Overflowing from IN

As a Japanese female painter, Sayaka Nakagawa has worked in Asia, Europe and Oceania. While the situation differs from country to country, she feels that issues concerning women remain deeply rooted in each country. Many problems arise from judging only what is the Outside of women, that is OUT and SIDE. The woman's OUT means her skin, eyes, hair color, body lines, age, and gender. And the SIDE that means nationality, status, residence, family, religion, experience, educational and work history, etc. And the woman's IN means her feelings, thinkings, personality, emotions, etc, and these women's Inner selves are almost never judged. OUT and SIDE can be forcibly changed or falsified by others, one's own will, or by societal rules. However, IN cannot be forcibly changed or falsified. Only the person can change or decide IN, and although OUT and SIDE also come into play, but it is ultimately up to the person. In other words, women's IN is not being judged, even though it best represents their true nature.
That is why Nakagawa express IN of women. Having seen women living in various countries, and as a woman herself, she likes to portray the inner lives of women in color.
She describes women outside by their inner colors that she feels. She doesn't use any photographs. The women in her paintings are strong, beautiful, free and hopeful, without nationality, religion, or age. But her paintings of women were refused to be exhibited at one art museum in Japan because the female nudes were deemed obscene. Unfortunately, Japan is still a very male-dominated country. They only see OUT and SIDE of women. She exhibits paintings that depict the inner color of women, and hopes that the positive and bright energy of real women will reach many people.