Sachiyo

Sharma
tapestry weaver
Languages / Rhythms / Time
My work as a tapestry artist has always been a combination of 3 important factors: languages to communicate, rhythms to feel and time to ferment.
The process of every tapestry that I weave is a translation of my thoughts from initial sketching to painting, and then from the painting to a tapestry.
The key materials I use in my tapestries include Japanese paper (mashi), golden thread, stainless steel wire and rubber, all add intricacy to my work, which created by using one of the most ancient weaving techniques.
I believe my work stands to balance traditional roots of weaving alongside modern realities. Even with the loose warp, which is traditionally considered unsuitable for tapestry techniques, I identify it as a new transformation of ‘perfection’ in the contemporary context.
During my long weaving process, I seem to work on an irregular flow which are impromptu, or a sudden disruption in perfectly woven lines, I find these parts of unplanned imperfection as a huge key element to my work, which represents uncertainties, constant change, no definite plan and most importantly the imperfections of life.

Training
1995 - 1999 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Obtained Diploma with top honors in 1999
1995 - 1999 Ghent City Permanence Education Center, Ghent, Belgium
Art-Weaving Course. Obtained Certificate of Completion of the technical studies
1995 - 1999 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Obtained Diploma with top honors in 1999
1995 - 1999 Ghent City Permanence Education Center, Ghent, Belgium
Art-Weaving Course. Obtained Certificate of Completion of the technical studies
Commissions and Collections
Her work has been displayed and/or collected by the V&A Museum (London, UK), City of Wavre in Belgium, and has commissioned by Chubu Beauty School, Yamasa Foundation in Japan, and also by private companies and collectors.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Gallery Yu, Okazaki Japan
2003 Gallery Cocon, Gallery Yuntaka, Japan
2002 Featured Exhibition at the Belgian Flanders Museumk, Osaka, Japan
2002 Gallery Lori Space, Horio Clinic Aichi, Japan
2001 Marazumi Gallry, Bankaku Gallery, Japan
1999 Franciso Ferrer General Technical College, Brussels, Belgium
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 -MA Project, JCC Japan Embassy in Singapore
2018 Ma Project, Japan Foundation, Delhi, India
2008 'Collect', The V&A Museum, London, UK
2007 ‘Collect’, The V&A Museum, London, UK
2007 ‘Paper’ Exhibition, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK
2006 ‘Penelope’s Thread’ Tapestry Exhibition, The V&A, London, UK
2006 Origin, the London Craft Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
2005 Two-woman Show, Orleans House, the Stables Gallery, Richmond UK
2003 Open House Exhibition, Lake District, UK
2001 Aichi Prefectual Art Center, Nagoya, Japan
2001 Oudenaarde City Hall, Belgium
2000 Rouge-Cloitre Art Center of Auderghem, Brussels, Belgium
1999 St.Catherine Church, Brussels, Belgium
1997 St.Catherine Church, Brussels, Belgium
1997 Culture Center of Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
1996 Loches Castle, Loire, France
Publications / Articles / Press
2018Art Republik Magazine, Singapore
2008-2009 愛知公嘱ニュース, 愛知県公共嘱託登記土地家屋調査士協会
2006 Evening Standard, UK
2006 Makers News, Crafts Council, UK
2006 FX Magazine, UK
2000-2006 20 articles in major newspapers in Japan like Mainichi, Sankei and Chunichi Newspaper
2000 & 2006 Teo Newsletter of Tokyo Textile Information Centre, Japan
2000 La Tapisserie Contemporaine, Belgium
2000日本フォトコンテスト 現代に生きるタペストリー 故平カズオ氏
1999 Le magazine de la Haute Ecole, Belgium




