Born in Osaka in 1979, Shingu Sayaka is a contemporary ceramic artist based in Osaka, Japan. She is well-known in and outside Japan for her ceramic flower sculptures, though she creates both functional and sculptural works. Her pieces feature monochromatic mixed clay with slip and glaze. Shingu takes on floral motifs as a metaphor for impermanence, ephemerality, and fleeting beauty. Flowers are an ever lasting theme for artists, most notable in the west are the works of Robert Mapplethorpe and Georgia O'Keeffe to name a few. She is a female potter in a male-dominated ceramic industry.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Anadole University Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
1979 Born in Osaka
2001 B.F.A. Osaka University of Arts
2005 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
2007 Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
2010 Silver Shell, Tokyo
- INAX Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo
2011 INAX Live Museum, Tokoname
2013 Gallery Suchi, Tokyo ('10)
- Rokurokudo, Kyoto
- Utsuwakana, Kyoto ('11)
2014 ENTOREZ, Kobe