Emmanuelle Moureaux's '100 colors path' installation transforms Tokyo space with chromatic timeline
In 2025, Emmanuelle Moureaux, a French architect and artist, unveiled her installation '100 colors no.53 "100 colors path"' at Takanawa Gateway City in Tokyo, which will be on view until July 21. This artwork showcases 2,400 lines inscribed with years that project a century ahead, utilizing Moureaux's distinctive palette of 100 colors. Since relocating to Tokyo in 1996, she has cultivated her 'shikiri' concept, which transforms spaces into engaging experiences. Her '100 colors' series, initiated in 2013, has been exhibited worldwide, including locations like Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo and Oslo Public Library. Moureaux has collaborated with notable brands such as Google, UNIQLO, ISSEY MIYAKE, and The National Art Center, Tokyo, creating inclusive, multisensory experiences that make color a universal means of connection.
Key facts
- Emmanuelle Moureaux debuted '100 colors no.53 "100 colors path"' in 2025 at Tokyo's Takanawa Gateway City
- The installation features 2,400 lines etched with years stretching a century into the future
- It uses exactly 100 colors and is on display until 21 July 2025
- Moureaux moved to Tokyo in 1996 and developed her 'shikiri' concept of dividing space with colors
- Her '100 colors' series launched in 2013 and has appeared globally from Tokyo to Oslo
- She was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize in 2017
- Moureaux's work has been commissioned for Google's Mountain View headquarters, UNIQLO, ISSEY MIYAKE, and The National Art Center, Tokyo
- Her Oslo installation featured 10,000 suspended letters in 100 colors in the library's atrium
Entities
Artists
- Emmanuelle Moureaux
- James Turrell
- Olafur Eliasson
- Anish Kapoor
- Yayoi Kusama
- Shirley Stevenson
- Daisuke Shima
Institutions
- Aesthetica Art Prize
- UNIQLO
- ISSEY MIYAKE
- The National Art Center, Tokyo
- Oslo Public Library
- Takanawa Gateway City
- Shinjuku Central Park
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Oslo
- Norway
- Mountain View
- United States