‘It Came From Outer Space’ (宇宙から来た!) was a mini sketch art exhibition by renowned manga artist/illustrator Katsuya Terada (寺田克也) held at Gallery House Maya from May 1st to 17th, 2025. The gallery is located somewhere in the Omotesando/Jingumae area, which houses many small and interesting art galleries and shops.

I had no idea the exhibition would be in session before I embarked on my Tokyo trip, so it was just good timing that I was in the city at the right time. I most certainly did not expect to see the artist himself in attendance when I visited the day I did; this was the first of two lucky chance encounters with Terada during this trip, both totally unplanned. I’ll write about the 2nd one in the coming week/s.

This exhibition was to showcase some of his latest sketches and art work, many of which are included in his new art book ‘This And That’ which I reviewed just a while back. Read my review here.

It was drizzling the afternoon I visited, and I had left my wet umbrella in the metal stand just outside the gallery. I must have placed it carelessly because it knocked the stand off-balance and it fell with a loud thud. Terada, who was sitting just beside the door – “Ah, no worries no worries, I’ll take care of it”; and proceeded to return the fallen stand and my umbrella back to it’s proper position. Talk about humility, right ?

Casually dropped by a Katsuya Terada exhibition in Omotesando because I was in the area and dude was manning the store lol. pic.twitter.com/vSjjXGNiCi

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(above & below) I had previously planned to pick up his new art book “This And That’ ( read my book review here ) on a later day when I visited Kinokuniya, but with Terada in person at the exhibition it was a no-brainer to get a copy with his autograph. As he signed my copy I made some small talk with my terrible Japanese and asked him about his recent trip to my hometown of Singapore ( I’m based in Vancouver ) for a certain comic/toys convention; he remarked that he had a great time there.

  
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