At long last, the contemporary medallic art exhibit PROGRESSION will open October 21st at Seixal, Portugal'sSeixal Centro Internacional de Medalha Contemporânea. This is the third, and final, country for the internationallytraveling exhibit; a partnership between Japanese and Portuguese medalists, organized by the Medialia GalleryDirector Mashiko (USA/Japan) and artist José Simão (Portugal).

PROGRESSION first exhibited in 2019 at New York City's Medialia...Rack and Hamper Gallery. The pandemicpostponed the travel of Progression to Kyoto, Japan, where it opened February-March 2023 at Galarie h20.

Originally, nine Portuguese artists of ANVERSO/REVERSO, nineteen Japanese artists and one New Zealand guestartist in the Japanese group comprised the exhibit. In this Seixal installation, the Japanese portion of the exhibit wasedited due to shipping restrictions between Kyoto to Seixal. The entire exhibit can be viewed at:https://www.medialiagallery-archive.com/2019/sep2019spaceI.html

1 450 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP PORTUGAL & JAPAN by Helder Batista (1932-2015)
2 THE LADY FROM KYOTO by José João Brito
3 TRIBUTE TO THE ARCHITECT DANIEL LIBESKIND by João Duarte
4 LA CAMBRE II by Naoko Ito
5 FUTURE ENERGY by Kimiharu Kitamura
6 SWIMMING SNAKE by Mitsuji Matsuda
7 JAPAN MEMENTO • DARUMA by Michael Reed
8 PORTUGAL A LOT OF HISTORY WITH PLENTY OF FRUSTRATION by Victor Santos
9 500 YEARS OF THE POET JOÃO ROIZ DE CASTELO BRANCO by José Simão
10 SEI TO DO by Tomohiko Yamada