Yu-yu, Ei-ei: A Two-Person Exhibition by AMURA Mikoto and MIYAZAKI Shoko at Gallery Dalston

Although the two artists have different styles of expression, the worldviews of their works create a harmonious chemistry within the gallery space, as their motifs are based on what they experience in their daily lives.
“Yu-yu, Ei-ei” is a coined word derived from the Japanese word “yu-ei,” which sounds like an onomatopoeia. The word “yu-ei” means to swim—not just in the literal sense, but to swim as if playing freely. The title of this exhibition evokes a sense of a free and comfortable worldview prevailing in the gallery.
For those of us living in the bustling city of Tokyo, it can sometimes seem difficult to make each day count and live at our own pace. However, if you discover something wonderful at this exhibition, tomorrow might just be a little more enjoyable.

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TAMURA Mikoto

• [Profile]
  2001 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
  2023 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Major
  2024 Currently enrolled in Tokyo Zokei University Graduate School, Department of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts Research
• [Exhibition (Solo Exhibition)]
  2022 “Distant news and dark nights, someone’s true face seen in a convenience store parking lot” mime (Tokyo Zokei University / Tokyo)
  2023 “ZOKEI Exhibition” (Tokyo Zokei University Graduation and Completion Exhibition) Tokyo Zokei University (Tokyo)
          “The morning I opened it by hand, the darkness I forgot to close, the air changes every time I blink” mime (Tokyo Zokei University / Tokyo)
• [Exhibition (Group Exhibition)]
  2023 “ART NAGOYA 2023” Nagoya Kanko Hotel (Aichi)
          “Seize the light” ARTDYNE (Tokyo)
          “in view” Gallery Icho no Ki (Tokyo)
          “Takeover Zone” mime (Tokyo Zokei University/Tokyo)
          “Spiral Xmas Market 2023” SPIRAL (Tokyo)
  2024 “From the Shadow of the Grass” gallery TOWED (Tokyo)
          “ru/rareru” Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F (Tokyo)
          “Spring Selection” Gallery Dalston (Tokyo)
• [Awards]
  2023 “ZOKEI Exhibition” ZOKEI Award (Graduation Project Excellence Award)

[Concept]
I draw things from the past that I suddenly remember, trivial events that happened in my daily life, and scenes of moments when I gained small realizations. By drawing time that has flowed inside me or around my body as if it were overlaid on top of it, I attempt to draw on the canvas on the time that passes through the recalled memories, and the physical and mental distance between the mind, body, and place.

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MIYAZAKI Shoko

• [Profile]
  1997 Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
  2020 Graduated from Seian University of Art and Design in Western Painting
  2022 Completed the Master’s in Oil Painting at Musashino Art University
• [Solo Exhibitions]
  2023 Etcetera (gallery Dalston/Tokyo)
  2022 works (GALLERY b.TOKYO/Tokyo)
  2019 Crossing and Slicing (Seian University of Art and Design Gallery Cube/Shiga)
  2019 Gaze (cumono gallery/Kyoto)
• [Other Exhibitions]
  2023 Yay! (Tin/Tokyo)
          Wind is Transparent (YOD TOKYO/Tokyo)
          grid2 (biscuit gallery/Tokyo)
          ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO2023 (Kyoto Museum)
  2022 Time to Think (gallery TOWED/Tokyo)
• [Awards]
  2024 FACE2024 Jury Special Award
  2024 Kyoto Prefecture New Artist Selection Exhibition 2024 (Kyoto Museum of Art)
  2022 Selected for Idemitsu Art Award2022

[Statement]
Before expressing or conveying something, I create works simply as an act of drawing, of leaving something behind. I think it is important that the painting is there simply as a trace of what was drawn, without attaching any unnecessary meaning to the act of drawing or showing what was drawn. I want to create a work that is separate from my own intentions, without intervening in the thoughts and emotions of the moment of drawing.