PikaPika: Cherry Blossom Season
Spotlight on Japanese Designers
28 Feb – 5 March 2017
PikaPika, a spotlight on Japanese designers, returns to Clerkenwell with the theme Cherry Blossom Season. Curated and presented by Creative Clerkenwell, the selling exhibition and pop-up shop features UK-based contemporary Japanese designers and artists.
Exhibition open days: Tue 28th Feb – Sun 5th March
Regular opening hours: Tue-Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
Private View: Tue 28th Feb, 6-8pm
Featured designers include Aki Mori (jewellery), Chisato Tamabayashi (book arts), Ikuko Iwamoto (ceramics), Natsko Seki (illustration) and Yuki Sasakura Assiter (jewellery)
The Gallery at Craft Central
33-35 St John’s Square
Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4DS
Spring by Natsko Seki, digital collage and illustration
Pofu Collection framed ceramic sculpture by Ikuko Iwamoto
Work in progress by book and paper artist by Chisato Tamabayashi
Antonella Ring in silver and 18kt gold by Aki Mori, handmade in Clerkenwell
Sea Urchin containers by Ikuko Iwamoto, handmade in Clerkenwell
Recycled silver brooch by Yuki Sasakura Assiter, handmade in north London
Handmade pop-up book by Chisato Tamabayashi
London Zoo by Natsko Seki, digital collage limited edition print
Top image credit: Justin Webb Photography
MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
PikaPika: Cherry Blossom Season joins a season of Japanese cultural and art events in London, including The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945 at the Barbican Centre Art Gallery (23 March – 25 June), Sheer Pleasure: Frank Brangwyn and the Art of Japan at William Morris Gallery (through 14 May), and 2s, 3s & 4s by Natsko Seki at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (through 22 February).
PikaPika is Japanese onomatopoeia for shiny or bright. Now in its second edition, PikaPika is a selling exhibition curated by Charlene Lam of Creative Clerkenwell that showcases the bright talents of contemporary UK-based Japanese designers and artists. PikaPika: Spotlight on Japanese Designers debuted to very positive response in July 2016 to at the Gallery at Craft Central in Clerkenwell, London.
Press queries: Please contact charlene [at] creativeclerkenwell.com / +44 (0)7935 900 386
