Artists
Saijo Akane
- Born 1989 in Hyogo, Japan. Based in Kyoto, Japan.
Saijo Akane’s practice is based around the “physicality” of ceramic objects, exploring the typical juxtaposition between rough clay texture on the inside and glossy feel on the outside. She presents ceramic sculptures and sound performances in which the artist and her performers blow into or send their voices into the sculptures. Saijo also makes extended visits to ceramic producing areas around the world and creates works based on local legends and historical facts.
- Selected exhibitions
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- 2024
- When Two Collections Meet: Co-curated by the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan)
- 2023–24
- Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living, Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2023
- Solo exhibition, The Ebb and Flow of the Mountain: Cultural Village Creation vol.3, Nara Historical, Art and Cultural Village (Japan)
- 2022
- 1st. MIMOCA EYE; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (Kagawa, Japan), Grand Prix
- 2019
- 4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, KOGEI as Contemporary Craft: Transcending Boundaries, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan)
- “Orchard” 2022
- Photo: Takeru Koroda
- Courtesy of ARTCOURT Gallery
- Collection of Mori Art Museum.