Yuki SAEGUSA

Eventually, the scenery of the world is transformed into each person’s unique picture plane. Yuki SAEGUSA (b. 1987) aims to capture the subjective world reconstructed in consciousness by an individual's complex memories and perspectives on the canvas. The title of Kukuzen "Tent" (2022) derived from a passage in Zhuangzi's “Dream of Butterflies.” The word pronounced as ‘Kukuzen (栩栩然)’ in Japanese is an onomatopoeic word expressing the appearance of a butterfly flying. A small tent appears in the middle of a surreal field delicately depicted with a fine brush. A small unidentified animal in the lower right corner of the screen is busy exploring an unfamiliar world. The artist emphasizes that both the reality of everyday life and the world within the painting are her true present.

Yuki SAEGUSA was born in Nagano, Japan, in 1987. She received her BFA in Oil Painting at Nagoya University of the Arts  in 2010. She has held solo exhibitions at various institutions such as Gallery A (Shizuoka, Japan, 2022), Yebisu Art Labo  (Aichi, Japan, 2022; 2017; 2013; 2012), as well as group exhibitions held at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL (Seoul, Korea, 2024), Bunkamura Gallery (Tokyo, Japan, 2023), ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI (Shanghai, Korea, 2022), Ginza Tsutaya Books (Tokyo, Japan, 2021), Nagoya Denki Community Hall (Aichi, Japan, 2017) and more. Her works are collected by institutions such as Nagoya University of the Arts, and more.