Reo Kikuchi , Mayuno Kobayashi , Yu Seto , Shoko Mihira , Karin Morita

Reo Kikuchi
Completed his PhD at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Currently serves as an educational research assistant at the same institution.

His work reconfigures historical pictorial images,
examining the act of seeing itself.

Focusing on how painting is perceived and functions,
he explores the possibility of painting as something that emerges through its relationship with the viewer.

Mayuno Kobayashi (b. 1993, Aichi, Japan) completed her MFA in Japanese Painting at Joshibi University of Art and Design.
Grounded in the techniques of traditional Japanese painting, she transforms emotions and memories drawn from everyday life into images of animals and imaginary creatures.
Through these playful and approachable motifs, Kobayashi projects the complexities of human emotion and inner experience, weaving together personal memories and cultural influences to create a distinctive visual world.
In 2024, she held her first solo exhibition, A Delightful Abyss, at SHIKISAISHA and received the ONE ART AWARD 2024.

Yu Seto (b. 1994, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan) graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts and completed his MFA in Sculpture at the same university. Drawing on his interest in natural science, he creates sculptures of wild animals, primarily using terracotta. By leaving traces of his touch and the sculpting process visible on their surfaces, Seto explores the structures and movements of living beings and the essence of their existence. In addition to exhibiting in Japan and internationally, his practice extends across disciplines, including collaborations in fashion and design.

Karin Morita
Born in Mie, Japan.
Graduated from Mie University.

Her work centers on the theme of “food,”
exploring the relationship between life and the human body.

Through the processes of observing, cooking, eating, and depicting natural ingredients,
she reconstructs an awareness of nature and her own physical existence.

By framing the act of “itadakimasu” as a form of expression,
she seeks to evoke gratitude for life and encourage self-reflection.

Shoko Mihira
Born in Tokyo in 1979.

His work explores a unique world of monsters, shaped by inner emotions and personal experiences drawn from everyday life.

Using burner-work techniques, he melts and forms glass tubes into intricate shapes,
encasing liquids and threads to visualize an internal world.

Both humorous and enigmatic, his creatures evoke a distinct sense of narrative and lingering presence.