Aiko Sakamoto creates her works using blue as the foundation, inspired by the essence of water, atmosphere, and life, along with pigments that shimmer by reflecting light in a chaotic manner, reminiscent of minerals. In her depiction of a blue butterfly figure, she expresses the feeling of human existence not as a tangible entity, but as something that blends with light, shadow, wind, the cosmos, silence, and formlessness, harmonising with the “heart”— something invisible, yet undeniably real.

In the three-dimensional butterfly works, she illustrates the birth of life within blue hues, overlapping and circulating in endless cycles. The butterflies are made by applying foil to Japanese paper. By angling the wings, the light is reflected more strongly, giving birth to a sense of movement and vitality. I sought to express the moment when inner light is released.