Shingu Sayaka (born 1979) is a contemporary ceramic artist based in Osaka, Japan. After having graduated from the Osaka University of Arts in 2003, she joined an apprenticeship program at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shiga, Japan, where she was deeply moved by the work of contemporary artist, Sugiura Yasuyoshi. Her work is celebrated for its naturalistic forms, particularly for her ceramic flower sculptures, which often are constructed from mixed clay with slip and glaze using intricate hand building and glazing methods that show great restraint in their craft and construction.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Anadole University Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
1979 Born in Osaka
2001 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts
2003 Studied at The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
2004 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (07)
2008 Kyoto Arts and Crafts Biennale (The Museum of Kyoto)
2010 Solo Show at Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo
2012 Paramita Museum Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Paramita Museum,
Mie
2013 ART OSAKA 2013
Group Show “LA CERAMIQUE JAPONAISE” in Paris
2014 Group show in Takashimaya Department Store
2015 Utsuwakan, Kyoto, Japan
Tosei Kyoto Gallery, Osaka
Utsuwa Note, Saitama
2016 Gallery Labo, Ehime
2017 Kochukyo, Tokyo
Utsuwakan, Kyoto
2019 Pulsation Sayaka Shingu Exhibition
AWARDS
2004 Selected, The 42nd Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
2005 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
2006 Selected, The 44th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition,
2008 Solo Exhibition, INAX Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo
2010 Solo Exhibition at INAX Galleria Ceramica, Tokyo
2011 INAX Live Museum
Pottery New Sensation Series, Aichi, Japan
Rittai-butsu-butsu Exhibition, Shibuya Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
Synchronicity Synchronicity by ceramic Takashimaya Department Store,
Kyoto
2012 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair Hong Kong 12, Hong Kong
2013 Solo Exhibition Gallery Suichi, Tokyo
2014 Rokurando, Kiyomizu, Kyoto
2019 Rokurando, Gosho Minami Kyoto