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宮﨑 菖子｜Shoko Miyazaki

宮﨑 菖子｜Shoko Miyazaki

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宮﨑 菖子 / Shoko Miyazaki

1997 Born in Yamaguchi, Japan

2020 B.F.A. in Western Painting, Seian University of Art and Design
2022 M.F.A. in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University”

Concept

I aim to fill the surface with paint through a fixed set of rules. I am focused on the process of painting rather than the aesthetic outcome or its exhibition. For me, the importance of a work lies in its existence as a physical vestige of the painting process.

Exhibitions

Solo

2025 HOUSE, STAGU HOUSE, Chiba

2023 Etcetera, gallery Dalston, Tokyo

2022 works, GALLERY b.TOKYO, Tokyo

2019 Crossing and Cutting, Seian University of Art and Design Gallery Cube, Shiga Gaze, cumono gallery, Kyoto

Group

2026 In House, biscuit gallery, Tokyo

2025 Kirakira, Nikai no Tenjishitsu omom, Tokyo WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.41: ON PAPER: Art and Print Market, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo Play Field, DDD ART En, Tokyo omom market, Nikai no Tenjishitsu omom, Tokyo

2024 Yu-yu Ei-ei, Gallery Dalston, Tokyo Spring selection, Gallery Dalston, Tokyo Jury’s Special Award, FACE 2024, SOMPO Museum of Art, Tokyo Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2024, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto

2023 Yay, Totan, Tokyo The Wind Passes Through, YOD TOKYO, Tokyo grid2, biscuit gallery, Tokyo ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2023, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto

Awards

2019 Selected, The 37th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition

2020 Excellence Award, Seian University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition

2022 Studio Award, Musashino Art University Degree Show Selected, Idemitsu Art Award 2022

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高瀬 栞菜｜Kanna Takase

高瀬 栞菜 / Kanna Takase

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高瀬 栞菜 / Kanna Takase

1994 Born in Osaka, Japan

2020 Completed Master’s Degree Program in Painting, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts

Concept

I keep daily notes on the things and events that pique my interest, using those words as a foundation for constructing my compositions. I am particularly inspired by human interaction and the feelings that arise from it. Much of my focus is on negative aspects: the obstacles and frustrations that occur between myself and others, the sorrow and pain, and the inner secrets that remain hidden during communication. When translating these themes onto the canvas, I replace them with animals, plants, or objects. By painting these subjects in a pop style to create a visual contrast, I explore new narratives that feel unsettled yet somehow humorous.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition

2019

Stories I Have No Memory Of, Kyoto City University of Arts Lesser Gallery, Kyoto

2020

Remnants of Midday, Gallery Morning, Kyoto

2021

Walk in a tale, Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya Books, Kyoto

Group Exhibition

2019

From the Youth, Seishun Gallery Chigita, Kyoto

2020

Tsubo Tsubo Tsubo Exhibition, Gallery Keifu, Kyoto

2021

Enclosed mythology, Artist in Residence Kamonasu, Kyoto

2022

Henshin, TENSHADAI, Kyoto Words of Color, Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo BEING AND TIME, Powerlong Art Center, Shanghai, China

Art Fair

2021

ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2021, The Museum of Kyoto Annex, Kyoto Contemporary Art Fair, Hankyu Umeda, Osaka

2022

ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2022, The Museum of Kyoto Annex, Kyoto ART FAIR TOKYO 2022, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo

2023

(un)fair 2023, C/O SUPERSTUDIO MAXI, Milan, Italy

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Eri Fukami

Eri Fukami

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Eri Fukami

Born in Osaka
BFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2022
“fictional reality.” biscuit gallery, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
2022
biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition “grid” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“You know who I am” MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo

2021
“Eri Fukami Special Exhibition”, Sendai Gallery A8T, Sendai
“Aimaina Uneri” Meets Gallery, Tokyo
“YOUNG ARTISTS SHOW 2021” Sendai Gallery A8T, Sendai

2018
“Zoku” Shinjuku Ophthalmologist (Ganka) Gallery, Tokyo

2017
“Sennenmae no Daeki no Kaseki no Youna” “meee” Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
“Wakaru/Wakaranai Kaiga” Shinjuku Ophthalmologist (Ganka) Gallery, Tokyo
“E Nante Kakitakunai” The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo

2016
 “xxxx you!” Shinjuku Ophthalmologist (Ganka) Gallery, Tokyo

Awards

2021
“CHANGTING Gallery Exhibition 2021” – Honorable Mention
“WATOWA ART AWARD” – Aoi Shigeru Prize, 家入賞受賞
“Idemitsu Art Award 2021” – Recipient
“Miss iD2021″（um!chika）- Artistic Achievement Award
“FACE2021” – Selected
2019
“ART OLYMPIA 2019”
2016
“Tokyo Wonder Wall” – Selected

Concept

Fukami practice centers on the question of “Where is the heart?” in terms of the self and the world. What is it that makes human consciousness? At certain moments, we feel déjà vu. Or a scene that repeats itself over and over in a dream. Or when we encounter something and are moved by it. Even if we are not consciously aware of it. Our minds, feelings, and memories tell us more accurately than the self does where the world is.

Overview

Eri Fukami explores and practices painting by questioning what is possible for her as a contemporary artist, considering not only the lineage of art history but also her own era, society, and culture.

Her works often feature figures with simple expressions and a “heta-uma” (bad-but-good) aesthetic. The artist explains that these pieces largely depict her personal world: everyday occurrences, relationships with family and others, romance, and her own dreams.

Fukami’s approach, capturing the doubts and realizations of daily life, as well as the ambiguous, subtle inner movements we face as we live, while weaving in elements of fantasy, may remind viewers of Expressionist painters like Kirchner or Munch.

However, rather than positioning herself as a narrator of art history, she adopts the perspective of an ordinary person, much like Hellenistic literature that sang of love and the laws of nature. Her motto is to present the reality found within that daily existence through painting. It is precisely for this reason that Fukami’s work resonates with contemporary sensibilities, possessing the power to make us observe our own daily lives anew.