Mika Shinagawa, an artist who has been exploring her identity and the human identity in her artwork, will be holding her first solo exhibition of her current series, The dream of the embryo at Iori Machiya Stay's Sanbo Nishinotoin Machiya. The machiya is a unique structure located behind an alleyway, isolated, with a large window on the second floor for natural lighting. The owner, who has a taste for paintings, renovated an embroidery workshop into a studio. New artwork painted for this exhibition will be exhibited in the machiya, with a history as a salon where culture-lovers such as writers, artists and various guests used to gather.

Mika Shinagawa

Born in Kumamoto. Shinagawa received her Master's diploma from the Graduate School of Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2016. Currently based in Osaka and Kyoto. Recent exhibitions include HOTEL ANTEROOM SEOUL (Seoul), ANTEROOM NAHA_Phase 2020 (Naha) in 2020, standing installation at Starbucks Kyoto BAL store (Kyoto), Universal Art Project 17 (Tokyo), Breathing Garden (Iori Machiya Stay, Kyoto) in 2019, and Kyoto Art for Tomorrow (the Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto), ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2018 (Kyoto) and November island (WINWIN ART, Taiwan) in 2018.