​Satoko Nagashima

Nagashima was in residence at D6 throughout January, she is carrying out research to create a new series of paintings and digital animations. Her work explores the difference between Japanese and English culture and the tradition of using colour to embed pattern and meaning. Nagashima’s adapts characters from Japanese language and traditional colour systems to create collages with double entendres, which explores the form of the word as well as their literal and historical interpretation.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Satoko Nagashima was born in Kyoto, Japan and is currently based in South Korea working as an Associate Professor at Daegu University.