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
Born in 1993 in Okinawa, lives and works in Okinawa. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. Uehara creates works in which history and time appear in multilayered layers in the cross sections of her photographs, which are made up of the details of the diverse cultures and backgrounds of Okinawa, her birthplace. In 2020, “The Others” won the New Photography Award at the 36th Higashikawa Awards, Japan. “Haunted Gardens” was awarded the Encouragement Prize and the Ohara Museum of Art Prize at the VOCA (The Vision of Contemporary Art) 2024. Her major solo exhibitions include “The Others” Canon Open Gallery 1 (Tokyo, 2019), “The Others” IINTERFACE – Shomei Tomatsu Lab. (Okinawa, 2019), and a group exhibition “PARADISE OKINAWA” MISA SHIN GALLERY (Tokyo, 2022). Her photo book “Sleeping Tree” was published in 2022 from the AKAAKA Art Publishing Inc., Japan.
EXHIBITIONS
PARADISE OKINAWA
Teruya Yuken, Ishigaki Katsuko, Iha Linda, Uehara Sayaka
Jun 23 – Aug 8, 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