Sayuri Fukami : Beckoning from the Tide,Touch of Light

Feb 26 2025 - Mar 5 2025

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Curation Note

Alpha Contemporary is proud to present 「Sayuri Fukami : Backoning from the Tide, Touch of Light」from February 26 to March 5, 2025.

Sayuri Fukami (Japanese b. 1986), who was born and raised in Okinawa, uses nature and the touch of life from her birthplace as a motif for her work, which is based on the theme of energy from nature, and uses Katazome of Okinawa.

Katazome is a stencil dyeing technique dyeing with glue made from glutinous rice flour and rice bran as a dye-proofing agent.

y expressing an intangible thing using Kata, a technique that does not allow for ambiguity, she believes that new perspectives can be created.

In Okinawa, the source of Fukamizu's expression, there is an event related to the sea on March 3 of the lunar calendar. It is called “Hamaui,” in which women take a feast to the beach, dip their arms and legs in the sea, and pray for good health.

From this time on, the islands of Okinawa are filled with light and the sound of summer approaches, earlier than in other parts of Japan.

Although daytime temperatures have begun to rise, the temperature difference between morning and evening is still significant at the end of February in Tokyo. It is the time of year to take measures against the cold, but at the same time, to bring in items that will remind us of the new season.

This exhibition showcases paintings by Fukamizu, of the sea, wind, scents, light, and even invisible things of summer in Okinawa.

Reminiscent of the pleasantness of the slightly cool tide and the warmth of light, Fukamizu's works should sharpen your senses and refresh your body and soul in expectation of the coming of a new season.

Where winter is about to pass, a new season awaits. If we can call this new season “hope,” that hope can be the power to live.

Fukami Sayuri

1986 Born in Okinawa Prefecture, currently resides in Saitama Prefecture
2011 Completed graduate studies in Dyeing and Weaving at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Graduate School

Group Exhibitions

2016 Dyeing and Painting 2 Artists Exhibition (Gallery Atos, Okinawa)
SOMÉ -DNA of Dyeing- (Dyeing & Seiryukan, Kyoto)
2018 Dyeing Circle vol.4 (Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Museum)
2020 Port Yokohama Summer Market (FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Yokohama)
2022 Port Yokohama Summer Market 2022 (FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Yokohama)
THE FUTURE ETERNAL (A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo)
2023 Communication art project: Pascal's Butterflies (Tsurumi Printing House, Osaka)
2024 Summer pulse Natsunokodou - Connecting with Art - (HIDEHARU FUKASAKU GALLERY&MUSEUM Yokohama)

Solo Exhibitions

2018 生に染む (Gallery Atos, Okinawa)
2019 ひかり染む (TK GALLERY, Tokyo)
2022 -ki (Gallery Atos, Okinawa)
2024 breathe (Gallery Atos, Okinawa)

Commission Work
2023 Hilton Okinawa Miyakojima Resort　