An introduction to Sayaka Oya, an artist featured in The Collage Exhibition 2nd.
・Sayaka Oya
A painter with a love for games, anime, and lemons.
While working as an apparel designer, she continued to paint and went independent as an artist in 2015.
Taking social themes as her subject, she often delights in depicting landscapes, plants, and the human figure.
As a child, immersed in archaeology and history through her father's influence, she duly came down with a case of "chunibyo" (adolescent self-importance).
She seemed to grow out of it upon entering high school, but influenced by game character design and anime artwork, a few lingering aftereffects shaped the style she works in today.
From mural painting for offices to live painting at music festivals, she is energetically active across Japan and abroad, centered on Tokyo. Her work spans a wide range, including artwork for films and dramas, art supervision, and appearances in commercials.
Visit Sayaka Oya's Instagram here
<Selected Career History>
2022 "The Collage Exhibition"
2021 TV Anime "Blue Period" AKIBA_ICHI Live Painting
2021 TV Anime "Blue Period" × "Turner Colour Works" Collaboration Postcard Design
2021 "Ushigujo" Painting
2021 Opening of "ARTIE'S PARCO," a community atelier space inside Ikebukuro PARCO
2020 "Tomochika & Yuriyan no Jikan" Logo and Title Backdrop Design
2020 "nine colors" Group Exhibition (participant)
2020 "SHIBUYA STYLE vol.13" Group Exhibition (participant)
2019 SONY So-net "ONLINE LIVE ART: Tsunagaru Artist" Commercial Appearance
2019 "Takarazuka Kinen 2019" (Hankyu Bigman Plaza) Live Painting
2019 "Itoshi no Daddy Satsugai Keikaku" (Directed by Nanako Irie)
2019 Featured Interview in "Reform Sangyo Shimbun"
2018 Artwork for the "a.saught (2018-2019 AW Collection)" Catalog
2018 Complete Artwork for "AYNIW TEPO" (1st Full Album "Beautiful Vibrations")
2017 Live Painting Supervision for "#Koe dake Tenshi" (Abema TV Original Drama)
[Works]
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Pink+Blue
Under the theme "Collect your color," she captured special feelings and memories, the wonder of first encounters, and scenes overflowing in everyday life, gathering their colors and unfolding them as "collage."
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Under the theme "Collect your color," she captured special feelings and memories, the wonder of first encounters, and scenes overflowing in everyday life, gathering their colors and unfolding them as "collage."
Pink sky
How to feel of beauty
Having chosen a life's work tied to art, I want to engage with society little by little, so that it may become even a bit easier to live in. As social media has made it possible for anyone to step into the spotlight, it sometimes feels that, no matter how much we champion "diversity," the chances of being hurt have also grown. I see my role as broadening perspectives even a little, so that we can fit into society without living in fear — gradually changing how we think, myself included.
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