Maki Fine Arts is pleased to present The Range of Images, a solo exhibition by Fuminao Suenaga, on view from March 14 (Sat) to April 12 (Sun), 2026.

Fuminao Suenaga (born 1974 in Yamaguchi) is an artist who creates paintings by taking everyday objects as his subjects and distilling (or simplifying) them while placing emphasis on the act of “painting” rather than “drawing.”

For his sixth solo exhibition at Maki Fine Arts, the show consists of two distinct series: Thumbnail Painting (2010–) and Dot Image Painting (Pixel Art Paintings) (2024–).

In the Thumbnail series—initiated in 2010—the artist enters a painter’s name into an internet search engine and depicts the resulting image search pages, as suggested by the work’s title Search Results. Centered primarily on masters of Western art history, the range of searched artists has continued to expand across eras and nationalities, with the series now comprising over 60 pieces to date.

While the original artworks displayed on the search screen vary in size, the search results list prioritizes visibility. This standardizes the vertical proportions of the thumbnails, effectively visualizing the underlying logic of website browsing. Furthermore, while internet algorithms determine the sequence of these thumbnails, the results also reflect Suenaga’s own browsing history, lending the paintings a private dimension.

The Dot Image Painting is a series begun in 2023. Using an app that converts images into pixelated dot graphics, Suenaga transforms photographs and illustrations found primarily on the internet and paints them based on the resulting images on the screen. The series is characterized by the process of distillation (or simplification)—a consistent theme throughout Suenaga’s practice—mediated and processed through a digital device.

While both series depict data on a screen, the images—seen through the glow of a backlit display—are translated into physical paintings through the materiality of Suenaga’s handmade pigments—a mixture of pigment and acrylic medium. These are not mere traces or copies of the subjects; rather, the distinctive details of the works—such as the marks produced by the act of painting and the drips of primer on the sides of the canvas—contribute to the physical presence of each piece as a painting.