Tomotoshi Hoshino (b. 1961, Tokyo) is a distinguished Nihonga painter and a specially selected member of the Japan Art Institute (Inten), one of Japan’s most prestigious art organizations. He encountered Japanese painting at the age of 14 and later studied under Kōhei Morita. Since his first acceptance to the Inten Exhibition in 1987, he has continued to exhibit extensively both in Japan and internationally. His solo exhibitions have been held in venues such as Nihombashi Takashimaya (Tokyo), as well as in Paris, New York, and Oslo. His works are included in the collection of the Omishima Museum of Art.

Space776 exhibits early to mid-career artists who work in a variety of mediums ranging from live multimedia performance art to traditional oil painting. The gallery accommodates artists from around the globe, taking their works to local and international art fairs such as Volta New York, Volta Basel, Art Miami, Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, and Art Busan. Space776 was founded in Bushwick, Brooklyn in 2013. In 2020, the gallery relocated to its current residence at 37-39 Clinton Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Space776 also opened a location in Seoul, South Korea in 2020 in accordance with the gallery’s mission to promote the international exchange between local New York artists and the Korean artistic sphere.