This October, Dai Ichi Arts is delighted to present a duo show Sayaka + Sayaka: contemporary ceramics by Shingu and Oishi Sayaka featuring two women artists from Japan.

In this show, flora and fauna converge, giving rise to captivating contemporary ceramics. The two women artists from Kansai expand the potential of surface, decoration, sculpture, and function within their ceramic expression. Both artists, who share the same given name Sayaka and have become fast friends, are excited to introduce their new series of works to you this October.

Shingu Sayaka’s work places a significant emphasis on the symbolism of flora and botanical forms, allowing her to explore profound Japanese themes of mutability and ephemerality through both sculptural and functional pieces. Her work showcases the intricate beauty of butterfly wings, feathers, petals, leaves and more. In this show, she introduces a new series of "Lotus" pieces, sculpting the iconic lotus flower and its leaves into sensitive and daring ceramic sculptures that remind us of nature's fragility.

Oishi Sayaka crafts fantastical compilations of fauna in her sculptural and functional creations. For this show, she has created work that showcases an exquisite array of fauna, including eagles, turtles, coral reefs, koi fish, deer, lions as well as her signature Apple forms that show an amalgam of her animated motifs. Through her work, she explores metaphysical themes: nature, human identity, time, and mortality converge through the mode of decoration.