photo credit James Harnois
Champagne Truffles
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
A Clearing in the Clouds
Maki Tamura, Nicholas Nyland and Saya Moriyasu
(Courtesy of James Harris Gallery, Pulliam Gallery (Portland) and G. Gibson Gallery)
"A Clearing in the Clouds," - our collaboration at the ACT Theatre windows in Seattle in the spring of 2011 is the starting point for this print project. The diverse influences acting upon the local cultural ecology - Asian and Northwest Coast Indian art, jet-age Modernism and the NW mystics - have continued being our inspiration. We designed the pattern called "Northwest chinoiserie" - oversized, invasive blackberries ramble about cloud-lofted space needles and cottages adorned with orca whales.
Photos by Amanda Ringstad
A Clearing in the Clouds
Maki Tamura, Nicholas Nyland and Saya Moriyasu
(Courtesy of James Harris Gallery, Pulliam Gallery (Portland) and G. Gibson Gallery)
"A Clearing in the Clouds," - our collaboration at the ACT Theatre windows in Seattle in the spring of 2011 is the starting point for this print project. The diverse influences acting upon the local cultural ecology - Asian and Northwest Coast Indian art, jet-age Modernism and the NW mystics - have continued being our inspiration. We designed the pattern called "Northwest chinoiserie" - oversized, invasive blackberries ramble about cloud-lofted space needles and cottages adorned with orca whales.
Photos by Amanda Ringstad
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Henry Gift Shop Project, 2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
A Clearing in the Clouds
Maki Tamura, Nicholas Nyland and Saya Moriyasu
"A Clearing in the Clouds," - our collaboration at the ACT Theatre windows in Seattle in the spring of 2011 is the starting point for this print project. The diverse influences acting upon the local cultural ecology - Asian and Northwest Coast Indian art, jet-age Modernism and the NW mystics - have continued being our inspiration. We designed the pattern called "Northwest chinoiserie" - oversized, invasive blackberries ramble about cloud-lofted space needles and cottages adorned with orca whales.
Photo credit all photos Amanda Ringstad
Bloom & Collapse
curated by
Susanna Bluhm and Amanda Manitach
collaborative work by seven pairs of artists who have come together to address concepts of decay, fragmentation and decomposition.
February 2011, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dusty and Ashley
Elise Richman and Saya Moriyasu
clay, plaster and paint
Photo credit Amanda Manitach
Drama on the Wall of the Basement Bar
part of Troy Gua's Meet Greet Rinse Repeat
Saya Moriyasu + Troy Gua,
ceramic, glaze, wallpaper and ribbon on gatorboard glyph
This photo credit Sean Kardinal, detail photos by Saya Moriyasu
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: a special project by Matthew Offenbacher and Yoko Ott
Saya Moriyasu and Charles Tung
Assistant Professor, English and Women’s Studies, Seattle University
for the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University
January – March, 2010
What makes an intellectual? What is the basis of property? What is the relationship between the life of the mind and the sensual world?
Curator Yoko Ott and artist Matthew Offenbacher teamed up to investigate the aesthetic power of objects and ideas in the lives of artists, curators, and university professors by carefully pairing thirteen artists with thirteen professional thinkers. The artists were asked to visit their assigned person’s workplace, engage them in conversation, and select several things to borrow for the duration of the exhibition. The objects brought back from these expeditions—tools, raw materials, décor, texts, and other (harder to classify) items—have been installed by the artists in a setting especially designed by Ott and Offenbacher. The resulting exhibition is a hands-on database: a non-hierarchical collection of objects available for reading, touching, and looking.
photo credit Saya Moriyasu
Hardline Organics
Jenny Heishman
Etsuko Ichikawa
Craig Miller
Saya Moriyasu
Yuki Nakamura
SOIL Gallery, Seattle Washington, April
2006
An immersive and transformative installation. Keying in on the concept of absurd optimism the gallery is an interactive space alive with; object, sound and projection. The idea of absurd optimism plays off the ideal of futurism we grew up with, melded with our own current artistic sensibilities. The altered space is a new world of our own creation, with architectural elements that invite the viewer to explore the space and the future that is now. The work is an exciting collaboration between the artists, ambitious in concept, design and realization. (SOIL press release)
A five person collaboration explore absurd optimism. Saya Moriyasu primarily worked on the Geo cheer piece with Jenny Heishman. Also shown is her tiny people (available via www.ggibsongallery.com)
Photo credit Richard Nichol and Saya Moriyasu.
