《天涯共此时》| In the Same Time | June 6- 26, 2026
Duo Exhibition by Edward Fausty and Kota Onouchi
As IMUR’s fourth anniversary exhibition, In the Same Moment reflects the gallery’s ongoing mission to create dialogue across cultures, perspectives, and artistic practices. Bringing together two artists with distinct approaches—Kota Onouchi’s precision and restraint alongside Edward Fausty’s intuitive and exploratory language—the exhibition explores how art can become a shared space for reflection, connection, and humanity across distance.
《天涯共此时》 (“Though far apart, we share this same moment”) speaks to the emotional resonance of coexistence in an increasingly fragmented world, revealing a shared belief that artistic practice can still foster attention, compassion, and unity.
Edward Fausty
Edward Fausty is a photographer and master printer based in New Jersey. Drawn to photography from an early age, a formative visionary experience during his pre-medical studies led him to New York City and to a lifelong commitment to image-making. Mentored by printer-photographers Norman Sanders at Cooper Union and Richard Benson at Yale University, Fausty has devoted decades to exploring the expressive possibilities of ink, paper, and photographic process.
Working first through the historic collotype process and later through digital pigment printing, Fausty’s practice embraces experimentation, intuition, and discovery while maintaining a profound seriousness of intention. His engagement with Asian cultural influences emerges not through imitation, but through curiosity, openness, and a belief in the possibility of human connection across difference. Joy and exploration become central aspects of his artistic philosophy—ways of imagining a more compassionate and interconnected world.
Fausty has presented solo exhibitions at institutions including the Hunterdon Art Museum, the Watchung Arts Center, Princeton University’s Wilson School, and the Carter Burden and Louis K. Meisel Galleries in New York, among others, and has participated in group exhibitions internationally. His work is included in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, the United States Library of Congress, Pfizer Corporation, and Yale University. He has received fellowships from Princeton University, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
KOta onouchi
Kota Onouchi (b. 1974, Hamamatsu, Japan; raised in Tokyo) is a painter based in New York and New Jersey. Originally trained as a musician, he moved to Los Angeles in 1994 to study guitar before transitioning to painting in the late 1990s. In 2005, he studied intaglio printmaking under master printer John Greco at Josephine Press in Santa Monica, developing a disciplined sensitivity to surface, pressure, and material process that continues to shape his practice.
Onouchi’s work reflects a sustained pursuit of refinement through precision, restraint, and continuity. Through layered surfaces and subtle gestures, his paintings explore moments before fixed meaning or identity fully emerge. Rooted in patience and attentiveness, his practice approaches image-making as an ongoing discipline—one shaped through repetition, care, and lived experience.
He has exhibited internationally in the United States and Japan, including the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo, the Okayama Art Fair, and Mana Contemporary in Jersey City. In 2013, he was nominated for the Ueno Royal Museum Award. His works are held in private and corporate collections in Japan and the United States.