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Born in Kyoto in 1996, Yujiro Ueno graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts in 2019 and completed a master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2021. Through layered brushstrokes and motifs of real and imagined creatures, he explores qi and the flow of matter and spirit. His work entered the collection of the Macao Museum of Art in 2023. He became a Royal Talens ambassador in 2024 and received a civic commendation from Kameoka City, Kyoto, in 2025.

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.