Event — Shana P Lohrey

散らかった池 the scattered pond

^{“Macrocosmos”}

^{マクロコスモス}

^{April 26th- Spril 27th 2025

Studio Kura, Fukuoka}

^{散らかった池}

^{the scattered pond}

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared.

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared. _{March-April 2024;

A 1 week group exhibition with Artists from Wada KS Terrace.

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared.}

^{肘折灯籠祭り}
^{Hijiori lantern festival}

^{And with that, my participation in the Hijiori Lantern Festival}

^ends.

^{I was curious to see if there were any monsters in Hijiori Onsen.

When I came to Hijiori Onsen, I was told the story of the monster
Nyudo’.
The Nyudo is a monster whose neck gets longer and longer when you

try to look uo at it.}^{Date: September 14, 2023 – October 14, 2023}

^{The Drawing Year 2021}

^{End of Year exhibition, London}_{My drawings were presented alongside my peers in the End of year show at
the Royal Drawing school.

Date: April 7, 2022 – April 14, 2022
Venue: Royal Drawing School, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3SG}

^︎

^{“Monsters of Misawa”}

^{1 day Pop-up Exhibition in Yamagata city}

^{Date: December 13, 2015
Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24}

“Macrocosmos”

マクロコスモス

散らかった池

肘折灯籠祭り

The Drawing Year 2021

“Monsters of Misawa”

Date: December 13, 2015 Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24

^{“Macrocosmos”}

^{マクロコスモス}

^{散らかった池}

^{肘折灯籠祭り}

^{The Drawing Year 2021}

^{“Monsters of Misawa”}

^{Date: December 13, 2015
Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24}