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SAYA WORKSHOP EXHIBITION PAGEANT – Children in Maskes – VOL.3
Message from the Artist: On the Occasion of the Exhibition
Hi, we are SAYA WORKSHOP.
We want to share you the secret story through our artwork.
Try not to ruin the world of Saya Pottery, and at the same time, we won’t push our story too much.
Therefore, we don’t give a name to each doll (As an exception, we give name to not-for-sale artworks).
When the dolls arrive at your place, the new pages start.
Word from our exhibition title “PAGEANT” is the word which has the origin of masque, and flipping the page.
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This is our 3rd solo exhibition at Picaresque Art Gallery.
Thanks to all who give us this chance.
Please come and flip the new page at SAYA WORKSHOP’s PAGEANT.
And, we are looking forward to your spinning of a new story.
Dates
-Gallery Hours
Wednesday April 9, 2025 – Sunday April 20, 2025
Gallery Hours
Regular Hours:
Wednesday – Friday, Weekends & Holidays: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays
Special Evening Hours:
Every Thursday: April 10, April 17
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Venue
Picaresque Art Gallery
Address: 4-54-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo (Google Map)
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SAYA WORKSHOP (莢工房)
November, 2021, we formed the artist team “SAYA WORKSHOP”.
At the Instagram account, we introduce the artwork world as the story.
Inside the story, the craftsman family which is named “SAYA WORKSHOP” appears.
Saya pottery
Doll, mask creator
Saya pottery’s career starts at Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course.
At the 3rd year, artist transfered to the Ceramic Program, and graduated from the University.
Since Saya pottery graduated from the University, artist left the ceramic for a while.
After a while, the artist started to study fundamentals and studied under 4 different style of Ceramic artist.
After that, the artist studied at Ceramic and was preparing to open artist’s own ceramic workshop.
After the identity transformation, artists stopped creating the ceramic artwork and started the doll instead up until now.
Noriaki Kawana
Artist, Japan-style painter, planner, director
Finished doctor degree at Tokyo University of the Arts through the doctoral dissertation “Otherworld and Border (異界と境界 Ikai to Kyokai)”. Numerous domestic and oversea exhibitions.
Certified museum curator
Got quriosity to Saya pottery’s doll and mask world, wished to support to expand that artworld and formed “SAYA WORKSHOP”.
Atelier Nicolas
Take all of the design which directs the Saya pottery’s world instead of artworks.
The design range is from box, paper products, to the exhibition venue.
Certified museum curator
Past Exhibitions
Auguest 2022 “Saya Workshop Exhibition” Jiccai
June 2023 Picaresque Gallery
Saya Workshop official SNS
