INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER

Saya Moriyasu befriends onsen creatures in
Ozekitachi 尾石達 — Stone Tails

By Clarissa Gines | March 5, 2024

“…Longtime Seattle artist Saya Moriyasu debuts a new body of work in Ozekitachi 尾石達 — Stone Tails, opened Saturday, March 2 at in Pioneer Square.

This new body of work arose from visits to hot springs, or onsen in Japanese, on a road trip to an artist residency at Mission Street Arts in Jemez Springs, New Mexico, and is a progression of works envisioning kami, or deities and spirits, inhabiting everything around us — a physical and visual story of Moriyasu’s encounters with these onsen creatures and how she imagines their interactions with the world around them. The hot springs are the driving force of this exhibition…”


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