

Sayaka Miyata
Born in Kyoto.
Completed the Master’s degree in Textile Arts at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2012.
Her encounter with textiles during university led her to develop a unique approach that use hand embroidery and
machine embroidery to create depth and volume on dyed fabrics. She has developed techniques based on the idea
that "errors and acts of failure can generate new values."
Her works explore this concept through series such as "WARP", in which machine malfunctions are intentionaly
triggered to create layered threads, and "Knots", where thread alone constructs the work without a fabric base. Her
creations resonate with the morphology of living organisms and the ways phenomena emerge and evolve.
Major exhibitions include the Sapporo International Art Festival (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art) in 2024 and the
solo exhibition “Urahara no Ito wa Yosuga” (Gifu Contemporary Art Museum) in 2022.
Notable awards include the 35th Takashimaya Art Award and the 2023 Kyoto City New Artist Award.
From May to June this year, she presented a large-scale instalation titled "New Natural History: The Gene of Curiosi-
ty" at the Hankyu Umeda Main Store Concourse Show Window.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
2025:"Residual Heat of the MacGuffin",Osaka/YOD Gallery
2024: "Ima Ima", Takashimaya Gallery NEXT, Osaka
2022: "Urahara no Ito wa Yosuga", Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
2020: "Karino Ito", Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo Group Exhibition
2024: Sapporo International Art Festival 2024, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
2023: Art and Climate: Artists Encountering the Ina Valley, a traveling exhibition held at five venues including Iida
City Museum of Art and History, Tatsuno Art Museum (Nagano), and Toyonaka Performing Arts Center (Osaka)
2022: KYOTO STEAM 2022, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto
2021: Material Transfiguration ̶ Beyond the Material, Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art, Gifu
Awards
2025: 35th Takashimaya Art Award
2024: 2023 Kyoto City New Artist Award (Reiwa 5 Fiscal Year)
2021: Suzhou Craft Biennale ‒ Gaoxin District Prize
2017: Kyoto Art for Tomorrow ‒ 2017 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artist Exhibition ‒ Excellence Award
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