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Shimon Kamada: Phantom('s) Presence

_{13 June - 29 August 2026}

PODIUM is proud to present “Phantom(’s) Presence”, Rotterdam-based Japanese artist Shimon Kamada’s first solo presentation with the gallery and in his career. In this new body of work, Kamada draws from his photo archives that span his childhood and teenage years in his hometown in Japan, conjuring realms where these images drift, overlap, and intertwine like fragmented memories. From hometown streets and domestic settings to scenes of natural sublimity and surreal dreamscapes; the artist bathes each composition in skewed light, melancholic shadows, and psychological tension to render a series of enigmatic narratives, revealing the fragile and elusive nature of remembrance.

The exhibition opens on 13 June (Saturday) from 2 to 7 PM and is on view until 29 August (Saturday).

Artist
Shimon Kamada

PREVIEW

The exhibition title unfolds along a dual register. On one hand, memories return as spectral traces, resurfacing as phantoms that linger within the present. On the other hand, it references the phenomenon of the phantom limb, where absence is paradoxically experienced as presence, blurring the boundary between reality and fantasy. Together, these ideas probe the unstable and illusionary nature of memory as something both fleeting and insistently felt. Additionally, to underscore the plasticity and influx nature of memories, the exhibition will not remain a static presentation, instead it will be restructured mid-way during its exhibition period.

Press Release

Exhibition Preview
Shimon Kamada, Before the Car Light Came (detail), 2026, acrylic and oil on canvas, 65 x 80 cm. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Shimon Kamada, Sleeping Light (detail), 2026, acrylic and oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shimon Kamada, Ripples on the Mirror (detail), 2026, acrylic and oil on canvas, 65 x 80 cm. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Works

Shimon Kamada
A Found Sparkler
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm | 47.2 x 59.1 in

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Shimon Kamada
Dusk Tree
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm | 47.2 x 39.4 in

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Shimon Kamada
Ripples on the Mirror
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
65 x 80 cm | 25.6 x 31.5 in

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Shimon Kamada
Before the Car Light Came
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
65 x 80 cm | 25.6 x 31.5 in

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Shimon Kamada
Fireworks in Daylight
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
80 x 65 cm | 31.5 x 25.6 in

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Shimon Kamada
The Top Bunk
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
80 x 65 cm | 31.5 x 25.6 in

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Shimon Kamada
Sleeping Light
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm | 19.7 x 23.6 in

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Shimon Kamada
Abandoned Citrus
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm | 23.6 x 15.7 in

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Shimon Kamada
Harvest Season
2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
55 x 45 cm | 21.7 x 17.7 in

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Shimon Kamada
A Fever at Night
2025
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm | 15.7 x 19.7 in

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Shimon Kamada
The Snow Suspension
2025
Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 45 cm | 23.6 x 17.7 in

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Shimon Kamada
A New Recruit
2025
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm | 15.7 x 19.7 in

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Artist

Shimon Kamada

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