About Me |
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My name is Sayaka F. Carrera. | |
| In 2017, I started studying drawing and painting by myself. I was a photographer and I printed my photographs on canvas and painted my character “Akampo the Cat”. “Akampo” has a concept. All people have an Akampo, and Akampo is always with you. Akampo doesn’t cheer you up, but when you are mad or sad, he says “It’s okay”. Akampo wants to see you smile. In 2018, I joined some exhibitions with my “Akampo the Cat” works in New York and I joined many art shows in the US and France. A lot of my inspiration comes from pop art and movies!, when I was a kid, I watched many movies and I said to myself: “I want to design movie posters!” I worked as a photographer and learned video work skills, I’m always trying to learn something new!. In 2019, I stayed at an artists’ residence in France, where I learned new painting skills and after returning to Japan, I started to study oil painting by myself. I have another dream from childhood; I stayed in Europe for a long time when I was a kid, and my family took me to many museums, therefore I was very moved when I was looking at many of the classic paintings and I said to myself: “I want to be a court painter!”, and now, I want to portray modern scenes and themes through classical style oil painting, and with “Akampo the Cat” concept artworks. |
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About my experience and achievements/awards [• » EXPERIENCE | • » ACHIEVEMENT | • » AWARD]
| YEAR | CATEGORY | DETAILS ABOUT |
| [2018] | • | First exhibition in NYC (group exhibition) and joined art shows in the US. |
| [2019] | • | Orquevaux artist residence in France. |
| [2020] | • | Start oil painting art. |
| [2022] | • | Collaboration with Fukuyama castle at Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. |
| [2022] | • | Art Note Project Audience Award in Osaka. |
| [2022] | • | Collaboration with Betty Boop official. |
| [2023] | • | Exhibition with Nagoya Railway Seto Line art gallery. |
| [2024] | • | Award for excellent work from Sagamihara Citizen Art festival. |
| [2025] | • | Award for excellent work from Sagamihara Citizen Artist association. |