Naoya Oshima, Mayuno Kobayashi, Shoko Mihira
Naoya Oshima, Mayuno Kobayashi, Shoko Mihira
MoCAF 2026
Booth: 26
July 3 – 5, 2026
Metro Manila, Philippines
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, 1634 Metro Manila
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SHIKISAISHA GALLERY is pleased to announce our participation in MoCAF 2026 (Modern and Contemporary Art Festival), held in the Philippines.
Dates: July 3–5, 2026
Venue: Marquis Events Place (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines)
Booth: 26
Hours:
July 3 (Fri): 10:00–17:00 (Vernissage / Collector's Preview)
July 4 (Sat): Public Viewing
July 5 (Sun): Public Viewing
Featured Artists:
Naoya Oshima
Mayuno Kobayashi
Shoko Mihira
Exhibition Overview
Modern Mythology: Monsters & Apparitions explores how three contemporary Japanese artists reinterpret the tradition of *yokai*—supernatural beings that have long visualized invisible emotions and spiritual presence in Japanese culture.
Through painting and glass, Naoya Oshima, Mayuno Kobayashi, and Shoko Mihira each create their own distinctive "monsters," transforming folklore, memory, and everyday experience into contemporary mythologies. Together, their works offer poetic reflections on the complexities of the human spirit in the 21st century.
About SHIKISAISHA GALLERY
Founded in 1996 in Tokyo, SHIKISAISHA GALLERY is dedicated to contemporary Japanese art. The gallery represents both established and emerging artists whose practices are rooted in Japanese aesthetics while engaging with contemporary artistic expression. Through exhibitions and international art fairs, the gallery introduces Japanese contemporary art to audiences worldwide.
SHIKISAISHA GALLERY is pleased to announce our participation in MoCAF 2026 (Modern and Contemporary Art Festival), held in the Philippines.
Dates: July 3–5, 2026
Venue: Marquis Events Place (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines)
Booth: 26
Hours:
July 3 (Fri): 10:00–17:00 (Vernissage / Collector's Preview)
July 4 (Sat): Public Viewing
July 5 (Sun): Public Viewing
Featured Artists:
Naoya Oshima
Mayuno Kobayashi
Shoko Mihira
Exhibition Overview
Modern Mythology: Monsters & Apparitions explores how three contemporary Japanese artists reinterpret the tradition of *yokai*—supernatural beings that have long visualized invisible emotions and spiritual presence in Japanese culture.
Through painting and glass, Naoya Oshima, Mayuno Kobayashi, and Shoko Mihira each create their own distinctive "monsters," transforming folklore, memory, and everyday experience into contemporary mythologies. Together, their works offer poetic reflections on the complexities of the human spirit in the 21st century.
About SHIKISAISHA GALLERY
Founded in 1996 in Tokyo, SHIKISAISHA GALLERY is dedicated to contemporary Japanese art. The gallery represents both established and emerging artists whose practices are rooted in Japanese aesthetics while engaging with contemporary artistic expression. Through exhibitions and international art fairs, the gallery introduces Japanese contemporary art to audiences worldwide.
Naoya Oshima
Naoya Oshima (b. 1995, Gifu, Japan) completed his PhD in Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2024. Through a process of cutting, rearranging, and translating photographs and existing visual imagery into painting, he explores the shifting boundaries between reality and fiction. In his recent *Yōizu Genjō Mosha* series, Oshima creates paintings that appear to be reproductions of historical picture scrolls and documents that never actually existed, incorporating stains, creases, and signs of aging to lend fictional images a compelling sense of reality. At a time when the distinction between the real and the fabricated is increasingly blurred, his practice investigates new forms of reality that can emerge through the act of painting.
Naoya Oshima (b. 1995, Gifu, Japan) completed his PhD in Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2024. Through a process of cutting, rearranging, and translating photographs and existing visual imagery into painting, he explores the shifting boundaries between reality and fiction. In his recent *Yōizu Genjō Mosha* series, Oshima creates paintings that appear to be reproductions of historical picture scrolls and documents that never actually existed, incorporating stains, creases, and signs of aging to lend fictional images a compelling sense of reality. At a time when the distinction between the real and the fabricated is increasingly blurred, his practice investigates new forms of reality that can emerge through the act of painting.
Shoko Mihira
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.
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.
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.
Download the checklist of works exhibited at MoCAF 2026.
For inquiries regarding prices and purchases, please contact us below: