MĀYĀ — Kyoto YouMe Triennale
The Future is Handmade
Oct 9–18, 2026 · India Pavilion
Jushin Kaikan, Shoseien Garden, Kyoto
Dheerna Matsubara is a ceramicist working across porcelain, stoneware and Bizen ware, trained under a 19th-generation Bizen master. With Prajapati potters in her Indian maternal lineage, her practice explores inheritance, belonging and impermanence.
MĀYĀ brings together 555 hand-formed dog heads, each subtly different — some raw, others fired in porcelain or Bizen. Through repetition and simple gestures of devotion, the work questions how we assign value: what we preserve, worship, or allow to disappear. Everything begins with earth; eventually, everything returns to it.
Presented as part of the India Pavilion, curated by Design Pataki.
Writings
Adopt a Dog
Each dog in MĀYĀ was formed by hand — some left raw, some glazed, a few marked by fire in the Bizen kiln. After the exhibition closes, a small number will leave the installation and find new homes.
Adopt one, and a glazed dog — chosen at random, carrying its own small history of the kiln — will be sent to you once the show comes down.
Free Shipping will be after the exhibition closes — delivery expected November 2026.
**Please Note
Adopted dog is from a random glaze selection as shown here
**Orders shipped outside Japan may be subject to customs fees, VAT, or import taxes.
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