing traces of use and history, these objects evoke intimacy and memory, creating a gentle dialogue between past and present. Sculptural forms are placed on or around them, appearing to rest, lean, or wait, as though they belong to the room itself.

The result is an environment in which artworks feel lived-in rather than displayed, quietly coexisting with the space and those who pass through it.

Works featured include:
When a Room Awakens (2025), The Day in Tranquility (2025), Echoes of Shadows (2025), Where Time Fades (2025), Morphed (2025), Core (2025)

Free for ticket holders to The Gambler, The Story of Peer Gynt or Last and First Men.

Kuniko Maeda

Working primarily with paper, Kuniko Maeda combines traditional Japanese craft techniques with contemporary processes to explore transformation, impermanence and sustainability. Her practice embraces material-led abstraction and the quiet poetry of form.