Sly Morikawa is an artist and photographer based between Sydney and Tokyo.
Known for her sensitive, dreamlike photographs imbued with intimacy and softness, Morikawa’s work draws on continuing themes of sex, subculture and self. Her depictions of the angelic and the unorthodox return her audience to a sense of agency; a permission to suspend biases and taboo.
Exhibitions
Solo
White Socks (2023) at SALT AND PEPPER, Tokyo
Everything Reminds Me of You (2023) at Village & SCREW Gallery, Manchester
Heaven Doesn’t Want Me (2022) at The Corner Shop, Sydney
Group
From The Studio (2023) at Blank Gallery, Sydney
Roll Up (2023) at Tiles, Sydney
Einhundert Verschwendete Jahre / One Hundred Wasted Years (2022) at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Los Angeles
Good Photo (2022) at Ace Hotel, Kyoto
what we used to be, where we used to go (2020) with Jason Phu at Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
Interviews & Press
The 2023 Dazed 100 is here, Dazed (2023)
Beneath the dreamy haze of Sly Morikawa’s ‘White Socks’ photo series, RUSSH (2023)
This zine explores the erotic potential of white socks, Dazed (2023)
Sly Morikawa’s ethereal photographs reveal her dreamy inner life, Dazed (2023)
White Socks, Hot Girls, and Blowing Up a Car: The World of Sly Morikawa, VICE (2023)
Photographing sex, subculture & self in Tokyo, i-D (2023)