Ayaka URA

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1992. Has an interest in shifting subjectivity and responsibility , and has created a number of participatory performance pieces. Her recent solo exhibitions include “multitask”, 2023, gFAL (Musashino Art Univ ersity), Tokyo; “shell / fossil / left / traces / of / the / fossil / female / form / of / the / body”, 2022, Kanazawa Art Village, Ishikawa. Her recent group show include “Measure it, Get in Between, Break Out”, 2022, Aichi Triennale 2022, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya.

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Yuya KOYAMA

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1989. He analyzes, extracts and appropriates methods of communion, visualizing and eroding the body subordinated to existing frameworks, searching for the future and freedom. His recent activities include “S A Y O N A R A – M a r k II ”, 2021, TOYOTA Mark II, Tokyo; “Measure it, Get in Between, Break Out ”, 2022, Aichi Triennale 2022, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; “Stone_A series of lectures for appreciation and use ”, 2023, CSLAB, Tokyo.

https://yuyakoyama.net/
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Shiori FUTATSUGI

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1993. Graduated from Musashino Art University with a master ’s degree in oil paint ing. She has been working on performance and video works based on the theme of how to capture or edit her own experiences. Since 2019, she has been presenting her works with Kana Sakaguchi as Kana Sakaguchi and Shiori Futatsugi. Her recent exhibit ions include “RENEWAL NEWREAL: Shiori Futatsugi/Atsushi Yamamoto”, 2022, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo; “The Journey Through Everyday View” (Kana Sakaguchi and Shiori Futatsugi), 2023, Gallery PARC, Kyoto; “Oozing Point”, 2023, Iwo Jima, Mishima, Kagoshima.

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Asuka MIYATA

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1985. Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School, Fashion Department, Textile Course. While crossing the realms of textiles, fashion, handicrafts, and finearts, she creates her works using a modified home electronic knitting machine, hand knitting, and other techniques. She conducts research on handwork and people with reference to historical backgrounds, and questions the customs and practices that have been handed down without reflection. She has launched projects in various places to form communities with people in various towns through handicraft culture. Her recent activities include “Minato Knitting’n Stitching Group”, 2017-ongoing, Aichi; “Kanaiwa Handicraft Club ” organized by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, “Autonomous District Kanaiwa Ohno Art Project ‘Kanaiwa Rakuza’”, Kanaiwa district, 2021, Ishikawa; Aichi Triennale 2022, 2022, Aichi; “Hiraite, Musunde”, 2024, Okazaki City Museum of Art, Aichi.

https://asukamiyata.com/
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