上野裕二郎／小林繭乃／瀬戸優／安岡亜蘭
上野裕二郎／小林繭乃／瀬戸優／安岡亜蘭
D-art,ART 2022
D-art,ART 2022
October 20 – 24, 2022
SHIKISAISHA participated in D-art,ART at Daimaru Kyoto, presenting works by Yujiro Ueno, Mayuno Kobayashi, Yu Seto and Aran Yasuoka.
SHIKISAISHA participated in D-art,ART at Daimaru Kyoto, presenting works by Yujiro Ueno, Mayuno Kobayashi, Yu Seto and Aran Yasuoka.
Yujiro Ueno
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.
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.
Mayuno Kobayashi
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.
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.
Aran Yasuoka
Aran Yasuoka
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1978.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts (Design).
She creates works based on the theme of “past and future,”
combining elements of nature and machinery.
By intersecting contrasts such as organic and artificial,
she depicts imaginary forms of life.
Recently, she has incorporated motifs inspired by Edo-period chiyogami,
developing a distinctive visual world.
Aran Yasuoka
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1978.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts (Design).
She creates works based on the theme of “past and future,”
combining elements of nature and machinery.
By intersecting contrasts such as organic and artificial,
she depicts imaginary forms of life.
Recently, she has incorporated motifs inspired by Edo-period chiyogami,
developing a distinctive visual world.
Yu Seto
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.
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.
