Uehara Sayaka, Old Woman Selling Flowers, 2024
Set of 4 archival pigment prints and printed text on a newsprint paper
Image size 34 x 51cm each, sheet size 42 x 59.4cm each, and 41.4 x 29.4 cm
上原沙也加 Uehara Sayaka
1993年沖縄県生まれ、同地在住。東京造形大学卒業。出身地である沖縄の、多様な文化や背景が入り混じる細部の表情を淡々と撮影し、その断面に歴史や時間が重層的に立ち現れる作品を制作。2020年に「The Others」シリーズで第 36回写真の町東川賞新人作家賞受賞。「VOCA展2024」で奨励賞、大原美術館賞を受賞。主な個展に「The Others」キヤノンオープンギャラリー 1(東京、2019年)、「The Others」IINTERFACE – Shomei Tomatsu Lab.(沖縄、2019年)、 グループ展「Paradise Okinawa」MISA SHIN GALLERY(2022年)がある。2022年、赤々舎より写真集「眠る木」を出版。
EXHIBITIONS
PARADISE OKINAWA
Teruya Yuken, Ishigaki Katsuko, Iha Linda, Uehara Sayaka
Jun 23 – Aug 6, 2022
Green Rooms
Uehara Sayaka
Apr 13 – June 1, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Okinawa, Japan in 1993.
Lives and works in Okinawa.
Education
2019 Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Green Rooms : Island of Peace, Gallert Ato`s, Okinawa
2024 Green Rooms, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
Green Days, Kanzan Gallery, Tokyo
2022 Sleeping Trees, Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2021 The Others 2020-2021, IG Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2019 The Others, Canon Open Gallery 1, Tokyo, and INTERFACE – Shomei Tomatsu Lab., Okinawa
Group Exhibitions
2023 VOCA Exhibition 2024, the Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2022 PARADISE OKINAWA, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
Awards
2023 The Encouragement Prize and the Ohara Museum of Art Prize, VOCA (The Vision of Contemporary Art) 2024
2020 New Photographer Awards, The 36th Higashikawa Awards
Public Collection
The Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido