Seiko Hayse is a Cork-based Japanese visual artist and current Studios of Sanctuary resident in Sample-Studios. She is a graduate of Nagoya University of Arts and works in painting, sculpture, installation and socially engaged art. She is the recipient of the inaugural Cork Midsummer Festival Emerging Artist Award in partnership with Sample-Studios and the Connect 5 Award as part of which she had her first major solo exhibition in GOMA Waterford in 2022. She has received the Arts Council Agility Award, Bursary Award, Professional Development Award, a performance grant from Cork County Council, Carlow Arts Festival and has undertaken residencies in Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre and CSN Cork. This exhibition presents new work developed as part of the Studios of Sanctuary Residency under the mentorship of artist Aideen Barry.