LOLA I PARIS CULTURAL SPACE

OUR INVISIBLE TIES

EXHIBITION I FEBRUARY 4 – MARCH 11, 2026

In February 2026, the ICICLE Cultural Space presents the first solo exhibition in Paris of a young French artist shaped by the Japanese culture in which she grew up. Across fifty or so works on paper created between 2023 and 2025, Our Invisible Ties unfolds a world of infinite delicacy, where the spectral shadows of animal, plant, and human life intertwine to reveal the hidden threads that bind all living things.

‘With a sensitivity attuned to the faintest tremors of the world, LOLA develops a fluid, minimalist aesthetic. She plays with the unpredictability of water, which gives rise to forms and guides the gesture. With great economy of means — ink, acrylic, charcoal on paper — she integrates into her work natural elements gathered from her surroundings, in harmony with the rhythm of the seasons. Each work expresses a sense of wonder for the living and for the subtle connections that imperceptibly bind all beings. In Japanese, this notion is expressed by the word Kizuna — a deep communion with nature which is the centre of LOLA’s creative process. A bestiary born of dreams and memory emerges under her brush, equal parts playful and poetic. It evokes the full range of human emotion; with animals as surrogates populating our inner landscapes.’

Myriam Kryger, curator of the exhibition

ICICLE CULTURAL SPACE I PARIS
35 AVENUE GEORGE V, PARIS 8
MONDAY TO SATURDAY, 11 AM – 7 PM

LOLA

Born in 1990 in Okazaki, Japan, LOLA lives and works in Andernos, France. Self-taught and multidisciplinary, she lived in Tokyo until the age of eighteen. From early childhood, calligraphy, music, dance, singing, and photography were central to her life. After more than a decade on stage between Tokyo, Montreal, and Paris, LOLA was drawn back to nature, settling between the ocean and the forest in Arcachon Bay. Nights spent in those forests rekindled a powerful desire to resume her original practice: painting. In 2024, the artist held her first solo exhibition in Arcachon Bay.

An abstract ink drawing depicting an animal, in dark lines against a soft beige background

Untitled, 2025, acrylic on paper, 51 × 39 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist

Artistic depiction of a bird with a minimalistic background

Untitled, 2023, ink on paper, 40 × 26,5 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist

Wall with framed artworks featuring drawings of animals

Our invisible ties, ICICLE Cultural Space in Paris

Artistic depiction of a human figure embracing a deer, set against a beige background

Untitled, 2025, acrylic on paper, 50 × 62 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist

Untitled, 2025, acrylic on paper, 53 × 39 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist

Our invisible ties, ICICLE Cultural Space in Paris

An abstract composition of blue and yellow lines, revealing the silhouette of a cat

007, 2025, watercolor & acrylic on paper, 37 × 46 cm (framed). Courtesy of the artist

Our invisible ties, ICICLE Cultural Space in Paris

PARIS CULTURAL SPACE

ICICLE opened a cultural space in Paris in 2019, dedicated to creating opportunities for exchange and discovery. Guided by a belief in the importance of encounter, the cultural programme fosters dialogue and cross-fertilisation.
On the 3rd floor of the ICICLE store at 35 avenue George V, the ICICLE Cultural Space hosts exhibitions devoted to art and design, and features a uniquely diverse bookshop. Its selection spans materials and images (architecture, painting, art, crafts), words and ideas (philosophy, poetry, literature, history, sinology), and practices and tastes (tea and Tao arts, martial arts and meditation techniques).