Portraits of Ladies and Man Servant
Gallery4Culture, box set edition, 2006
In collaboration with Dirk Park’s Olivianna Press, this is a box set of prints and a porcelain sculpture inspired by Japanese products that come in wooden boxes. These are the preliminary unique edition, one full set, and individual 8”x8” prints are available, send me a message. The works is inspired by the experience of fine dining and waiters as observers of other people’s lives.
photo credit Steven Miller.
Hortus Curiosus
2014
In collaboration with Maki Tamura
MadCampus, a project in collaboration with MadArt Seattle and the University of Washington
Concrete, Metal, Wood, Cotton, Paint
In the Cascara Circle at the Medicinal Herb Garden, Saya and Maki present concrete tree stumps of various sizes, reminiscent of old growth forest that once covered the grounds of the University of Washington. These stumps not only function as tables and benches, but also include several “grafted” branches of live plants. Echoing the wooden monkey gate on site, colorful fabric panels hang over the visitors’ heads, depicting inquisitive monkeys engaging in gardening and practicing pharmacognosy (the study of medicines derived from natural sources). Along with the petrified stumps, the installation offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of the university and garden.
Photo credit James Harnois
Champagne Truffles
2010
Jennifer Campbell, Saya Moriyasu, Nicholas Nyland, Maki Tamura, Ian Toms
Photo credit Saya Moriyasu
A Clearing in the Clouds
2011
Maki Tamura, Nicholas Nyland and Saya Moriyasu
"A Clearing in the Clouds," - our collaboration at the ACT Theatre windows in Seattle in the spring of 2011 is the starting point for this print project. The diverse influences acting upon the local cultural ecology - Asian and Northwest Coast Indian art, jet-age Modernism, and the NW mystics - have continued to be our inspiration. We designed the "Northwest chinoiserie" pattern - oversized, invasive blackberries ramble about cloud-lofted space needles and cottages adorned with orca whales.
Photo credit Amanda Ringstad
Dusty and Ashley
Bloom and Collapse
curated by
Susanna Bluhm and Amanda Manitach
collaborative work by seven pairs of artists who have come together to address concepts of decay, fragmentation and decomposition.
February 2011, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dusty and Ashley
Elise Richman and Saya Moriyasu
clay, plaster and paint
Photo credit Amanda Manitach
Drama on the Wall of the Basement Bar
part of Troy Gua's
Saya Moriyasu + Troy Gua,
ceramic, glaze, wallpaper and ribbon on gatorboard glyph
photo credit Sean Kardinal, detail photos by Saya
Intellectual Property:
a special project by Matthew Offenbacher and Yoko Ott
Saya Moriyasu and Charles Tung
Assistant Professor, English and Women’s Studies, Seattle University
for the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University
January – March, 2010
Hardline Organics
SOIL Gallery, Seattle Washington, April 2006
Jenny Heishman
Etsuko Ichikawa
Craig Miller
Saya Moriyasu
Yuki Nakamura
Print Project
Gallery4Culture, box set edition, 2006
In collaboration with Dirk Park’s Olivianna Press, this is a box set of prints and a porcelain sculpture inspired by Japanese products that come in wooden boxes. These are the preliminary unique edition, one full set and individual 8”x8” prints are available. The works was inspired by the experience of fine dining and waiters as observers of other people’s lives.
photo credit Steven Miller.