Hong Kong
Exhibition: 
Echoes of Time
Rebeka Tam & Shiori Kaneko’s
Ceramic World Where Time is Preserved

12 September -12 December 2026

Rebeka Tam

Shiori Kaneko, SIGNA -殻, 2026, Ceramics, H 30 x 13 x 13 cm

Shiori Kaneko, SIGNA – 遺構, 2026, Ceramics, H 23 x 20.5 x 16.5 cm

wamono art presents Echoes of Time, a duo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Rebeka Tam and Japanese artist Shiori Kaneko. Rebeka’s work draws from historical traces found on Hong Kong’s public walls, while Kaneko’s sculptures emerge from imagined timelines within abandoned buildings. Together, they reveal how ceramics can hold both transformation and stillness, capturing the fantasy of fixing time itself.
 
Rebeka Tam’s practice begins with walls that evolve constantly as advertisements are removed, paint is reapplied, and traces accumulate or fade. Over repeated visits, she observes how time inscribes itself through subtle marks and erasures, then translates these observations into ceramic surfaces that do not replicate real walls but evoke imagined ones—quiet, layered, and resonant with the city’s shifting histories. The exhibition presents her own photographs alongside her ceramic works, inviting viewers to slow down their pace and attune to Hong Kong’s hidden rhythms and the delicate traces of change.
 
Shiori Kaneko’s sculptures arise from her encounters with decaying architecture. For her, ruins are living timelines that hold past, present, and future at once. She imagines the former life of each structure, the transformations it has undergone, and the future it will meet. Her ceramic forms resemble fantastical ruin‑scapes where worn surfaces and shifting contours feel inscribed by time. Kaneko embraces the beauty of aging and the inevitability of change, expressing figures that “live on by decaying.”
 
In this exhibition, the ever‑shifting flow of time is quietly anchored in the enduring medium of ceramics—a material that retains its form across decades. Each artist brings her own sensibility and originality to the exploration of memory, traces, and the fragile gaze cast upon a world in constant transition, guiding viewers into distinct narrative realms. Echoes of Time invites audiences to immerse themselves in a fantastical space where time seems to be held within the permanence of fired clay.

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Shiori Kaneko

Born in Hokkaido in 1993, she has been drawn to drawing since childhood and later pursued studies in design. Her encounter with ceramics during her school years revealed a medium of remarkable formal and expressive freedom, prompting her to begin creating her own works using ceramic techniques. Some pieces appear to contain rusted steel beams within their structure, yet every element is crafted entirely from clay. She continues to research glazes that align with her artistic vision.　Throughout her student years, she received numerous awards, and in 2017 was selected for “World Crafts 100,” presented at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design as part of the International Hokuriku Craft Summit. In 2025, she was chosen by curator Marc Donnadieu for the “Promises” section at Art Paris, exhibiting from wamono art.

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Rebeka Tam

Born in Hong Kong in 1978, Rebeka graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University with a BSocSc (Hons) in Sociology, and later obtained a BA in Fine Arts (Ceramics) from RMIT University in 2008. She subsequently completed a Master of Arts in Cultural Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. She has worked as an art educator for many years and has been actively involved in leading community arts projects. In recent years, Rebeka has resumed her studio practice, continuing to explore the relationship between art, personal experience, and social emotion. Through working with clay and practicing mindfulness, she has discovered the power of calmness embedded in material-based processes. Her recent practice focuses in particular on the relationship between memory and clay. Rebeka has participated in various local group exhibitions. In 2019, she was funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) to undertake an artist residency and cultural exchange project in Shigaraki, Japan. She held her first solo exhibition, rest/unrest, in 2020, followed by Cleaned Walls in 2021.

wamono art 呈獻〈時光迴響〉—— 由香港藝術家 譚曉怡 與日本藝術家 栞 金子 聯手呈現/合辦的雙人展。譚曉怡 的作品從香港公共牆上所留下的歷史印記出發，而 金子 的作品源自被遺棄的建築內可幻想到的虛構時間軸。合而觀之，它們展示出陶瓷如何同時承載轉化與靜止，捕捉到「把時間定格」的幻想。

譚曉怡 的創作從會不斷變化的牆面出發：當廣告被移除、油漆再度塗上，痕跡便累積或消散。在反覆的探訪中，她留意到時間如何透過細微的痕跡與磨損慢慢寫下自己的印記， 隨後，她將這些觀察融入陶瓷創作，這些作品並非真實牆壁的複製品，而是引發對虛構牆壁的聯想——寧靜、多層次，並呼應著城市流轉的歷史。展覽同時展示了她的攝影與陶瓷作品，邀請觀眾放慢腳步，細味體會香港隱藏的節奏，以及那些細微變遷的痕跡。
 
栞 金子 的作品是在衰敗的建築物中誕生。在她眼中，廢墟是一條活的時間線，同時承載著過去、現在與未來。她想像著每一座建築昔日的樣貌、它所經歷的轉變，以及它將迎向的未來。她的陶瓷作品像是奇特的廢墟，表面磨損的質地與變幻的輪廓，彷彿被時光所銘刻。 金子 欣賞事物老化的美，以及變化的必然，並傳達了「在凋零中獲得永恆」的涵意。
 
在這次展覽中，時間的無盡變幻，被靜靜地固定在陶瓷這種能長久保留形態的媒介當中。 每一位藝術家都以她個人的感知和創意，來探索記憶、痕跡，以及那投射在一個持續轉變的世界上的目光。引導觀眾進入各自不同的敘事領域。「時光迴響」邀請觀眾沉浸在一個奇幻的空間裡，感受時間彷彿被永存在燒製過的陶土中。

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關於 栞 金子

1993年生於北海道， 她從小就熱衷於繪畫，隨後更進一步鑽研設計學。學生時期，她與陶瓷的邂逅，揭示了一種在形式與表現上擁有驚人自由度的材質。這促使她開始運用陶瓷技巧創作屬於自己的作品。部分作品的結構中看似藏有鏽鐵樑柱，但事實上，每一個元素完全是由陶土打造而成。她持續鑽研不同的釉藥，以求與她的藝術視野契合。就學期間，她獲得了無數獎項，並且在2017年，她獲選參與「World Crafts 100」計畫，並於富山縣立美術與設計博物館，作為 International Hokuriku Craft Summit 的一部分展出。2025年，她獲策展人 Marc Donnadieu 選入 Art Paris「Promises」展區。並由 Wamono art 展出。

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關於 譚曉怡

1978年生於香港，譚曉怡 並於香港浸會大學取得社會科學學士（榮譽）學位， 隨後，她在2008年從皇家墨爾本理工大學（RMIT University）取得了藝術文學士（陶瓷）學位。 接著，她於2013年在香港中文大學進修，並獲得了文化管理文學碩士學位。多年來，她致力於藝術教育工作，並積極參與領導社區藝術項目。近年，譚曉怡 重新投入工作室創作，不斷探究藝術、個人經歷及社會情感之間的關係。 透過陶土創作與正念練習，她體悟到物質性創作過程中蘊含的平靜力量。她近期的創作尤其著重於探討記憶與陶土的關係。譚曉怡 曾參與多個本地的團體展覽。 2019年，她獲得香港藝術發展局（HKADC）資助，前往日本信樂進行藝術家駐留及文化交流計畫。她於2020年舉辦了首次個人展覽《有所。不安。》，隨後於2021年舉辦了《Cleaned Walls》。