Erika Sanada
Contemporary Surrealism Ceramic sculpture
About
Erika Sanada is a contemporary ceramic sculptor known for her surreal, haunting sculptures of hybrid creatures blending beauty and eeriness, often featuring animals like puppies with extra limbs, teeth, or horns. Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, she was influenced by sci-fi and horror movies during her teenage years, which inspire her bizarre creations reflecting a difficult childhood and ongoing anxieties. She processes these experiences through her art, combining the beautiful with the disturbing, and now lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, after earning her MFA there.
Contemporary Surrealism with haunting, hybrid creatures
Selected Exhibitions
- Close to Me: Ceramics by Erika Sanada, Canton Museum of Art (2021)
- Thinking with Animals, Canton Museum of Art (2022)
- Halcyon Days, Modern Eden Gallery (2022)
- Project M/14, URBAN NATION (2019)
- Cover My Eyes, Modern Eden Gallery (2016)
- Cope, Stranger Factory (2016)