Eri Maeda is a Japanese visual artist based in Paris, where she develops a unique sculptural practice by working with stoneware using traditional hand-shaping techniques. Her works, characterized by surreal forms and brightly colored glazes, question the notions of shame, taboos, and gendered expectations inherited from his upbringing.

 

Through her sculptures, Maeda revisits everyday objects by transforming them into strange hybrids, similar to fantastical creatures, playing on the ambiguity between the familiar and the unsettling. Her approach oscillates between humor and social critique, questioning the tacit norms that govern the culture and perception of domestic symbols. By diverting them, she gives them a subversive charge, revealing the underlying tensions between constraint and emancipation.

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​Exhibited in cities such as Milan, London, and Tokyo, her work resonates far beyond cultural boundaries, raising universal questions about identity, the invisible forces that shape it, and the power dynamics that are exercised through everyday objects.