EXhiBition
GALLERIES
STEPHANIE QUAYLE, Clay & Straw Bull, 2023. Ceramic, 30 x 18 x 15 cm. Photo by Osamu Sakamoto.
EIJI UEMATSU, installation view, Gallery 38, Tokyo, 2022. Photo by Osamu Sakamoto.
STEPHANIE QUAYLE
Stephanie Quayle was born and lives on the Isle of Man. Rooted in the island’s history and natural environment, her mixed-media works explore what it means to be human through the figure of animals. Yet, rather than represent a bull or fox in strict terms, Quayle seems to summon her animals through her creative process, beginning with drawing studies before moving on to modeling clay mixed with other natural materials like straw, wool, seaweed, and stone. Inspired by sculptures from around 5,000 years ago, her newest clay animals, created for this exhibition, recall the animality that remains within us and suggest how important maintaining a connection to the earth is for our own sense of belonging.
GALLERY 38
Gallery 38 was founded in Tokyo in 2016. Since its inaugural exhibition of works by ceramic artist Eiji Uematsu, the gallery has pursued dual aims: to introduce emerging and established international artists to Japan—including Romain Cadilhon, Hartmut Landauer, Oliver Marsden, Christiane Pooley, and Stephanie Quayle—and to discover and promote emerging and historically significant Japanese artists abroad.