What I express in my art is the “collective unconscious”, which is actually a psychological term. I express feelings and sensations of the hidden subconsciousness that all humans naturally share, and this is what is called the “collective unconscious”.
Even in today’s world, which is flooded with symbols and icons, there are still many things which cannot be defined by words or symbols. And I feel that there are many people, who want to express those feelings and thoughts, which are inexpressible.
I express feelings and sensations in my work, which cannot be described with words.
The raw and unprocessed emotions of the subconsciousness, before they can become comprehensible, are captured by myself. Because these unprocessed emotions have no names, I express them in abstract shapes and colours. My hands create the work without any image in my mind. The drawing is done without thinking about anything, therefore I always try to have a blank, empty mind.
My art will be able to stimulate the thoughts of the viewer, and let them recall something unexpectedly.
My work may give you some kind of catharsis. It is intimately extroverted, so you can communicate with it easily. The poetic titles help you, to connect to the collective subconsciousness.
So, I create something that is totally incomprehensible but stirs your imagination.
Biography
Sie Kasahara
visual artist
abstract painting / ceramic object / video / stop-motion video / textile design
1973 born in Japan, based in Tokyo
Since 2022 based in Hamburg
My work is represented by several art galleries in Tokyo, and also have been exhibited internationally in LA, Houston (USA), Hamburg (Germany) and in Bolzano (Italy). I also have been invited to some Artist Residencies in Germany, Austria, Romania, Chile and an Art Festival in India.
Some of my works have been adopted on products, such as a book cover design and as a poster and brochures of Liquitex acrylic paints. It was also topic for several articles in magazines.
Solo Exhibition
2025 Was sagt Ihr Bauchgefühl? / Hinterconti / Hamburg / Germany
2021 Portrait / Galerie 21 Vorwerkstift / Hamburg / Germany
2021 Ī’ll you take there / art gallery closet/ Tokyo / JP
2021 Hear the ocean / Fuji Gallery Shinjyuku / Tokyo / JP
2019 Ich heiße Sie / Galerie 21 / Hamburg / Germany
2016 Multiverse; here and there –closet- / Art Gallery Closet / Tokyo / JP
and more…
Group show
2022 Pinzel trifft Linse / Bürgermeisterhaus / Essen-,Werden / Germany
2017 Avant}{Garden / Area1 Gallery / LA / USA
2017 Indication / Fei Art Museum Yokohama / Yokohama / JP
2017 Romania + Japan Book Art Exhibition / Gallery Yume’s tsuzuki / Tokyo / JP
and more…
Award
2009 12th Liquitex Biennale / Encouraging Prize and Judge Prize (Takayuki Terakado Prize) / Spiral / Tokyo / JP