Sakura: A Season of Becoming
Fri, Apr 17
|Romanian Cultural Institute
A Transnational Group Exhibition Exploring the Artistic Metaphors of Cherry Blossoming
Time & Location
Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
About The Event
Artists: Daniel Fishkin (USA) | Eva Petrič (Slovenia) | Georgette Sinclair (Romania) | Junko Yoda (Japan) | Kiichiro Adachi (Japan) | Maia Ștefana Oprea (Romania) | Mariko Fujimoto (Japan) | Nicole Cohen (USA) | Paul O’Malley (Ireland) | Sophia Chizuko (Japan) | Sorin Scurtulescu (Romania)
Curated by Kyoko Sato | Luisa Tuntuc
Opening reception: April 17, 2026, 6-9 PM
With a special sound art performance by Daniel Fishkin: 7 PM
Envisioned as an intercultural dialogue between Romania, Japan, and New York, and presented by the Romanian Cultural Institute New York, the exhibition brings together eleven distinct artistic visions that reflect upon and celebrate the seasonal transformation of nature, embodied in the symbolic blossoming of the cherry tree.
Here, sakura—translated from Japanese as “cherry blossom” or “cherry tree”—transcends its botanical meaning to become a powerful social and cultural phenomenon. Native to the Japanese archipelago, cherry trees have long been cultivated and…